Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page 68 of Industrial Strategy: Building a Britain fit for the future, when he expects the new Strategic Priorities Fund to be operational.

UK Research and Innovation will work with the Government to develop a new competitive Strategic Priorities Fund. We are designing the operating model for the fund to ensure that we invest strategically whilst also giving certainty for the long term. Further details will be set out in due course.