Oral QuestionMinistry of Defence

“What estimate he has made of the number of jobs that are dependent on the UK's status as a Tier 1 nation.”

Tabled: 3 July 2018Answered: 9 July 2018

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Defence

Answer from Hansard

The Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology (Liz Kendall)

The UK life sciences sector is one of our greatest national assets in not only saving lives, but driving jobs, growth and innovation. The sector has been projected to grow by £41 billion across the UK by 2030, employing an extra 100,000 people. Our life sciences sector plan will help us seize this potential and secure our ambition to be Europe’s leading life sciences economy by 2030 and the third most important globally by 2035.