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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Public Expenditure

Asked by Neil O'BrienConservativeDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled Answered 3 September 2026UIN 19427

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the DSIT Main Estimate Memorandum for 2026/7, for a breakdown by programme of the £219.0m in CDEL allocated to Science and Society.

Answered by Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

The Science and Society CDEL allocation is delivered through the Royal Society, the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Academy of Medical Sciences, which administer programmes on behalf of the Department for
Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, following the July 2026 Machinery of Government changes. The breakdown of the £219.0m Science and Society budget at Main Estimate 2026-27 is as follows:

Royal Society £113.0m

British Academy £51.9m

Royal Academy of Engineering £39.3m

Academy of Medical Sciences £14.7m

Total £219.0m

These allocations are based on the DSIT Main Estimate 2026-27 and may be refined over the course of the financial year.

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