Julian Knight – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julian Knight on 2016-03-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Government has invested into research and development of future car technologies in each of the last three years.
Anna Soubry
The Government is fully committed to the continuing success of the automotive sector and supports the development of future car technologies through a variety of mechanisms depending on the technology and stage of development. The most significant sources of funding are set out in the following table:
|
13/14 |
14/15 |
15/16 |
|
|
BIS (incl. Innovate UK & Advanced Propulsion Centre) |
10 |
40.5 |
27.7 |
|
Office for Low Emission Vehicles |
17.5 |
8.9 |
10.5 |
|
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (BIS, DfT & HMT) |
15.75 |
23.75 |
|
|
Total (£M) |
27.5 |
65.15 |
61.95 |
In addition the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has invested £127M in research relevant to the automotive sector since FY 13/14.
In the last Spending Review my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer confirmed Government funding for the Advanced Propulsion Centre out to 2023 and announced additional support for automotive R&D of £225m from 2023 to 2026.
