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Written question asked by Chi Onwurah (Labour) on Friday, 13 March 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 18 March 2020 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Wednesday, 18 March 2020. A substantive answer was provided by Amanda Solloway (Conservative) on Thursday, 19 March 2020 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.


Science: Finance

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to paragraph 1.220 of the Budget 2020 Red Book, how much and what proportion of the funding for science has already been allocated to institutions (a) in London, the south and South East of England and (b) other parts of England.

Answer

The Government will be working on the allocation of the announced investment over the coming weeks and will announce further details at the Spending Review later this year.

We will publish a new ambitious place strategy for R&D this summer. This will set out how we can build on existing initiatives, such as the Strength in Places in Places Fund, to build R&D excellence across the whole country.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
29217
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Finance Science
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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