Question follow-through · 33659
Research: Antarctica
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding his Department plans to allocate to scientific research projects in Antarctica.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 5 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding his Department plans to allocate to scientific research projects in Antarctica.
27 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Mar 2025
Answer published
The British Antarctic Survey’s current allocation from UK Research and Innovation’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is £116 million for 2024/25.DSIT's R&D budget is rising to £13.9 billion for the 2025/26 financial year. The Department wil...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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