Question follow-through · 62923
Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2025 to Question 52390 on Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions, how many automotive manufacturing businesses are operating in the sector.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 25 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2025 to Question 52390 on Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions, how many automotive manufacturing businesses are operating in the sector.
30 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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30 Jun 2025
Answer published
In 2024, there were 3,570 businesses operating across UK automotive, of which the vast majority are small and medium sized businesses. Our Industrial Strategy aims to significantly increase investment and jobs in eight high-growth sectors - including auto...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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