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Guidance and regulation

• Additional information you must submit before you claim Research and Development tax relief
  • Detailed guide
  • 26 September 2025
  • 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
  • 15 October 2025
  • HM Revenue & Customs
• Check what Research and Development (R&D) costs you can claim
  • Detailed guide
  • 31 October 2024
  • HM Revenue & Customs

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News and communications

• £55 billion R&D funding boost to unlock UK breakthroughs from health to clean energy
  • 30 October 2025
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, UK Space Agency, Met Office, UK Research and Innovation, Advanced Research and Invention Agency, and AI Security Institute
  • Press release
• Cumulative severity in project licences: response from Lord Hanson
  • 28 October 2025
  • Animals in Science Committee and Home Office
  • Correspondence
• Digital suite provides foundation for Tritium Fuel Cycle training
  • 27 October 2025
  • UK Atomic Energy Authority
  • Press release
• Advances in science set to transform treatments for people living with dementia
  • 24 October 2025
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Department of Health and Social Care, and UK Research and Innovation
  • Press release
• Professor Rowena Hill – UKRI Policy Fellow
  • 23 October 2025
  • Government Office for Science
  • Case study

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Research and statistics

• The value of public R&D
  • 30 October 2025
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Research
• International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI: interim report
  • 22 October 2025
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Closed organisation: AI Safety Institute
  • Research
• Active disease surveillance: TSE statistics
  • 16 October 2025
  • Animal and Plant Health Agency
  • Research
• Goats: TSE surveillance statistics
  • 16 October 2025
  • Animal and Plant Health Agency
  • Research
• Sheep: TSE surveillance statistics
  • 16 October 2025
  • Animal and Plant Health Agency
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• AI Growth Lab
  • 29 October 2025
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Open call for evidence
• Regulatory Innovation Office report: One Year On
  • 21 October 2025
  • Regulatory Innovation Office
  • Policy paper
• Research and Development (R&D) Tax Relief Reform
  • 18 September 2025
  • HM Revenue & Customs
  • Impact assessment
• Trusted third-party AI assurance roadmap
  • 3 September 2025
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Policy paper
• Positioning, Navigation and Timing Growth: call for evidence
  • 21 August 2025
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Closed call for evidence

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• DSIT research and development plans to 2029 to 2030
  • 30 October 2025
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Corporate report
• UK Space Agency spending report: September 2025
  • 22 October 2025
  • UK Space Agency
  • Transparency
• UK Space Agency spending report: August 2025
  • 22 October 2025
  • UK Space Agency
  • Transparency
• UK Space Agency spending report: July 2025
  • 22 October 2025
  • UK Space Agency
  • Transparency
• UKAEA prompt payment return data from 2025 to 2026
  • 14 October 2025
  • UK Atomic Energy Authority and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
• Government Office for Science
• Home Office
• Department of Health & Social Care
• UK Atomic Energy Authority

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• Ministry of Defence
• Defence and Security Accelerator
• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Prime Minister's Office 10 Downing Street
• Department for Transport
• Department for Business & Trade
• Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
• HM Treasury
• Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Cabinet Office
• Government Office for Technology Transfer
• Government Science & Engineering
• National Space Operations Centre
• Department for Education
• HM Revenue & Customs
• Intellectual Property Office
• Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• UK Industrial Fusion Solutions
• Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Department for Culture, Media & Sport
• Government Digital Service
• Office for Product Safety & Standards
• Animal & Plant Health Agency
• Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
• Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
• Mining Remediation Authority
• Ministry of Justice
• Northern Ireland Office
• UK Visas and Immigration
• Department for Work & Pensions
• Research Collaboration Advice Team
• Companies House
• Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Regulatory Innovation Office
• Scotland Office
• UK Health Security Agency
• Border Force
• Government Property Agency
• HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• Maritime & Coastguard Agency
• Office for Investment
• Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
• UK Export Finance
• Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee
• Civil Nuclear Constabulary
• Civil Nuclear Police Authority
• Crown Commercial Service
• Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
• Evaluation Task Force
• Government Actuary's Department
• Government Internal Audit Agency
• Government Legal Department
• Government Security Profession
• HM Prison & Probation Service
• Marine Management Organisation
• National Security and Intelligence
• Office for Veterans' Affairs
• Open Innovation Team
• Valuation Office Agency

• UK Space Agency
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Government Chemist
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
• Forensic Science Regulator
• Council for Science and Technology
• Nuclear Waste Services
• Animals in Science Committee
• Sellafield Ltd
• Office for Life Sciences
• Accelerated Capability Environment
• Nuclear Restoration Services
• Defence Equipment and Support
• UK Hydrographic Office
• HM Nautical Almanac Office
• Environment Agency
• Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
• Competition and Markets Authority
• Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
• Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
• Defence Infrastructure Organisation
• Ofqual
• Ofsted
• Probation Service
• Life Sciences Organisation
• Marine Accident Investigation Branch
• Natural England
• Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment
• Air Accidents Investigation Branch
• British Hallmarking Council
• Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
• High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
• Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
• Industrial Strategy Advisory Council
• Migration Advisory Committee
• National Data Guardian
• Public Sector Fraud Authority
• Social Security Advisory Committee

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