Skilled Workers: Mining
Commons · Question 104368 · Tabled 8 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 15 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to bring high skilled jobs to former coalfield areas.
Answer
Answered by Blair McDougall, 15 Jan 2026
The Government is committed to revitalising former coalfield areas by driving local growth and creating high-skilled, long-term employment through targeted industrial and regional strategies. In the Industrial Strategy we announced £1.2 billion of additio...