Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how the funding for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology will be divided between the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade.

The exact funding split is currently being determined. Departmental teams are reviewing the relevant budgets to determine the specific resources for each transferring function. Final figures will be confirmed through standard Machinery of Government processes and set out in the Supplementary Estimates.