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	registered interest
	date	06/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Chambers of Commerce: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much funding her Department and its predecessor Department allocated to the (a) Turkish-British Chamber of Commerce, (b) British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce, (c) British Chamber of Commerce in Brazil, (d) UK-India Business Council, (e) Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce and (f) British Chamber of Business in Southern Africa in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	17249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade and the former Department for International Trade have not provided any funding to the Chambers of Commerce requested except for the UK-India Business Council. The funding provided to it is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013 (October-March inclusive)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£441,344.54</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£3,428,243.20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2,269,682.03</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,955,098.94</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,499,191.33</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,311,455.20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,059,669.00</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£828,695.00</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,115,025.00</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£270,835.00</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 14/03/2024 11:58:20 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1464399

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Chambers of Commerce: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much funding her Department has allocated to each chamber of commerce for the provision of independent trade advice in (a) each of the last five years and (b) for 2022-23; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	5314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) has not directly allocated funding to any chambers of commerce in the last five years.</p><p>The table below shows only those Delivery Partners that are funded by DIT that have links to the Chambers of Commerce and the already contracted costs which fall in FY22/23.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>SW</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>EM</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WM</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>NE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>NW</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£2,567,900</p></td><td><p>£2,365,053</p></td><td><p>£2,827,960</p></td><td><p>£1,477,420</p></td><td><p>£3,478,087</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£2,271,640</p></td><td><p>£2,389,440</p></td><td><p>£3,179,300</p></td><td><p>£1,432,920</p></td><td><p>£2,908,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£2,400,720</p></td><td><p>£1,936,718</p></td><td><p>£2,862,960</p></td><td><p>£1,472,920</p></td><td><p>£2,975,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£3,317,088</p></td><td><p>£2,937,240</p></td><td><p>£4,367,300</p></td><td><p>£1,949,920</p></td><td><p>£3,934,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>£2,903,640</p></td><td><p>£2,705,940</p></td><td><p>£4,201,040</p></td><td><p>£1,694,920</p></td><td><p>£3,623,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23 (Q1 only)</p></td><td><p>£717,910</p></td><td><p>£676,485</p></td><td><p>£982,075</p></td><td><p>£423,730</p></td><td><p>£899,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£14,178,898</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£13,010,876</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£18,420,635</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£8,451,830</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£17,819,627</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Allocation of funding during the contracted periods has been based upon performance data, the numbers of businesses in each region, and levelling up requirements.</p><p>DIT looks forward to maintaining and developing strong partnerships with the Chambers of Commerce on local export initiatives and activities.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 5317 question first answered 09/06/2022 15:36:29 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1464524

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Chambers of Commerce: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much funding his Department has allocated to each Chamber of Commerce for the provision of independent trade advice via Local partnership funding or other similar schemes in (a) each of the last five years and (b) for 2022-23; what formula was used to determine the allocation of funds; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	5317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) has not directly allocated funding to any chambers of commerce in the last five years.</p><p>The table below shows only those Delivery Partners that are funded by DIT that have links to the Chambers of Commerce and the already contracted costs which fall in FY22/23.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>SW</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>EM</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WM</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>NE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>NW</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£2,567,900</p></td><td><p>£2,365,053</p></td><td><p>£2,827,960</p></td><td><p>£1,477,420</p></td><td><p>£3,478,087</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£2,271,640</p></td><td><p>£2,389,440</p></td><td><p>£3,179,300</p></td><td><p>£1,432,920</p></td><td><p>£2,908,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£2,400,720</p></td><td><p>£1,936,718</p></td><td><p>£2,862,960</p></td><td><p>£1,472,920</p></td><td><p>£2,975,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£3,317,088</p></td><td><p>£2,937,240</p></td><td><p>£4,367,300</p></td><td><p>£1,949,920</p></td><td><p>£3,934,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>£2,903,640</p></td><td><p>£2,705,940</p></td><td><p>£4,201,040</p></td><td><p>£1,694,920</p></td><td><p>£3,623,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23 (Q1 only)</p></td><td><p>£717,910</p></td><td><p>£676,485</p></td><td><p>£982,075</p></td><td><p>£423,730</p></td><td><p>£899,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£14,178,898</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£13,010,876</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£18,420,635</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£8,451,830</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£17,819,627</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Allocation of funding during the contracted periods has been based upon performance data, the numbers of businesses in each region, and levelling up requirements.</p><p>DIT looks forward to maintaining and developing strong partnerships with the Chambers of Commerce on local export initiatives and activities.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 5314 question first answered 09/06/2022 15:36:29 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas