Export Promotion Directorate

HC Deb 22 March 1999 vol 328 cc118-9W

Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many visits abroad have been made by officials in the Export Promotion Directorate since 1 January. [77746]

Mr. Wilson

This information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many staff are employed in his Department's Export Promotion Directorate; and of these how many are(a) women and (b) from ethnic minorities. [77745]

Mr. Wilson

The Department currently employs 632 staff in the Export Promotion Directorates, of these(a) 255 are female and (b) 118 are known to be from ethnic minorities.