Recommendation 22

The Department needs to work in an integrated way with other government departments which hold policy responsibility for some of the sectors it aims to attract investment into, and which hold policy levers, such as tax, regulation and visa requirements that can help reduce barriers to investment. The Department also needs to work with local government bodies and the devolved administrations which can also support investment into their areas.55 It told us it had a good relationship with the Welsh Government, but that it planned to review the effectiveness of its process for passing investment leads to the Welsh Government.56