Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
o ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to encourage investment into research and development in the East of England.
World-leading, globally connected innovation clusters will create more jobs, productivity and growth, and boost private sector investment.
That is why, alongside £790 million investment in R&D by UK Research and Innovation in the East of England in 2020-21, we are supporting key clusters of R&D excellence such as Freeport East to become hotbeds of innovation.