Recommendation 10

UKRI does not consolidate or rank the government policies and activities that it is expected to support, meaning that the government does not currently have an overall picture of what it is asking UKRI to do.17 We asked DSIT how confident it is there are clear lines of sight from the development of government policy to funding activity and through to UKRI.18 DSIT said that there was room for improvement. While there may be strong interactions between DSIT and UKRI, DSIT acknowledged that it was difficult for people outside this process to understand how UKRI manages 9 Q 33 10 C&AG’s Report, para 7 11 Q 6, 35 12 Q 26 13 Q 10 14 Q 33 15 C&AG’s Report, para 1.12 16 Q 34 17 C&AG’s Report, para 1.13 18 Q 34 9 the necessary trade-offs and convert government policy into action.19 Professor Grant cited health-related research as an area where it is hard to get a simple picture of what is going on and where.20 19 Q 34 20 Q 15 10 2 Oversight Monitoring performance against objectives