Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what sums (a) the Government and (b) UK Research and Innovation have contributed to mathematical sciences research in each of the last five financial years.

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.