Question follow-through · 46550
Innovation: Business
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding to support the growth of innovative UK businesses.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 17 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 2 May 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding to support the growth of innovative UK businesses.
24 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 May 2025
Answer published
Supporting innovative businesses is a key objective of the government’s growth mission. My department regularly engages with business organisations to understand the needs of their members, and significant support is available through Innovate UK. Over th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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