Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 75188

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: University of Cambridge

Tabled: 4 September 2025
Answered: 11 September 2025

Question

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative — Braintree

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's transparency data entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, June 2025, published on 31 July 2025, what was the purpose of the funding to Cambridge

Answer

Samantha Dixon
This spend was a recharge to the University of Cambridge for the salary of the current Chief Scientific Adviser who is a Professor of Engineering at Cambridge.