UK Defence and Security Exports: Trade Fairs
(asked on 18th April 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many SME defence firms have used the showcase pod at events supported by UK Defence and Security Exports in each year since 2019.
Answered by
Alan Mak
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) (jointly with the Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 25th April 2024
UK Defence and Security Exports (UKDSE) estimate that a total of 171 UK SME defence firms have used the showcase pod at events supported by UKDSE, from 01 January 2019 to present (22 April 2024)
2019
66
2020 (Reduced activity due to Covid-19 pandemic)
5
2021 (Reduced activity due to Covid-19 pandemic)
3
2022
42
2023
41
2024 - to date
14