Question follow-through · 100545
Financial Services and Investment: South Korea
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he plans to take to assess the effectiveness of the investment and financial services provisions of the UK–Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 16 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 22 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he plans to take to assess the effectiveness of the investment and financial services provisions of the UK–Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement.
18 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Dec 2025
Answer published
We will publish a full assessment of the economic impact of the UK-Republic of Korea FTA when the agreement is formally signed. Once the agreement enters into force, DBT will monitor the utilisation of the FTA by businesses, in line with standard practice...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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