Arden Strategies
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 16606 on Arden Strategies, if she will list each of the businesses that (a) attended the roundabout on 17 September 2024 and (b) have not been listed as attending that event in the transparency returns for the (i) Permanent Secretary and (ii) Director General.
Answered by James Murray
A meeting was organised by the Chancellor’s International Investment Summit (IIS) Adviser on 17 September to gather business views on the Summit. Arden Strategies was one of several firms to attend. The Government engaged with a number of different businesses and trade bodies in the run up to the International Investment Summit to help coordinate meetings with key investors as part of the usual course of business. It also has an ongoing business engagement programme run by officials.
The Chancellor’s IIS Adviser left HM Treasury on 30 October 2024. The government does not routinely provide commentary on attendees at individual meetings, except where required as part of each department’s quarterly transparency returns for meetings held by senior officials at Permanent Secretary and Director General levels, as published on gov.uk.
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