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1355888

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2021
	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	OneWeb: Satellites
	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 plans he has for Oneweb to provide the UK’s own sovereign satellite navigation system; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of a low-earth orbit system to provide satellite navigation services.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	50012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government’s investment was not predicated on OneWeb’s ability to provide PNT services. Future generations of OneWeb satellites may have the ability to enhance the resilience of a sovereign UK PNT system, together with terrestrial options.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 24/09/2021 12:40:26 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1364090

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2021
	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	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Table 2.2 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 Red Book, whether funding for (a) the Advanced Research & Invention Agency, (b) Help to Grow, (c) Future Fund: Breakthrough and (d) the National Productivity Investment Fund will come from Core Research, Innovate UK or another expenditure line.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	64603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>Table 2.2 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 Red Book relates to departmental R&amp;D budgets.</p><p>Funding for the Advanced Research &amp; Invention Agency is R&amp;D spend and has its own ringfence, so does not come from either the Core Research or Innovate UK ringfences listed in table 2.2.</p><p>Funding for Help to Grow, and the Future Fund: Breakthrough is not R&amp;D spend and they will be funded from the Programme and Financial Transactions Capital budget respectively.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 01/11/2021 17:09:38 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1364091

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2021
	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	Public Expenditure
	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 of his Department's Capital DEL was spending on (a) Core Research, (b) Innovate UK, (c) EU Programmes Association, (d) the Department for Health and Social Care and (e) other in each of the last five years; and what the Resource DEL out run was in those periods.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	64604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>We understand this question to be based on the Table 2.2 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 Red Book which refers to overall Government R&amp;D expenditure. In which case only a) Core Research, b) Innovate UK and c) EU Programme Association are relevant to BEIS.</p><p>The Core Research ringfence was only established by HM Treasury at the 2020 Spending Review. As a result we do not have an exact historical comparison over the last five years, but the majority of this funding is made up of UKRI Council funding. UKRI publishes details of its expenditure by Council, including Innovate UK, in its Annual Report and Accounts, which can be found in the House of Commons Library.</p><p>BEIS has allocated £1.3billion to fund EU programmes in 2021/22. Previously this was funded directly by HMT as part of our membership of the European Union</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Resource DEL outturn for all BEIS spend over the last five years was as follows;</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£(m)</p></td><td><p><strong> 2015-16 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2016-17 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2017-18 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2018-19 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2019-20 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2020-21 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-ringfenced</p></td><td><p>2,224,853</p></td><td><p>1,606,596</p></td><td><p>1,447,538</p></td><td><p>934,592</p></td><td><p>2,506,905</p></td><td><p>25,989,881</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ringfenced</p></td><td><p>268,978</p></td><td><p>355,397</p></td><td><p>266,467</p></td><td><p>310,652</p></td><td><p>331,470</p></td><td><p>275,918</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2,493,831 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1,961,993 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1,714,005 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1,245,244 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2,838,375 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 26,265,799 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that 2020/21 figures have yet to be signed off by the annual audit process and may be subject to change</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 01/11/2021 17:07:38 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1364092

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2021
	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	Global Britain Investment Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, para 4.74, whether the £1.4 billion announced for the Global Britain Investment Fund is from the (a) core research, (b) Innovation UK or (c) other Capital DEL funding stream.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	64605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>The Global Britain Investment Fund will be funded from a variety of sources, but funding will not come from either the Core Research or Innovate UK ringfences.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 04/11/2021 17:53:27 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1365102

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2021
	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	Migrant Workers: 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 (a) improve the domestic workforce of STEM professionals and (b) maintain the UK as an attractive destination to overseas researchers; and what recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the financial barriers preventing talented researchers from relocating to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	67149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2021 answer text <p>The record level of investment announced for the UK research base at the Spending Review lays the strong foundation to realise our ambition to make the UK the most exciting place in the world for top research and innovation talent.</p><p> </p><p>In July, the Government published the R&amp;D People and Culture Strategy, which sets out our actions to attract, retain and develop talented people, making sure R&amp;D careers in the UK are appealing to talented individuals and teams both domestically and internationally. It recognises the need to identify skills gaps, anticipate future needs, and ensure we have the workforce the UK needs, and commits to action to support STEM education and careers.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the strategy, we are working with the Home Office to drive reforms to improve high skilled migration routes for innovators, entrepreneurs and top talent, and we are working with the Office for Talent to launch an online service to attract highly skilled, international talent.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 05/11/2021 09:07:56 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman previous answer version 30361 answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1365116

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2021
	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	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2021 to Question 64603, where the funding for the National Productivity Investment Fund comes from; and whether expenditure on the Advanced Research & Invention Agency is included in the £20 Billion Capital DEL expenditure total for 2024-25 in Table 2.2 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 Red Book.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	67151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2021 answer text <p>The budget for the Advanced Research &amp; Invention Agency is included in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy R&amp;D budget set out in Table 2.2 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 Red Book. For the 2024-25 budget, this is included in the £20bn.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 05/11/2021 09:12:53 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman previous answer version 30362 answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1367573

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2021
	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	Mathematics: Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the press release of 27 January 2020, if he will publish details of (a) the actual expenditure of the £300 million investment in mathematical sciences as of 9 November 2021 and (b) his (i) plans for how the remaining funds will be spent and (ii) timetable for that expenditure.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	72416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>The UK is a world leader in Mathematics. British mathematicians publish a large volume of highly regarded work. When compared to international colleagues, British mathematicians have the 5th largest share of publications in the world. When looking at the top 1% of most cited publications, UK mathematicians are responsible for the third largest share.</p><p>Between Financial Year 2015-2016 and September 2021, EPSRC committed £259.9m to research grants Mathematical Sciences. This includes commitment from the Additional Funding Programme. At this current time, EPSRC are unable to make a direct comparison to international averages.</p><p>Following the Government’s announcement in January 2020 to invest additional funding into Mathematical Sciences, UKRI has awarded around £104 million of additional funding to the discipline, over and above EPSRC’s core Mathematical Sciences Theme budget. The additional funding has covered institutes, small and large research grants, fellowships, doctoral studentships and postdoctoral awards.</p><p>On the 27 October 2021, the Government announced the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review. BEIS and UKRI will now set out how we meet the commitment to invest additional funding into Mathematical sciences in forthcoming years, as part of the allocations process.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 17/11/2021 17:40:34 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman previous answer version 32520 answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1367574

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2021
	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	Mathematics: Higher Education
	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 amount that the Government has spent on mathematical sciences at higher education institutions in the UK over the last five years; and what comparative assessment he has made between that figure and the G20 average.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	72417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2021 answer text <p>The UK is a world leader in Mathematics. British mathematicians publish a large volume of highly regarded work. When compared to international colleagues, British mathematicians have the 5th largest share of publications in the world. When looking at the top 1% of most cited publications, UK mathematicians are responsible for the third largest share.</p><p> </p><p>Between Financial Year 2015-2016 and September 2021, EPSRC committed £259.9m to research grants Mathematical Sciences. This includes commitment from the Additional Funding Programme.</p><p> </p><p>At this current time, EPSRC are unable to make a direct comparison to international averages.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 18/11/2021 11:53:20 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1380010

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2021
	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	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 (a) increase overall R&D intensity, (b) meet the R&D spending target of £22 billion per year by 2026-27 and (c) obtain private investment to contribute to the target of 2.4 per cent of GDP spent on R&D by 2027.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	77450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2021 answer text <p>The government is providing the fastest ever sustained uplift in R&amp;D funding, reaching £20bn per annum by the end of the SR period – £5bn more than 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>The significant rise in public R&amp;D spending to £20bn by 2024/25, with a clear commitment to £22bn by 2026/27, provides a firm foundation for us to reach the target, but we cannot achieve it alone: it is only by working with innovative businesses and funders from the private sector that we will reach 2.4%. The government is doing its bit to reach the target, with record levels of public sector investment and a generous R&amp;D tax credits scheme. Total government support for R&amp;D (expenditure and R&amp;D tax credits) is forecast to rise from 0.7% of GDP in 2018 to 1.1% in 2024-25, which is well above the latest OECD average of 0.7%.</p><p> </p><p>We have set out our approach to attract increased private investment, for example in the R&amp;D Roadmap last year and in the Innovation Strategy this year.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 24/11/2021 16:23:27 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman previous answer version 34189 answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1381133

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2021
	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	Business: 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 information his Department holds on the funding granted through Innovation Loans on average (a) nationally, (b) in Greater London and (c) in the North East since 2017; and what assessment his Department has made of the regional distribution of Innovation Loan agreements.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	79367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>All Innovate UK grants and loans are made public via (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukri.org%2Fpublications%2Finnovate-uk-funded-projects-since-2004%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKaren.Roaf%40beis.gov.uk%7Ca23e023cbb204642be4608d9af370a38%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637733473203664421%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=Sfu47XUwXjcVPOpQ5r%2FY92SjxxEQIN2SHOr6V%2BYksuA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Innovate UK funded projects since 2004 – UKRI</a> ). Transparency data also includes the location and region that the company is registered in.</p><p> </p><p>Funding decisions by UK Research and Innovation are based on the quality of applications and value for money to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 25/11/2021 15:03:01 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah