Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government’s commitment to increase public investment in research and development by £7 billion by 2021-22 is dependent on the outcome of the forthcoming Spending Review.
The Government committed at Budget 2017 to increase public investment in Research & Development by £7 billion by 2021-22. This is not dependent on the outcome of the forthcoming Spending Review.