Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many businesses on average attended a meet the buyer event that was organised by UK Defence and Security Exports in each year since 2019.
Answered by Alan Mak - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) (jointly with the Cabinet Office)
On average the following number of businesses attended a meet the buyer event that was organised by UKDSE each year.
2019
Data not available.
2020
0 (no Meet the Buyer sessions ran due to COVID).
2021
Data not available.
2022
21
2023
67
2024 (to date)
38
Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff members at UK Defence and Security Exports work in the regional team that covers (a) Europe, (b) Middle East, (c) Central Asia and (d) South Asia.
Answered by Alan Mak - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) (jointly with the Cabinet Office)
UK Defence and Security Exports have 24 members of staff working in the regional team that covers (a) Europe, (b) Middle East, (c) Central Asia.
3 members of staff work on d) South Asia which is now in a different team
Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many firms registered to the UK Defence and Security Exports Export Faculty in each year since 2019.
Answered by Alan Mak - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) (jointly with the Cabinet Office)
Since the UKDSE Exports Faculty began, the following number of companies have registered:
2021 – 197 firms
2022 – 681 firms
2023 – 471 firms
2024 to date – 184 firms
Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many defence firms did UK Defence and Security Exports support to attend the recent FIDAE conference in Chile.
Answered by Alan Mak - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) (jointly with the Cabinet Office)
UKDSE did not support any defence companies to attend this event.
Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many SME’s have used the UK Defence and Security Exports Export Faculty in each year since 2019.
Answered by Alan Mak - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) (jointly with the Cabinet Office)
UK Defence and Security Exports does not collect data specifically on SME user rates with respect to the Export Faculty
Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the cost is for companies to purchase a showcase pod for a UK Defence and Security Exports supported event.
Answered by Alan Mak - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) (jointly with the Cabinet Office)
The current cost for participating on a UKDSE stand through the pod offer is £4,250 + VAT.
Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the UK Defence and Security Exports Export Faculty’s collaboration with the wider departmental Export Academy.
Answered by Alan Mak - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) (jointly with the Cabinet Office)
The UK Defence and Security Exports Export Faculty was designed to operate in parallel with the departmental Export Academy, but is specifically focussed on the defence, security and cyber security sectors. The Faculty and the Academy are both operating successfully.
Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many defence firms were supported by UK Defence and Security Exports to attend the Saudi Arabia World Defence Show in February 2024.
Answered by Alan Mak - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) (jointly with the Cabinet Office)
UKDSE directly supported 11 defence companies at World Defense Show 2024, either through participation on the UKDSE stand or through the Soldier on Stand service.
Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the average number of businesses were that attended a UK Defence and Security Exports supported Defence and Security Exports Day in each year since 2019.
Answered by Alan Mak - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) (jointly with the Cabinet Office)
UKDSE does not have a service offer by this name.
Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many defence firms did UK Defence and Security Exports support to attend the recent (a) Sea Air Space and (b) Space Symposium conferences in the United States.
Answered by Alan Mak - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) (jointly with the Cabinet Office)
a) Sea Air Space
0 – UKDSE did not support any defence companies to attend this event.
b) Space Symposium
0 – UKDSE did not support any defence companies to attend this event.