questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Department for Business and Trade's press release entitled UK to secure critical minerals boosting economic resilience and cutting reliance on imports, published on 22 June 2026, what estimate he has made of the reduction in the United Kingdom's reliance on imported critical minerals that will result from the £50 million investment.
answerText: The UK Critical Minerals Strategy sets out clear success features by 2035 including diversifying supply so no more than 60% of the UK’s annual demand for critical minerals is supplied by any one country. The £50 million programme is a key enabler of this ...
heading: Minerals: Imports