Question follow-through · 903457
Optical Equipment: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to support innovation in the manufacturing of optics equipment.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 20 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 26 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to support innovation in the manufacturing of optics equipment.
26 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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26 Mar 2025
Answer published
Growing innovative manufacturing companies will be key to unlocking growth across the economy.Optics has many applications across different sectors and we provide a range of support for firms specialising in it. For example, UKRI is funding over £116,000 ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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