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Department for Business and Trade: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department were working on new free trade agreements in February 2025.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
21 Feb 2025
Target answer date
25 Feb 2025
Answer
3 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department were working on new free trade agreements in February 2025.

  2. 25 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    DBT’s Trade Policy, Implementation and Negotiations (TPIN) Group operates a flexible resourcing model to maximise efficiency across priorities. DBT has committed to delivering six Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations alongside leading work on the Compr...

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