Horizon 2020

(asked on 16th November 2022) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential economic impact of the reduction in funding from Horizon 2020 since the UK's withdrawal from the EU.


Answered by
George Freeman Portrait
George Freeman
This question was answered on 24th November 2022

Association to Horizon Europe remains the UK’s preference and the Government continues to do everything we can to secure this. The Government’s priority remains to support the UK’s research and development sector through this period.

In order to mitigate the impact of the EU’s refusal to finalise the UK’s , on 21st November we announced an immediate package of investments (totalling up to £484 million). This immediate investment will help our excellent research sector to shore up their talent pools, invest confidently in infrastructure and protect the UK’s reputation as a science superpower

This additional package builds on the Horizon Europe guarantee scheme, extended in September, which continues to provide funding for eligible, successful UK winners of Horizon Europe calls to ensure UK researchers and businesses can continue to collaborate internationally.

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