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Trade Promotion

Asked by Andrew GriffithConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 5 February 2025UIN 27297

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what has been the cost of the UK Trade Envoy programme since its inception; and what was the cost of the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy programme in each of the last 5 years in which it operated.

Answered by Gareth Thomas

As the United Kingdom’s Trade Envoys have just been appointed minimal costs have occurred. Costs of the Prime Minister Trade Envoy programme for the past five years is in the table below.

2020/2021

2021/2022

2022/2023

2023/2024

2024/2025

£12,106

£106,659

£203,642

£228,583

£27,809

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