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1133320

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
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: Disclosure of Information
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 his Department is taking to assess the economic effect of each of the policy options being considered as part of the UK Research and Innovation review into open access policy.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	266809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>On the subjects of economic impact, international collaborations and effects on researchers I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central on 14th February 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-02-11/219418/" target="_blank">219418</a> and on 19th February 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-02-11/219422/" target="_blank">219422</a>.</p><p>UKRI are continuing to conduct evidence gathering, analysis and stakeholder engagement as part of their Open Access Review, including with researchers and publishers, and will set out a policy position for consultation in due course. UKRI’s mission is to work in partnership with universities, research organisations, businesses, charities and Government to create the best environment for research and innovation to flourish and to create social and economic impact. The Open Access Review will continue under these principles, and the issues raised by the hon. Member are all being considered by UKRI as part of the ongoing process.</p><p>The Department is working closely with UKRI on Open Access and will continue to do so after the announcement of the outcomes of the review which is expected in Spring 2020.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 266810 266811 question first answered 24/06/2019 15:28:22 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1133321

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
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: Disclosure of Information
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 assessment he has made of the potential effect of the forthcoming open access policy on researchers who do not qualify for UK Research and Innovation Open Access funding and support.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	266810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>On the subjects of economic impact, international collaborations and effects on researchers I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central on 14th February 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-02-11/219418/" target="_blank">219418</a> and on 19th February 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-02-11/219422/" target="_blank">219422</a>.</p><p>UKRI are continuing to conduct evidence gathering, analysis and stakeholder engagement as part of their Open Access Review, including with researchers and publishers, and will set out a policy position for consultation in due course. UKRI’s mission is to work in partnership with universities, research organisations, businesses, charities and Government to create the best environment for research and innovation to flourish and to create social and economic impact. The Open Access Review will continue under these principles, and the issues raised by the hon. Member are all being considered by UKRI as part of the ongoing process.</p><p>The Department is working closely with UKRI on Open Access and will continue to do so after the announcement of the outcomes of the review which is expected in Spring 2020.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 266809 266811 question first answered 24/06/2019 15:28:22 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1133322

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
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: Disclosure of Information
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 the Government is taking to ensure that UK researchers are able to collaborate with international researchers following the implementation of UK Research and Innovation's forthcoming open access policy.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	266811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>On the subjects of economic impact, international collaborations and effects on researchers I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central on 14th February 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-02-11/219418/" target="_blank">219418</a> and on 19th February 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-02-11/219422/" target="_blank">219422</a>.</p><p>UKRI are continuing to conduct evidence gathering, analysis and stakeholder engagement as part of their Open Access Review, including with researchers and publishers, and will set out a policy position for consultation in due course. UKRI’s mission is to work in partnership with universities, research organisations, businesses, charities and Government to create the best environment for research and innovation to flourish and to create social and economic impact. The Open Access Review will continue under these principles, and the issues raised by the hon. Member are all being considered by UKRI as part of the ongoing process.</p><p>The Department is working closely with UKRI on Open Access and will continue to do so after the announcement of the outcomes of the review which is expected in Spring 2020.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 266809 266810 question first answered 24/06/2019 15:28:22 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1130119

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department plans to take to assess the social and economic value of different university courses to (a) students and (b) taxpayers.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	260661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>We are clear that outcomes are not just about economic returns. Our higher education system transforms lives and is a great contributor to both our industrial success and the cultural life of the nation. High quality provision in a range of subjects is critical for our public services and culturally enriching for our society.</p><p>The Teaching Excellence Framework puts clear information in the hands of students about the teaching quality and outcomes they might expect to receive.</p><p>In addition, the government regularly publishes information on the benefits of higher education ranging from; research publications on student aspirations and the wider non-market benefits, to statistical publications on graduate employment and earning trends including ‘Graduate Labour Market Statistics’ and ‘Longitudinal Education Outcomes’ publications, which can be found on the gov.uk website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-labour-market-statistics-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-labour-market-statistics-2018. </a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-higher-education-graduate-employment-and-earnings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-higher-education-graduate-employment-and-earnings. </a></p><p>The government is due to publish an updated study in the coming months on the earnings premium graduates can expect from holding a degree. The latest research, however, can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229498/bis-13-899-the-impact-of-university-degrees-on-the-lifecycle-of-earnings-further-analysis.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229498/bis-13-899-the-impact-of-university-degrees-on-the-lifecycle-of-earnings-further-analysis.pdf</a>.</p><p>The research suggests that over a working life, graduate returns average £170,000 for males and £250,000 for females, which takes into account the impact of loan repayments, national insurance and income tax payments.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 10/06/2019 15:54:36 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1129756

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Environment Protection: Employment
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 roles the Government defines as green collar jobs; and what the criteria are for defining a job as green collar.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	260031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The official sources of data for capturing jobs that support clean growth are the ONS’s Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Survey and the ONS’s Environmental Goods and Services Sector dataset.</p><p> </p><p>This is publicly available information at: <br><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/bulletins/finalestimates/2017" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/bulletins/finalestimates/2017</a>; and <br><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/datasets/ukenvironmentalgoodsandservicessectoregssestimates" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/datasets/ukenvironmentalgoodsandservicessectoregssestimates</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 12/06/2019 14:22:58 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1129757

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Environment Protection: Employment
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 many green collar jobs in the UK are (a) full-time, (b) part-time, (c) minimum wage, (d) in the public sector and (e) in the private sector.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	260032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The official sources of data for capturing jobs that support clean growth are the ONS’s Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Survey and the ONS’s Environmental Goods and Services Sector dataset. These sources measure employment in terms of ‘full time equivalents’ only.</p><p> </p><p>According to the latest statistics from the ONS’s Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Survey there are almost 400,000 jobs in low carbon businesses and their supply chains across the country. By placing clean growth at the heart of our modern Industrial Strategy, we are determined to maximise the economic opportunities from the transition to clean growth.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with the ONS to improve the detail and scope of these datasets.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 12/06/2019 14:23:06 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1122414

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether EU students enrolling on UK higher education courses in the academic year 2020-21 will be eligible for (a) home fee status and (b) financial support.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	246531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We recognise how important it is that students and institutions have information on eligibility for student support before applications for courses open.</p><p>Applications for courses starting in academic year 2020/21 do not open until September 2019. We will ensure students and institutions have the information they need well in advance of that date.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 245637 245638 245750 245994 245995 246532 question first answered 25/04/2019 15:09:31 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1122415

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish the (a) fee status and (b) loan eligibility of EU undergraduate students commencing courses at English higher education providers in the 2020-21 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	246532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We recognise how important it is that students and institutions have information on eligibility for student support before applications for courses open.</p><p>Applications for courses starting in academic year 2020/21 do not open until September 2019. We will ensure students and institutions have the information they need well in advance of that date.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 245637 245638 245750 245994 245995 246531 question first answered 25/04/2019 15:09:31 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1110574

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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	Innovate UK: Grants
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 3 April to Question 237126 on Innovate UK: Grants, what proportion of Innovate UK grant funding has been awarded to (a) SMEs and (b) large companies since 2004 in each sector.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	242858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>Since 2004, Innovate UK has allocated funding to the following sectors.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sector </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Large business</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SME</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aerospace</p></td><td><p>£840,714,248</p></td><td><p>£61,394,337</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agri-Tech</p></td><td><p>£10,425,603</p></td><td><p>£90,178,915</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Energy</p></td><td><p>£140,484,835</p></td><td><p>£153,132,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Healthcare</p></td><td><p>£27,631,824</p></td><td><p>£268,619,252</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Life Science</p></td><td><p>£3,605,908</p></td><td><p>£28,233,769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Materials and Manufacturing</p></td><td><p>£6,653,473</p></td><td><p>£37,208,881</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Space</p></td><td><p>£6,358,779</p></td><td><p>£14,382,838</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport</p></td><td><p>£229,587,823</p></td><td><p>£221,127,202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other sectors</p></td><td><p>£1,481,329,743</p></td><td><p>£1,306,782,393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p><strong>2,746,792,236</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,181,060,497</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/04/2019 15:37:44 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1105169

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Innovate UK: Grants
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 proportion of Innovate UK grant funding has been awarded to (a) SMEs and (b) large companies since 2004; and what the amount awarded has been by sector over that period.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	237126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>Innovate UK (part of UK Research and Innovation) is successfully delivering significant cross-cutting programmes, such as the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund and supporting the Industrial Strategy ambition to raise total R&amp;D investment to 2.4% of GDP by 2027.</p><p> </p><p>Innovate UK’s total funding to businesses since 2004 was <strong>£4,927,852,733. </strong></p><p> </p><p>A breakdown is provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Total funding to SMEs* (including non-core)</p></td><td><p>£2,181,060,497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total funding to Large (including non-core)</p></td><td><p>£2,746,792,236</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Non-core funding refers to funding given to Innovate UK by other government departments to deliver specific programmes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Total funding to SMEs* (excluding non-core)</p></td><td><p>£1,909,487,601</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total funding to Large (excluding non-core)</p></td><td><p>£1,502,060,647</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*based on “self-declared” enterprise size</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grant funding (total)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aerospace</p></td><td><p>£902,108,585</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agri-Tech</p></td><td><p>£100,604,518</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Energy</p></td><td><p>£293,617,745</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Healthcare</p></td><td><p>£296,251,076</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Life Science</p></td><td><p>£31,839,677</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Materials &amp; Manufacturing</p></td><td><p>£43,862,354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Space</p></td><td><p>£20,741,617</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport</p></td><td><p>£450,715,025</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other sectors</p></td><td><p>£2,788,112,136</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 03/04/2019 16:34:59 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner