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Manufacturing Industries: Calder Valley

Commons · Question 81689 · Tabled 13 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Josh Fenton-Glynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of skills levels on advanced manufacturing businesses in Calder Valley constituency.

Answer

Answered by Chris McDonald, 20 Oct 2025

This Government recognises the importance of skills for manufacturing across the UK, including for businesses in West Yorkshire’s Calder Valley. Through our new Modern Industrial Strategy we are investing an extra £1.2 billion yearly by 2028-29 to develop...