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887082

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2018
	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	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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on the economy of the UK leaving the EU without replacing EU research funding.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	136650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>As part of our future partnership with the EU, the UK will look to establish an ambitious future agreement on science and innovation that ensures the valuable research links between us continue to grow.</p><p>The Government has been taking rigorous and extensive analysis work to support our exit negotiations, as any responsible Government should, in order to inform our understanding of how EU exit will affect the UK's domestic policies and frameworks. We have been engaging with relevant stakeholders from all sectors of the economy and all regions of the UK as part of this process, and will continue to do so as we move forward.</p><p>We have been clear the Government will not provide an ongoing commentary on internal analytical work that is being carried out within government.</p><p>The UK and EU negotiating teams have reached another important milestone in the Brexit process by agreeing the terms of a time-limited implementation period. The agreement envisages that UK entities’ right to participate in EU programmes will be unaffected by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.</p><p>In addition, the UK Government has committed to underwrite Horizon 2020 funding if necessary. This guarantees funding for UK participants in projects ongoing at the point of exit, as well as any successful bids submitted before the UK leaves the EU.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 26/04/2018 15:29:45 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

887083

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2018
	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	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, the proportion of Horizon 2020 (a) projects originating in the UK and (b) funding that the UK received in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	136651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>As of the 6<sup>th</sup> March 2018, the UK’s share of total participations in Horizon 2020 was 12.4% and the UK received 14.5% of the total European Commission Horizon 2020 funding. This is equivalent to around €4.2 billion. For further information please see: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-participation-in-horizon-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-participation-in-horizon-2020</a></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 26/04/2018 15:30:04 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

887084

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2018
	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	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 contingency plans have been made to replace EU research funding in the event that the UK is unable to conclude a withdrawal agreement with the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	136652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>Science and research are vital to the UK’s prosperity, security and wellbeing, and are at the heart of the Government’s industrial strategy. As part of our future partnership with the EU, the UK will look to establish an ambitious future agreement on science and innovation that ensures the valuable research links between the UK and the EU continue to grow.</p><p> </p><p>The Joint Report sets out that the UK and the EU fully intend UK participants’ eligibility in Horizon 2020 to remain unchanged for the duration of the programme. This includes eligibility to participate in Horizon 2020 projects and to receive Horizon 2020 funding for the lifetime of projects. The Government encourages the UK research and innovation community to continue to bid for Horizon 2020 funding and participate in Horizon 2020 projects.</p><p> </p><p>The Government's underwrite guarantee of Horizon 2020 funding remains in place in the event that commitments enshrined in the Joint Report are not met. This guarantees funding for UK participants in projects ongoing at the point of exit. It also includes projects that are only informed of their success or sign a grant agreement after the UK's withdrawal from the EU.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 26/04/2018 15:27:17 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

887085

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2018
	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	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, how much EU research funding the UK received in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	136653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>UK Funding for Common Strategic Framework (CSF) Research and Innovation or equivalents 2012-2016</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Funding for Common Strategic Framework (CSF) Research and Innovation or equivalents (€millions)</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>1114</p></td><td><p>797</p></td><td><p>1280</p></td><td><p>1385</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: EU Expenditure and Revenue 2014-2020 <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/budget/figures/interactive/index_en.cfm" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/budget/figures/interactive/index_en.cfm</a></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 26/04/2018 15:27:43 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

934929

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2018
	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	Research: EU Action
	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 UK (a) companies and (b) institutions will be able to participate in EU research and development projects after 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	161058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>As part of our future partnership with the EU, the UK will look to establish an ambitious future agreement on science and innovation that ensures the valuable research links between us continue to grow.</p><p> </p><p>The UK would like to participate in EU research and development projects after 2020 and would like the option to fully associate to the excellence-based European research and innovation programmes, including Horizon Europe (the successor to Horizon 2020) and Euratom Research and Training.</p><p> </p><p>Such an association would involve an appropriate UK financial contribution linked to a suitable level of influence in line with the contribution and benefits the UK brings. The UK looks forward to discussing the detail of any future UK participation with the European Commission.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/07/2018 12:43:44 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

939885

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2018
	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	Products: EU Law
	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 Government has done to ensure in negotiations with the European Commission that conformity assessments on products conducted by a UK body continue to be sufficient for the product to be sold on the EU market after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	163490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the valuable work undertaken by UK bodies in ensuring that products placed on the market have been through suitable conformity assessment. As part of negotiations on the Withdrawal Agreement, we have agreed with the EU that goods placed on the market before the end of the implementation period may freely circulate on both UK and EU markets and that compliance activity for these goods, such as conformity assessment, is recognised by both parties.</p><p> </p><p>On 12<sup>th</sup> July the Government published a White Paper, which sets out a clear proposal for our future relationship with the EU. This includes a proposal for a free trade area between the UK and the EU and the maintenance of a common rulebook for goods, supported by arrangements covering all relevant compliance activity, such as conformity assessment. This would provide for frictionless trade at the border. Negotiations are ongoing, and we will continue to engage with UK stakeholders to understand and represent their concerns as we develop our negotiating position.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 17/07/2018 16:43:07 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

964456

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Brexit
	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 cost to his Department of leaving the EU in accordance with (a) the proposals set out in the Government’s White Paper and (b) a no-deal scenario.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	168916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>In the financial year 2018/19, HMT allocated BEIS a supplementary £185.1m for EU exit work. As the negotiations continue, BEIS will reassess its requirements accordingly. Like other departments, BEIS will be invited to bid for 2019/20 EU exit funding from HMT later in the year with details of timings and process to be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 10/09/2018 15:39:12 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

964522

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Brexit
	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 cost to the public purse has been of his Department hiring additional staff to cover issues related to the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	168930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>In the financial year 2017/18, HM Treasury allocated nearly £300m across a number of departments from the Reserve - BEIS received £35.1m of this funding, of which the majority related to staff costs.</p><p> </p><p>In the financial year 2018/19, HMT allocated BEIS a supplementary £185.1m for EU exit work, of which £57.3m has been identified for staff. BEIS will keep these costs under review over the course of the current financial year.</p><p> </p><p>As the negotiations continue, BEIS will reassess its requirements accordingly. Like other departments, BEIS will be invited to bid for 2019/20 EU exit funding from HMT later in the year with details of timings and process to be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 10/09/2018 15:38:51 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

982460

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	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	Trade Associations
	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 the Government plans to write to all trade associations on issuing guidance to their members on planning for the UK leaving the EU in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	175791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is engaging widely with its stakeholders, including trade associations, to help businesses to plan for all scenarios including a ‘no deal’ EU exit. We have published over 70 technical notices describing the changes businesses and citizens could need to make in a ‘no deal’ scenario. We have worked closely with stakeholders including many trade associations as part of this process.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 15/10/2018 16:03:17 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

982494

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Brexit
	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 Written Statement HCWS540, how much of that funding he has allocated to (a) programmes, (b) administration and (c) staffing in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	175807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>As set out in Written Statement HCWS540, HMT allocated BEIS a supplementary £185.1m for EU exit work in the financial year 2018/19. Of this total allocation, £106.7m has been budgeted for programme and capital spend. £78.4m has been budgeted as administration spend, of which £57.3m has been budgeted for staff within BEIS. BEIS will keep these budgets under review over the course of the financial year.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 15/10/2018 16:02:46 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake