Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her statement issued on 5 March 2024, how much official time was spent (a) drafting that statement and (b) negotiating with Professor Sang's lawyers; and what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of those negotiations.

I refer the hon. Member to the opening statement by the Secretary of State at the Lords Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee on 12 March 2024.