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Commons · Question 29744 · Tabled 6 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 24 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Clive Jones

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.

Answer

Answered by Feryal Clark, 24 Feb 2025

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...