Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what eligibility criteria will apply to the £350 million Critical Chemicals Resilience Fund and the £120 million ceramics support package; what estimate he has made of the number of businesses and jobs that will benefit from each scheme; how funding will be allocated between capital investment, energy efficiency and other support measures; and when applications for support will open.

Government is working to determine the scope of these funds and will provide further detail on this and the application process in due course. It is Government’s intent to open these funds to applications in summer 2026.