Question follow-through · 17003
Foreign Investment in UK: Berkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs that were created as a result of foreign direct investment in the Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership area in the last three years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 29 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 6 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs that were created as a result of foreign direct investment in the Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership area in the last three years.
3 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) works closely with local authorities and investment partners to monitor and support the impact of foreign direct investment in the Berkshire area. Official statistics at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Royal Mail: Standards
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Royal Mail: Standards
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Overseas Trade: Canada
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