Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on higher education research funding of the UK's decision to leave the EU.

Science and research are vital to our country’s prosperity, security and wellbeing. This Government is committed to ensuring the best possible outcome for UK research as we exit the EU. Treasury’s announcement to underwrite competitively bid-for Horizon 2020 funding while we remain a member of the EU reaffirms this commitment. Access to EU funding after exiting the EU will be a matter for the negotiations that will follow the triggering of Article 50.