Question follow-through · 11826
Batteries and Lithium
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to (a) support the development of the UK’s lithium industry and (b) enhance battery manufacturing capabilities.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 30 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 6 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to (a) support the development of the UK’s lithium industry and (b) enhance battery manufacturing capabilities.
4 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Nov 2024
Answer published
Domestic production of lithium will be increasingly important as demand for resilient and responsible sources of critical minerals grows. Government has supported several lithium projects through the Automotive Transformation Fund, and the UK recently cel...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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