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Commons · Question 68767 · Tabled 17 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 22 Jul 2025

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Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to p.12 of The UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy 2025 published on 23 June 2025, on what evidential basis his Department determined which business sectors have high potential.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 22 Jul 2025

Invest 2035 (published on GOV.UK in October 2024) identified 8 high-level 'growth driving' sectors (the IS-8): Advanced Manufacturing, Clean Energy Industries, Creative Industries, Defence, Digital and Technologies, Financial Services, Life Sciences, and ...