Department for International Trade: Public Expenditure

(asked on 28th March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will detail the losses and special payments valued at under £300,000 for her departmental group as defined by section A4.10.7 in HM Treasury's Managing Public Money for (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21.


Answered by
Penny Mordaunt Portrait
Penny Mordaunt
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
This question was answered on 8th April 2022

The losses and special payments valued at under £300,000 for the departmental group for the years 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 as already held on the record of losses for the public sector organisations within the departmental group, in accordance with Managing Public Money (Annex A4.10.7), or as otherwise held for the purposes of special payment disclosures, are set out below. These disclosures are consistent with the organisations’ obligations under the Data Protection Act 2018.

The Department promotes UK exports and showcases business at international trade shows. A number of events due to take place during 2019-20 were cancelled due to COVID-19 and the Department was unable to recoup all amounts incurred towards them.

  • The total number of cases of losses in each year.

The total number of cases of losses in each year

2018 -2019

2019-2020

2020-2021

23

178

25

  • The total cost of losses in each year.

The total cost of losses in each year

2018 -2019

2019-2020

2020-2021

£466,443

£920,363

£650,195

  • The total number of special payments in each year.

The total number of special payments in each year

2018 -2019

2019-2020

2020-2021

2

None

None

  • The total value of special payments in each year.

The total value of special payments in each year

2018 -2019

2019-2020

2020-2021

£88,000

None

None

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