| Heading: |
Financial Services: Edinburgh |
| Question ID: |
1761316 |
| UIN: |
28271 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-02-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5212 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Scott Arthur
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| Asking Member handle: |
DrScottArthurMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@DrScottArthurMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to encourage the Scottish Government to support Edinburgh's financial sector. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-07 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5114 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Kirsty McNeill
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| Answering Member handle: |
kirstyjmcneill
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@kirstyjmcneill
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| Answer text: |
Promoting economic growth is one of the Scotland Office’s priorities and I am proud of the contribution of the financial services industry to the Scottish economy, with recent figures showing it is now worth £14.8 billion in GVA while directly supporting ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
2 |
| Answering body name: |
Scotland Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |