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433051

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date	30/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Catapult Centres
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many catapult networks have been established by Innovate UK; what is the focus of each network; and how much funding they are providing to each network.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL4011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2015 answer text <p>Innovate UK has established a network of 10 Catapult Centres covering a broad range of markets and technologies and Government investment will be around £557 million by 2015/16 but the future allocation between the individual catapults has not yet been finalised”. The Catapults are:</p><br /><p>High Value Manufacturing Catapult – seven individual centres working together to bring their expertise in different and complementary areas of high value manufacturing to provide an integrated capability and embraces all forms of manufacture using metals and composites, in addition to process manufacturing technologies and bio-processing.</p><br /><p>Cell Therapy Catapult – working to grow a viable and sustainable cell therapy industry in the UK.</p><br /><p>Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult – focused on development of commercially viable technologies applicable to offshore wind, wave and tidal power.</p><br /><p>Satellite Applications Catapult – helping UK businesses to develop new satellite-based products and services.</p><br /><p>Digital Catapult – working to position UK business to lead the introduction of radically new applications and experiences across the increasing breadth of internet services.</p><br /><p>Future Cities Catapult – helping to make cities to become smarter and more forward thinking.</p><br /><p>Transport Systems Catapult – supporting UK industry in exploiting the massive global market for new products and services that will drive the integration of transport and its systems and help UK businesses to develop effective and sustainable solutions to transport needs for both freight and people.</p><br /><p>Energy Systems Catapult – working to deliver economic value to Britain by making the transformation of the UK’s energy systems sector attractive to companies that are developing and growing new technology-based products and services by creating a critical mass of world class independent engineering and social science expertise in energy systems</p><br /><p>Precision Medicine Catapult – working to simplify and accelerate precision medicine product development and implementation, building the necessary partnerships between different therapeutic, diagnostic and informatics players in the sector, supporting existing and new companies and attracting inward investment by global life science companies</p><br /><p>Medicines Technologies Catapult – still being established, but will work on the development of new technologies that better predict the response of humans, animals and environment to chemicals (for example prescription drugs, pesticides and cosmetics).</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 11/12/2015 12:58:49 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

433052

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Catapult Centres
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of Innovate UK's catapult networks.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL4012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to the Catapult network and has prioritised core funding support for the network in the recent Spending Review. It has already expanded the network by announcing, in July, that a Medicines Technologies Catapult would be established and developed at Alderley Park in Cheshire.</p><br /><p>Innovate UK will be publishing its revised Strategy for 2016-20 in the spring and this will set out plans for evaluation of the Catapult network.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 08/12/2015 17:14:01 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

417154

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Catapult Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the commercial gain from the work of Catapult centres that has been realised overseas.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	9267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2015 answer text <p>We have established an agreed set of key performance indicators to monitor the success of the Catapult network against its primary aim of supporting innovation by UK business, and these include funding; commercial income; business clients; SME engagements; academic collaborations; and new businesses created.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Catapults collaborate with overseas entities where it is in the long-term interests of the UK economy and, in particular, to unlock opportunities for UK companies and inward investment.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 28/09/2015 10:57:07 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

388851

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Catapult Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for opening new Catapult centres.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	6485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the Catapult programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My Rt hon Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced during his visit to Alderley Park on 13 July a new Medicines Technologies Catapult to build on the UK’s excellence in life sciences.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with Innovate UK, businesses, universities and others to identify further opportunities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 15/07/2015 15:29:11 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

386947

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Catapult Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, by what date he plans for the Energy Systems Catapult to be operational.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	5253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>The Energy Systems Catapult is already operational and was formally launched on 1 April 2015 with an interim CEO and from a temporary location in Birmingham. The Chairman was appointed in January 2015 and the Catapult has had an interim management team in place since May. Four non-executive directors were appointed in June.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Catapult is working to move to a permanent home in Birmingham in 2016. Advertisements for a permanent CEO were published in June and it is hoped that an appointment will be made by the end of this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 07/07/2015 15:13:42 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

386397

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Catapult Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent progress Catapult Centres have made on creating opportunities for business in high-profile markets.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	900647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Catapult centres are opening up opportunities for companies of all sizes throughout the UK and across sectors from Satellites to Transport, and Energy to Cell Therapy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My Rt hon Friend the Minister for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise recently opened the new Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry – which will create supply chain opportunities in this successful UK sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to creating more Catapults to bring further growth to other sectors across the country.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 30/06/2015 16:11:18 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

223189

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Catapult Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses have engaged with each Catapult Centre in each year since it opened.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer // answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered // answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna