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 timeline his Department has published for issuing formal BICS qualification certificates.
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)
This question was answered on 29th October 2026
The Department has not made a formal assessment of the average processing time for assessing applications to the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme. Processing time will depend on the individual circumstances of each case.
Businesses that apply during the application window, which runs from 1 October to 30 November 2026, are expected to receive eligibility decisions in early 2027.