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Advanced Research and Invention Agency and Rosalind Franklin Institute: Finance

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Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN 123937, tabled on 16 January 2023

Question

Chi Onwurah
Labour
Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons (a) ARIA can and (b) Rosaline Franklin Institute cannot carry forward funding across financial years.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answer

George Freeman
Conservative
Mid Norfolk
Commons

Answered on

24 January 2023

Funding arrangements for public bodies are set based on the operational strategy and objectives of each organisation.

The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) has been established to exclusively focus on projects with potential to produce transformative technological change, or a paradigm-shift in an area of science. To achieve these objectives, ARIA has been designed to operate with unique financial flexibility and operational freedom.

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