Life Sciences: Companies
(asked on 23rd June 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many life sciences companies were based in the UK in each of the last five years.
This question was answered on 3rd July 2023
In the five years to 2021, the number of life sciences businesses operating in the UK were as follows: 6,164 in 2017; 6,528 in 2018; 6,489 in 2019; 6,537 in 2020; and 6,548 in 2021.
The Department does not yet hold statistics for 2022 or 2023. Statistics covering 2022 will be published by the Office for Life Sciences on 1 December 2023 in the annual ‘Bioscience and health technology sector statistics’ publication.