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Written question asked by Chi Onwurah (Labour) on Tuesday, 4 January 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 6 January 2022. It was answered by George Freeman (Conservative) on Thursday, 13 January 2022 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.


Research England: Finance

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of differences in Research England funding between the (a) North East and (b) east of England.

Answer

Research England Quality-related Research funding is allocated largely on the basis of the volume of highest quality research as assessed by REF2014. Through the “Expanding Excellence in England” programme, Research England is seeking to grow excellent research capacity where excellence exists but is currently at a small scale with potential for growth.

UKRI are publishing detailed breakdowns of their funding data at a regional level annually to increase transparency of how places benefit from R&D funding. The latest available data is at: https://www.ukri.org/our-work/what-we-have-funded/regional-distribution-of-funding/2018-to-2019-regional-distribution-of-funding/#contents-list.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
96873
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Finance Research England
Link
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