Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 23484

Batteries: Factories

Tabled: 24 April 2024
Answered: 2 May 2024

Question

Ian Lavery

LabourBlyth and Ashington

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department has taken to find an alternative producer of batteries for electric vehicles for the vacant Cambois site since the collapse of Britishvolt and Recharge Industries.

Answer

Alan Mak
The administration is a matter solely for the administrators. The Government has no formal role in the process. There are a number of factors that investors take into account when deciding on the location of a gigafactory, but ultimately this remains a co...

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