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UK Research and Innovation: Staff

Asked by Dame Chi OnwurahLabourDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 27 December 2024UIN 20613

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many full-time equivalent members of staff at UKRI work on (a) local and (b) regional innovation partnerships.

Answered by Feryal Clark

UKRI’s leadership and staff routinely engage with stakeholders across the UK. Additionally, UKRI has several teams focussed on regional engagement, including:

    • Innovate UK’s place engagement team, including a Director, Deputy Director and ten full time manager positions at Innovate UK, who work with around 400 regionally-organised business growth advisers.
    • EPSRC has a team of eight regional managers.
    • Research England has a team of five engagement leads.
    • Members of staff focused on the investment delivery of place programmes, such as the Strength in Places Fund and Innovation Accelerators.

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