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535163

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
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	Digital Technology: EU Internal Trade
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 full-time equivalent staff of his Department are working on the Digital Single Market.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	42455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>There a number of departments across Whitehall who work on aspects of the Digital Single Market (DSM) including the Department for Culture Media and Sport, the Home Office and HM Treasury. And, within the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) there are a number of policy areas that are involved directly or indirectly in aspects of the Digital Single Market including the Intellectual Property Office, Competition and Consumer Policy and Advanced Manufacturing and Services.</p><p> </p><p>BIS leads on behalf of Government and coordinates activity across those departments with an interest. There is a core team of five FTEs who act as the hub for all of this work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/07/2016 13:07:53 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

533905

registered interest
date	08/07/2016
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	Research: EU Grants and Loans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the result of the referendum on the UK's membership of the EU, what measures they plan to take to ensure continued UK access to grants from Horizon 2020.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
uin	HL1086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>The UK economy is fundamentally strong and our research and innovation are world-leading. The UK’s decision to leave the EU has no immediate effect on the right of researchers to apply or to participate in Horizon 2020 as the UK is still an EU member state. UK participants can continue to apply to the programme in the usual way. The Commission has made a public statement on its website to this effect. The future of UK access to European research and innovation funding will be determined as part of wider discussions with the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 14/07/2016 13:09:07 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

533906

registered interest
date	08/07/2016
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	Medicine: Research
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the result of the referendum on the UK's membership of the EU, what measures they plan to take to ensure the UK's continued participation in EU-wide data sharing initiatives for clinical trial development and condition-specific patient registries.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
uin	HL1087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of our research base, which is why we have protected the ring fenced science resource budget in real terms from its current level of £4.7bn for the rest of the parliament. Programmes such as the £1.5bn Global Challenges Research Fund and the £1bn Ross Fund will support the UK’s status as a global leader in medical research.</p><p> </p><p>The Global Challenges Research Fund will mobilise the UK’s world leading research base to address key challenges facing developing countries, including in health research. The Ross Fund will develop, test and deliver a range of new products (including vaccines, drugs and diagnostics) to help combat the world’s most serious diseases in developing countries.</p><p> </p><p>The referendum result has no immediate effect on the right of researchers to apply to or participate in EU research programmes. UK participants can continue to apply to the programmes in the usual way. The future of UK access to these programmes will be determined as part of a wider discussion with the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL1085 question first answered 14/07/2016 12:52:48 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

533443

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
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	Insulation: Fire Prevention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what they are doing to preserve and enhance the international character and international standing of British universities and their research.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL1024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government is determined to ensure that the UK continues to play a leading role in European and international research and innovation. It is promoting the international success of UK universities through bilateral engagement with overseas partners, the Britain is GREAT marketing campaign which has education and science pillars, and through the Chevening and Commonwealth scholarship schemes.</p><p> </p><p>For example, in November 2015, the Indian and UK Prime Ministers jointly announced the ‘2016 UK-India Year of Education, Research and Innovation’. This was immediately followed by a major education visit to India, including 28 vice-chancellors to increase higher education partnerships.</p><p> </p><p>Programmes such as the UK China Partners in Education programme and the UK India Education Research Initiative bring long term international collaboration.</p><p> </p><p>Our international research is being enhanced through the Government’s Newton Fund, a £735 million UK investment matched by partner countries, linking our universities with researchers in 16 major emerging economies. Our Global Challenge Research Fund, £1.5 billion and Ross Fund, £1bn., support universities engaging in global challenges including health, agritech and water research.</p><p> </p><p>British universities have a world-class reputation for both education and research. Globally the UK has four universities in the top ten and ten in the top fifty in the QS rankings, a 10% share of the international student recruitment market, and 15.9% per cent of the world’s most highly-cited research articles.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/07/2016 13:57:05 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

532865

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
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	Trade Agreements: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions the Government has had with the government of China on a potential free trade agreement between the UK and China.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	41848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/08/2016 answer text <p>In due course, Britain will be leaving the EU. This offers us an opportunity to forge a new role for ourselves in the world: to negotiate, in time, our own trade agreements and to be a positive and powerful force for free trade. But it would not be appropriate to provide a running commentary on initial discussions with individual countries. My Rt hon Friend the Prime Minister has established the Department for International Trade to promote British trade across the world and ensure the UK takes advantage of the huge opportunities open to us. We will engage fully with a broad range of stakeholders, including both governments and business over the coming weeks and months as we prepare for the negotiation with the EU and other international partners.</p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox grouped question UIN 41849 41850 question first answered 26/08/2016 13:09:28 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox previous answer version 6533 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

532866

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
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	Trade Agreements: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions the Government has had with the government of India on a potential free trade agreement between the UK and India.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	41849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/08/2016 answer text <p>In due course, Britain will be leaving the EU. This offers us an opportunity to forge a new role for ourselves in the world: to negotiate, in time, our own trade agreements and to be a positive and powerful force for free trade. But it would not be appropriate to provide a running commentary on initial discussions with individual countries. My Rt hon Friend the Prime Minister has established the Department for International Trade to promote British trade across the world and ensure the UK takes advantage of the huge opportunities open to us. We will engage fully with a broad range of stakeholders, including both governments and business over the coming weeks and months as we prepare for the negotiation with the EU and other international partners.</p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox grouped question UIN 41848 41850 question first answered 26/08/2016 13:09:28 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox previous answer version 6534 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

532867

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
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	Trade Agreements: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions the Government has had with the US administration on a potential free trade agreement between the UK and the US.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	41850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/08/2016 answer text <p>In due course, Britain will be leaving the EU. This offers us an opportunity to forge a new role for ourselves in the world: to negotiate, in time, our own trade agreements and to be a positive and powerful force for free trade. But it would not be appropriate to provide a running commentary on initial discussions with individual countries. My Rt hon Friend the Prime Minister has established the Department for International Trade to promote British trade across the world and ensure the UK takes advantage of the huge opportunities open to us. We will engage fully with a broad range of stakeholders, including both governments and business over the coming weeks and months as we prepare for the negotiation with the EU and other international partners.</p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox grouped question UIN 41848 41849 question first answered 26/08/2016 13:09:28 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox previous answer version 6535 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

533047

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
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	Crimes of Violence: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much EU funding is currently accessible by UK universities and research bodies; and what assessment they have made of the impact of the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU on (1) such funding in the future, and (2) UK universities’ and research bodies’ ability to develop and sustain world-class research and educational programmes.
tabling member printed	Lord Cromwell
uin	HL1010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2016 answer text <p>The main streams of funds available to UK universities and research bodies are Horizon 2020, Erasmus Plus and aspects of the European Structural and Investment Funds.</p><p>Under Horizon 2020, the current Framework Programme, the UK has been awarded €1.84bn to date[1] (excluding the Euratom nuclear research and training programme).</p><p>In 2014, the first year of the Erasmus Plus Programme, the UK obtained €79.08 million for mobility grants to 36,734 people from all educational sectors to study, train and volunteer abroad. A further €30.66m was obtained for cooperation projects<sup>[2]</sup>.</p><p>The UK’s strategy<sup>[3]</sup> for its 2014-2020 allocations from the European Structural and Investment Funds sets out that €1.6bn was earmarked for the theme of research, technological development and innovation.</p><p>As the Prime Minister has made clear, while the UK remains a member of the EU, current EU funding arrangements continue unchanged, including those that apply to students, researchers, and businesses. It will be for the Government under the new Prime Minister to begin the negotiation to leave, and set out arrangements for those currently in receipt of EU funds.</p><p> </p><p>The UK economy is fundamentally strong and our research and innovation are world leading. The Government intends to maintain and enhance the strength of our research base.</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>UK participation in H2020 and FP7, BIS occasional (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-participation-in-horizon-2020-and-framework-programme-7" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-participation-in-horizon-2020-and-framework-programme-7</a>)</p></li><li><p>Ref: <a href="https://www.britishcouncil.org/organisation/press/british-council-ecorys-uk-delighted-win-erasmus" target="_blank">https://www.britishcouncil.org/organisation/press/british-council-ecorys-uk-delighted-win-erasmus</a>.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368808/bis-14-1179-united-kingdom-partnership-agreement-part-one.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368808/bis-14-1179-united-kingdom-partnership-agreement-part-one.pdf</a></p></li></ol><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/07/2016 10:12:45 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2594 label Biography information for Lord Cromwell

532387

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with representatives of the UK steel industry on the implications of the outcome of the EU referendum for that industry; and what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on support for the steel industry of the outcome of the EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	41714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/08/2016 answer text <p>We are committed to working closely with the UK steel sector through the Steel Council, which is co-chaired by my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Chair of UK Steel, to maximize all opportunities to improve the sector’s competitiveness. This is also the forum for the Government and the Steel sector to work together to assess the implications of the outcome of the EU referendum. On 28 June, Ministers from the former Department of Business, Innovation and Skills held a special round table of business leaders, including the Chair of the Steel Council, to start to explore post-referendum issues.</p><p> </p><p>On 20 July, my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and I visited Port Talbot when we met with local Tata Steel management, employees and trade unions.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s top priority for steel has not changed in the light of the EU referendum. The process for selling Tata Steel’s remaining UK assets remains ongoing and we continue to work closely with Tata and potential bidders to seek to secure a sustainable future for UK steel production.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 26/08/2016 12:04:35 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd previous answer version 6230 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

532395

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
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	Manufacturing Industries: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings he has had with manufacturers in the North East on the (a) immediate effect of the result of the EU referendum and (b) short to long-term effects of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	41685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/08/2016 answer text <p>On 28 June my Rt hon Friend the then Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (Sajid Javid) chaired a Business Roundtable with representatives from the UK’s largest sectors that included manufacturing representatives who also cover those based in the North East.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 30/08/2016 06:34:50 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd previous answer version 6232 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah