Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to help increase exports.

My Department’s Export Strategy targets barriers to trade and supports businesses through a 12-point plan. The Strategy is implemented through the Export Support Service - answering exporters questions, Export Academy – offering free learning and development for potential exporters, and UK Export Finance - the UK’s export credit agency who have supported 55,000 UK jobs. This support has been imperative to boosting UK exports. Furthermore, we are also identifying opportunities to simplify existing regulation and equip businesses to capitalise on the new free trade agreements, state level agreements and wider removal of market access barriers.