Select Committee · Business and Trade Committee

Batteries for electric vehicle manufacturing

Status: Closed Opened: 17 Jan 2023 Closed: 24 May 2024 13 recommendations 10 conclusions 1 report

The Committee has launched this inquiry into the supply of batteries for electric vehicle manufacture in the UK, and the viability of battery manufacturing for electric vehicles in the UK. The industry has recently suffered a series of setbacks, including the Government-championed battery start-up Britishvolt which entered administration in January 2022. The Committee is interested … Show more

Reports

1 report

Title	HC No.	Published	Items	Response
First Report - Batteries for electric vehicle manufacturing	HC 196	21 Nov 2023	23	Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

7 Recommendation First Report - Batteries for electric v… Accepted in Part

Publish the scale and scope of government support for the Jaguar Land Rover gigafactory.

Tata Group’s plans to build a gigafactory in the UK provide a much-needed boost to the UK’s gigafactory pipeline, especially after Britishvolt’s administration earlier this year. We congratulate the Department on its efforts to secure this investment, following close competition from other markets. However, we reiterate our preference that the … Read more

Government response AI summary

The government will publish subsidy details on the UK Subsidy Database. It is engaging with other companies but will not reveal commercially sensitive figures at this stage. Support for high-value investments is reviewed case-by-case.

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Department for Business and Trade

Oral evidence sessions

3 sessions

Date	Witnesses
12 Sep 2023	Edmund Ward · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Fred Perry · Department for Business and Trade, Ms Nusrat Ghani MP · Department for Business and Trade	View ↗
23 May 2023	Andy Palmer, David Wong · Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), Jeff Pratt · UK Battery Industrialisation Centre, Konstanze Scharring · Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT)	View ↗
9 May 2023	Alan Hollis · AMTE Power plc, Ian Constance · Advanced Propulsion Centre UK, Jeff Townsend · Critical Minerals Association, Jeremy Wrathall · Cornish Lithium Limited, Paul Lusty · UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre, Simon Moores · Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, Stephen Gifford · The Faraday Institution	View ↗

Who gave evidence

14 witnesses

Witness	Organisation	Sessions
Alan Hollis · Chief Executive	AMTE Power plc	1
Andy Palmer	—	1
David Wong · Senior Technology and Innovation Manager	Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT)	1
Edmund Ward · Deputy Director, Industrial Decarbonisation	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	1
Fred Perry · Director, Advanced Manufacturing	Department for Business and Trade	1
Ian Constance · Chief Executive	Advanced Propulsion Centre UK	1
Jeff Pratt · Managing Director	UK Battery Industrialisation Centre	1
Jeff Townsend · Founder	Critical Minerals Association	1
Jeremy Wrathall · Founder and Chief Executive	Cornish Lithium Limited	1
Konstanze Scharring · Director of Policy	Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT)	1
Ms Nusrat Ghani MP · Minister for Industry and Economic Security	Department for Business and Trade	1
Paul Lusty · Director	UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre	1
Simon Moores · Chief Executive	Benchmark Mineral Intelligence	1
Stephen Gifford · Chief Economist	The Faraday Institution	1

Correspondence

2 letters

Date	Direction	Title
24 Oct 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Minister for Industry and Economic Security relating to Tata Gr…
30 Aug 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Chair to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade regardin…