Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will bring forward proposals to encourage public sector bodies and private companies to relocate to Easington constituency.

A key part of the industrial strategy is to drive growth across the whole country. To do this, the Department is committed to working with local partners. This is why we have provided £380 million growth deal funding for the North East Local Enterprise Partnership. We continue to work with that partnership to support their growth plans for the private and public sectors across the North East, including Easington.