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Chemicals: Finance

Asked by Wendy MortonConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 11 June 2026UIN 6759

The question

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

Answered by Chris McDonald

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.

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