UK Trade and Investment

(asked on 24th October 2014) - 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 2014; and what the budget for each such sector is in 2014-15.


Answered by
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Matt Hancock
This question was answered on 11th November 2014

UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) works in line with the Government’s Industrial Strategy. The whole UKTI network works predominantly in these priority sectors to support UK exporters and attract foreign direct investment to the UK.

The table below shows the number of civil service staff working in our core sector teams in our HQ, and the budget allocated to each team[1].

Staff

Budget, £m

Advanced Manufacturing

6

1.3

UKTI Agri-Tech Organisation

3

1.3

UKTI Automotive Investment Organisation

2

2.0

Construction

10.5

1.5

Consumer & Retail

9

2.3

Creative Industries & Global Sports

12

2.7

UKTI Education

10

1.1

Energy

20

2.6

UKTI Financial Services Organisation

6

2.0

Healthcare UK

8

1.6

Information Economy

11

3.0

Innovation Gateway

2

1.7

UKTI Life Science Organisation

6

2.6

UKTI Offshore Wind Investment Organisation

1

1.1

UKTI DSO

128

10.5

[1] This core resource is supplemented by specialist contractors, sector teams in our global network, and our trade advisors in the English regions. The core budget is supplemented by funding for cross-cutting activity including trade fairs and missions, marketing, and the services provided by our 430 Trade Advisors in the English regions to help UK companies export to new markets.

It should be noted that UKTI DSO operates as a separate unit, whereas the other UKTI sector teams utilise more shared resource in addition to the numbers tabled below.

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