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1655120

registered interest
date	25/07/2023
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	Trade Promotion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government who are the Trade Envoys; to which country each Trade Envoy has been assigned; and what is the party affiliation of each Trade Envoy and the length of time in post.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL9684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2023 answer text <p>There are currently 36 Prime Minister’s Trade Envoys and information as below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Trade Envoy</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Date of PM Appointment </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>LATIN AMERICA &amp; THE CARIBBEAN</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colombia, Chile, Peru, Argentina</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Mark Menzies MP (Con)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>September 2016 &amp; September 2017 for Argentina</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Panama, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Baroness Hooper of Liverpool (Con)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>October 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brazil</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Marco Longhi MP (Con)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>August 2021</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>AFRICA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Algeria</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Lord Risby of Haverhill (Con)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>November 2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda &amp; Rwanda (watching brief for DRC)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Lord Popat (Con)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>January 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt and Cameroon</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP (DUP)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>January 2016 &amp; August 2021 for Cameroon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Helen Grant MP (Con)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>October 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Theo Clarke MP (Con)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Reappointed May 2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Africa &amp; Mauritius</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Andrew Selous MP(Con)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>September 2017 &amp; January 2023 for Mauritius</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tanzania</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Lord Walney (Non-Affiliated)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>August 2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Baroness Hoey (Non-Affiliated)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>August 2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tunisia &amp; Libya</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Yvonne Fovargue MP (Lab)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>March 2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Angola, Zambia &amp; Ethiopia</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Laurence Robertson MP (Con)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Reappointed March 2023</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>MIDDLE EAST</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Israel</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Lord Austin of Dudley (Non-affiliated)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>October 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iran</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Lord Lamont of Lerwick (Con)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>January 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lebanon</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Lord Risby of Haverhill (Con)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>August 2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraq</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (Con)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>January 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jordan, Kuwait &amp; Palestine Territories</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Baroness Morris of Bolton (Con)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>November 2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UAE</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Gareth Thompson MP (Con)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>March 2023</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><br> <strong>EECAN</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (Con)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>April 2016 &amp; Kazakhstan July 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mongolia</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Daniel Kawczynski MP (Con)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>October 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ukraine</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Baroness Meyer (Con)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>October 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkey</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Lord Hutton (Lab)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>May 2022</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>EUROPE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Switzerland &amp; Liechtenstein</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Sir Stephen Timms MP (Lab)</p></td><td><p>August 2021</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Martin Vickers MP (Con)</p></td><td><p>October 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>APAC</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Australia</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Lord Botham (Crossbench)</p></td><td><p>August 2021</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Taiwan</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Lord Faulkner (Lab)</p></td><td><p>January 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Japan</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Greg Clark MP (Con)</p></td><td><p>May 2022</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Thailand, Myanmar, Brunei &amp; Vietnam</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Mark Garnier MP (Con)</p></td><td><p>October 2020 &amp; for Vietnam January 2023</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Singapore</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Lord Sarfraz (Con)</p></td><td><p>January 2022</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Republic of Korea</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Sir John Whittingdale (Con)</p></td><td><p>May 2022</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines &amp; ASEAN</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Richard Graham MP (Con)</p></td><td><p>Reappointed March 2023</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Cambodia &amp; Laos</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Heather Wheeler MP (Con)</p></td><td><p>Reappointed March 2023</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>New Zealand</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>David Mundell MP (Con)</p></td><td><p>Reappointed March 2023</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>SOUTH ASIA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Rushanara Ali MP (Lab)</p></td><td><p>March 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Sri Lanka</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Lord Mervyn Davies of Abersoch (Crossbench)</p></td><td><p>October 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong> </strong> <strong>North America</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Canada</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Dame Maria Miller MP (Con)</p></td><td><p>May 2022</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>USA (specific focus on driving trade promotion with existing MOU states)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Sir Conor Burns MP (Con)</p></td><td><p>May 2023</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 07/08/2023 14:48:42 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1587437

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
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	Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2023 to Question 134004 on Trade Promotion, when she will publish the findings of the Export Client Survey for financial years (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	148624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>The Export Client Survey launched in 2018 and the findings for the 2018-2019 financial year have been published: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-export-client-survey-ecs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-export-client-survey-ecs</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to publish the subsequent Export Client Survey findings as per the Department’s monitoring and evaluation strategy and in line with the Government Social Research protocol.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 27/02/2023 13:30:03 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1568339

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
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 Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of increasing the involvement of the UK's diverse diasporas in trade delegations; and whether she has made a recent assessment of the diversity of trade delegations.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	126639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) aims to be a diverse, inclusive department that is representative of the communities we serve. DIT supports and embeds the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion strategy to promote fair representation within the workforce, with a number of actions to support increased representation of underrepresented groups.</p><p> </p><p>This includes the Export Strategy, within which our commitments will be underpinned by improving our data on diversity and inclusion in international trade. Recent trade delegations have included DIT support to the Tavola Food and Drink Trade show in Belgium in March 2022, where DIT supported 20 businesses, 10 of which were from an ethnic minority background, to exhibit their products.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 27/01/2023 12:04:07 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1520826

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many international trade advisers operate in (a) South West, (b) South East, (c) London, (d) West Midlands, (e) East Midlands, (f) East Anglia, (g) North West, (h) Yorkshire and Humberside, (i) North East, (j) Scotland, (k) Northern Ireland and (l) Wales as of 12 October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Sarah Green
uin	61432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>Please see the below breakdown of Department for International Trade (DIT) international trade advisers (ITAs) based on region:<br></p><p>Southern England:</p><p>South West - 25</p><p>East of England- 21</p><p>South East - 26</p><p>London - 2 (DIT was asked to take some tough budget decisions in 2021-22 Financial Year and, given the greater density of businesses and other business support available in London compared to the rest of England, Ministers made the decision that the London ITA service would cease.)</p><p>Midlands Engine:</p><p>East Midlands - 23</p><p>West Midlands - 36</p><p>Northern Powerhouse:</p><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside – 24</p><p>North West – 25</p><p>North East – 10</p><p> </p><p>ITAs are provided in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland by the devolved governments.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 17/10/2022 13:45:42 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4918 label Biography information for Sarah Green

1348150

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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 Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many meetings (a) he has and (b) other Ministers of his Department have attended with international trade advisers in the (i) Northern Powerhouse, (ii) Midlands Engine, (iii) South and (iv) London regions; and which Ministers were in attendance at each of those meetings.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	35510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>According to Department for International Trade records, the Secretary of State did not attend any meetings with international trade advisers since February 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Other ministers have attended twenty-seven meetings with international trade advisers since February 2020. Ten meetings took place in the Northern Powerhouse region, one in the Midlands Engine, fifteen in the South, and one in London.</p><p> </p><p>Minister Stuart attended six meetings in the Northern Powerhouse, eleven in the South, one in the Midlands Engine, and one in London.</p><p> </p><p>Minister Jayawardena attended four meetings in the Northern Powerhouse, and four meetings in the South.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/07/2021 15:36:06 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1308731

registered interest
date	13/04/2021
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 Promotion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to appoint trade envoys for (1) Mongolia, (2) Uzbekistan, (3) Kazakhstan, (4) Kyrgyzstan, (5) Tajikistan, and (6) Afghanistan; if so, when those envoys will be appointed; and what is the process by which they (a) select, and (b) appoint, such envoys.
tabling member printed	Lord Balfe
uin	HL14864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>My noble Friend Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne was appointed Trade Envoy in July 2017 to Kazakhstan and in October 2020 the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham, Daniel Kawczynski, was appointed Trade Envoy to Mongolia. There are no plans to appoint a Trade Envoy to Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan or Afghanistan.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoys are drawn from both Houses and across the political spectrum. They are chosen based on relevant skills and experience required to undertake the role. This experience can be related to their assigned market or UK industry knowledge, or their Government-to-Government experience, as well as willingness and an ability to undertake some international travel. Trade Envoys are appointed by the Prime Minister, usually following a recommendation by my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade.</p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 20/04/2021 15:07:25 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
tabling member	4302 label Biography information for Lord Balfe

1252670

registered interest
date	17/11/2020
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 Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will publish a list of (a) members of the Board of Trade and (b) trade envoys.
tabling member constituency	North Dorset
tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
uin	116577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The Board is chaired by my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board. She is its only standing member. The list of advisers to the Board of Trade is available on GOV.UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Regarding Trade Envoys, I refer my Honourable Friend to the answer given to Sir Christopher Chope by my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Chelsea and Fulham (Greg Hands) on 9<sup>th</sup> November 2020, UIN: 111412.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/11/2020 10:12:06 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare

934810

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
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 Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the cost to the public purse has been of the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy scheme to date.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	160776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>Decisions on the appointment of Trade Envoys are made by the Prime Minister. Trade Envoys are parliamentarians drawn from across the political spectrum and both Houses. Trade Envoys are appointed to engage with one or more emerging markets where the Department for International Trade (DIT) has identified substantial trade and investment opportunities and where there is a need for high level engagement to drive these forward.</p><p> </p><p>Since the programme was launched in 2012 the cumulative cost has been £676,691. This is a non-paid voluntary role and these costs relate to travel and subsistence for the role.</p><p> </p><p>Prime Minister’s Trade Envoys are asked to report back to my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade after each visit they undertake in the role. DIT teams based in the Trade Envoy markets, also collate any business successes the Trade Envoys have been involved with, which is reported back on a quarterly basis. In 16/17 Trade Envoys contributed towards £15.5bn in export wins in their markets.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 160775 160777 question first answered 12/07/2018 12:13:24 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

785006

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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 Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what reporting mechanism the Government has in place for its trade envoys.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	111652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Trade Envoys are asked to report back to my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade after each visit they undertake in the role. The Department for International Trade teams based in the Trade Envoy markets, also collate any business successes the Trade Envoys have been involved with, which is reported back on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 13/11/2017 17:18:38 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

723954

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
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 Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of international trade and exporting advice services provided by his Department has been subcontracted to private businesses.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	71700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade operates a mixed economy of civil servants, third sector and private sector partners in the UK and in post. It elects its partners for specific services based on requirements and the organisation best placed to deliver them.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 27/04/2017 10:10:06 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner