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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nick Herbert on 2016-03-22.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the level of goods exports to the EU from (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) each English region as a proportion of (i) total exports and (ii) GVA from each of those areas.

Mr David Gauke

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) publish data on the total value of the UK’s import and export trade in goods by region:

https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/RTS/Pages/default.aspx

The latest data for 2015 shows that the value of goods exports to the EU as a proportion of total goods exports is as follows:

Region	Goods exports to the EU (£000s)	Total goods exports (£000s)	%
North East	7,001,603	12,141,343	57.7
North West	11,578,566	24,838,093	46.6
Yorkshire	7,785,133	16,575,590	47.0
East Midlands	8,684,722	19,318,347	45.0
West Midlands	12,035,888	28,964,501	41.6
East of England	11,411,149	21,327,266	53.5
London	12,727,129	32,428,175	39.2
South East	19,003,485	40,521,161	46.9
South West	9,718,023	15,272,223	63.6
Wales	5,024,163	12,200,136	41.2
Scotland	6,719,840	17,467,865	38.5
Northern Ireland	3,462,494	6,327,320	54.7

The ONS publish regional GVA on an annual basis. The latest data available is for 2014: http://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossvalueaddedgva/bulletins/regionalgrossvalueaddedincomeapproach/december2015

The value of goods exports to the EU in 2014 as a proportion of GVA is as follows:

Region	Goods exports to the EU (£m)	Gross Value Added (£m)	%
North East	6,989	47,702	14.7
North West	13,474	149,869	9.0
Yorkshire	8,456	106,467	7.9
East Midlands	8,883	95,178	9.3
West Midlands	11,529	114,755	10.0
East of England	13,958	138,801	10.1
London	12,292	364,310	3.4
South East	19,899	239,698	8.3
South West	8,180	121,070	6.8
Wales	5,761	54,336	10.6
Scotland	8,364	123,543	6.8
Northern Ireland	3,630	34,384	10.6

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nick Herbert on 2016-03-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much (a) European Regional Development and (b) European Structural funding (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales, (iii) Northern Ireland and (iv) each region of England will receive in each year between 2014 and 2020.

Anna Soubry

The amount allocated by year to each operational programme for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European Social Fund (ESF) in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for the 2014-2020 period is set out in table 1.6 of the United Kingdom’s Partnership Agreement with the European Commission which can be found on GOV.UK at ‘European Structural and Investment Funds: UK Partnership Agreement’ and is attached.

Within England, notional allocations for ERDF and ESF were made on the basis of Local Enterprise Partnership areas. The total allocations to each Local Enterprise Partnership area for the 2014-2020 period can be found on the GOV.UK website at ‘EU Structural Funds: UK allocations 2014 to 2020’ and is attached.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nick Herbert on 2016-03-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the amount of Common Agricultural Policy funding that (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland will receive in each year between 2014 and 2020.

George Eustice

The tables in the attached show, for Pillar 1 (direct payments) and Pillar 2 of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), allocations for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nick Herbert on 2016-03-22.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the legal status of the UK’s existing trade agreements agreed through membership of the EU of the UK leaving the EU.

Mr David Gauke

All of the EU’s Free Trade Agreements would cease to apply to the UK if we left the EU, since they only apply to the territories to which the EU Treaties apply.