Written questions

Foreign Investment in UK

Lords · Question HL12069 · Tabled 18 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 2 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Risby

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the performance of foreign direct investment in the UK compared to that of the other G7 nations.

Answer

Answered by Lord Stockwood, 2 Dec 2025

Data published by the United Nations Trade and Development Data Hub show that at the end of 2024 the UK ranked second in the G7 (behind the United States) for levels of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) stock. Levels of inward FDI stock for G7 nation...