Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 90949
Government Departments: Exports
Tabled: 13 November 2025
Answered: 21 November 2025
Question
Dr Al Pinkerton
Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the year-on-year spending has been for export-focused civil service teams since 2020.
Answer
Chris BryantThe year-on-year spending is as follows:
Year | Total spend (£m) |
2020/21 | 52.6 |
2021/22 | 54 |
2022/23 | 63.7 |
2023/24 | 58.9 |
2024/25 | 45.4 |
All data has been taken from DBT's Financial Forecasting Tool (FFT). The current financial year has not been finalised, therefore response to end of 2024-25 provided.