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Written Question
Exports: Arts and Culture
Tuesday 13th April 2021

Asked by: Alison McGovern (Labour - Birkenhead)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what staffing resources her Department allocates to assessing exports in the UK's cultural and creative industries.

Answered by Graham Stuart

The Department for International Trade (DIT) has a dedicated creative industries team of 14 staff, a network of approximately 275 International Trade Advisors (ITAs) in the English regions supporting companies of all types, and trade policy, export and investment specialists in over a hundred countries globally.

Written Question
UK Trade with EU: Music
Tuesday 13th April 2021

Asked by: Alison McGovern (Labour - Birkenhead)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Music Export Growth Scheme; and what criteria was used to make that assessment.

Answered by Graham Stuart

My department has commissioned an independent evaluation of the economic benefits of the Music Export Growth Scheme, which will be completed by May 2021.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Sep 2020
Japan Free Trade Agreement

"I note what the Secretary of State said about impact assessments, but what discussions has she had with the Office for Budget Responsibility about whether it will produce a forecast of the impact of the deal, specifically comparing it with WTO trading conditions and what would have happened if we …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Oct 2019
No-deal Brexit: Schedule of Tariffs

"For manufacturers in the north of England, it is hard to know which is worse: the fact that this Government are prepared to countenance no deal, or the fact that the deal that they are proposing significantly disadvantages the north compared with Northern Ireland. Can I ask the Minister, therefore, …..."
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