Written questions

Trade Agreements: Economic Growth

Commons · Question 14407 · Tabled 14 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 19 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Jim Allister

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of trade deals negotiated since 2020 on economic growth in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland.

Answer

Answered by Douglas Alexander, 19 Nov 2024

The Department of Business and Trade (DBT) does not hold an aggregated value for the impact of the signed trade deals on the UK’s nations and regions. Instead, the Department publishes individual Impact Assessments (IAs) for new free trade agreements (FTA...