Fiona Bruce – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Fiona Bruce on 2015-11-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Government plans to hold or collect any information on the number of UK businesses operating in or contracting with the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea.

Anna Soubry

The Government does not maintain a database of UK businesses operating in or contracting with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

Data on the value of trade between UK businesses and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is published by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). Information on the number of UK businesses exporting goods to, and importing goods from, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are collected by HMRC. Specific information relating to individual businesses cannot be published due to legislation protecting business confidentiality and in line with statistical disclosure control.