Question follow-through · 122605
Foreign Investment in UK: Nigeria
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Hundreds of new UK jobs as Nigerian companies confirm millions in investment, published on 17 March 2026, what proportion of jobs created will
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 20 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 26 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Hundreds of new UK jobs as Nigerian companies confirm millions in investment, published on 17 March 2026, what proportion of jobs created will
24 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Mar 2026
Answer published
As an integral part of the UK's growth objective, the Government is making it simpler and easier for business to make long term investment into the UK, including Nigerian inward investment.DBT routinely publishes official statistics on foreign direct inve...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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