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date	16/09/2015
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	Overseas Investment: Sri Lanka
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support UKTI is giving to British firms wishing to invest in Sri Lanka.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	10441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>UK Trade and Investment’s (UKTI) team in the High Commission in Colombo (who cover Sri Lanka and the Maldives) provide advice to and support actual and potential UK investors. This can include advice on market opportunities, local partners and legal and regulatory requirements. They also offer the full range of UKTI services and support to British companies selling or looking for opportunities to sell goods and services in Sri Lanka. The High Commissioner regularly supports British companies, including by hosting and speaking at events and lobbying for them. The High Commission team works closely with the independent Council for Business with Britain, a trade grouping that many British investors in Sri Lanka are members of, to encourage and support continuing growth in business relations between the UK and Sri Lanka.</p><p>The UK is consistently a top ten investor in Sri Lanka, ranking 7th in 2013, the latest year for which official figures are available. These investments range widely, from financial services to education, from traditional industries to cutting edge IT development.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/10/2015 13:55:05 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

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registered interest
date	16/09/2015
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 Missions: South Asia
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 official trade delegations have been to (a) India, (b) Pakistan, (c) Bangladesh and (d) Sri Lanka in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	10442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The following is a list of official trade missions that have been organised by UK Trade &amp; Investment over the past three years to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.</p><p><strong>2013/14 </strong></p><ul><li>Number of Outward Trade Missions to India = 10</li><li>Number of Outward Trade Missions Pakistan = 1</li><li>Number of Outward Trade Missions to Bangladesh = 0</li><li>Number of Outward Trade Missions to Sri Lanka = 3</li></ul><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p><ul><li>Number of Outward Trade Missions to India = 9</li><li>Number of Outward Trade Missions Pakistan = 1</li><li>Number of Outward Trade Missions to Bangladesh = 1</li><li>Number of Outward Trade Missions to Sri Lanka = 1</li></ul><p><strong>2015/16 </strong></p><ul><li>Number of Outward Trade Missions to India = 0 (2 planned)</li><li>Number of Outward Trade Missions Pakistan = 0</li><li>Number of Outward Trade Missions to Bangladesh = 0 (1 planned)</li><li>Number of Outward Trade Missions to Sri Lanka = 0 (1 planned)</li></ul> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/10/2015 13:57:02 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson