Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the annual capacity of the UK vehicle industry to produce battery electric cars.

The Government has not made a single estimate of annual battery electric vehicle production capacity, however the latest forecasts from the Advanced Propulsion Centre estimate the UK will produce 200k battery electric vehicles (passenger cars and commercial vehicles) in 2027, rising to 600k in 2030. We are supporting UK battery manufacturing via DRIVE35, which helped strategic investments like the Agratas gigafactory in Somerset, and have already committed £47 million for key R&D battery projects across the UK through the Battery Innovation Programme, helping to create skilled jobs, a stronger supply chain and position the UK as a globally competitive destination for battery manufacturing.