Question follow-through · 75286
Innovation: Government Assistance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help increase opportunities for innovation in the economy.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 12 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help increase opportunities for innovation in the economy.
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Government recognises that innovation is a key driver of long-term economic growth, higher productivity and improved living standards.Public investment in research and development (R&D) will rise to £22.6 billion per year by 2029-30, supporting in...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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