Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of (a) the Tradeshow Access Programme, (b) the Music Export Growth Scheme, (c) the Internationalisation fund and (d) the E-exporting programme; and if she will make a statement.

The Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP) is monitored as part of the Department for International Trade’s (DIT) collective assessment of the support it offers to exporters. The latest TAP-specific Business Satisfaction figures are from the Export Client Survey, published July 2020, found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-export-client-survey-ecs.

DIT has appointed Ipsos MORI to deliver an evaluation of the Music Export Growth Scheme, the final report of which will be presented to DIT later in the year. This will form an important set of evidence for any future assessments of the scheme.

The Internationalisation Fund (IF) has commissioned an independent contractor to evaluate IF over the lifetime of the project. The Fund opened in December 2020 so it is too early to assess its effectiveness, but a final assessment will be made when funding comes to an end in 2023.

The E-Exporting Programme is monitored as part of DIT’s collective assessment of the support it offers to exporters. It is also evaluated by the overall number of companies it has supported including via its Selling Online Overseas tool, and customer feedback.