Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what parts of the science spending announced in his Financial Statement and Budget Report will be disbursed by (a) UK Research and Innovation and (b) other bodies.

At the Spring Budget, my Rt. Hon Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced several new commitments to support the Science Superpower agenda that will be delivered via a range of funding mechanisms. These include a £900m investment in an Exascale supercomputer and AI Research resource to enhance the UK’s capabilities in artificial intelligence, a £2.5bn investment over the next 10 years to grow our Quantum sector, meeting the commitment in the Quantum Strategy with funding going towards quantum research and innovation programmes, and an AI prize which will award £1m every year for the next 10 years to researchers that drive progress in critical areas of AI.