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1625473

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Innovation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	Whether she plans to support the creation of regional innovation clusters.
	tabling member constituency	Sedgefield
	tabling member printed	Paul Howell
	uin	904753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text Strengthening clusters is a top priority for building our Innovation Nation. More places in the UK hosting world-leading and globally connected innovation clusters will create more jobs, productivity and growth. <br /> This will require significant investment from the private sector, both domestic and overseas. The interactive digital tool we will publish in September, which maps the UK’s clusters, will be crucial in helping us attract this investment and informing future policy. <br /> In the meantime, we continue to fund a range of programmes to enhance clusters. For example, we are investing £100 million to pilot Innovation Accelerators in three city regions, helping them become major, globally competitive centres for research and innovation. <br /> Catapults have a track record of accelerating growth clusters, both building national capacity and driving local impact. For the next 5-year funding period the UK’s 9 Catapults will receive £1.6bn of direct public funding. An example is the Connected Places Catapult which is the UK’s innovation accelerator for cities, transport and place leadership. answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/05/2023 15:44:01 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4830 label Biography information for Paul Howell

1625475

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Science and Technology: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	Whether she has made an assessment of the potential effect of the UK's departure from the EU on levels of employment in the science, innovation and technology sector.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	904755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2023 answer text <p>This Government is making the UK the best place in the world to work in science, innovation and technology.</p><p> </p><p>Our Science and Technology Framework sets out how we will attract and retain the brightest talent, including to take advantage of the opportunities of the UK’s departure from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>We are working across Government and sectors to develop the best technical, innovative and entrepreneurial talent to meet the UK's science and technology superpower ambitions.</p><p> </p><p>I am delighted to confirm that the UK SRTI economy is creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs for the whole of the UK, which we are harnessing to create new career opportunities, nowhere more than in Scotland with Satellite City in Glasgow, gaming, and computing in Edinburgh, and many more. Since 2018, there has been a 19% increase in business R&amp;D employment from 596,000 jobs in 2018 to 712,000 in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 04/05/2023 07:07:41 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1644531

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2023
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Science and Technology: North East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to support the commercialisation of science and technology research in the North East.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Liz Twist
	uin	905395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2023 answer text <p>Innovation in the North East is supported by significant public investment. For example, universities in the region received £12 million this year through the Higher Education Innovation Fund, and six received a further £5 million from the Connecting Capability Fund to help spinout their research. We have also invested £5 million in the North East Technology Park to attract more science and technology companies, and the North East hosts Catapult centres that de-risk the transition from research to commercialisation, including the Offshore Renewable Catapult (Blyth), the Digital Catapult (Sunderland) and the Satellite Applications Catapult (County Durham).</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 16/06/2023 08:17:59 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist

1455226

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	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: South Yorkshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to support research and development in South Yorkshire as part of the Government’s levelling up agenda.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	906355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>We are growing R&amp;D clusters around the country and I recently had the pleasure of visiting the BioYorkshire cluster. The Levelling Up White Paper set a new mission to increase domestic public investment in R&amp;D outside the Greater South East by at least one third over the Spending Review period and at least 40 percent by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 29/03/2022 11:56:26 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1625011

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Life Sciences: Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps her Department is taking to support investment in the life sciences industry.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	904759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2023 answer text <p>The Life Sciences Vision set a strategic goal to make the UK the most attractive location in Europe to start and grow a Life Sciences Business.</p><p>This Government is driving the largest increase in public R&amp;D in the UK for a generation – from £15bn a year to £20bn a year in the next three years, and to £22bn a year in 2027.</p><p>In March DSIT announced £17m of grant funding from the Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF), securing £260 million of private investment.</p><p> </p><p>At the Spring Budget the Chancellor announced Capital Allowance reforms which introduced a full expensing 100% first year allowance worth £27 billion over 3 years.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 12/05/2023 10:16:27 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1357089

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2021
	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	Water Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent steps his Department has taken to support opportunities arising from marine energy.
	tabling member constituency	Gloucester
	tabling member printed	Richard Graham
	uin	903550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>On Monday 13 September we confirmed that wave and tidal stream projects will be eligible to compete in this year’s Contracts for Difference allocation round. We continue to assess a range of marine technologies following our Call for Evidence on marine energy.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/09/2021 11:46:50 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

1174522

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: Planning Permission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the adequacy of planning requirements for new housing developments in relation to (a) motorists, (b) cyclists and (c) pedestrians.
	tabling member constituency	Isle of Wight
	tabling member printed	Bob Seely
	uin	900514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department works closely with MHCLG on planning policy related to transport for new housing, but we need to go further to ensure better integration at all scales.</p><p> </p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework ensures sustainable transport issues are included at the beginning of housing planning and decision making and a projected £2.4bn will be invested over this parliament to support local authorities to develop ambitious Local Cycling and Walking Plans.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 30/01/2020 14:06:06 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4681 label Biography information for Bob Seely

1144771

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aircraft: Electric Motors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport,what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers of his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with representatives of the aviation industry on the potential for reductions in the level of (i) emissions and (ii) noise as a result of electric propulsion.
	tabling member constituency	Filton and Bradley Stoke
	tabling member printed	Jack Lopresti
	uin	286696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials across Government regularly meet with the aviation and aerospace sectors to discuss proposals for decarbonisation. The Government is considering further policies it can put in place to assist the long-term development of innovative technology such as electric propulsion.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government recently supported a Global Urban Air Summit held at Farnborough Airport, which brought together industry and academia to discuss the development of new technologies like electric and autonomous aircraft. The Transport Secretary also met a range of aviation stakeholders at the Light Aircraft Association Rally.</p><p> </p><p>I am actively meeting industry leaders to explore new ways to promote transport innovation.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 09/09/2019 12:56:52 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	3989 label Biography information for Jack Lopresti

1150701

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the designated Innovation Fund for development of automated traffic cone machines and associated technology, which recipients are awaiting funding; and how much funding each organisation is awaiting.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
	uin	1939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>There are no projects or recipients awaiting funding to develop automated traffic cone machines and associated technology.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 28/10/2019 15:27:08 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

1142321

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Road to Zero policy, how many of the publicly accessible charge points are in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Birmingham.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	282567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Government funding and leadership, alongside private sector investment, has supported the installation of more than 20,000 public chargepoints. This includes over 2,000 rapid chargepoints – one of the largest networks in Europe. Our grant schemes and our £400m public-private Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund will see thousands more electric vehicle chargepoints installed across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of public chargepoints are funded privately and Government does not keep a record of their numbers. Through the On-street Residential chargepoint Scheme (ORCS), the Government has provided grant funding for 90 chargepoints in the Coventry area in the West Midlands, with 78 installed so far. Birmingham has not yet applied for any ORCS funding. The ORCS remains open for applications from Local Authorities with funding doubled for this financial year.</p><p> </p><p>Zap-Map (<a href="https://www.zap-map.com/" target="_blank">https://www.zap-map.com/</a>) can show where all public chargepoints in the West Midlands and Birmingham area are, as well as across the whole of the UK. As of 18 July 2019, Zap-Map data reported the number of publicly accessible charge points in the West Midlands as 764 and in Birmingham as 89.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/09/2019 16:08:41 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill