Trade Promotion
Commons · Question 118461 · Tabled 5 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Joshua Reynolds
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the value delivered to small and medium-sized businesses by the trade envoy programme compared with support available through UK Export Finance and his own Departm
Answer
Answered by Chris Bryant, 13 Mar 2026
This is an impossible question to answer as the whole point of the UK Trade Envoy Programme is that it complements the work of UKEF and DBT’s direct export services in supporting SMEs. Trade Envoys provide high-level advocacy and market access, UKEF deliv...