{"value":{"id":1765713,"askingMemberId":4874,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-02-13T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-02-24T00:00:00","uin":"31657","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to change the number of staff in his Department working on new free trade agreements.","answeringBodyId":214,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Business and Trade","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":632,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-03-03T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>DBT's Trade Policy, Implementation and Negotiations (TPIN) Group operates a flexible resourcing model to maximise efficiency across its priorities. The Department has committed to delivering six Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations alongside leading work on the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), work on the U.S. and the reset of the UK-EU relationship, and multilateral, implementation and market access work.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Department for Business and Trade: Trade Agreements","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1765713","method":"GET"}]}