Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with the Devolved administrations about any potential plans she has to increase trade with the European Union.

The Department for International Trade (DIT) is delivering prosperity through trade and investment, to all parts of the UK. We have established teams in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, to bring DIT’s support closer to businesses in the nations and to strengthen our partnership working with the Devolved Administrations.

When implementing DIT’s Export Strategy, launched in October 2021, we work alongside the devolved governments’ own trade promotion plans and strategies. We support businesses across the UK to export to the European Union and beyond, through our new Export Support Service (ESS) including our one-to-many digital services offer and Export Academy, supported by our overseas trade advisers based across Europe.