Question follow-through · 42452
Overseas Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to improve export capacity within the UK.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 31 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 8 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
31 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to improve export capacity within the UK.
2 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Apr 2025
Answer published
We recognise the importance of increasing the capacity of businesses to export and succeed around the world.UK businesses can access DBT’s export support via Great.gov.uk. This comprises an online support offer and a wider network of support including the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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