Question follow-through · 75958

Foreign Investment in UK

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what was the value of inward investment deals secured by the Office for Investment in (a) October 2024, (b) June 2025 and (c) September 2025.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body: Department for Business and Trade
Tabled: 9 Sept 2025
Target answer date: 15 Sept 2025
Answer: 16 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

9 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what was the value of inward investment deals secured by the Office for Investment in (a) October 2024, (b) June 2025 and (c) September 2025.
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Official Statistics for inward investment at DBT inward investment results 2024 to 2025 - GOV.UK show both the capital expenditure and estimated economic impact as examples of value for DBT supported investment projects which landed in the 2024-25 fin...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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