Question follow-through · 128340
British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme: Agriculture and Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme to include (a) farmers and (b) food production.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 20 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 23 Apr 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme to include (a) farmers and (b) food production.
23 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Apr 2026
Answer published
Eligibility for the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme is informed by the Government’s Industrial Strategy and by the recent consultation on scheme eligibility. Decisions on eligibility have been taken to drive economic growth in line with the Indu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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