Question follow-through · 5249
Trade Promotion
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of British Trade Envoys in securing economic growth opportunities for the UK.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of British Trade Envoys in securing economic growth opportunities for the UK.
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Trade Envoy programme was established in 2012 as a network of parliamentarians to provide international support to the UK Government’s strategy to drive economic growth.DBT Trade Envoys play a valuable role in supporting the UK’s trade and investment ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Small Business Commissioner: Operating Costs
30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the total running costs of the office of the Small Business Commissioner was for the last full year in which data is available.