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Innovation and Research: Warwickshire

Asked by Rachel TaylorLabourDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 29 November 2024UIN 15336

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate funding for (a) innovation and (b) development in technology in Warwickshire.

Answered by Feryal Clark

UKRI invested £43 million in Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire in 2021-22.

This included core funding for the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), which is a centre of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult. WMG is a world-leading industrial research and education group that works with companies to boost the UK’s manufacturing performance and sustainability.

Innovate UK’s Launchpad programme is also allocating up to £7.5 million for the immersive and creative industries cluster centred on Coventry and Warwickshire. This is supporting thirteen projects, eleven of which are with small and medium sized business, to progress their ideas toward commercialisation and contribute to local economic growth.

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