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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many of his Department's staff he plans to allocate to support EU negotiations on EU research funding programmes after Article 50 has been triggered.

Departments are equipping themselves with the resources they need to get the best deal as we exit the European Union. This whole exercise is an all-government operation. The government is preparing for the UK to make an orderly and successful exit, including in the important area of research.