Question follow-through · 29744
Research: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to incentivise R&D investment in the United Kingdom.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 6 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 24 Feb 2025 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to incentivise R&D investment in the United Kingdom.
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Feb 2025
Answer published
R&D investment in the UK is 2.8% of GDP, ahead of the OECD average of 2.7%. To further incentivise R&D investment, we are supporting innovators with a record £20.4 billion in R&D spending for 2025/26, which on average leverages £2 of private R...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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