Question follow-through · 27681
Medical Research Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had discussions with the Medical Research Council on (a) their sustainability plans and (b) assessments of the sustainability of projects they (i) fund and (ii) otherwise
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 30 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 7 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had discussions with the Medical Research Council on (a) their sustainability plans and (b) assessments of the sustainability of projects they (i) fund and (ii) otherwise
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Feb 2025
Answer published
Ministers and officials meet regularly with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) including its constituent councils, on a range of issues. The UKRI Environmental Sustainability Strategy 2020-2025 sets out UKRI’s ambition to protect and enhance the environmen...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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