Question follow-through · 51322
Economic Growth and Investment: North West
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to (a) increase economic growth and (b) encourage investment in (i) Manchester and (ii) the North West.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 12 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 May 2025
- Answer
- 20 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to (a) increase economic growth and (b) encourage investment in (i) Manchester and (ii) the North West.
14 May 2025
Target answer date
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20 May 2025
Answer published
We have made clear the importance of investing in major city regions outside London and the South East - bringing the productivity of major city regions like Greater Manchester, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire just to the national average would deli...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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