Question follow-through · 92355
Department for Business and Trade: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has undertaken consultation with (a) business organisations and (b) export-focused SMEs on workforce reductions in export support services.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 25 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has undertaken consultation with (a) business organisations and (b) export-focused SMEs on workforce reductions in export support services.
20 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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25 Nov 2025
Answer published
We are changing how we deliver export support in line with the Trade Strategy, and in response to the asks of businesses and our stakeholders, to provide a more accessible and easier to navigate offer that utilises technology to deliver more cost-effectiv...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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