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Guidance and regulation

• Additional information you must submit before you claim for Research and Development tax relief
  • Detailed guide
  • 12 September 2024
  • HM Revenue & Customs
• Check if you can claim Research & Development (R&D) tax relief
  • Detailed guide
  • 8 May 2024
  • HM Revenue & Customs
• Tell HMRC you want to claim Research and Development (R&D) tax relief
  • Detailed guide
  • 31 October 2024
  • HM Revenue & Customs
• Research and Development tax relief for small and medium-sized enterprises
  • Detailed guide
  • 8 May 2024
  • HM Revenue & Customs
• Animal testing and research: guidance for the regulated community
  • Detailed guide
  • 26 April 2024
  • Home Office

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News and communications

• Simon Thompson appointed as new Chair of the Met Office Board
  • 14 November 2024
  • Met Office and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Press release
• NDA supply chain award winners 2024 revealed
  • 4 November 2024
  • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Sellafield Ltd, Nuclear Restoration Services, and Nuclear Waste Services
  • News story
• UK Industrial Fusion Solutions stands-up to deliver STEP
  • 1 November 2024
  • UK Atomic Energy Authority and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
  • News story
• Government backs UK R&D with record £20.4 billion investment at Autumn Budget
  • 31 October 2024
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
  • News story
• New national quantum laboratory to open up access to quantum computing, unleashing a revolution in AI, energy, healthcare and more
  • 25 October 2024
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Science and Technology Facilities Council, and UK Research and Innovation
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Ghana: UK Science and Innovation Network summary
  • 9 October 2024
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Research
• Open Networks Programme: initial evaluation
  • 12 September 2024
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Research
• Colombia: UK Science and Innovation Network summary
  • 22 August 2024
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Research
• UKAEA prompt payment return data: June 2024 to March 2025
  • 8 August 2024
  • UK Atomic Energy Authority and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
  • Statistical data set
• Indonesia: UK Science & Innovation Network summary
  • 31 July 2024
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• UK position on EU's Research and Innovation Framework Programme
  • 26 September 2024
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Policy paper
• UK candidate for CERN Director-General, Professor Mark Thomson: election brochure
  • 18 September 2024
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Policy paper
• UK semiconductor programme: delegation to the Netherlands (closed to applications)
  • 13 May 2024
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Policy paper
• National vision for engineering biology
  • 5 December 2023
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Policy paper
• AI Safety Summit 2023: Chair’s statement – state of the science, 2 November
  • 2 November 2023
  • Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• UKAEA financial transactions statistical data from 2024 to 2025
  • 11 November 2024
  • UK Atomic Energy Authority and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
  • Transparency
• UKAEA prompt payment return statistical data from 2024 to 2025
  • 11 November 2024
  • UK Atomic Energy Authority and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
  • Transparency
• UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) research involving animals
  • 16 October 2024
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Corporate report
• Defence: sustainability as a competitive advantage
  • 11 October 2024
  • Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
  • Corporate report
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory annual report and accounts 2023 to 2024
  • 25 July 2024
  • Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
  • Corporate report

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Organisations

• UK Atomic Energy Authority
• Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
• Ministry of Defence
• Defence and Security Accelerator
• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

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• Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Research Collaboration Advice Team
• Department for Education
• Government Property Agency
• HM Treasury
• Office for Product Safety & Standards
• Open Innovation Team
• Regulatory Horizons Council
• Coal Authority
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• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Nuclear Waste Services
• UK Space Agency
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
• Government Chemist
• Sellafield Ltd
• Office for Life Sciences
• Council for Science and Technology
• Defence Equipment and Support
• Nuclear Restoration Services
• Strategic Command
• Environment Agency
• Accelerated Capability Environment
• Life Sciences Organisation