Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 67487

Foreign Investment in UK: Essex

Tabled: 14 July 2025
Answered: 22 July 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities in Essex to deliver place-based foreign direct investment strategies in line with the Harrington Review recommendations.

Answer

Sarah Jones
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) promotes investment across the UK. At the International Investment Summit, we announced a major overhaul of how DBT will implement the Harrington Review - strengthening the Office for Investment (OfI) and aligni...
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