Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many officials at her Department based in the (a) UK and (b) United States worked on the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Indiana.

In relation to questions 33803 and 33804, I refer the Hon. Member for Brentford and Isleworth to the answer I gave on 5^th July, UIN: 21213 and 21214.

In relation to question 33805, the Bilateral Trade Relations Directorate in the Department for International Trade has over 100 full time equivalent (FTE) staff working flexibly, together with our international network, on a range of trade issues as part of our drive to demolish bureaucratic barriers to international trade, opening up markets worth over £20 billion for businesses across the UK. Seeking Memorandum of Understandings to provide a framework to address barriers with US states is part of this agenda.