Question follow-through · 28271
Financial Services: Edinburgh
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to encourage the Scottish Government to support Edinburgh's financial sector.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Scotland Office
- Tabled
- 3 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 7 Feb 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to encourage the Scottish Government to support Edinburgh's financial sector.
5 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Feb 2025
Answer published
Promoting economic growth is one of the Scotland Office’s priorities and I am proud of the contribution of the financial services industry to the Scottish economy, with recent figures showing it is now worth £14.8 billion in GVA while directly supporting ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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