Sep. 24 2024
Source Page: UK Space Agency spending report: August 2024Found: VENDOR Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy UK Space Agency 02/08/2024 R & D IT Software
Sep. 23 2024
Source Page: UK Sustainability Disclosures Policy and Implementation Committee (PIC) meeting minutes 2023 to 2024Found: From: Department for Business and Trade Published 23 September 2024 Get emails about this
Sep. 23 2024
Source Page: DBT commercial pipelineFound: data DBT commercial pipeline Current and potential future procurement activity at the Department
Sep. 20 2024
Source Page: Letter from the Secretary of State for Business & Trade on UKEF’s annual prioritiesFound: Secretary of State for Business & Trade President of the Board of Trade Department
Sep. 20 2024
Source Page: OSCAR II – publishing data from the database: September 2024Found: for Business and Trade TOTAL AME DEPT AME Department for Business and Trade X013A033 X013A033-LAUNCH
Asked by: Matheson, Michael (Scottish National Party - Falkirk West)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it is having with the UK Government regarding the Subsidy Control Act 2022, including amending this legislation to address recent concerns raised by the bus manufacturing industry in Scotland.
Answered by Forbes, Kate - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Gaelic
Scottish Government officials have regular engagement with officials from the Department for Business and Trade. As you are aware, Subsidy Control is a reserved matter and it is our understanding that UK Government have no current plans to amend the Subsidy Control Act 2022.
Scottish Ministers are bound by this UK legislation and also have a legal obligation to comply with World Trade Organisations rules. The Subsidy Control Act 2022 and World Trade Organisation rules are in place to promote fair competition, and prevent any distortion in competition or negative effects on trade and investment within the UK, or between the UK and another country.
Sep. 19 2024
Source Page: The Fourth AEM-UK ConsultationFound: of Industry and Commerce of Lao PDR, and the Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP Minister of State for the Department
Found: past 30 years: in public policy, at the World Bank and as a non- executive director in His Majesty’s Department
Sep. 19 2024
Source Page: UK Sustainability Reporting StandardsFound: share information: on their influencing activities related to the development of standards to help Department
Asked by: Johnson, Daniel (Scottish Labour - Edinburgh Southern)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-27776 by Tom Arthur on 7 June 2024, how Scotland has performed relative to other UK nations and regions on inward investment, both from UK located firms and foreign firms, in each of the last five years.
Answered by Lochhead, Richard - Minister for Business
The latest EY Attractiveness survey, published 11 July 2024, shows that for the ninth consecutive year Scotland was the top performing part of the UK for foreign direct investment (FDI) projects outside of London. Scotland remains highly attractive as an FDI destination, with 26% of investors looking to invest or expand in Scotland in the next year. This is up from 19.2% in 2022 and ranks behind only London – as well as being well ahead of the UK’s other regions and devolved administrations.
Information on how Scotland has performed relative to other UK nations and regions are available via the EY attractiveness survey (the latest results can be found here: ey-scotland-attractiveness-survey-07-2024.pdf) and the Department for Business and Trade Inward Investment Results (the latest results can be found here: DBT inward investment results 2023 to 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The Minister for Employment and Investment's answer to your question S6W-28567 on 30 July 2024 provided details on investment in Scotland for the past five years from a UK-based parent company. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers.