Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Joint Statement of 16th Meeting of the India–UK JETCO, published on 12 October 2026, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the UK-India Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement on the UK’s bilateral trade balance in goods with India.

The government has assessed the impact of the UK-India Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement through its impact assessment which was published at the time of signature. Total bilateral trade (goods and services) is modelled to increase by nearly 39% in the long run, equivalent to £25.5bn a year when applied to projections of future trade in 2040.