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228305

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total cost was of the GREAT campaign launch in Shanghai; what the cost was of each element of that launch; and if he will publish a list of attendees at that launch.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	228206
answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

156716

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to promote overseas products that have been made in England.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	215156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>Last year UKTI helped 48,000 companies trade abroad – more than doubled over the term of this government. Through its network of International Trade Advisors across nine English regions, and export experts in over 100 overseas markets, UKTI provides an extensive range of products and services to help exporters of all sizes. UKTI offers a wide range of export services across its English regional network and they are detailed on - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-trade-and-investment-services-for-exporters" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-trade-and-investment-services-for-exporters</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 28/11/2014 14:18:34 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

224180

registered interest
date	27/02/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies have received support under the High Value Opportunities scheme in each month of the 2014-15 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>We only finalise and audit the statistics at the end of the financial year.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/03/2015 16:20:42 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

224181

registered interest
date	27/02/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies have received support under the Overseas Business Networks Initiative in each month of the 2014-15 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of companies to have received support under the Overseas Business Networks Initiative in each month of the 2014-15 financial year is shown in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month – 2014/15 Financial Year</p></td><td><p>No. of companies to have received support</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>1031</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>1004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>1461</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>1253</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>536</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>1203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>1142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>1513</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Overseas Business Networks Initiative (OBNI) is a change programme led by UK Trade and Investment catalysing an increased role for the private sector in delivering high quality, practical trade support to UK companies on behalf of the Government in more than 35 high potential overseas markets. OBNI works with a wide range of partners, including Chambers of Commerce and British Business Groups overseas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/03/2015 10:42:35 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

228306

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) total cost and (b) cost per area of expenditure was of the GREAT campaign launch in Los Angeles in February 2015; and who the attendees were at that launch.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	228204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The reception cost £85,000 with 35% funded by the private sector. Approx. £37,000 was spent on venue hire, food and drink, £48,000 on event management, logistics and security.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Approximately 500 guests from the creative sector including major studios and film production companies, sponsors, c-suite representative of British businesses with a presence in California as well as potential US investors in the UK, elected officials and media figures as well as more than 30 British Oscar nominees</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/03/2015 15:26:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 52027 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

386517

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies received support under the High Value Opportunities scheme in each month of the 2014-15 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	4988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In the 2014-15 financial year UK Trade and Investment supported 980 companies through the High Value Programme. Data is not recorded on a month by month basis.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 08/07/2015 16:57:25 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

427004

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to promote British business in (a) Australia, (b) Canada and (c) New Zealand.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	15690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>We are taking forward our manifesto commitment to strengthen relationships with Australia and New Zealand and bilateral trade plays an important part of this. Our trade campaigns are focussed on the strongest growing sectors that match UK business strengths. Australia continues to offer particularly good opportunities for UK firms in transport infrastructure witha Laing O’Rourke led consortium winning a £2.1bn highway upgrade project earlier in the year. Other sectors of opportunity include: defence, urban regeneration &amp; construction, airports, rail, ICT &amp; software, food &amp; beverage. The changing dynamics in the world economy have reduced demand for UK oil &amp; gas expertise but we are continuing to explore opportunities in renewable energy.</p><p>We are also using the GREAT Campaign to provide platforms for UK firms to network through business events around Rugby World Cup, Bond, the Clipper Yacht Race, Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Melbourne and a broader Culture is GREAT campaign in Victoria. Trade missions from London, Northern Ireland and a sports infrastructure themed mission organised by Major Events International have all visited Australia in 2015. We are also supporting the launching of EU-Australia Free Trade Agreement talks and we maintain a strong flow of ministerial and high-level official contacts in support of the bilateral relationship including on trade and investment.</p><p>In New Zealand particularly good opportunities continue for UK firms in transport infrastructure, defence,construction, airports, rail, and food &amp; beverage. Our campaigns have exposed senior New Zealand infrastructure leaders to UK infrastructure best practice which has helped eight UK companies win contracts totalling over £28m this financial year.</p><p>We are using the GREAT Campaign here to provide platforms for UK firms to network through business events around Rugby World Cup, Bond and the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Wellington. Trade missions from London and companies from Northern Ireland visited in 2015. We also strongly support the launch of negotiations on an EU-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement and we will continue to use ministerial engagement in 2016 to further trade and business objectives.</p><p>In Canada, our efforts are focussed on those sectors with the highest potential for British business and where the UK has competitive advantage. These include: energy, infrastructure, transport, financial services, creative industries and defence and security. Activities in the past three months to deliver this include: a Northern Ireland Minister led trade mission to Montreal &amp; Toronto; securing business for UK film producers at the Toronto International Film Festival; deliver a 12 day programme of GREAT activity in Toronto and supporting low carbon technology at the opening of Shell’s Carbon Capture and Storage facility in Alberta.</p><p><br> In 2016 we will promote the Canada EU comprehensive economic and trade agreement which will deliver substantial benefit for UK business. This will include publication of a report to highlight specific opportunities for UK business afforded by CETA and a roadshow of profile raising UK events targeted at businesses.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 04/12/2015 11:42:51 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

451167

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to promote trade opportunities for UK businesses in high-growth markets.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	26214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>Increasing exports, to all overseas markets, is a key factor in the Government’s long-term economic plan. Government departments are working together to support UK businesses looking to take advantage of overseas opportunities and to create a strong business environment that allows them to flourish both at home and overseas. A key part of this work is to identify export opportunities, many of which are based around the needs of high-growth and emerging markets.</p><p>This effort to drive economic growth is supported in part by the Prime Minister’s <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/trade-envoys" target="_blank">Trade Envoy Programme</a>, a group of appointed parliamentarians drawn from across the political spectrum. Envoys are carefully selected for their experience, skills and knowledge of particular sectors or markets, or their knowledge of business in an effort to identify substantial trade and investment opportunities. There are now 24 Trade Envoys covering 50 high-growth and emerging markets.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 25/02/2016 17:31:16 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

458012

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to promote trade opportunities for UK business in high-growth markets.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	30051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Solihull (Julian Knight) on 25 February 2016 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-02-08/26214/" target="_blank">26214</a>.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/03/2016 15:45:19 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

517806

registered interest
date	05/05/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Trade Promotion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government who are the UK Trade Envoys, and to which country or countries each is assigned.
tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
uin	HL8229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The table below outlines all current Trade Envoys and the market/markets which they cover. Further information can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/trade-envoys" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/trade-envoys</a></p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>MP Trade Envoys</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Market/Markets</strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Adam Afriyie MP</p></td><td><p>Ghana</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rushanara Ali MP</p></td><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richard Benyon MP</p></td><td><p>DRC, Mozambique, Ethiopia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jeffrey Donaldson MP</p></td><td><p>Egypt</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mark Garnier MP</p></td><td><p>Burma, Brunei, Thailand</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richard Graham MP</p></td><td><p>Indonesia, ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), Philippines, Malaysia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>John Howell MP</p></td><td><p>Nigeria</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Andrew Murrison MP</p></td><td><p>Morocco, Tunisia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Andrew Percy MP</p></td><td><p>Canada</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mark Prisk MP</p></td><td><p>Brazil, Nordic and Baltics</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Astor of Hever DL</p></td><td><p>Kazakhstan, Oman</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury</p></td><td><p>Mexico</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord (Richard) Faulkner</p></td><td><p>Taiwan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Hollick of Notting Hill</p></td><td><p>Tanzania, Kenya</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Janvrin</p></td><td><p>Turkey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord King of Bridgwater</p></td><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Lamont</p></td><td><p>Iran</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Morris of Bolton</p></td><td><p>Jordan, Kuwait, Palestinian Territories</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne</p></td><td><p>Iraq, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Northover</p></td><td><p>Angola</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Popat</p></td><td><p>Uganda, Rwanda</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Puttnam of Queensgate</p></td><td><p>Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Risby of Haverhill</p></td><td><p>Algeria</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 10/05/2016 14:52:53 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney