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855491

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the implications of the outcome of the Gary Haggarty case for the prosecution service in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	130798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>Responsibility for the Prosecution Service in Northern Ireland is a matter for the Department of Justice NI.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/03/2018 15:14:21 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

927014

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Foreign Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many European-owned businesses there are in each of the constituent parts of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	155197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 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 Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 25/06/2018 16:01:50 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ155197.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1125466

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	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	Employment: Parents
	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 effectiveness of support available to parents who have to return to work while their premature and sick babies remain in neonatal or intensive care.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	251927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy recently conducted a short, focussed internal review of the provisions for parents of premature, sick and multiple babies for the purpose of providing advice to Minsters.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently exploring a range of policy options for providing further support to parents in this position, recognising that the UK entitlement to 52 weeks of Maternity Leave among the most generous maternity rights in the world.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 14/05/2019 12:33:08 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

794059

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	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	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 plans the Government has made on its plans for a UK Shared Prosperity Fund; what the Government's planned timeframe is for (a) the whole introduction of the fund and (b) introducing draft legislation; what he plans the scope of that fund will be; and what consultation and input in plans to seek from the devolved administrations on that fund.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	115147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government will create the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to boost productivity and reduce economic inequality across the country following our departure from the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the Industrial Strategy white paper, the Government will consult widely on the design of the new Fund in 2018. We will work with devolved administrations prior to public consultation.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2017 16:40:59 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

806509

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	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	Horizon 2020
	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 encourage UK researchers to bid for Horizon 2020 funding.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	119585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government wants the UK to be the go-to place for scientists, innovators and tech investors across the world. We intend to secure the right outcome for the UK research base as we exit the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>The joint report from the negotiators of the European Union and the United Kingdom Government approved by the European Council on 15 December stated that UK entities’ right to participate in EU programmes will be unaffected by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. This means that UK based organisations and individuals will be able to bid for funding, participate in and lead consortia, in 2019 and 2020, and will continue to receive funding for the lifetime of the project.</p><p> </p><p>It remains the case that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed, which is why the Government’s underwrite guarantee remains in place. UK businesses and universities should continue to bid for competitive EU funds while we remain a member of the EU and we will work with the Commission to ensure payment when funds are awarded. The Government will underwrite the payment of such awards, even when specific projects continue beyond the UK’s departure from the EU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 120157 question first answered 21/12/2017 12:58:43 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

809048

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2017
	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	Horizon 2020
	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 encourage researchers to continue to make bids for Horizon 2020 funding.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	120157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government wants the UK to be the go-to place for scientists, innovators and tech investors across the world. We intend to secure the right outcome for the UK research base as we exit the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>The joint report from the negotiators of the European Union and the United Kingdom Government approved by the European Council on 15 December stated that UK entities’ right to participate in EU programmes will be unaffected by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. This means that UK based organisations and individuals will be able to bid for funding, participate in and lead consortia, in 2019 and 2020, and will continue to receive funding for the lifetime of the project.</p><p> </p><p>It remains the case that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed, which is why the Government’s underwrite guarantee remains in place. UK businesses and universities should continue to bid for competitive EU funds while we remain a member of the EU and we will work with the Commission to ensure payment when funds are awarded. The Government will underwrite the payment of such awards, even when specific projects continue beyond the UK’s departure from the EU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 119585 question first answered 21/12/2017 12:58:43 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

830155

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	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	Manufacturing Industries
	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 to support manufacturing in each of the countries and regions of the UK through the Industrial Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	124827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>Through our Industrial Strategy, we continue to take actions to boost manufacturing growth, across all parts of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing in innovation, in support for key economic clusters and in physical and digital infrastructure throughout the United Kingdom, including projects in partnership and in collaboration with Devolved Nations. We will ensure that every action we take impacts all four nations whilst respecting the devolution settlement and responsibilities and priorities of Devolved Administrations.</p><p> </p><p>We will increase the National Productivity Investment Fund from £8 billion to £31billion and extend it to 2022-23. We are launching an action plan to unlock over £20 billion of patient capital investment to finance growth in innovative firms over 10 years, including a new £2.5bn Investment Fund for SMEs in the British Business Bank. We are increasing R&amp;D tax credits for large businesses from 11% to 12% from January 2018, as part of the drive to increase R&amp;D investment to 2.4% by 2027.</p><p> </p><p>A further £725m will be invested in the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund across the UK to respond to some of the greatest global challenges and opportunities and support sector productivity. This is in addition to the £246 million that will be invested for the Faraday Battery Challenge to ensure the UK leads the world in the design, development and manufacture of batteries for the electrification of vehicles and £197 million for the manufacture of medicines that will speed up patient access to new drugs and treatments. We will continue to support the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, in which we have invested £300 million over the past 5 years, to support commercialisation of the innovation of new technologies that will be crucial to UK manufacturing success.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with industry to develop strong Manufacturing Sector Deals to boost productivity and competitiveness, including through Automotive and Made Smarter. We will also agree local industrial strategies that build on local strengths and deliver on economic opportunities. As part of these local industrial strategies, we are launching a new competitive £115m Strength in Places Fund to support areas to build on their science and innovation strengths and develop stronger local networks and collaboration between universities, research organisations, LEPs and relevant agencies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 01/02/2018 15:16:32 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

837870

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	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	Energy: Overseas Trade
	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 the ten largest global markets are for UK energy (a) exports and (b) imports.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	126900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>In 2016, the ten largest global markets for UK energy (that is volumes traded of: coal, primary oils and oil products, gas, electricity and renewables) were:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Rank</p></td><td><p>EXPORTS</p></td><td><p>IMPORTS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>Norway</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>Russia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>United States</p></td><td><p>Qatar</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>United States</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>Irish Republic</p></td><td><p>Belgium</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>Nigeria</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>South Korea</p></td><td><p>Algeria</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>Sweden</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Data sources: </em></p><p><em>Data from Digest of UK Energy Statistics and HM Revenue and Customs.</em></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/02/2018 15:37:41 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

850708

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2018
	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	Energy: 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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of guaranteeing funding for UK Projects of Common Interest established under the Connecting Europe Facility for Energy.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	129951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government guarantee to underwrite the payment of Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) energy grant awards is intended to apply where UK project promoters have been accorded ‘Project of Common Interest’ (PCI) status for their projects under provisions in the Trans-European Networks Energy (TEN-E) regulation, have subsequently applied for and been awarded grants under the linked CEF regulation, but where no satisfactory arrangement has been made on exit as to how to manage outstanding awards. This approach mitigates the risk that these projects do not go ahead because of lack of funding. The majority of the projects in receipt of awards so far are joint electricity interconnector projects with other Member States and will contribute significantly to the UK’s future security of electricity supply.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/03/2018 16:18:45 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

890409

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	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	European Social 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, how much each country of the UK received from the European Social Fund in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	137482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Funding for European Structural Fund programmes, including the European Social Fund (ESF), are set as part of the EU’s multiannual financial framework (MFF), The ESF allocations to the UK, excluding any Youth Employment Initiative funding, for the 2014-20 MFF are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong> <strong>(€)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong> <strong>(€)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong> <strong>(€)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong> <strong>(€)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong> <strong>(€)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong> <strong>(€)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong> <strong>(€)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong> <strong>(2014-20)</strong> <strong>(€)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>899,042,788</p></td><td><p>463,063,745</p></td><td><p>476,653,947</p></td><td><p>486,192,813</p></td><td><p>495,922,545</p></td><td><p>505,845,912</p></td><td><p>3,326,721,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>56,201,749</p></td><td><p>57,326,918</p></td><td><p>58,474,453</p></td><td><p>60,082,304</p></td><td><p>61,284,704</p></td><td><p>62,511,128</p></td><td><p>63,761,984</p></td><td><p>419,643,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>135,265,834</p></td><td><p>137,973,881</p></td><td><p>140,735,757</p></td><td><p>144,089,622</p></td><td><p>146,973,230</p></td><td><p>149,914,450</p></td><td><p>152,914,266</p></td><td><p>1,007,867,040</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>27,621,127</p></td><td><p>28,174,107</p></td><td><p>28,738,079</p></td><td><p>30,580,991</p></td><td><p>31,192,982</p></td><td><p>31,817,200</p></td><td><p>32,453,855</p></td><td><p>210,578,341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gibraltar</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1,315,551</p></td><td><p>677,820</p></td><td><p>690,861</p></td><td><p>704,868</p></td><td><p>718,875</p></td><td><p>733,367</p></td><td><p>4,841,342</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures include EU funding available to support projects and programme administration, and the performance reserve, and does not include any non-EU co-financing. Each country of the UK has its own operational programme setting out the objectives and focus of ESF expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>ESF managing authorities will hold data on the 2007-13 programmes. The managing authorities for the ESF programmes in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Gibraltar are the Devolved Administrations and HM Government of Gibraltar respectively. In England, where the Department for Work and Pensions is the managing authority, the allocations of ESF funding were:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012 </strong> <strong>(€)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013 </strong> <strong>(€)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>410,923,902</p></td><td><p>427,344,776</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 02/05/2018 15:35:48 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn