Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of UK international trade is covered by free trade agreements.

We have an ambitious programme of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations to help our nation become a truly Global Britain.  The UK Government has already secured trade agreements with 71 countries plus the EU, partners that accounted for 63.1% (£814bn) of UK bilateral trade in 2021. Our FTA programme continues at pace, with trade negotiations currently live with eight markets – India, the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Canada, Mexico, Israel and Greenland, as well as negotiating a Digital Trade Agreement with Ukraine.