Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many firms have taken part in the Passport to Export scheme in each year of its operation.
Passport to Export has been running for over 10 years and in most years around 1,200 companies have been signed to the scheme. That number was increased in 2013/14. Since 2010 for which data is readily available, the number of companies signed to the scheme is as follows:
2010/11: 1114
2011/12: 1215
2012/13: 1336
2013/14: 2686
2014/15: 956 (April to July)