HMG's Science and Technology Framework

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Jane Lambert

Yesterday the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology published its Science and Technology Framework which its press release described as "the government’s plan to cement the UK’s place as a science and technology superpower by 2030."  The aspiration to become a science and technology superpower by 2030 first appeared in Global Britain in a competitive age which I reviewed in an article by the same name in IP after Brexit on 19 March 2021 and it was renewed in  UK Innovation Strategy Leading the future by creating it  which I reviewed in UK Innovation Strategy on 12 Aug 2021.

The Science and Technology Framework is a much lighter document than the UK Innovation Strategy.  It is 19 pages long including the front and back cover and a foreword by the Secretary of State, Michelle Donelan MP on pages 5 and 6.   It is structured as follows:

  1. Identifying Critical Technologies
  2. Signalling UK Strengths and Ambitions
  3. Investment in Research and Development
  4. Talent and Skills
  5. Financing Innovative Science and Technology Companies
  6. Procurement
  7. International Opportunities
  8. Access to Physical and Digital Infrastructure
  9. Regulation and Standards
  10. Innovative Public Sector
There is an unnumbered further section heard "Progress and Next Steps",

In Identifying Critical Technologies, the document states that the Department assessed over 50 technologies against 8 criteria: and identified the following which it will prioritize:

  • Artificial intelligence (AI), 
  • Engineering biology, 
  • Future telecommunications, 
  • Semiconductors and 
  • Quantum technologies,
HMG will set out to create the environment for these technologies to flourish in the UK and will work on a cross-government action plan for each of them.   It promises an update before the end of 2023 on the progress that has been made and the next steps to be taken to meet its aspiration of becoming a science and technology superpower by 2030.

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