Source · Select Committees · Scottish Affairs Committee

Recommendation 129

129 Not Addressed

Minister Stewart also made the point that the UK Government has established, between the Department...

Conclusion
Minister Stewart also made the point that the UK Government has established, between the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, a Ministerial Taskforce looking at the sustainability of research funding.303 The Minister pointed out that Richard Lochhead MSP was a member of that Taskforce and so there was “direct [Scottish Government] input into looking at the broad future of research funding”.304
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response details UKRI board appointment processes and the structure of Research England within UKRI, failing to address the observation about Scottish Government input into a Ministerial Taskforce on research funding.
Government Response

The government responded to this report on 27 April 2022. No passage in that response could be matched to this conclusion. Read the response document ↗