Question follow-through · 129208
Energy: Foreign Investment in UK
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of energy costs on the UK’s attractiveness for Foreign Direct Investment.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 22 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 27 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of energy costs on the UK’s attractiveness for Foreign Direct Investment.
27 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2026
Answer published
We understand the scale and depth of challenge that high industrial electricity prices present to businesses. This is why we are addressing wholesale and network costs through long‑term investment in clean, homegrown power to reduce exposure to volatile f...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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