(asked on 9th February 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much annual grant funding was issued by the Aerospace Technology Institute (a) in total, (b) for Zero Carbon Emission Aircraft Technologies, (c) for Ultra Efficient Aircraft Technologies, (d) for Cross-cutting Enabling Technologies and (e) for Non-CO2 Technologies in each financial year since 2021-22.


Answered by
Chris McDonald Portrait
Chris McDonald
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 12th February 2026

The Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme is jointly delivered by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), Innovate UK, and the ATI. The Department does not hold the detailed breakdown requested but can confirm the total value of grants awarded, including those relating to non‑CO₂ technologies (see Table). Information on individual projects funded via the ATI Programme, including award values, project leads and focus areas, is published by Innovate UK (link here). Individual R&T projects may undertake activity that falls across several of the categories requested.

ATI Prog. Grant Award (£m)

2021-22 (Batch 35)

2022-23 (Batch 36, 37, 38)

2023-24 (Batch 39, 40, 41)

2024-25 (Batch 42, 43, 44)

2025-26 (Batch 45, 46)

Total

89.2

218.9

220.0

212.2

143.4

Non-CO2 Prog. only

-

-

-

1.3

6.1

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