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Commons · Question 65359 · Tabled 7 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 10 Jul 2025

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Asked by Ruth Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, what proportion of the £22.6 billion increase to research and development funding by 2029-30 will be allocated to

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Answered by Feryal Clark, 10 Jul 2025

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) invests to support research which can lead to alternatives, such as organ-on-a-chip, cell-based assays, functional genomics and computer modelling. These are categorised as basic research, so calculating funding for alter...