Asked by: Baroness Randerson (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask His Majesty's Government why this year's Innovation Accelerator funding was limited to three city regions in England and Scotland; and what plans they have to extend it to Wales and Northern Ireland.
Answered by Lord Vallance of Balham - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The announcement in the Budget extends funding for the three city regions piloting the Innovation Accelerator programme for an additional year. Longer-term decisions regarding the future of the programme, including any extension to new areas, will be considered as part of the next phase of the Spending Review.
Asked by: Baroness Randerson (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of research scientists who have left the UK in the past three years to move to EU countries in order to take up European Research Council grants; and, based on previous levels of income to UK from Horizon, what is their estimate of the amount lost to UK research as a result of the gap in UK membership of the scheme.
Answered by Viscount Camrose - Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Government has made no assessment of the number of research scientists leaving the UK.
The Government’s Horizon Europe Guarantee scheme maintained a lifeline for UK researchers and businesses by guaranteeing the funding of bids into the Horizon Europe programme, meaning no UK researchers have been left out of pocket, nor needed to leave the UK. The Guarantee scheme has issued over 2,500 grant offers worth £1.35 billion to the end of August 2023.