Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Government transparency data entitled DIT: spending over £25,000 for November 2022, for what purpose that Department spent £33,000 on corporate event management and marketing at the British Fashion Council on 29 November 2022.

The Department for Business and Trade provided funding to the British Fashion Council (BFC) to support the International Guest Programme during London Fashion Week trade event, targeting international buyers and media to boost export sales for British designers, via digital content and across multiple events. The programme is designed to stimulate international business for British designers and international attendance at London Fashion Week, maintaining the position of the UK as the destination for innovation and creativity, and enables the BFC to create a strategic and tailored programme for influential and relevant buyers and media to maximise export potential for UK designer businesses.