British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme

(asked on 23rd October 2026) - View Source
Questioner
Gareth Snell Portrait
Gareth Snell
(Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many full-time equivalent staff within his Department are dedicated to processing BICS applications.

Answered by
Blair McDougall Portrait
Blair McDougall
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 28th October 2026

I refer the member to the answer I gave to the member for South Basildon and East Thurrock to UIN 33188 on 19 October.

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