Question follow-through · 13026
Industry: Regulation and Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of current (a) tax, (b) carbon and (c) regulatory requirements on retention of heavy industry in the UK.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 24 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of current (a) tax, (b) carbon and (c) regulatory requirements on retention of heavy industry in the UK.
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Jul 2026
Answer published
While no specific assessment on the impact of existing tax, regulatory or carbon-related costs on retention of UK heavy industry has been conducted, the Government regularly engages with relevant heavy industry trade associations and businesses to conside...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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