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While the Chancellor was enjoying her trip to Davos last week, inflation went up, as did unemployment, reversing the progress of the previous Conservative Government. Did the Chancellor or her Cabinet colleagues pick up any ideas in Davos that could reverse those trends, support our businesses and high streets and end the hiring recession that her Budget has caused?
While the Chancellor was enjoying her trip to Davos last week, inflation went up, as did unemployment, reversing the progress of the previous Conservative Government. Did the Chancellor or her Cabinet colleagues pick up any ideas in Davos that could reverse those trends, support our businesses and high streets and end the hiring recession that her Budget has caused?
I am not sure whether the hon. Gentleman thinks that the Chancellor of the Exchequer should not be in Davos, but I think it is important that the Chancellor is there banging the drum for Britain and bringing investment here. While I was in Davos, we secured new investment and worked with our allies on securing new trade deals for Britain. While the Opposition like to talk our country down, we are getting on and delivering a lower cost of living and higher economic growth.
I am not sure whether the hon. Gentleman thinks that the Chancellor of the Exchequer should not be in Davos, but I think it is important that the Chancellor is there banging the drum for Britain and bringing investment here. While I was in Davos, we secured new investment and worked with our allies on securing new trade deals for Britain. While the Opposition like to talk our country down, we are getting on and delivering a lower cost of living and higher economic growth.
I am not sure whether the hon. Gentleman thinks that the Chancellor of the Exchequer should not be in Davos, but I think it is important that the Chancellor is there banging the drum for Britain and bringing investment here. While I was in Davos, we secured new investment and worked with our allies on securing new trade deals for Britain. While the Opposition like to talk our country down, we are getting on and delivering a lower cost of living and higher economic growth.
While the Chancellor was enjoying her trip to Davos last week, inflation went up, as did unemployment, reversing the progress of the previous Conservative Government. Did the Chancellor or her Cabinet colleagues pick up any ideas in Davos that could reverse those trends, support our businesses and high streets and end the hiring recession that her Budget has caused?
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many officials from his Department attended the World Economic Forum 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many officials from his Department attended the World Economic Forum 2025.
No Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office officials attended the 2025 World Economic Forum as delegates. The Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization, United Nations and other International Organisations attended to accompany Ministers and members of his team based in Geneva provided support to the HMG delegation.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials from his Department attended the World Economic Forum 2025.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials from his Department attended the World Economic Forum 2025.
No Cabinet Office officials attended the World Economic Forum 2025.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials from her Department attended the World Economic Forum 2025.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials from her Department attended the World Economic Forum 2025.
It is commonplace for key officials to travel with the Chancellor in order to support her at events and visits.
Five officials from HM Treasury accompanied the Chancellor to the 2025 World Economic Forum annual meeting.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many officials from his Department attended the World Economic Forum 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many officials from his Department attended the World Economic Forum 2025.
Five officials from the Department for Business and Trade attended the World Economic Forum 2025, accompanying two ministers. This is inclusive of one special advisor.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of his flight to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2024.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of his flight to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2024.
Costs for all overseas ministerial travel is regularly published in transparency returns.
These figures are scheduled to be published in due course.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Ministers have represented the UK at the World Economic Forum in Davos in each year since 2015.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Ministers have represented the UK at the World Economic Forum in Davos in each year since 2015.
Ministers from the following departments have attended the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting with officials since 2018: Her Majesty’s Treasury (2020, 2019 and 2018); Cabinet Office (2022); and the Departments for International Trade (2023, 2022, 2019 and 2018); Health and Social Care (2019); Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (2023, 2019 and 2018); Culture, Media and Sport (2019 and 2018); and International Development (2019). The then Prime Minister also attended in 2018.
The Cabinet Office does not hold centralised records of ministerial attendance at the WEF Annual Meeting prior to 2018.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether the Government paid for a membership subscription to be a member of the World Economic Forum in 2023.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether the Government paid for a membership subscription to be a member of the World Economic Forum in 2023.
The Government did not pay for a membership subscription to be a member of the World Economic Forum in 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2023 to Question 199561 on World Economic Forum, how much and what proportion of the £6255.20 was spent on (a) flights, (b) accommodation and (c) hospitality.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2023 to Question 199561 on World Economic Forum, how much and what proportion of the £6255.20 was spent on (a) flights, (b) accommodation and (c) hospitality.
The Department's Transparency returns for the period January to February 2023 show a total cost of £6,225.20 for the visit and this represents the total cost including flights and accommodation. All hospitality is declared in quarterly returns but costs for that are not routinely recorded. In the case of this visit there was no hospitality given.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the data on Ministerial travel for the Department for International Trade, January to March 2023, last updated on 20 July 2023, how much was spent on (a) flights and (b) accommodation for her visit to the World...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the data on Ministerial travel for the Department for International Trade, January to March 2023, last updated on 20 July 2023, how much was spent on (a) flights and (b) accommodation for her visit to the World...
The total cost of the flights and accommodation for the Secretary of State’s visit to the World Economic Forum from 17 to 20 January 2023 is set out within the “DIT Ministers' Overseas Travel: January to February 2023” transparency data published on GOV.UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish details of the meetings he had at the World Economic Forum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish details of the meetings he had at the World Economic Forum.
Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly and can be found on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings. Details of my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State’s meetings at the World Economic Forum will be published in due course.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he had discussions at the World Economic Forum in Davos on international tax reform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he had discussions at the World Economic Forum in Davos on international tax reform.
My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State had discussions at the World Economic Forum with a large number of businesses, some of whom commented on UK tax reforms. He did not discuss international tax reform.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she had discussions at the World Economic Forum on restoration of the WTO rules-based trade regime.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she had discussions at the World Economic Forum on restoration of the WTO rules-based trade regime.
The Secretary of State had important discussions at the World Economic Forum on strengthening the multilateral trading system, including by achieving a fully functioning World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement system. These included bilateral meetings with the US, European Commission and other allies, a meeting with the WTO Director General, attendance at the Coalition of Trade Ministers on Climate, and a WTO mini-ministerial.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will list the meetings she held whilst at the World Economic Forum in December 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will list the meetings she held whilst at the World Economic Forum in December 2022.
All meetings held by the Secretary of State in her Ministerial capacity are routinely released on quarterly Departmental transparency returns. These will be published at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dit-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings in due course.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she held discussions with the United States Trade Representative at the World Economic Forum in December 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she held discussions with the United States Trade Representative at the World Economic Forum in December 2022.
The Secretary of State had a bilateral discussion with the United States Trade Representative at the World Economic Forum in Davos on 18th January 2023.
This was their second bilateral discussion since the Secretary of State’s appointment in September 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the cost to the public purse was of her travel arrangements for the World Economic Forum in Davos.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the cost to the public purse was of her travel arrangements for the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Details of Ministerial travel are routinely recorded on the Department’s transparency returns, published at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dit-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings. Returns are published on a quarterly basis.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what was the cost to the public purse of Government attendance at the World Economic Forum in (a) total and (b) by each Department in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what was the cost to the public purse of Government attendance at the World Economic Forum in (a) total and (b) by each Department in each of the last five years.
Ministers from the following departments have attended the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting with officials since 2018: Her Majesty’s Treasury (2020, 2019 and 2018); Cabinet Office (2022); and the Departments for International Trade (2022, 2019 and 2018); Health and Social Care (2019); Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (2019 and 2018); Culture, Media and Sport (2019 and 2018); and International Development (2019). The then Prime Minister also attended in 2018.
The Cabinet Office does not hold a centralised database of total Government spending on travel to the World Economic Forum’s annual meetings. However, Ministerial and senior official foreign travel transparency data is published on gov.uk.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which (a) Ministers and (b) other representatives of UK Government Departments attended the World Economic Forum annual meeting in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which (a) Ministers and (b) other representatives of UK Government Departments attended the World Economic Forum annual meeting in each of the last five years.
Ministers from the following departments have attended the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting with officials since 2018: Her Majesty’s Treasury (2020, 2019 and 2018); Cabinet Office (2022); and the Departments for International Trade (2022, 2019 and 2018); Health and Social Care (2019); Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (2019 and 2018); Culture, Media and Sport (2019 and 2018); and International Development (2019). The then Prime Minister also attended in 2018.
The Cabinet Office does not hold a centralised database of total Government spending on travel to the World Economic Forum’s annual meetings. However, Ministerial and senior official foreign travel transparency data is published on gov.uk.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is engaged in any partnerships with the World Economic Forum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is engaged in any partnerships with the World Economic Forum.
Since November 2020, BEIS has been a member of the Global Futures Council on Agile Governance, focusing on the development of government regulatory practices to help drive economic growth.
In May this year, the UK became a government partner in the First Movers Coalition. This is an initiative launched by the United States with the WEF and is a coalition of more than 35 international companies committed to harness their purchasing power and supply chains to create early markets for innovative clean energy technologies.