Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 101496

Trade Promotion

Tabled: 18 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026

Question

Andrew Griffith

ConservativeArundel and South Downs

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many Independent Trade Advisers his Department plans to employ on 30 September 2026.

Answer

Chris Bryant
As in PQ16188, the Member seems to be confusing his terminology as we do not employ any ‘Independent Trade Advisers’ but do employ 140 International Trade Advisers. We are undergoing a strategic organisational redesign to ensure we are best positioned to ...

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