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Trade Promotion: Israel and Occupied Territories

Asked by Andy SlaughterLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 20 March 2025UIN 38559

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 30065 on Trade Promotion: Israel and Occupied Territories, how much of his Department's budget has been allocated to each of the Trade Envoys for (a) Israel and (b) the Occupied Palestinian Territory in the (i) 2024-25 and (ii) 2025-26 financial years.

Answered by Gareth Thomas

The Department has so far not spent any of its budget this Financial Year to support the Trade Envoys to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

The funding for next Financial Year 2025-26 for the Trade Envoys to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories will be allocated on a case-by-case basis to meet costs of travel and subsistence needed to undertake their role.

Any costs incurred are subject to Departmental guidelines which apply to the programme’s use of public funds.

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