Oral QuestionDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”

Tabled: 23 March 2020Answered: 26 March 2020

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Gareth Thomas)

My hon. Friend will be aware that the Chancellor of the Exchequer recently announced £20.4 billion in investment for research and development for the next year, which will help to drive even more of the type of technological investment that she rightly champions. We are also working with small businesses to encourage them to adopt more digital technologies through the digital adoption taskforce.