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

To ask His Majesty's Government how much of UK Research and Innovation's funding was allocated to mathematics in (1) 2019–22, and (2) 2022–25.

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, within UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), funds Mathematical Sciences from its core budget, typically spending c£25-30 million/per annum for grants, fellowships, and studentships. In addition, they have committed a further £124 million which will spend out to 2028-29 as part of the Additional Funding Programme for Mathematic Sciences (AFPMS) commitment.

This further investment will nearly double the funding going into the Mathematical Sciences this Spending Review (SR) period within the context of a 14% increase in UKRI’s overall budget by the end of the current SR period.