To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform which UK Trade and Investment offices outside the EU will see (a) a reduction in staff levels and (b) closure in the next 12 months. (180652)

UKTI is working to deliver efficiency savings in its overseas network to meet the requirements of its comprehensive spending review 2007 settlement. This work is ongoing, as part of the business planning process, and the reduction in staff levels in connection with the CSR 07 efficiency savings remains to be determined.