Written question asked by Tracey Crouch (Conservative) on Monday, 4 March 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 6 March 2019. It was answered by Graham Stuart (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 March 2019 on behalf of the Department for International Trade.

Trade Missions: Sports

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether he has taken steps to ensure that overseas trade missions contain representation from sporting National Governing Bodies or sport more widely.

Answer: Sporting National Governing Bodies are invited to participate in trade missions where appropriate. The Department for International Trade runs trade missions promoting the sports economy and the business opportunities related to this sector. These missions are open to sports economy related companies and/or organisations looking to do business overseas, and DIT market these events and missions widely to relevant companies. DIT encourage federations and national governing bodies, as well as businesses, to participate in order to help us promote UK sporting excellence and expertise overseas.

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