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1007015

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Research: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much additional public funding is required to reach the Government's target of spending 2.4 per cent of GDP on R&D across the economy by 2027.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	191407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is working with UK Research and Innovation and other key partners to develop a roadmap that sets out how government and industry will work together to reach the 2.4% target by 2027.</p><p> </p><p>The roadmap, including an assessment of the measures required to put us on a trajectory to the 2.4% target, will be published in 2019.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 191408 question first answered 19/11/2018 15:44:30 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1007024

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Research: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish a long-term budget that estimates the amount of investment from the public purse in R&D to reach 2.4 per cent of GDP by 2027.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	191408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is working with UK Research and Innovation and other key partners to develop a roadmap that sets out how government and industry will work together to reach the 2.4% target by 2027.</p><p> </p><p>The roadmap, including an assessment of the measures required to put us on a trajectory to the 2.4% target, will be published in 2019.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 191407 question first answered 19/11/2018 15:44:30 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

994685

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Mike Ashley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of whether Mike Ashley has met the commitments on employments practices he gave to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee in June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	183931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has already set out the results of enforcement action taken against Sports Direct. We expect employers to meet the legal obligations and have demonstrated that we will act accordingly when they do not do so.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 30/10/2018 15:05:51 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

984885

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Horizon 2020: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of withdrawing from Horizon 2020 on higher education funding in the North East.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	177685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is undertaking a wide range of analysis in support of our EU exit negotiations and preparations. Ministers have a specific responsibility, which Parliament has endorsed, not to release information that would reveal our negotiating position</p><p> </p><p>UK and EU negotiators are continuing to make progress towards finalising the draft Withdrawal Agreement. Once concluded, the Withdrawal Agreement would mean that UK entities would continue to have the right to participate in and bid for funding in current EU programmes, including Horizon 2020, and to receive EU funding for the lifetime of the projects.</p><p> </p><p>In the event of a no deal scenario the Government’s underwrite guarantee will cover funding for successful competitive bids to Horizon 2020 submitted before exit day. In July 2018 the guarantee was extended to cover all successful competitive bids by UK entities to Horizon 2020 calls open to third country participation submitted between exit day and the end of 2020. The guarantee will apply for the lifetime of qualifying projects, even where this extends beyond 2020.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/10/2018 16:04:15 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

973302

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Global Navigation Satellite Systems
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the (a) cost to and (b) liabilities on the public purse of developing a UK alternative to the Galileo satellite navigation system.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	174709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave her on 16th July 2018 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-07-10/162553/" target="_blank">162553</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Since that response, my rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced on 28 August that the UK Space Agency would look at options for a UK Global Navigation Satellite System, using £92m of funds from the Government’s Brexit readiness fund. This work will refine and validate the cost estimates for a UK system that have already been developed, and define the preferred approach to deliver a UK system which will be subject to a full business case. Contracts in support of this phase have yet to be let and so there are no new liabilities for the public purse.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/10/2018 13:50:51 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

947267

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	General Electric: Rugby
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to agree to General Electric's proposed closure of manufacturing facilities in Rugby.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	167948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>There has been no formal announcement by GE of an intention to close their Manufacturing Facility in Rugby. The restructuring and job losses announced by the company earlier this year remain under consultation with employee representatives.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to monitor impacts on the GE Power businesses in the UK</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 10/09/2018 15:39:52 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

947652

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Property Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to bring forward a property sector deal.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	168049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Several sectors, including the property sector, have expressed interest in a Sector Deal and we expect to progress with further deals that best meet the expectations set out in the White Paper in due course. We continue to work with businesses and local authorities across the country to support the development of a resilient housing and commercial building sector.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 04/09/2018 12:56:15 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

947653

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Social Science: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support the commercialisation of social science research.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	168050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Social sciences have a central role to play in contributing to the UK economy and society, and the challenges set out in the industrial strategy. UKRI through the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Research England have a range of mechanisms to help deliver benefits from social science, including support for commercialisation;</p><p> </p><ul><li>ESRC funding for impact activities from research projects can be requested via their “Pathways to Impact”. (<em>Data from ResearchFish shows that 29 spinouts from ESRC funding have been registered with Companies House between 2010 and 2017.</em>)</li><li>ESRC also funds Impact Acceleration Accounts (IAAs) at 25 universities to accelerate the impact of research.</li><li>Research England support via Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF) (currently £210 million per year) for English universities for a range of knowledge exchange activities. Each institution decides how to deploy this according to their own strategic priorities, some will support commercialisation of social sciences.</li><li>Research England has also awarded £5m from the Connecting Capability Fund to London School of Economics, in partnership with the Universities of Manchester and Sussex, for “ASPECT” (A Social sciences Platform for Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Transformation) to develop a “globally leading social sciences commercialisation ecosystem.” This expects to create new companies to improve productivity and solve the most pressing social challenges.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition, a number of calls announced in Wave 2 of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund have included and embedded social science, and UKRI will ensure that there are opportunities for social science to contribute to solving the ambitious challenges set out in the Fund.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 10/09/2018 15:37:54 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

947655

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Construction: Productivity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to promote productivity in the construction sector.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	168051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>On 5<sup>th</sup> July, we announced an ambitious Sector Deal with the construction industry to transform the sector’s productivity. This includes the Government’s commitment to invest £170m through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund in the Transforming Construction: Manufacturing Better Buildings programme. The programme will improve productivity through promoting the development and commercialisation of digital, manufacturing, energy generation and storage technologies for the construction and built environment sectors.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will also work with the sector to promote increased investment in skills development. This will be achieved through a joint commitment to implement reforms to the Construction Industry Training Board to make it more strategic and industry led, and to enable the sector to make best use of funding from the Apprenticeship Levy.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the government has already committed to investing £600 billion in infrastructure over the next decade to provide the industry with certainty about levels of investment, and to encourage it to invest in skills and new technologies to meet this. The Sector Deal will support this objective.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 17/09/2018 15:23:11 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

946799

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	General Electric: Rugby
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the future of GE engineering in Rugby.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	167269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friends the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Secretary of State for Defence regularly engage on areas of joint interest.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to her by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence on 7th September 2018 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-07-23/167268/" target="_blank">167268</a> regarding that Department's procurement of Type 26 programme components across the United Kingdom and overseas.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 10/09/2018 15:39:42 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah