Horizon Europe

(asked on 2nd March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will publish a regional breakdown of the successful applications to the Horizon programme.


Answered by
George Freeman Portrait
George Freeman
This question was answered on 7th March 2022

As Horizon Europe only recently started, data on successful bids will be reviewed as the programme progresses. The regional distribution of funding under Horizon 2020 – the predecessor programme to Horizon Europe – is publicly available data. It can be seen in the table below. UK entities are already eligible to apply to Horizon Europe calls ahead of formal UK association to the programme.

UK Regions

% of UK receipts

London

25.3%

South East

17.0%

Scotland

11.4%

East of England

11.3%

South West

7.9%

Yorkshire and Humber

6.3%

North West

6.1%

West Midlands

5.4%

East Midlands

3.1%

North East

2.9%

Wales

2.0%

Northern Ireland

1.0%

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