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

To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to fund the UK's participation in the Horizon Europe research programme.

I am pleased that the UK reached an agreement to take part in the Horizon Europe programme. Association to Horizon has been welcomed by businesses and the research community and will bring huge benefits to the UK. We are continuing to work through the details of the costs for Horizon Europe. We will set out our plans for R&D spend in 2021/22 – including funding for Horizon Europe – in due course.