Question follow-through · 98926
Metamaterials
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has a strategy to accelerate the development and adoption of metamaterials.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 10 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 18 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has a strategy to accelerate the development and adoption of metamaterials.
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Dec 2025
Answer published
The government is committed to support the development and adoption of metamaterials, as part of our wider ambition to strengthen the UK’s advanced materials ecosystem. In June 2025, the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy prioritised advanced materials as a ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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