PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
UK Trade and Investment: India (10 November 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many full-time equivalent UKTI staff in his Department were based in (a) India and (b) Gujarat in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by:
Gareth Thomas (Labour)

UKTI-funded full-time equivalent (FTE) staff in India and Gujarat were as follows:

2015 - 90 UKTI FTE in India, of which 2 in Ahmedabad (Gujarat)

2014 - 86 UKTI FTE in India, of which 2 in Ahmedabad (Gujarat)

2013 - 87.2 UKTI FTE in India, of which 2 in Ahmedabad (Gujarat)

2012- 86.5 UKTI FTE in India, of which 2 in Ahmedabad (Gujarat)

2011- 83.85 UKTI FTE in India, of which 2 in Ahmedabad (Gujarat)

Under UKTI’s sector and project based approach, opportunities in Gujurat are supported by UKTI’s wider teams in India, as well as through links to experts and support in the FCO and in UKTI’s UK based networks.

Answered by:
Anna Soubry (The Independent Group for Change)
16 November 2015