Question follow-through · 23752
Bioengineering: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether it remains his policy to invest £2 billion over 10 years in engineering biology.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 22 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether it remains his policy to invest £2 billion over 10 years in engineering biology.
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jan 2025
Answer published
The government remains committed to supporting the UK Engineering Biology sector. DSIT will set out its spending plans in line with the Spending Review timelines set by HM Treasury, with departmental funding settlements being announced in the Spring
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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