Written question asked by Barry Sheerman (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 April 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 April 1998. It was answered by Barbara Roche (Labour) on Monday, 20 April 1998 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what contribution her Department made to the budget of the Export Forum in the last financial year. - Including figure.

Answer: Mr. Sheerman: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what contribution her Department made to the budget of the Export Forum in the last financial year. [38881] Mrs. Roche: The Department spent a total of £17,000 on the publication of the Export Forum report and on the travel expenses and refreshment of Forum members. A small amount of resource was also spent on photocopying costs and other small items of office support for the Forum, but it is not possible to separate this out from the generality of Departmental expenditure.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 38881; 310 c510-1W
Session: 1997-98
Subjects: Finance Exports Overseas trade Export Forum Working Group Trade promotion
Contains statistics: Yes