{"value":{"id":1874875,"askingMemberId":5239,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-01-26T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-01-28T00:00:00","uin":"108448","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support investment into research and development across the hydrogen technology manufacturing sector.","answeringBodyId":216,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Science, Innovation and Technology","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":5039,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-02-03T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Since 2020, Innovate UK, which is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), has awarded more than £405 million in hydrogen related R&amp;D funding to support technology development, strengthen supply chains, advance hydrogen production, and to enable its use across the transport, energy, and industrial sectors.</p><p>The Industrial Strategy set out the government’s approach to attract private investment into clean energy industries, including our hydrogen economy (including the £1 billion Clean Energy supply chain fund), £5.8 billion for the National Wealth Fund to invest in clean industries, and a £4 billion British Business Bank Growth Capital scale and start-up financing package. The proposed British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme will also reduce electricity costs for manufacturing supply chains in priority clean energy sectors such as hydrogen.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Hydrogen: Research","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1874875","method":"GET"}]}