What steps his Department is taking with universities to support research and innovation.
Answered on
8 January 2025
Research and innovation is key to delivering the government’s missions, and universities are essential for this.
We are increasing Core Research funding to over £6.1bn to deliver on the government’s research priorities and offer real terms protection to the UK's world leading universities.
This Government has committed to record funding of R&D in the recent budget. Total HMG investment in R&D is rising to a record allocation of £20.4bn in 2025/26
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