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Question follow-through · 101495

Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many Independent Trade Advisers were employed by his Department on 30 September in each of the last 5 years.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
18 Dec 2025
Target answer date
5 Jan 2026
Answer
5 Jan 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many Independent Trade Advisers were employed by his Department on 30 September in each of the last 5 years.

  2. 5 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    Assuming that the Member has asked about ‘Independent Trade Advisers’ in error when he means ‘International Trade Advisers’, as of September 2025, the Department for Business and Trade employs 140 International Trade Advisers (ITAs). The table below prese...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Department for Business and Trade: Staff

5 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many full-time equivalent staff within his Department were assigned to trade facilitation and market access barrier resolution in (a) 2026 and (b) 2021.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Exports: Trade Barriers

5 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many formal market access barriers impacting UK exporters were recorded by his Department in each of the last three years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Department for Business and Trade: Equality

5 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what evaluation he has made of the effectiveness of reverse mentoring programmes in his department.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Trade Promotion

5 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 101496 on Trade Promotion, whether he plans to retain the role of International Trade Adviser as part of the strategic organisational redesign.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Hospitality Industry

6 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the Hospitality Sector Council last met and when he plans to publish the minutes of the meeting.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Imports: Fees and Charges

6 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has assessed the cumulative impact of multiple regulatory charges and fees applied to a single import consignment.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Trade Barriers

6 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what performance indicators his Department uses to measure progress in reducing regulatory and administrative trade barriers.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Trade: Regulation

8 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has identified any data gaps that limit its ability to quantify the cost of trade-related regulation.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Trade: Regulation

8 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of trade regulation on port congestion and throughput, broken down by port.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Trade Barriers: Regulation

8 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what mechanisms his Department uses to collect feedback from businesses on trade barriers arising from domestic regulation.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Trade: Regulation

14 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2026 to Question 104305, on Trade: Regulation, what analysis he undertook in order to come to his conclusion.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Trade Barriers: Regulation

14 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2026 to Question 104310, on Trade Barriers: Regulation, whether he intends to publish the results of the most recent business questionnaire on domestic regulation.