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Electric Vehicles: Batteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Government Office for Science's research entitled What are the technical and policy barriers to increasing EV battery recycling capacity in the UK?, updated on 21 Novemb

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
8 Jan 2025
Target answer date
13 Jan 2025
Answer
16 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 8 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Government Office for Science's research entitled What are the technical and policy barriers to increasing EV battery recycling capacity in the UK?, updated on 21 Novemb

  2. 13 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The £610m Faraday Battery Challenge, delivered by Innovate UK, supports mission-led academic research on battery recycling technologies through the Faraday Institution’s (FI’s) ReLiB project. ReLiB researchers at the University of Leicester have recently ...

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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Artificial Intelligence

1 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, a) what AI training his Department provides, b) how many hours of AI training his Department provides and c) what topics and skills are covered.

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Climate Change

10 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the UN Environment Programme's report entitled Limiting Overshoot - Navigating exceedance of 1.5°C and pathways towards return, published on 2 September 2026.