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1700868

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Automotive Transformation Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will extend the Automotive Transformation Fund (a) into and (b) beyond the 2025-26 financial year; and whether any contracts with suppliers to deliver the Automotive Transformation Fund extend (i) into and (ii) beyond the 2025-26 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	21628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>As part of the Advanced Manufacturing Plan, we have announced over £2bn of capital and R&amp;D funding over five years to 2030, boosting the UK’s competitiveness and unlocking strategic investments in our automotive industry.</p><p> </p><p>This funding will be delivered via Auto2030, an ambitious programme building on the work of the Automotive Transformation Fund and the Advanced Propulsion Centre R&amp;D programmes, ensuring continuity in HMG support.</p><p> </p><p>This programme will leverage the UK’s unique innovation ecosystem, building on its strengths as a global centre of automotive R&amp;D. Details of funding opportunities under Auto2030, including delivery mechanisms, will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 18/04/2024 11:08:56 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1660540

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Automotive Transformation Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much funding from the Automotive Transformation Fund (a) has been spent and (b) has been allocated for the spending review period to March 2025.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	199465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>In 2020, £500m of Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF) funding was announced in the Ten Point Plan. The 2021 Net Zero Strategy announced a further £350m funding for the ATF between 2022/23-2024/25. £136m of this budget, for financial year 2022-23, was later reprioritised by BEIS (predecessor department) for investment in Sizewell C</p><p> </p><p>As of September 2023, the total value of offers made under the ATF is over £550 million. In addition, we are in active discussions with investors on a wide range of exciting new projects for the UK's electric vehicle supply chain.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 22/09/2023 11:38:13 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1660541

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Automotive Transformation Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much funding from the Automotive Transformation Fund she plans to allocate to (a) existing legacy car and van manufacturers and (b) new entrants to the market.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	199466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>The Automotive Transformation Fund offers funding for capital and associated industrial research projects that support the industrialisation of a high value, electrified automotive supply at scale in the UK. We continue to work with industry to unlock private investment in our EV supply chain via the ATF. This includes unlocking strategic investments in gigafactories, motors and drives, power electronics, and fuel cell systems.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 22/09/2023 10:48:29 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1628070

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Automotive Transformation Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much of the automotive transformation fund has been distributed to businesses.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	185242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>As of May 2023, the total value of offers made under the Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF) is £278.5 million. In addition, we are in active discussions with investors on a wide range of exciting new projects for the UK's electric vehicle supply chain.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 24/05/2023 08:51:42 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

1587692

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Automotive Transformation Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February to Question 140089 on BritishVolt: Insolvency, what steps she is taking to help companies meet the milestones required for them to receive Automotive Transformation Fund funding.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	149461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to developing a globally competitive EV supply chain in the UK, including unlocking private investment in gigafactories.</p><p> </p><p>All Automotive Transformation Fund applications are subject to a process of due diligence to test key assumptions such as those which underpin the value for money analysis, viability, compliance with subsidy control and wider legal requirements.</p><p> </p><p>This is vital to ensure that awards are robust and protect taxpayers’ interests.</p><p> </p><p>There are significant commercial sensitivities related to funding arrangements for potential future grant awards, so it would not be appropriate to go further into the details of this matter.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 149460 question first answered 24/02/2023 13:46:36 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1405252

registered interest
date	21/01/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Automotive Transformation Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to launch a new round of applications to the Automotive Transformation Fund following the completion of the last round that closed on 24 November 2021.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
uin	109352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2022 answer text <p>The Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF) supports late-stage R&amp;D and capital investments across strategically important parts of the electric vehicle supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>On 24 January, we opened Round 18 of the Expression of Interest competition to support capital investments (<a href="https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/1069/overview" target="_blank">https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/1069/overview</a>), along with Round 3 of the competition to support Feasibility Studies (<a href="https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/1094/overview" target="_blank">https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/1094/overview</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Information about open funding competitions and further detail on scope and eligibility can be found on the IFS portal:</p><p><a href="https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/search" target="_blank">https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/search</a>.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 26/01/2022 17:46:48 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood

1401848

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Automotive Transformation Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether manufacturers of hydrogen internal combustion engines are eligible to receive grants for large scale industrialisation from the Automotive Transformation Fund.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	101763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>The Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF) supports late-stage R&amp;D and capital investments across strategically important parts of the electric vehicle supply chain. Securing battery cell manufacturing (gigafactories) is a priority, with targeted investment in battery materials, motors, drives, power electronics and hydrogen fuel cells and storage also required. Information about open funding competitions and further detail on scope and eligibility can be found on the IFS portal: <a href="https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/search" target="_blank">https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/search</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Net Zero Strategy, the Government announced a further £350m to be delivered through the ATF over the next three years to support development of an internationally competitive electric vehicle supply chain here in the UK. This is additional to the £500m announced as part of my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan.</p><p> </p><p>The funding for ATF is part of the up to £1 billion committed by the Government to ensure that the UK takes advantage of this once in a generation opportunity.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 20/01/2022 17:57:16 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins