Question follow-through · 12757
Research: Investment Returns
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the rate of return to public investment in UK R&D.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 5 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 15 Nov 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the rate of return to public investment in UK R&D.
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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15 Nov 2024
Answer published
Public R&D generates significant benefits for the UK, with each pound of public R&D investment estimated to leverage, on average, £2 of private R&D investment in the long run. We know businesses grow faster because of public R&D. In the 6 ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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