Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 4 of the Pioneer Prospectus, published on 6 April and to page 295 of the Central Government Supply Estimates 2022-23, HC 1133, whether the remaining funding allocated to association with Horizon Europe includes the surrendered unused funding for Horizon and Euratom participation fee.
Answer
As is usual practice for all spend, the return of funding to the Exchequer in 22/23 reflected the anticipated underspend within the EU programmes ringfence in that financial year. The commitment to invest up to £14.6bn makes clear that, by 2027/28, the same funding as that originally set aside for Horizon association (as agreed in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement) would be invested in the UK’s alternative, Pioneer.