{"value":{"id":1702392,"askingMemberId":4124,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2024-04-19T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2024-04-24T00:00:00","uin":"22731","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 13 of the UK Science and Technology Framework, published by her Department on 6 March 2023, what steps the Government is taking to increase expenditure on innovative products.","answeringBodyId":216,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Science, Innovation and Technology","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4874,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2024-04-24T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>On 9 February 2024, my department published an update on progress implementing the Science and Technology framework: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-science-and-technology-framework/the-uk-science-and-technology-framework-update-on-progress-9-february-2024\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-science-and-technology-framework/the-uk-science-and-technology-framework-update-on-progress-9-february-2024</a></p><p> </p><p>It outlines a series of steps the government is taking over the next 12 months on the procurement strand of the Framework.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Innovation: Expenditure","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1702392","method":"GET"}]}