Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“What steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of people who are out of work due to mental ill health.”
Tabled: 17 January 2023Answered: 23 January 2023
Asked by
Liz Twist
Labour — Blaydon and Consett
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Trade Policy and Economic Security (Mr Douglas Alexander)
The Government are committed to supporting investment in Scotland in line with our growth mission. The Prime Minister recently announced that the National Wealth Fund will provide £200 million of investment in new opportunities in Grangemouth in particular. That announcement came alongside the recently announced £55 million grant for the Port of Cromarty Firth, the two investment zones receiving £80 million over the next five years and our expanded Office for Investment.