Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the cost to the public purse was of setting up and operating the Export Opportunities Portal.

The cost of setting up and operating the current Export Opportunities service launched on 14 November 2016 as part of the great.gov.uk platform is estimated at £1.1 million to 31 October 2017. This cost was for design, build, content, hosting and security checking of the service.

Export opportunities published are gathered by our network of Embassy and High-Commission trade experts, as well as overseas partners as part of their overseas support for UK businesses.