Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 98085

Batteries: Manufacturing Industries

Tabled: 8 December 2025

Answered: 11 December 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a programme to subsidise domestic electric battery manufacturing.

Answer

Chris McDonald

The battery sector currently employs 10,500 people across the UK and is one of the frontier industries highlighted in our Advanced Manufacturing Sector Plan.The Government recently made the UK's largest single commitment to battery R&D and commerciali...

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