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UK Research and Innovation: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many full-time equivalent members of staff at UKRI work on (a) local and (b) regional innovation partnerships.

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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, how many full-time equivalent members of staff at UKRI work on (a) local and (b) regional innovation partnerships.
19 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Dec 2024
Answer published
UKRI’s leadership and staff routinely engage with stakeholders across the UK. Additionally, UKRI has several teams focussed on regional engagement, including:Innovate UK’s place engagement team, including a Director, Deputy Director and ten full time mana...

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