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Department for Business and Trade: Staff

Commons · Question 31908 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 3 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department were working on new free trade agreements in February 2025.

Answer

Answered by Douglas Alexander, 3 Mar 2025

DBT’s Trade Policy, Implementation and Negotiations (TPIN) Group operates a flexible resourcing model to maximise efficiency across priorities. DBT has committed to delivering six Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations alongside leading work on the Compr...