Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding his Department has allocated to to research on alternative energy resources for (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22.
The Department primarily funds research into energy generation through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), which in 2020-2021 funded £205 million towards alternative energy resources.
The figures for 2021-22 will be available in the autumn.