Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of industry clusters as a means to grow the economy.

Accelerating decarbonisation in clusters can unlock the anticipated benefits of emissions reduction, enhancing industrial competitiveness, mobilising private investment, and developing skills and employment across the UK.

The Government has provided opportunities to unlock shared infrastructure to drive the future of the industrial heartlands by providing multi-million funding through the Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge and giving the opportunity for cluster projects to access support under the Government’s CCUS programme.