Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 70239

DRIVE35 Programme: Minerals

Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025

Question

Perran Moon

LabourCamborne and Redruth

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using spending allocated to the DRIVE35 programme for the domestic critical minerals industry.

Answer

Sarah Jones
DRIVE35 builds on the Advanced Propulsion Centre R&D programmes and the Automotive Transformation Fund. These programmes have funded a number of critical mineral projects that are strengthening the UK’s zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) supply chains, from ...

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