Trade Promotion: Official Hospitality
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much money has been spent on hospitality for the UK trade envoy programme in each of the last 3 years.
Answered by Chris Bryant
DBT spend* in the last 3 years on the UK Trade Envoy programme
2023/2024 | 2024/2025 | 2025/2026 |
£228,853 | £59,178 | £203,026 |
*Figures do not include DBT staff costs and only relate to UK Trade Envoy expenditure such as flights, hotels, visas etc.
Hospitality costs for the UK Trade Envoy programme in each of the last 3 years
2023/2024 | 2024/2025 | 2025/2026 |
£1657.55 | £597.22 | £2216.30 |
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