Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support UK global market share of compound semiconductor chips.

The Government is backing UK strengths in compound semiconductors through investment in research, innovation, commercialisation and manufacturing. This includes the Compound Semiconductor Centre and research facilities at Cardiff and Swansea universities, including the Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials, supporting development and commercialisation of new technologies. The Government is also supporting the Future Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Hub, Vishay’s £250 million investment in Newport, and the Ministry of Defence’s acquisition of the facility now operating as Octric Semiconductor. This sits alongside over £1.1 billion through the UK AI Hardware Plan and £718 million for semiconductor, advanced connectivity technologies and cyber research via UKRI up to 2030.