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1131129

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	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	Business: North Yorkshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent steps he has taken to support businesses in North Yorkshire.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	911259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Businesses across North Yorkshire are benefitting from this Government’s investment of over £840 million through the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding and Leeds City Region Growth Deals. This is providing financial assistance to local businesses, as well as improving infrastructure and skills.</p><p> </p><p>For instance, £47 million LGF award will release significant private sector investment in the York Central project. This £100 million urban regeneration will accommodate up to 7,000 jobs, and create more than 112,000 square meters of new retail, leisure and commercial space.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 11/06/2019 14:06:06 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1146214

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Iron and Steel: Competition
	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 help maintain a competitive UK steel industry.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	290987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is firmly committed to supporting a productive and vibrant UK steel sector. We are working with the sector, the unions and devolved administrations to support the UK steel sector to develop a long-term sustainable future for the UK steel industry. My Department commissioned independent research to identify high value opportunities for UK steel, worth up to £3.8 billion a year by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2018 Budget, the Government announced an Industrial Energy Transformation Fund with investment of £315 million to help businesses with high energy use to cut their bills and transition UK industry to a low carbon future.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2013, the Government has provided more than £312m in compensation to the steel sector to make energy costs more competitive, including over £53 million during 2018. We are working hard to make sure that UK producers of steel have the best possible chance of competing for and winning contracts across all Government procurement. Since 2016, all Government departments and arms-length bodies are required to consider socio-economic and environmental factors when procuring steel.</p><p> </p><p>The recent announcement of two important new funding programmes will help the steel industry in its efforts to remain competitive while reducing emissions and supporting the decarbonisation of the UK economy to achieve our ambitious 2050 net-zero targets: the £250m Clean Steel Fund and the planned £100m Low Carbon Hydrogen Production Fund.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/10/2019 13:18:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1170766

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2020
	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	Fireworks: Regulation
	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 her Department has made of the adequacy of the current regulatory framework on the sale and use of fireworks for preventing their anti-social use.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	3186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is developing a fact-based evidence base on the key issues that have been raised around fireworks. This includes looking at data on noise and disturbance, anti-social behaviour, non-compliance, environmental impact, and the impact on humans and animals. This will build a full picture of the data around fireworks in order to identify whether further action is appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 20/01/2020 14:29:01 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1170768

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2020
	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	Fireworks: Regulation
	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 representations she has received from members of the public and civil society groups on tighter restrictions on the use of fireworks; and what she steps she is taking in response to those representations.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	3187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>We receive representations from a wide range of stakeholders, including members of the public, organisations and charities, all with ranging views on what the issues are and what action they would like to see.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards is developing a fact-based evidence base on the key issues that have been raised around fireworks, including noise, anti-social behaviour, non-compliance, environmental impact, and the impact on humans and animals. This will build a fuller picture of the data around fireworks in order to identify whether further action is appropriate. This work is an ongoing exercise, which is not time limited and we will report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 20/01/2020 16:40:29 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1172364

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2020
	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	Housing: Electricity
	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 her Department is taking to help connect off-grid households to the electricity network.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	6101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department is working with Ofgem and network companies to help improve the network connection process, for example through making advice and information clearer for customers. Ofgem also published a call for evidence, in November 2019, to gain a better understanding of the number, location and characteristics of off-grid households. It is available at <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/call-evidence-households-not-connected-electricity-distribution-network" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/call-evidence-households-not-connected-electricity-distribution-network</a>. Ofgem is currently considering the responses.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 27/01/2020 14:32:42 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1145690

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Fuel Poverty: North Yorkshire
	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 households in (a) York Central constituency, (b) City of York local authority area and (c) North Yorkshire are living in fuel poverty.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	290714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The latest sub-regional fuel poverty statistics can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-sub-regional-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-sub-regional-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 30/09/2019 15:37:55 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1169199

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2020
	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	Living Wage
	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 recent estimate she has made of the number of people paid below the Real Living Wage in (a) London and (b) the rest of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	1079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to building an economy that works for everyone. Through the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and the National Living Wage (NLW) the Government protects the lowest paid within our society and ensures they are fairly rewarded for their contribution to the economy.</p><p>The NMW and NLW rates are legal minimum thresholds. These rates are different from the Living Wage which is a voluntary minimum rate of pay endorsed by the Living Wage Foundation. The Government commends the work of the Living Wage Foundation and those employers who commit to paying the Living Wage rates.</p><p>In April 2020, we will be increasing the NLW by 6.2% to £8.72 meeting the Government’s target of reaching 60% of median earnings by 2020. The Low Pay Commission estimates that these increases to the NMW and NLW will directly benefit over 2.8 million people. Last year, the Chancellor pledged to raise the NLW further, to two-thirds of median earnings, to an expected £10.50 by 2024, making the UK the first major economy in the world to set such an ambition.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 16/01/2020 17:18:38 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 1154 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1171299

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	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	New Businesses
	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 small and medium-sized enterprise start-ups there were in (a) York, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	4407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The below table lists the number of start-ups according to ONS Business Demography UK data (the most recent of which is for 2018). Please note, this data refers to the number of VAT/PAYE registrations, and is available at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Ffile%3Furi%3D%2Fbusinessindustryandtrade%2Fbusiness%2Factivitysizeandlocation%2Fdatasets%2Fbusinessdemographyreferencetable%2Fcurrent%2Fprevious%2Fv2%2Fbusinessdemographyexceltables2015.xls&amp;data=02%7C01%7CMarc.Mueller%40beis.gov.uk%7Cd59b0cd6d6b74592f43908d79db40f56%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637151268980566771&amp;sdata=qJUAmiOcwC76m1hG%2B%2F%2FM676VE1X5W2alJmLvQD2bhqA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyreferencetable/current/previous/v2/businessdemographyexceltables2015.xls</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fbusinessindustryandtrade%2Fbusiness%2Factivitysizeandlocation%2Fdatasets%2Fbusinessdemographyreferencetable&amp;data=02%7C01%7CMarc.Mueller%40beis.gov.uk%7Cd59b0cd6d6b74592f43908d79db40f56%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637151268980566771&amp;sdata=0UidJKvOUt1hFwOa4rP05Kw%2F9qrDYubGg0ogM6gOIA8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyreferencetable</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of start-ups</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>York UA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Yorkshire and the Humber</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>665</p></td><td><p>16,630</p></td><td><p>207,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>655</p></td><td><p>17,235</p></td><td><p>232,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>720</p></td><td><p>17,990</p></td><td><p>239,975</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>945</p></td><td><p>23,120</p></td><td><p>308,565</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>880</p></td><td><p>23,465</p></td><td><p>312,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>830</p></td><td><p>25,140</p></td><td><p>344,065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>870</p></td><td><p>26,775</p></td><td><p>373,580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>775</p></td><td><p>22,600</p></td><td><p>339,345</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>850</p></td><td><p>23,405</p></td><td><p>340,045</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>We want to make the UK the best place to work and grow a business. The Government-owned British Business Bank’s programmes are supporting more than £7.0bn of finance to over 91,000 SMEs, the majority outside London and the South East. The BBB in collaboration with ten Local Enterprise Partnerships, combined authorities and growth hubs manages the £400m Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF). By September 2019, NPIF had invested £135m in over 500 ambitious SMEs across the Northern Powerhouse region, in deals that have attracted an additional £123m of investment from the private sector. This support seeks to address the disparity in the availability of finance across the UK and was further bolstered last autumn, with the launch of the £100m Business Angel investment programme designed to support clusters of business angels outside London. The BBB also established a UK-wide network of relationship managers to help tackle regional imbalances in access to finance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of loans made by the BBB’s Start Up Loans programme in York local authority and Yorkshire &amp; Humber is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Start-Up Loans:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>York LA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Yorkshire &amp; Humber</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>3 loans - £22,000</p></td><td><p>160 loans - over £726,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>26 loans - £139,000</p></td><td><p>1,083 loans - over £5.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>24 loans – over £167,000</p></td><td><p>965 loans – over £5.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>26 loans – over £215,000</p></td><td><p>765 loans - over £5.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>25 loans - £244,000</p></td><td><p>762 loans – over £8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>32 loans – over £448,000</p></td><td><p>774 loans – over £10.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>26 loans – over £264,000</p></td><td><p>783 loans – over £7.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019- 31 December 2019)</p></td><td><p>17 loans – over £154,000</p></td><td><p>583 loans – over £6.3m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The local York, North Yorkshire and East Riding and Leeds City Region Growth Hubs provide a free, impartial, ‘single point of contact’ to help businesses in these areas identify and access the right support for them at the right time no matter their size or sector.</p><p> </p><p>SMEs across Yorkshire and Humber are also benefiting from over £1.3 billion investment over the years 2015-2021 through Yorkshire and Humber LEP Growth Deals. This includes over £145m through the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding LEP Growth Deal and £695m through the Leeds City Region LEP Growth Deal.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 4409 question first answered 23/01/2020 15:36:10 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1171301

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	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	Small Businesses: Yorkshire and the Humber
	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 financial support her Department has provided to small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) the City of York local authority and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	4409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The below table lists the number of start-ups according to ONS Business Demography UK data (the most recent of which is for 2018). Please note, this data refers to the number of VAT/PAYE registrations, and is available at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Ffile%3Furi%3D%2Fbusinessindustryandtrade%2Fbusiness%2Factivitysizeandlocation%2Fdatasets%2Fbusinessdemographyreferencetable%2Fcurrent%2Fprevious%2Fv2%2Fbusinessdemographyexceltables2015.xls&amp;data=02%7C01%7CMarc.Mueller%40beis.gov.uk%7Cd59b0cd6d6b74592f43908d79db40f56%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637151268980566771&amp;sdata=qJUAmiOcwC76m1hG%2B%2F%2FM676VE1X5W2alJmLvQD2bhqA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyreferencetable/current/previous/v2/businessdemographyexceltables2015.xls</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fbusinessindustryandtrade%2Fbusiness%2Factivitysizeandlocation%2Fdatasets%2Fbusinessdemographyreferencetable&amp;data=02%7C01%7CMarc.Mueller%40beis.gov.uk%7Cd59b0cd6d6b74592f43908d79db40f56%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637151268980566771&amp;sdata=0UidJKvOUt1hFwOa4rP05Kw%2F9qrDYubGg0ogM6gOIA8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyreferencetable</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of start-ups</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>York UA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Yorkshire and the Humber</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>665</p></td><td><p>16,630</p></td><td><p>207,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>655</p></td><td><p>17,235</p></td><td><p>232,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>720</p></td><td><p>17,990</p></td><td><p>239,975</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>945</p></td><td><p>23,120</p></td><td><p>308,565</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>880</p></td><td><p>23,465</p></td><td><p>312,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>830</p></td><td><p>25,140</p></td><td><p>344,065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>870</p></td><td><p>26,775</p></td><td><p>373,580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>775</p></td><td><p>22,600</p></td><td><p>339,345</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>850</p></td><td><p>23,405</p></td><td><p>340,045</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>We want to make the UK the best place to work and grow a business. The Government-owned British Business Bank’s programmes are supporting more than £7.0bn of finance to over 91,000 SMEs, the majority outside London and the South East. The BBB in collaboration with ten Local Enterprise Partnerships, combined authorities and growth hubs manages the £400m Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF). By September 2019, NPIF had invested £135m in over 500 ambitious SMEs across the Northern Powerhouse region, in deals that have attracted an additional £123m of investment from the private sector. This support seeks to address the disparity in the availability of finance across the UK and was further bolstered last autumn, with the launch of the £100m Business Angel investment programme designed to support clusters of business angels outside London. The BBB also established a UK-wide network of relationship managers to help tackle regional imbalances in access to finance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of loans made by the BBB’s Start Up Loans programme in York local authority and Yorkshire &amp; Humber is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Start-Up Loans:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>York LA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Yorkshire &amp; Humber</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>3 loans - £22,000</p></td><td><p>160 loans - over £726,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>26 loans - £139,000</p></td><td><p>1,083 loans - over £5.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>24 loans – over £167,000</p></td><td><p>965 loans – over £5.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>26 loans – over £215,000</p></td><td><p>765 loans - over £5.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>25 loans - £244,000</p></td><td><p>762 loans – over £8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>32 loans – over £448,000</p></td><td><p>774 loans – over £10.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>26 loans – over £264,000</p></td><td><p>783 loans – over £7.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019- 31 December 2019)</p></td><td><p>17 loans – over £154,000</p></td><td><p>583 loans – over £6.3m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The local York, North Yorkshire and East Riding and Leeds City Region Growth Hubs provide a free, impartial, ‘single point of contact’ to help businesses in these areas identify and access the right support for them at the right time no matter their size or sector.</p><p> </p><p>SMEs across Yorkshire and Humber are also benefiting from over £1.3 billion investment over the years 2015-2021 through Yorkshire and Humber LEP Growth Deals. This includes over £145m through the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding LEP Growth Deal and £695m through the Leeds City Region LEP Growth Deal.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 4407 question first answered 23/01/2020 15:36:10 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1143737

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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: EU Grants and Loans
	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 ensure that researchers in the UK have access to future EU research funding framework programmes after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	285267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The UK has a long history of being an important collaborator with and contributor to EU Framework Programmes, including the current Research and Innovation Programme, Horizon 2020.</p><p> </p><p>As we move beyond the current programme, the Government remains committed to creating mutually beneficial opportunities for collaboration with European and international partners. The UK has played a constructive role in the development of the next EU R&amp;I Framework Programme, Horizon Europe, and it is our preference to associate to Horizon Europe if the conditions are right. The Programme must be fully open to third countries and represent value for money for the UK. As a responsible Government, we are also developing a credible and ambitious alternative UK offer.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/09/2019 13:42:49 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds