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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Foreign Investment in UK (11 March 2019)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of international investment in the UK.

Asked by:
Sir Desmond Swayne (Conservative)

Answer

The UK retains the top position in Europe across, FDI projects, new jobs and greenfield capital expenditure.

The Department annually publishes its FDI performance as Official Statistics and has published one of the most comprehensive analyses of the economic impact of FDI in the world.

The links to each publication are as follows:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/department-for-international-trade-inward-investment-results-2017-to-2018,

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimating-the-economic-impact-of-fdi-to-support-dits-promotion-strategy-analytical-report


Answered by:
Graham Stuart (Conservative)
19 March 2019

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