Question follow-through · 5117

Foreign Investment in UK

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the level of inward foreign direct investment was in each of the last 10 financial years.

answeredCabinet Office

About this written question

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
10 Sept 2024
Target answer date
12 Sept 2024
Answer
18 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the level of inward foreign direct investment was in each of the last 10 financial years.

  2. 12 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 11th September is attached.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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