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European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to provide funding for the development of a new headquarters for the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts at the University of Reading to be completed by

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled: 12 Sept 2024
Target answer date: 7 Oct 2024
Answer: 10 Oct 2024 · 28 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

12 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to provide funding for the development of a new headquarters for the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts at the University of Reading to be completed by
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Government remains committed to funding the construction of a new headquarters for the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) at the University of Reading, as set out in the 2021 UK offer to ECMWF. Construction of the new headquart...

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