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Written question asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench) on Wednesday, 1 December 2021, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 December 2021. It was answered by Lord Callanan (Conservative) on Monday, 13 December 2021 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.


Neusoft: University of Liverpool

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the partnership between the University of Liverpool's Department of Computer Science and the Chinese company NeuSoft; and whether any research projects involving NeuSoft have received funding from UK Research and Innovation in the last five years.

Answer

The Government supports decisions on international research collaborations through the Trusted Research campaign. Additionally, BEIS is establishing a Research Collaboration Advice Team which will work directly with institutions to help embed best practice.

Research partnerships must remain within the limits of the law and the government reserves the right to intervene where they are not in the national interest or breach domestic or international law.

UKRI has not directly funded any research projects involving Neusoft in the past 5 years.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL4592
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Finance Research University of Liverpool UK Research and Innovation Neusoft
Link
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