Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many small and medium-sized businesses made use of the UK Tradeshow Access Programme in each year of that programme's existence; and what was the cost of that programme in each year.
The Tradeshow Access Programme begin in 2006 and ceased in March 2021.
The table shows the volume of businesses supported, and the overall programme costs, for each year of its existence.
Year | Supported Businesses | Programme Spend |
2006/07 | 4,390 | £10.5m |
2007/08 | 3,500 | £8.5m |
2008/09 | 3,600 | £7.7m |
2009/10 | 4,100 | £8.4m |
2010/11 | 4,100 | £8.4m |
2011/12 | 3,200 | £6.7m |
2012/13 | 5,796 | £8.7m |
2013/14 | 9,427 | £16.2m |
2014/15 | 8,769 | £11.0m |
2015/16 | 5,837 | £9.1m |
2016/17 | 3,913 | £7.6m |
2017/18 | 3,292 | £6.5m |
2018/19 | 3,258 | £6.3m |
2019/20 | 2,538 | £5.0m |
2020/21* | 35 | £0.5m |
* Most international travel was suspended due to COVID-19.