Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 47498

Industry

Tabled: 23 April 2025
Answered: 1 May 2025

Question

Sarah Gibson

Liberal DemocratChippenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what criteria his Department is using to identify the most critical (a) subsectors and (b) technologies within the eight priority sectors outlined in the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy.

Answer

Sarah Jones
There is no single 'best' way to identify the most critical subsectors and technologies, so the Government has used a range of quantitative and qualitative evidence and judgement. We have considered metrics which relate to the Industrial Strategy's object...

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