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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what salary offer was made to Dr Peter Highnam to join the Advanced Research and Invention Agency as its CEO.

Dr Peter Highnam has withdrawn from accepting the CEO role for personal reasons. Once the agency is operational, full remuneration details of ARIA’s senior leadership team will be published in the usual way and included in the agency’s annual reports and accounts.