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1150974

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of unconditional university offers on the motivation of students.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	2921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The department is concerned about an increase in unconditional offers, in particular conditional unconditional offers, and any adverse impact they may be having on students’ motivation and restricting student choice. The independent regulatory body for higher education, the Office for Students (OfS), will be monitoring types of offers and their impact as part of its wider review of admissions, which is underway.</p><p>The OfS has powers set down in legislation to take action if it has evidence that a higher education provider is acting in a way that harms the prospects of students, through restricting the choice and opportunity available to them, or failing to deliver successful outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 24/10/2019 14:23:59 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1110170

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	Science: 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, what steps his Department is taking to encourage commercial investment in deep science ventures; what incentives the Government has in place to support such investment; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	242221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy sets out our plan to make the UK the World’s most innovative economy, building on our global leadership in science and research. We are supporting the Industrial Strategy ambition to raise the total R&amp;D investment to 2.4% of GDP by 2027, and 3% in the longer-term. The Government will invest an additional £7bn in R&amp;D by 2020/2021. This will be the largest increase ever.</p><p> </p><p>The 2018 Budget allocated £1.6 billion of funding towards boosting transformative technologies, backing UK scientists and industry at the frontier of innovation. We are also supporting more companies to do research and development through the UK’s R&amp;D Tax Credits Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is supporting research commercialisation and collaboration between university, business and charities through several significant investments. These include:</p><ul><li>providing support for the creation of new research centres and facilities through the £900m UK Research Partnership Investment Fund; and funding for the Catapult network.</li><li>increasing Higher Education Innovation Funding to £250m pa by 2021 (to underpin universities capacity to work with business), and providing £100m for Connecting Capability Fund enabling universities to collaborate together, to pool resources and capability to make it easier for investors and business to access;</li><li>as well as through established Research Council and Innovate UK mechanisms.</li></ul><p>British Patient Capital Ltd, a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank has been given resources of £2.5bn over the next 10 years to support venture and growth capital funds to make longer-term investments in innovative UK-based businesses with high growth potential.</p><p>We are encouraging long-term investment into R&amp;D, with £1.7bn invested in strategic research programmes through the first two waves of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. These challenges have been developed to broadly align with the Grand Challenges: Clean Growth, AI and Data, Ageing Society and the Future of Mobility, society-changing opportunities and industries of the future. We are also working in partnership with businesses to develop Sector Deals that will create significant opportunities to boost productivity, employment, innovation and skills.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 16/04/2019 08:56:42 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1109450

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
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	Science and Technology: West Midlands
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 ensure that there is adequate early stage patient capital funding of emerging science and technologies in Birmingham and the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	240618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>As part of our Industrial Strategy, we are unlocking over £20bn of patient equity investment through a 10-year Action Plan. British Patient Capital, part of the Government-owned British Business Bank, has available resources of £2.5bn with which it aims to attract a further £5bn of private sector finance. British Patient Capital will help to support innovative UK SMEs with high growth potential to access the long-term finance they need. This patient investment is available to support emerging science and technologies across the UK, including in Birmingham and the West Midlands.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2018, £1.6 billion of funding was allocated to boost transformative technologies such as quantum computing and back UK scientists and businesses to be at the frontier of innovation.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/04/2019 15:07:03 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1055296

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether proposals for projects using Official Development Assistance funds are evaluated by civil servants within his Department.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	217105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>All BEIS projects funded through Official Development Assistance (ODA) are appraised by BEIS officials to assess quality, value for money, deliverability and alignment with Official Development Assistance (ODA) rules and strategic priorities. Projects funded from BEIS International Climate Finance (ICF) are appraised through detailed business cases, which go through BEIS approval processes that provide scrutiny and challenge before final sign-off at Ministerial level.</p><p>For the two research and innovation funds, Newton Fund and the Global Challenges Research Fund, in line with the Haldane Principle which protects the independence of government-funded research, all research programmes are also evaluated by external expert groups with strong assurance processes and robust independent expert peer review processes.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 08/02/2019 12:54:34 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1055298

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department's Official Development Assistance-funded projects are evaluated by civil servants in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	217106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>All BEIS projects funded through Official Development Assistance (ODA) are monitored and reported upon in line with DFID good practice. In addition, we ensure independent evaluations of all our major programmes. At the fund level, BEIS funds are also subject to scrutiny from the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) that reviews our ODA spending and its development impact.</p><p>BEIS research and innovation (R&amp;I) ODA funds are administered by our expert delivery partners. These have strong monitoring and evaluation processes built into their delivery models.</p><p>BEIS International Climate Finance (ICF) publishes annual reviews of progress on implementation, financial reporting and value for money.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 08/02/2019 12:55:33 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1037130

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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: Finance
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 replace funding for UK researchers from the (a) European Research Council and (b) Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	206015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>If there is a deal, and the Withdrawal Agreement is ratified, the UK will continue to be able to participate in Horizon 2020 until the end of the programme. This includes access to funding for UK researchers from the European Research Council (ERC) and the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA).</p><p> </p><p>In the event of a ‘no deal’ scenario, the Government has committed to underwrite all successful UK bids submitted to Horizon 2020 before EU exit, including ERC and MSCA funded projects. Through the extension to the guarantee, the Government has also committed to fund all UK participants’ funding in all Horizon 2020 calls open to third country participants from the date of exit. This would cover the lifetime of projects, even if they last beyond 2020.</p><p> </p><p>We are very conscious, though, that third country participation is not possible for nearly all ERC and some MSCA grants. The Government is considering what other measures may be necessary to support UK research and innovation in the event that the guarantee and the extension are required. We are working with stakeholders to identify appropriate measures that could be put in place in the period immediately after EU Exit, if needed.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 15/01/2019 17:14:19 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

773883

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Census: Arabs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the Office of National Statistics included an ethnic group category for Arabs in the 2011 census.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Gill
uin	108820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 108826 108851 question first answered 24/10/2017 15:59:10 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name 108820_ 108826_ 108851.pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

773884

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Census: Sikhs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Office for National Statistics will make a final recommendation on whether Sikhs will have their own ethnic tick box in the Census 2021.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Gill
uin	108851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 108820 108826 question first answered 24/10/2017 15:59:10 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name 108820_ 108826_ 108851.pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

773886

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Census: Sikhs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what cost to the public purse was incurred by engaging BMG Research earlier in 2017 to test the inclusion of a Sikh ethnic tick box in the Census 2021.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Gill
uin	108826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 108820 108851 question first answered 24/10/2017 15:59:10 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name 108820_ 108826_ 108851.pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

773888

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Census: Sikhs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the level of demand for the inclusion of a separate tick box to denote Sikh ethnicity expressed in the Office for National Statistics stakeholder consultation in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Gill
uin	108853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 108854 108855 question first answered 24/10/2017 08:56:43 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ 108853_ 108854_ 108855 (1).pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill