Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Spring Budget, HC 1183, how much funding has been allocated for participation in Horizon Europe in the next three years; and whether the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology will be responsible for this funding.

Following the recent Machinery of Government changes, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has responsibility for the funding set aside at Spending Review 2021 for association to Horizon Europe, subject to clarity on UK association to EU programmes on fair and reasonable terms.