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Photonics

Commons · Question 78491 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 15 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Ruth Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help incentivise investment by venture capital into the photonics industry.

Answer

Answered by Chris Bryant, 15 Oct 2025

DBT's Strategic Technologies Team and OfI's Venture Capital Unit introduce UK photonics firms to major international venture capital investors at leading global photonics events every year. These demonstrations of the scale, breadth and quality of the UK ...