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date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	British Chambers of Commerce
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what annual funding they have provided to the British Chambers of Commerce for each of the past four years; whether any payment has been made to that organisation beyond any annual budgetary allocation during each of the past four years; and if so, what was the amount of each such payment, and for what purpose each was made.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL1448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2016 answer text <p>During the two-year pilot of the Overseas Business Network initiative (OBNi) (2013/14 and 2014/15), the former UK Trade &amp; Investment trialled a number of initiatives with the BCC for which they were granted £1.6m. This included accrediting the overseas service providers, mainly chambers of commerce, and co-ordinating UK-end activity.</p><p>In 2015/16, BCC were contracted to continue to accredit overseas delivery partners and deliver one global conference, for which they received a total of £334,225 (incl. of VAT). They will continue to accredit overseas chambers in the network in 2016/17, under contract up to a maximum value of £157,680 (plus VAT).</p><p> </p><p>BCC were also subcontracted by UKTI’s main contractor for its Inward Investment Programme between 2012 and 2014 for a total value of £2,552,704.</p><p> </p><p>The former Department for Business, Innovation and Skills made a number of relatively small payments to the BCC in each of the past four years, for things such as an exhibition stand at the BCC Annual Conferences and a small number of regional events. These payments total around £22,000 across the four years.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 04/08/2016 12:36:24 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

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date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many trade negotiators are employed by the Government.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	43799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>You will be aware that my Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister has created a new Department for International Trade, which is responsible for promoting British trade across the world and ensuring the UK takes advantage of the huge opportunities open to us. We are building up our trade policy capability and are working closely with other Government Departments including the Department for Exiting the European Union, DEXEU. ​The Department for International Trade has begun a process to recruit and train staff to work on the UK’s trade policy. We will adapt the resource devoted to trade policy in line with future demands.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/09/2016 13:49:48 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds