Department for International Trade: Staff

(asked on 6th July 2017) - View Source
Questioner
Justin Madders Portrait
Justin Madders
(Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff of his Department work on trade negotiation.

Answered by
Greg Hands Portrait
Greg Hands
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 14th July 2017

The Department for International Trade has a strong and capable trade policy team which has grown significantly since June 2016 (from 45 to over 300 today), and is continuing to grow.

We continue to hire the brightest and best talent from within the UK civil service and externally, in order to build a world class trade policy team that can deliver the best outcomes for the UK.

The Department has recently appointed Crawford Falconer to the role of Chief Trade Negotiation Adviser and Head of Trade Profession. Mr Falconer brings a wealth of global trade expertise from over 25 years of working on trade policy in the New Zealand government, the World Trade Organization and academia.

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