Recommendation 7

As the sponsoring department responsible for settings UKRI’s objectives, DSIT makes the main decisions on the shape of UKRI’s portfolio, including allocations to the research councils, using advice from UKRI.8 UKRI’s task is to advise on how best to turn these priorities into action, and then to 4 C&AG’s Report, paras 2, 3 5 C&AG’s Report, para 3 6 C&AG’s Report, para 4 7 Committee of Public Accounts, UK Research and Innovation Written evidence 8 C&AG’s Report, para 1.5 8 deliver them.9 In 2023–24 UKRI spent £6.0 billion of its budget on R&I grant funding across its research councils and Innovate UK, excluding block grants to higher education institutions in England.10