Question follow-through · 44296
Metals and Minerals: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to make an assessment of international comparisons of support provided to (a) minerals, (b) metals and (c) processing companies through the (i) planning and (ii) permitting proces
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 4 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 14 Apr 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to make an assessment of international comparisons of support provided to (a) minerals, (b) metals and (c) processing companies through the (i) planning and (ii) permitting proces
8 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) actively monitors support provided to companies operating across the critical minerals supply chain in comparable countries, including planning and permitting processes. In the forthcoming Critical Minerals Stra...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme
1 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will set out the terms of reference for the consultation on the British industrial competitiveness scheme.
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1 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned timetable is for the consultation on the British industrial competitiveness scheme.
DRIVE35 Programme: Minerals
22 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using spending allocated to the DRIVE35 programme for the domestic critical minerals industry.
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29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the clean energy workforce strategy on UK jobs in critical mineral supply chains.
Funerals: Small Businesses
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what support her Department is providing to small independent funeral directors in response to market pressures from large direct cremation providers.
Pay
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support people who were underpaid wages by their former employers.
Minerals: Exploration
2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to help increase high-resolution geoscientific data coverage across the UK to support domestic critical mineral exploration.