Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Pioneer Prospectus, published on 6 April, how much and what proportion of the funds allocated to Pioneer will be available as research grants.

If the Government is unable to secure association on fair and appropriate terms, Pioneer, will be implemented. UK researchers would receive as much funding from Pioneer as the UK would have paid to associate to Horizon from 2021 to 2027 (as agreed in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement). All of this funding will be classified as R&D.