Bricks: Manufacturing Industries
(asked on 26th October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what fiscal steps he plans to take to support the brick industry in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.
Answered by
Blair McDougall
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) is currently developing the Ceramics Industry Support Scheme which intends to deliver £120 million to the ceramics sector, including the brick manufacturing sector, to support its long-term competitiveness.
BIST officials have been engaging with the ceramics industry, including with businesses in Newcastle-under-Lyme and Staffordshire, to ensure the scheme is accessible to a wide section of the ceramics industry.