Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much of the funding allocated to EU programmes in year one and two of the Spending Review period has be spent (a) in total and (b) on science related projects.

In March 2022, BEIS provisionally allocated £2.35bn this financial year and £2.32bn next year to cover the cost of association, including a significant upfront contribution to the EU paid out to scientists and innovators over a number of years.

As of January 31^st 2023, grants worth up to £751m have been awarded via the UK government’s Horizon Europe Guarantee Scheme, paid over a 7-year period. This is in addition to the packages of R&D investment announced in November 2022 worth up to £684m, including for fusion and earth observation industries. All of this spending is on R&D science related projects. Further details of Departmental expenditure this year will be published in the annual accounts.