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Companies: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what support his Department is providing to British industrial companies that employ significant numbers of people directly and indirectly through their supply chains.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
20 Jan 2026
Target answer date
22 Jan 2026
Answer
27 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what support his Department is providing to British industrial companies that employ significant numbers of people directly and indirectly through their supply chains.

  2. 22 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The department’s modern Industrial Strategy will make the UK the best country to invest in and grow. We are targeting government investment towards our world-class eight-growth driving sectors, from life sciences to digital technologies and advanced manuf...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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