Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the value was of trade deals agreed by Scottish-based businesses which took part in the January 2018 trade visit to China by the Prime Minister.

During the Prime Minister’s visit to China over £9 billion in deals were announced including three Scottish-Chinese commercial agreements:

• Highland Spring agreed a new import agreement helping to facilitate a successful product launch;
• Fettes College secured a deal to establish a British-style bilingual school in a collaboration with their Chinese partners; and
• Merchiston Castle School Edinburgh has entered into a partnership to establish schools in China.

Details of these deals are commercially confidential.