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	date	12/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Salisbury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the criteria were for the Government decision to allocate the city of Salisbury a ministerial champion in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	220212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The unprecedented nerve agent attack in Salisbury and subsequent incident in Amesbury was an act of aggression on UK soil, with the hazardous agent involved resulting in the contamination of multiple sites across Salisbury and Amesbury and the tragic death of Dawn Sturgess.</p><p> </p><p>The attack has resulted in an estimated loss of over 1 million visits to Salisbury which is a key tourist attraction in the region, and a potential loss to the local economy of £56 million. With the imminent completion of decontamination activity, the Department has agreed with Defra, Cabinet Office and other key partners that the focus should now move towards building confidence and long-term economic recovery.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of these unprecedented events, my noble Friend the rt. hon. the Lord Henley in his role as Local Growth Champion for Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) which includes the boundaries of Salisbury and Amesbury has agreed to act as the ongoing single Ministerial point of contact within Government for the leaders of Wilshire Council so that they may continue to raise any legacy issues arising at a political level.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 19/02/2019 16:33:54 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

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	registered interest
	date	15/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Salisbury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps are being taken as part of the long-term programme that has been developed to reposition Salisbury after the Novichok attack last year; and what the objectives of that programme are.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	222007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department is supporting the aspiration of Wiltshire Council to move the narrative away from the incidents and decontamination activity and look to the future for the city and South Wiltshire.</p><p> </p><p>Wiltshire Council are in the early stages of developing a longer-term strategy to further promote recovery and ensure the sustainability of growth in Salisbury and South Wiltshire. Visitor numbers need to be supported to increase to pre-incident levels and wider support and investment in Salisbury and across South Wiltshire is needed to ensure the area retains its status an attractive location for tourists, businesses and investors.</p><p> </p><p>The strategy will focus on local community and wellbeing; economy and regeneration; infrastructure, tourism and culture, with key elements expected to help inform the wider Swindon and Wiltshire Local Industrial Strategy which will be published by March 2020.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 20/02/2019 17:34:49 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern