Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many sessions on (a) export licencing, (b) doing business with prime contractors, (c) working with the media, (d) preparing for events, (e) finance for export, (f) support from other government departments and bodies, (g) developing export strategies, (h) global market focus sessions, (i) business culture and know how across the world and (j) pitching for international contracts have been held by the UK Defence and Security Exports Export Faculty in each year since 2019.

The Export Faculty was created in September 2021. The number of sessions as requested was:

(a) export licencing – 1 session 2022

(b) doing business with prime contractors – 1 session 2023

(c) working with the media – No session held to date

(d) preparing for events – 1 session 2023

(e) finance for export – 1 session 2023

(f) support from other government departments and bodies – No session held to date

(g) developing export strategies – No session held to date

(h) global market focus – No session held to date

(i) business culture and know how across the world – No session held to date

(j) pitching for international contracts sessions – 1 session 2022