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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, in what year the Government expects to reach a total spend of three per cent of gross domestic product on research and development.

Science, Research and Innovation will be at the heart of our Industrial Strategy and this Government has bold ambitions to significantly increase research and development and back industries of the future. The Government’s vision is to achieve R&D spending of 2.4% of GDP within ten years and 3% in the longer-term.