Speeches

Paul Flynn – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Flynn on 2015-12-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many UK Trade and Investment staff worked in each of the industrial sectors on 1 April 2015; and what the budget for each such sector is in 2015-16.

Anna Soubry

UK Trade & Investment supports eleven sectors, and other priority sectors, such as creative industries and the information economy.

We are working with a number of other Government departments to ensure companies of all sectors are represented in Government efforts overseas.

The table below shows the number of staff on 1 April 2015 and the most recent budget information for our core sector teams and investment organisations.

Staff

Budget, £m

Consumer, Retail & E-exporting

11

5.7

Creative Industries & Global Sports & Construction

25

3.1

UKTI Education

8

1.0

Energy & Transport

27

3.7

Healthcare UK

13

1.6

Information Economy

16

2.9

Advanced Manufacturing

8

1.2

UKTI Agri-Tech Organisation

3

1.2

UKTI Automotive Investment Organisation

5

1.7

UKTI Financial Services Organisation

8

1.7

Innovation Gateway

7

1.3

UKTI Life Science Organisation

9

2.2

UKTI Offshore Wind Investment Organisation

2

1.1

UKTI Regeneration Investment Organisation

1

1.4