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1337887

registered interest
date	17/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which (a) institution, (b) Government department and (c) funding body will allocate the £22 billion for research and development announced in the Queen's Speech 2021.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	17821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>Many government departments and agencies fund and undertake Research &amp; Development. Departmental allocations are determined at Spending Reviews.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 23/06/2021 13:27:24 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1327773

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Research: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much and what proportion of the Government’s £14.9 billion funding for research and development in 2021-22 will be allocated to developing non-animal methods of testing.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	7146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>Overall Government spending on R&amp;D in 2021/22 is at its highest level in four decades, this means UK scientists will have access to more public funding than ever before.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the importance of the independence of researchers and our investment in multiple disciplines and methodologies will be guided by experts.</p><p> </p><p>We are not able to provide figures on the proportion of R&amp;D funding dedicated to developing non-animal methods of testing as funding is not categorised in this way.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 07/06/2021 11:44:17 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1327774

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Research: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding the Government has allocated to research and development; and how much and what proportion of that funding was dedicated to animal-free science in each of the last five years for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	7147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>Overall Government spending on R&amp;D in 2021/22 is £14.9 billion, its highest level in four decades.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics publishes historical figures on research and development expenditure by the UK Government on their website.</p><p> </p><p>We are not able to provide figures on the proportion of R&amp;D funding dedicated to developing animal-free science as funding is not categorised in this way.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 07/06/2021 11:46:21 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1327517

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Research: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that investment in research is linked to economic growth.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	6365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government is investing £14.9 billion in research and development in 2021/22. This puts UK Government Research &amp; Development (R&amp;D) spending at its highest level in four decades. We are continuing to take forward commitments from last year’s R&amp;D Roadmap, which set out our vision to ensure the UK is the best place in the world for scientists, researchers and entrepreneurs to live and work, while helping to power the UK’s economic and social recovery and level up the UK. The R&amp;D Places Strategy, due to be published later this year, will ensure that R&amp;D benefits the economy and society in nations, regions and local areas across the UK contributing to the Government’s wider levelling-up ambitions.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the Plan for Growth at Budget 2021, we will also publish a new Innovation Strategy in the Summer. Building on the R&amp;D Roadmap, the strategy will identify how we can enhance innovation even further working closely with business.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 01/06/2021 11:54:53 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1327518

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Research: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what tools his Department uses to calculate to effect of investment in research funding on economic growth in the UK.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	6366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2021 answer text <p>The Department requires a business case be prepared for funding proposals to assess value for money and subsequently monitors and evaluates programmes to understand their impact including any impact on jobs and productivity where possible.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also commissions studies to assess the impact of research funding. For example, macroeconomic modelling of the 2.4% target by Cambridge Econometrics for BEIS suggested that there would be increases in GDP, employment, and productivity from increased R&amp;D. It is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-and-development-macroeconomic-modelling-of-24-target" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-and-development-macroeconomic-modelling-of-24-target</a></p><p> </p><p>Other research conducted shows that public investment in R&amp;D achieves high social rates of return, with £1 of public investment in R&amp;D eventually leveraging around £2 of additional private sector investment. <br></p><p>Reports are available at:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/science-and-innovation-rates-of-return-to-investment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/science-and-innovation-rates-of-return-to-investment</a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-and-development-relationship-between-public-and-private-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-and-development-relationship-between-public-and-private-funding</a></li></ul> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 01/06/2021 11:50:12 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1311262

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Research: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which projects have had their grant funding from UK Research and Innovation reduced in 2021–22 following the reduction in its Official Development Assistance allocation; and what is the size of the reduction for each of these projects.
tabling member printed	Lord Walney
uin	HL15197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>We are currently working with UKRI, and all our Global Challenges Research Fund and Newton Fund Delivery Partners, to manage the financial year 2021/22 ODA allocations. UKRI have written to all impacted award holders setting out the next stage of the review of ODA funding this year, and to explore options for individual programmes. Full details have been published on the UKRI website.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 28/04/2021 16:54:42 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

1308718

registered interest
date	13/04/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Research: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to encourage private sector investment in high risk high reward research in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	180491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government has set out plans at Spending Review to cement the UK’s status as a global leader in science and innovation by investing £14.9 billion in R&amp;D in 2021/22. This investment supports our commitments set out in the R&amp;D Roadmap as we build towards UK R&amp;D investment of 2.4% of GDP by 2027.</p><p> </p><p>Leveraging investment from the private sector will be vital to reach the 2.4% target and achieve our ambitions for innovation. The Government has already set out at Budget a range of measures to boost private investment in research and development, including a review of R&amp;D tax reliefs, supported by a consultation with stakeholders, and £375 million to introduce Future Fund: Breakthrough, a new direct co-investment product to support the scale up of the most innovative, R&amp;D-intensive businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also establishing the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), focusing exclusively on high-risk, high-reward research with a budget of £800m up to 2024/25. ARIA projects will be able to attract private co-financing as part of a new and creative approach to funding.</p><p> </p><p>These developments will complement our existing incentives for private R&amp;D investment and, as the Plan for Growth set out at Budget, BEIS will also publish an Innovation Strategy this summer with a view to providing the private sector the confidence to invest as we look to Build Back Better.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 21/04/2021 15:22:18 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1306706

registered interest
date	25/03/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Research: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their report Global Britain in a Competitive Age: the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, published on 16 March, and their stated aim to secure the UK’s status as a ‘Science and Tech Superpower’ by 2030 by redoubling the commitment to research and development, whether they intend to reverse funding cuts to research and development programmes; and if so, to which programmes they intend to provide increased funding.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL14646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2021 answer text <p>Our commitment to research and development has been clearly demonstrated through the Spending Review announcement to increase investment in R&amp;D across government to £14.6bn in 2021/22. This increase in investment will help deliver our ambition to increase total UK R&amp;D investment to 2.4% of GDP by 2027.</p><p> </p><p>The increased investment will put research and development at the heart of economic and social recovery from the impacts of COVID-19, enabling us to build back better for a greener, healthier and more resilient UK.</p><p> </p><p>As the custodian of the R&amp;D system, BEIS was allocated £11.1 billion for R&amp;D in 2021/22. Funding for each individual programme is subject to our Departmental allocations process, which is under way. We will provide an update in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 08/04/2021 09:01:41 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1304306

registered interest
date	19/03/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Research: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of (a) the effect of reductions to the Overseas Development Assistance budget on the ability of the UK to fund research across the world and (b) the effect of that matter on the credibility and reliability of the UK as a research funding partner.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	172059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2021 answer text <p>The Covid pandemic's economic impact has forced the government to take the difficult decision to temporarily reduce ODA to 0.5% of GNI. Despite this reduction, we will remain a world-leading ODA donor, spending around £10 billion on ODA in 2021-22. The Foreign Secretary has set out a strategic approach to ensure maximum impact for our aid spend for 2021-22, laying a Written Ministerial Statement for Parliament in January, summarising overall departmental cross-government allocations of ODA. FCDO and other departments are working through the implications of their allocations for the research programmes they manage.</p><p>The UK has led funding for scientific advances that have helped drive significant reductions in extreme poverty, increases in agricultural productivity, declines in childhood mortality, and increases in life expectancy across the developing world. We remain committed to the use of ODA to support research that can provide new solutions to critical challenges in development.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 24/03/2021 18:07:25 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge previous answer version 93113 answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

1302169

registered interest
date	12/03/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Research: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the level of demand on the UK Research and Innovation budget.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	167887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>In contrast to the number of open calls that UKRI runs, which remained relatively stable with an additional surge to deliver specific COVID-19 related funding, the number of applications for funding from UKRI has risen over the last year, including in response to COVID-19. To date the trend has already shown an increase of over 1,000 applications ending December 2020, with a further projection of another 2,000 applications to be received in the final quarter. These increases are against an active portfolio of approximately 14,000 grants.</p><p> </p><p>UKRI has also responded to increased demand to help stabilise the system and the pressures felt across the research and innovation community. Active grants continue to attract a high number of requested changes through their life, but more recently hundreds more enquiries have resulted from COVID-19 disruption, generating many requests for both costed and no cost extensions with £90 million in costed grant extensions paid this year.</p><p> </p><p>Other stabilising interventions that UKRI has made in response to the pandemic include bringing forwards £100 million of Quality Related funding from Academic Year 2020-21 to AY 2019-20, and providing additional funding through the Sustaining University Research Expertise (SURE) Fund in financial year 2020-21.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 17/03/2021 18:06:13 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford