Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency’s budget will go towards supporting (a) climate and (b) environment-related projects in 2022-23.

Decisions on which programmes and research to fund will be taken by ARIA’s CEO once they are appointed and take office.

ARIA’s sole focus will be to fund the most ambitious high-risk research with the potential to provide long-term benefits to our society and economy. ARIA’s Framework Document will require ARIA to have regard to the contribution its projects and programmes make to the UK Government’s climate change targets and environmental goals.