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Written question asked by Chi Onwurah (Labour) on Monday, 3 June 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 5 June 2019. It was answered by Chris Skidmore (Conservative) on Monday, 17 June 2019 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.


Research: Finance

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when UK Research and Innovation plans to announce its funding allocations to (a) Research England and (b) the research councils for 2019-20.

Answer

We are increasing spending on R&D by £7 billion over 5 years by 2021-22. This will be the largest increase ever.

The allocation of research and innovation funding for 2017-2021 was published in August 2018 and can be found online at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-and-innovation-funding-allocation-2017-to-2021.

UKRI and its councils published their Delivery Plans on 10 June as part of their UKRI 2019 event (www.UKRI.org/deliveryplans). These plans include the information about allocations for 2019-20, with a total UKRI annual budget of £7.5billion.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
259214
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Finance Research councils UK Research and Innovation Research England
Link
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