Supporting UK exporters overseas : thirty-seventh report of session 2013-14 : report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence /
Great Britain.Parliament.House of Commons.Committee of Public Accounts.
Hodge, Margaret.
Stationery Office (Great Britain)
London : The Stationery Office,
2014.
The Committee welcomes the progress which UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) are making in supporting UK exporters overseas. In recent years, the departments have given greater attention to encouraging export growth and have shifted resources to focus more on emerging markets. However, the Committee wants the UK's export performance to improve relative to other European Union (EU) nations. Based on current forecasts, the UK is not on-track to meet the Chancellor of the Exchequer's ambition, set out in the 2012 Budget, to double the value of its exports to £1 trillion a year by 2020. UKTI and the FCO have not always worked together effectively. For example, they developed separate strategies to increase exports, without stating how they would work together. They now need a more joined-up approach to increasing exports. It is difficult for FCO to evaluate the impact of its activities, but without proper evaluation it cannot assess which of its activities are most effective at promoting exports.
HC 709.
"Session 2013-14."
"17 January 2014."
The NAO report on this subject published as HC 732, session 2013-14 (ISBN 9780102986198)
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The Committee welcomes the progress which UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) are making in supporting UK exporters overseas. In recent years, the departments have given greater attention to encouraging export growth and have shifted resources to focus more on emerging markets. However, the Committee wants the UK's export performance to improve relative to other European Union (EU) nations. Based on current forecasts, the UK is not on-track to meet the Chancellor of the Exchequer's ambition, set out in the 2012 Budget, to double the value of its exports to £1 trillion a year by 2020. UKTI and the FCO have not always worked together effectively. For example, they developed separate strategies to increase exports, without stating how they would work together. They now need a more joined-up approach to increasing exports. It is difficult for FCO to evaluate the impact of its activities, but without proper evaluation it cannot assess which of its activities are most effective at promoting exports.