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Research: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to support research and innovation campuses in the West Midlands.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled: 21 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 23 Oct 2024
Answer: 29 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

21 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to support research and innovation campuses in the West Midlands.
23 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Oct 2024
Answer published
The government remains committed to delivering economic growth across all regions of the UK. We are working with local leaders in the West Midlands to develop their local growth plans, through which we will seek to make research and innovation the foundat...

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