Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding UK Research and Innovation has (a) allocated and (b) provided to BioYorkshire in the last 12 months.

As agreed in the Devolution Deal, UKRI, including Innovate UK, will work with the new York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority and Mayor when elected to consider how to bring together different research and innovation funding streams and opportunities across the region to support the BioYorkshire initiative. UKRI has given a range of funding to partners involved with this initiative, including through its formula-based block grants to universities.