UK Trade and Investment
(asked on 6th January 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what value for money assessment his Department has made of the UKTI Events Alliance programme.
This question was answered on 16th January 2017
The Department for International Trade assumed the responsibilities of UKTI in July 2016.
A yearly client survey of businesses supported by DIT is undertaken by the International Trade and Investment team to measure quality of service and reported impact which includes the Events Alliance Programme. Latest figures available cover support provided in 2015-16:
- For those attending DIT-sponsored Events, on average, businesses anticipated additional export sales of £611,000 per business as a result of attending events organised with the support of the Department.
- Event satisfaction was 74% among businesses supported.