Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of recent changes in the government funding provided to promote British businesses at trade shows on SME export growth in the brewing industry.

There have been no recent changes in the government funding provided to promote British businesses at trade shows. Support for UK small and medium-sized enterprises from all sectors has been consistent and unchanged throughout the current year, 2016/17.