Asked by: Lord Dunlop (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask Her Majesty's Government in how many overseas locations Department for International Trade officials are co-located with the staff of Scottish Development International; and how this has changed over the last five years.
Answered by Baroness Fairhead
The Department for International Trade (DIT) (and previously UKTI staff) are co-located with Scottish Development International (SDI) staff in a number of locations; specific details below. DIT are always prepared, where logistically possible to work with SDI colleagues on co-location overseas.
Brazil Rio de Janeiro
Canada Calgary and Toronto
USA November 2017
Australia & New Zealand Melbourne since 2016 (previously Sydney)
China Beijing
Hong Kong
India Mymbai, New Delhi and Hydrabad
Denmark Copenhagen
Ghana Accra
Saudi Arabia Al Khobar – established February 2014
UAE Dubai
Taiwan Taipei
Asked by: Lord Dunlop (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Department for International Trade officials are based in Scotland; and what are the functions of those officials.
Answered by Baroness Fairhead
The Department for International Trade has 18 officials based in its offices in Glasgow.
The functions of those are shown in the table below.
Export and Investment Promotion | 10 |
Communications & Marketing | 5 |
UK Export Finance | 3 |
Asked by: Lord Dunlop (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) UK exporters, and (2) Scottish exporters, have participated in the High Value Opportunity programme.
Answered by Baroness Fairhead
The Department for International Trade (DIT) supports UK businesses through a range of programmes aimed at increasing exports.
Through 2016-17 DIT supported its customers to achieve £41.6bn in export wins, which included working with 2,811 new exporters. These figures, published in our annual report, include support to Scottish exporters.
In the financial year 2016-17 the High Value Opportunity programme was replaced by the High Value Campaign programme.
Asked by: Lord Dunlop (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they hold on Scottish company representation on trade missions organised by the UK Government.
Answered by Baroness Fairhead
All UK companies, including those located or operating in Scotland, are able to access the Department for International Trade’s (DIT) national events and missions programme. This is viewable on great.gov.uk which is promoted nationally. DIT keeps a record of all companies who take part in trade missions so that we can ensure we continue to support them throughout their export journey, including any export wins. In the first six months of this financial year, 19 Scottish companies took part in missions organised by DIT.