Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2023 to Question 136628 on Trade Promotion, for what reason her Department does not hold data on the involvement of the UK diaspora in trade delegations.

The Department for Business & Trade take a number of factors into account when identifying attendees for trade delegations. These are predominantly commercial considerations – which UK businesses or stakeholders will most benefit from involvement or can most effectively support the UK’s objectives. Knowledge and experience of a specific market would be one consideration, but we do not collect data on the diaspora of attendees.