Question follow-through · 2809
Robotics: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the University of Leeds report entitled Why doesn’t the UK make more Robots?, published in November 2025, what steps she is taking to help tackle scaling barriers for
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 19 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2026
- Answer
- 27 May 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the University of Leeds report entitled Why doesn’t the UK make more Robots?, published in November 2025, what steps she is taking to help tackle scaling barriers for
21 May 2026
Target answer date
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27 May 2026
Answer published
Government measures to support robotics firms to scale up in the UK includes crowding-in private sector investment via the British Business Bank and National Wealth Fund, both with expanded capitalisations and a mandate to support companies aligned with t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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