British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme
(asked on 26th October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure BICS compliance with international subsidy control regimes.
Answered by
Blair McDougall
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme support has been developed and assessed in accordance with the requirements of the Subsidy Control Act 2022, which implements the UK's subsidy control commitments under the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement and gives effect to the UK's wider international obligations on subsidy control, including under the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures.