Question follow-through · 121692
China: Overseas Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which research projects her Department funds in China including those marked Beijing sensitive; and what the cost to the UK is of each of those projects.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 18 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 27 Apr 2026 · 40 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which research projects her Department funds in China including those marked Beijing sensitive; and what the cost to the UK is of each of those projects.
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Apr 2026
Answer published
I have written to the Rt Hon Member about this matter.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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