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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: International Cooperation

Asked by Alex BurghartConservativeDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 22 June 2026UIN 9085

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether any Memorandums of Understanding and other non-legally binding agreements that do not have the status of a treaty have been agreed by (i) her Department and (ii) its Arm’s Length Bodies with (a) foreign governments, (b) local, regional and state-level government tiers of foreign countries and (c) supranational organisations since 4 July 2024.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and our arms-length bodies including UKRI have signed a range of non-legally binding agreements since July 2024 with partner countries at both state and other levels of government and with supranational organisations. Where appropriate announcements and agreements are published on Gov.uk.

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