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Written question asked by Chi Onwurah (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 June 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 June 2020 (named day). It was answered by Amanda Solloway (Conservative) on Monday, 8 June 2020 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Research Councils: Finance

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of the science budget for 2020-21 will be allocated to each of the science councils.

Answer

We have set ourselves the target of at least 2.4% of GDP being spent on R&D by 2027.  This was supported by the unprecedented commitment at the Budget to increase public investment in R&D to £22 billion a year by 2024-25.

This figure covers all R&D spending across government. The allocation of the spend to particular departments and programmes will be confirmed at the Spending Review, later in the year.

On Friday 29th May we announced allocations to BEIS partners and programmes for 2020-21. UKRI will confirm allocations to individual research councils in due course.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
54106
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Finance Science Research councils
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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