Question follow-through · 115286
Minerals: USA
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the amount of private capital expected to be leveraged as a result of the UK–US critical minerals partnership over the next five years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 23 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 27 Feb 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the amount of private capital expected to be leveraged as a result of the UK–US critical minerals partnership over the next five years.
25 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Feb 2026
Answer published
We do not have concrete estimates for private capital that will be leveraged and note that the MoU will serve to advance UK projects beyond just investment, including potential offtake agreements with US industry. In 2024, the UK exported around £2 billio...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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