Speeches

Andrew Stephenson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Stephenson on 2015-09-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many official trade delegations have been to (a) India, (b) Pakistan, (c) Bangladesh and (d) Sri Lanka in each of the last three years.

Anna Soubry

The following is a list of official trade missions that have been organised by UK Trade & Investment over the past three years to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

2013/14

  • Number of Outward Trade Missions to India = 10
  • Number of Outward Trade Missions Pakistan = 1
  • Number of Outward Trade Missions to Bangladesh = 0
  • Number of Outward Trade Missions to Sri Lanka = 3

2014/15

  • Number of Outward Trade Missions to India = 9
  • Number of Outward Trade Missions Pakistan = 1
  • Number of Outward Trade Missions to Bangladesh = 1
  • Number of Outward Trade Missions to Sri Lanka = 1

2015/16

  • Number of Outward Trade Missions to India = 0 (2 planned)
  • Number of Outward Trade Missions Pakistan = 0
  • Number of Outward Trade Missions to Bangladesh = 0 (1 planned)
  • Number of Outward Trade Missions to Sri Lanka = 0 (1 planned)