Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of permanent jobs that will be created by the data centre at Cambois.

My Department has not made an estimate of the number of permanent jobs that will be created, but I note that Northumberland County Council expect it to deliver over 1,600 direct jobs, including 1,200 long-term construction jobs, and over 2,700 indirect and induced jobs over the course of the development.

Infrastructure upgrades needed to support the site are a commercial negotiation between investors and infrastructure providers.

The Department does not hold information on the projected pay bands of the jobs created by this proposed investment.