Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what funds UK Research and Innovation committed to (a) researchers under the Horizon Europe Guarantee scheme and (b) other Horizon Europe aspects of the UK research system in (i) 2021-22, (ii) 2022-23 and (iii) 2023-24; whether her Department provided financial support to UK Research and Innovation for such funds in each such year; and whether there have been changes to the budget of UK Research and Innovation since the publication of its Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023.

The government’s priority is to ensure the UK’s R&D sector gets the right support to allow them to continue their ground-breaking research and international collaboration. UKRI has to date issued grant offer letters totalling approximately £1.36bn through the Horizon Europe Guarantee scheme with further funds to be committed throughout 2023-24. UKRI has delivered further support across the Horizon programme, including elements of targeted investments to support UK research, as announced by the Government in November 2022, - with spend underpinned by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. UKRI’s budget remains as published in our Annual Report and Accounts for 2022-23.