Source · Select Committees · Business and Trade Committee
Recommendation 6
6
Accepted
Establish a single project office, led by DBT, to coordinate gigafactory support.
Conclusion
Building a gigafactory will require support from central Government Departments, local authorities and private companies such as National Grid. The transaction cost of co-ordinating between these bodies should not fall on investors. A single project office integrating the full panoply of public support drawn from the various bodies involved is required, and the Department for Business and Trade should take on that lead role, as ‘gold command’. (Paragraph 30) Tata Group, Agratas and Jaguar Land Rover (Box 2)
Government Response Summary
The government committed to enhancing the Office for Investment with increased resources and an improved concierge offer for strategically important investors, supported by a new Ministerial Investment Group, to coordinate support for major projects like gigafactories.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
A) See above on support for Office for Investment. B) The recently published Battery Strategy represents a whole government effort. It was developed with business following a Call for Evidence and in partnership with an expert Taskforce comprising industry and academia to shape the strategy. Tata Group, Agratas and Jaguar Land Rover (Box 2)