UK Trade and Investment: Staff

(asked on 7th December 2015) - View Source

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many UK Trade and Investment staff worked in each of the industrial sectors on 1 April 2015; and what the budget for each such sector is in 2015-16.


Answered by
Anna Soubry Portrait
Anna Soubry
This question was answered on 10th December 2015

UK Trade & Investment supports eleven sectors, and other priority sectors, such as creative industries and the information economy.


We are working with a number of other Government departments to ensure companies of all sectors are represented in Government efforts overseas.


The table below shows the number of staff on 1 April 2015 and the most recent budget information for our core sector teams and investment organisations.



Staff

Budget, £m

Consumer, Retail & E-exporting

11

5.7

Creative Industries & Global Sports & Construction

25

3.1

UKTI Education

8

1.0

Energy & Transport

27

3.7

Healthcare UK

13

1.6

Information Economy

16

2.9

Advanced Manufacturing

8

1.2

UKTI Agri-Tech Organisation

3

1.2

UKTI Automotive Investment Organisation

5

1.7

UKTI Financial Services Organisation

8

1.7

Innovation Gateway

7

1.3

UKTI Life Science Organisation

9

2.2

UKTI Offshore Wind Investment Organisation

2

1.1

UKTI Regeneration Investment Organisation

1

1.4


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