HC Deb 18 March 1976 vol 907 cc618-9W
Mr. Aitken

asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will take steps to ensure that the £250 travel subsidy offered by the British Overseas Trade Board to participants in export missions is not made available to any individual or company more than once.

Mr. Deakins

The objective of the British Overseas Trade Board's assistance to participants qualifying for support in missions abroad is to encourage visits by United Kingdom business men to overseas markets to explore the prospects for their goods or services and to reinforce their overseas marketing efforts. The amount of the assistance varies according to the destination of the mission. The BOTB keeps the Outward Mission Scheme under review but there is no present intention to alter the Scheme in the way suggested.