Trade Agreements
(asked on 4th July 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many officials in her Department are working on free trade negotiations.
This question was answered on 12th July 2023
As of 31/05/23 the Department for Business and Trade (ex-DIT only) had 522 members of staff working on free trade negotiations.
Due to the ongoing Machine of Government changes, this figure does not include staff from ex-BEIS who will transfer over to the Department of Business and Trade, to join the Trade Negotiations group.