Question follow-through · 6759
Chemicals: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what eligibility criteria will apply to the £350 million Critical Chemicals Resilience Fund and the £120 million ceramics support package; what estimate he has made of the number of businesses and jobs
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 4 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 11 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what eligibility criteria will apply to the £350 million Critical Chemicals Resilience Fund and the £120 million ceramics support package; what estimate he has made of the number of businesses and jobs
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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11 Jun 2026
Answer published
Government is working to determine the scope of these funds and will provide further detail on this and the application process in due course. It is Government’s intent to open these funds to applications in summer 2026.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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