Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 37418

Electric Vehicles and Lithium: Supply Chains

Tabled: 11 March 2025
Answered: 18 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Luke Myer

LabourMiddlesbrough South and East Cleveland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support the growth of the (a) electric vehicle and (b) lithium salts supply chains.

Answer

Sarah Jones
We support the Automotive sector via the Automotive Transformation Fund to build a globally competitive electric vehicle supply chain, including gigafactories and their supply chains. The Budget committed over £2 billion of capital and R&D funding to ...

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