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 172 of the Levelling Up White Paper, what the timescale is for the publication of subnational data on R&D spending; and where that data will be published.

The UK Government will ask the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the UK Government Office for Science to work with all Whitehall departments to collect and publish sub-national data on R&D spending. The timescales for this programme of work will be agreed collectively with all the parties in due course. We work with the ONS and the UK Government Office for Science to determine the most appropriate means of publishing the data.