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date	01/07/2014
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	Higher Education: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of research and development contracts undertaken by publicly-funded universities for private companies are covered by clauses that prohibit the publication of the research and development results on grounds of commercial confidentiality; and what proportion of such contracts are undertaken in facilities paid for by the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	203269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The Higher Education-Business and Community Interaction survey showed that contract research from business carried out by Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) amounted to £441m in 12-13. However, information is not held on the precise terms of these contracts or the physical locations in which they are fulfilled.</p><p>Where an HEI is in receipt of research grants from the science budget and HE funding bodies, a requirement of the funding is that the outcomes are made publicly available, although HEIs are also encouraged to secure necessary intellectual property protection to enable subsequent exploitation. The Government is also implementing a policy of “Open Access” to the published findings of this publicly funded research. In the case of research consultancy, where the research is entirely funded by business, then the outcome would normally be owned by the business.</p><p>Government is committed to ensure the application of research and getting universities and business working more closely together. World Economic Forum evaluation now ranks UK among the top 5 in the world for university-industry collaboration in R&amp;D. Individual institutions have obligations under State Aid regulations and under their Charity status to ensure that their contract work with business is managed appropriately.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 08/07/2014 16:07:18 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

64915

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date	01/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Clyde Naval Base
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister for International Security Strategy approved the proposals to limit contractor liability at HMNB Clyde to £100,000 despite the objection by the hon. Member for Newport West.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	203416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>Having considered the objection raised I decided to proceed with the Treasury Minute on Contingent Liability as this work is an essential enabler in allowing the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to deliver its projects and estate maintenance requirements on estates where nuclear assets are sited.<br><br>It is the MOD's intent to limit the contractor's liability at Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde to £100,000. Since no commercial contractor could reasonably be expected to assume total liabilities or to be able to insure against them. Such a liability can only be borne by the State.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 09/07/2014 16:22:09 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

64966

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date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the evidential basis is for the statement in paragraph 2.1 of his Departmental annual report 2013-14, HC9, published on 26 June 2014, that investment in cleaner energy infrastructure will help support up to 250,000 jobs by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	203357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>We estimate that investment in new, cleaner energy infrastructure through the government's Electricity Market Reforms will help support up to 250,000 jobs by 2020. This reflects estimates of how many jobs could be supported by electricity generated using renewable, nuclear, and carbon capture and storage technologies, and includes jobs in the relevant supply chains.</p><p>In nuclear energy, we estimate there will be between 69,000 and 81,000 jobs by 2020. This is made up of 29,000-41,000 jobs across the nuclear supply chain at the peak of construction activity, from the 16GW of new build capacity industry is planning to build by 2030, in addition to the 40,000 people currently employed in nuclear energy.<sup>1</sup></p><p>We also estimate that up to 200,000 jobs could be supported in renewable electricity by 2020. This estimate is based on the Renewable Energy Association's estimate of employment in the sector in 2012/13<sup>2</sup>, and a range of possible deployment levels in 2020 as set out in the Government's Electricity Market Reform Delivery Plan.3</p><p>Within the carbon capture and storage sector, we estimate that around 8,000 jobs could be supported in the early stages of deployment by 2020.<sup>4</sup></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> The Economic Benefits of the UK's Nuclear Supply Chain Capabilities, Oxford Economics, 2013 (A report commissioned for DECC) <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/168017/bis-13-633-the-economic-benefit-of-improving-the-uk-nuclear-supply-chain-capabilities.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/168017/bis-13-633-the-economic-benefit-of-improving-the-uk-nuclear-supply-chain-capabilities.pdf</a></em></p><p> </p><p><em>2</em><em> REVIEW – Renewable Energy View 2013, Renewable Energy Association, April 2014 (<a href="http://www.r-e-a.net/resources/rea-publications" target="_blank">http://www.r-e-a.net/resources/rea-publications</a>).</em></p><p> </p><p><em>3</em><em> EMR Delivery Plan, DECC, 2013 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electricity-market-reform-delivery-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electricity-market-reform-delivery-plan</a>)</em></p><p> </p><p><em>4</em><em> DECC estimate DECC estimate based on AEA analysis – Assessing the domestic supply chain barriers to the commercial deployment of carbon capture and storage within the power sector (2013). <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/assessing-the-domestic-supply-chain-barriers-to-the-commercial-deployment-of-carbon-capture-and-storage-within-the-power-sector" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/assessing-the-domestic-supply-chain-barriers-to-the-commercial-deployment-of-carbon-capture-and-storage-within-the-power-sector</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 07/07/2014 16:06:01 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn