Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of their free trade agreement with the government of Japan on Northern Ireland.

The preliminary analysis from the published Scoping Assessment before negotiations began shows that a UK-Japan agreement could benefit Northern Ireland with output (measured by gross value added) estimated to increase by between 0.05% and 0.15% in the long run. This Scoping Assessment can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uks-approach-to-negotiating-a-free-trade-agreement-with-japan.

A full Impact Assessment of the Free Trade Agreement itself will be published when the agreement is laid before Parliament.