Roger Williams – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roger Williams on 2015-01-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the potential contribution to the economy of the investment in science announced in the Autumn Statement 2014; and what steps he plans to take to maximise that contribution.

Greg Clark

The Department published a summary of the evidence around the potential contribution to the economy of its investment in science alongside the Science and Innovation Strategy that was published in December. In addition we announced new funding for specific projects which will boost the contribution of our science investments to the wider economy.