Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Government plans to invest £300 million in mathematical sciences.

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council funds Mathematical Sciences from its core budget, typically spending around £25-30 million per annum. They have also committed a further £124 million which will spend out to 2028-29 as part of the Additional Funding Programme for Mathematic Sciences commitment.

Overall, over the last five years UKRI has funded around £60m per annum in mathematical sciences up to FY2020/21. In 2021/22 this figure was around £80 million due to the additional funding for the mathematical sciences programme. Data for more recent years is not yet available for across all of UKRI.