Oral QuestionMinistry of Justice

“What assessment he has made of the level of compliance with social distancing measures by (a) criminal and (b) civil courts during the covid-19 outbreak.”

Tabled: 14 April 2020Answered: 27 April 2020

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Justice

Answer from Hansard

The Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology (Peter Kyle)

The Government are committed to increasing the research and development allocation to a record £20.4 billion in 2024-25. Lord Vallance continues to meet mathematical science representatives to determine how best to support the sector. The Government are supporting the mathematical science sector in ways that best deliver for the taxpayer, without the time and expense required to set up a new organisation.