Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 120748

Manufacturing Industries: East Midlands

Tabled: 16 March 2026

Answered: 23 March 2026

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to promote the manufacturing sector in (1) Lincolnshire and (2) the East Midlands.

Answer

Chris McDonald

The Government is committed to supporting manufacturing in Lincolnshire and the wider East Midlands. We are backing the sector through targeted investment, skills programmes and support for innovation. The East Midlands Freeport – England’s only inland fr...

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