Oral QuestionDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

“What recent assessment he has made of the efficiency and effectiveness of his Department's capital spending.”

Tabled: 23 November 2022Answered: 29 November 2022

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Answer from Hansard

Sarah Jones

My hon. Friend is right that there is a lot of expertise and a lot of tech companies in his patch, and we want to see them thrive. It is for the Government to support that growth, to listen to what the barriers to growth are and to tackle them. Our digital development strategy, the UK’s digital strategy and our AI strategy, which the Prime Minister launched, are all vehicles to support these brilliant industries that we want to encourage. I am always happy to talk to my hon. Friend about what more we can do to encourage more of them on to his patch.