Question follow-through · 24692
Investment: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to attract investment to towns historically impacted by de-industrialisation.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 17 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 22 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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- Fireworks: Regulation · 2 Jun 2025
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Recorded timeline
17 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to attract investment to towns historically impacted by de-industrialisation.
22 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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22 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Department works across the UK, including towns impacted by deindustrialisation, to showcase strong commercial investment opportunities to potential investors and support business to grow, and provides extensive support to small businesses through the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Fireworks: Regulation
2 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress he has made on consulting with (a) campaign groups and (b) industry on reviewing fireworks legislation.