Question follow-through · 20745
Research: Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an estimate of the total value of investment made in research and development in the (a) public and (b) private sector in each of the last five years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 17 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 19 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 27 Dec 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an estimate of the total value of investment made in research and development in the (a) public and (b) private sector in each of the last five years.
19 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Office for National Statistics routinely publishes official statistics on Gross Expenditure on Research & Development (GERD), including breakdowns of expenditure by sector. These statistics show the total value of R&D performed, for each of th...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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