Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the Department’s press release entitled Joint Statement of 16th Meeting of the India–UK JETCO, published on 12 October 2026, whether he plans to publish data on the impact of the agreement on exports, imports, investment and employment in Essex.

The Department does not hold data on the impact of the agreement on exports, imports, investment and employment specifically in Essex and does not conduct economic modelling of potential future impacts of trade agreements at sub-regional levels. The Department published an ex-ante Impact Assessment that estimates potential long-run impacts of the UK-India CETA for the East of England region, which includes Essex. There are no sub-regional modelled estimates of potential future long-run impacts.