Business, Innovation and Skills
Joseph Johnson
The number of United Kingdom companies that are exporting is growing strongly—it has increased by 18% since 2010—and Scottish companies are also exporting more. In 2011 there were 9,300 Scottish exporters; now there are 11,100. Our trade deficit is responding, and narrowed in the three months to November.
[Official Report, 13 January 2016, Vol. 604, c. 959.]
Letter of correction from the Minister for Universities and Science.
An error has been identified in the closing speech to the debate. The correct statistics should have been:
Joseph Johnson
The number of companies in Great Britain that are exporting is growing strongly—it has increased by 18% since 2010—and Scottish companies are also exporting more. In 2011 there were 9,300 Scottish exporters; now there are 11,100. Our trade deficit is responding, and narrowed in the three months to November.