Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many trade delegates he has led since taking up his position; and to which countries he has led those delegates.

Since July 2016, the Department has led 51 trade missions to key markets across the world covering over 19 sectors, with an average number of 15 delegates per mission. My Rt. Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade accompanied the Prime Minister with a business delegation to India in November 2016.

The Department for International Trade Ministers undertook 134 visits in the Department’s first year; 97 were overseas, underlining the Department’s commitment to helping British companies win business in international markets.