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Trade Agreements: Training

Commons · Question 94055 · Tabled 24 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 27 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Joshua Reynolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to promote recognition of UK professional IT qualifications, including CITP status, in trade negotiations with international partners.

Answer

Answered by Chris Bryant, 27 Nov 2025

Provisions on the recognition of professional qualifications (RPQ) are an important part of the services chapters in the UK’s international trade agreements, including within the UK-Switzerland RPQ Agreement and our Free Trade Agreements with Norway, Icel...