Question follow-through · 904156
Batteries: Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps UK Research and Innovation is taking to help increase technological capabilities in battery cell production.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 8 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 May 2025
- Answer
- 14 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps UK Research and Innovation is taking to help increase technological capabilities in battery cell production.
14 May 2025
Target answer date
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14 May 2025
Answer published
The Faraday Battery Challenge funds battery related research, development of battery materials and technologies, and encourages investment into the UK’s world-class battery facilities. An example of investment into UK facilities is the Advanced Materials ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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