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Recommendation 11
11
UKRI's strategic objectives lack specificity, measurability, and time-bound targets for effective monitoring.
Recommendation
To be able to articulate the value of public investment in R&I, it is vital that UKRI can monitor progress and performance against specific targets and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). In 2018, when UKRI was formed, DSIT set 10 strategic objectives for UKRI and published them in a framework document. In 2022, UKRI published its first five-year strategy, with six strategic objectives.21 None of these objectives are specific, measurable or time-bound meaning it is difficult to understand what UKRI is seeking to achieve and what DSIT expects UKRI to achieve.22 DSIT acknowledged that it can and should do more to address this and told us that it intends to introduce more measurable outcomes for UKRI during summer 2025.23
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 15 October 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗