Written question asked by Blake Stephenson (Conservative) on Tuesday, 4 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 November 2025. It was answered by Blair McDougall (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 November 2025 on behalf of the Department for Business and Trade.
Industry
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish the sectoral analysis his Department undertook before selecting the IS-8 sectors in the Modern Industrial Strategy, published on 23 June 2025.
- Answer
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The methodology for selecting the IS-8 sectors has already been published.
The Invest 2035 Green Paper (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 & Technologies, Financial Services, Life Sciences, and Professional & Business Services. Pages 18-20 of Invest 2035 outline the methodology for identifying the IS-8 sectors.
Subsequently, the Technical Annex of the Modern Industrial Strategy 2025 (published on GOV.UK in June 2025) outlined the methodology for identifying the frontier industries within the IS-8 sectors.
Secondary information
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- Reference
- 88008
- Session
- 2024-26
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The UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy
Monday, 23 June 2025
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House of Lords
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- Industry
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