Skilled Workers: Job Creation
Commons · Question 110079 · Tabled 2 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Government is taking to incentivise UK-based companies to retain and create skilled jobs in the UK rather than offshore them.
Answer
Answered by Blair McDougall, 6 Feb 2026
Our modern Industrial Strategy is a 10-year plan to back our strengths and create a highly skilled, economically prosperous country, with key objectives to drive up business investment and create high-quality jobs across the UK. We are focused on capturin...