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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support the Government provides to foreign (a) companies and (b) scientists seeking to collaborate with UK scientists on a specific policy or research area.

We want world-leading innovators, businesses and scientists to collaborate with and see the UK as the place to make their ideas reality.

We have committed £750m of funding, across this spending review period, to supporting international partnerships focused both on development challenges and wider research goals. We also fund a range of fellowships which attract world-class researchers and are supporting implementation of visa routes to make it as a simple as possible for talented individuals to come to the UK.