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658022

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2016
	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	Industrial Strategy Challenge 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, what plans he has for the implementation of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund; and how that fund will be funded.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	57486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Yes, employees are represented on the Department’s board. The Permanent Secretary is a standing member of the Departmental Board, and meets with the Departmental Trade Unions as staff representatives.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">There are several other ways in which the views of employees of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are currently already taken into account by the Departmental Board and its supporting committees.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Board regularly discusses staff related matters, such as the Civil Service People Survey results which reflect the views of the Department’s employees, including views on the transition programme to create a new Department.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Department’s governance structure includes a People and Operations Committee, chaired by the Directors General responsible for People, Corporate Services and the transition programme. This Committee has standing representation from the HR Director and staff diversity networks as full members. Recommendations from the Committee are routinely taken to the Department’s Executive Committee for endorsement and approval.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The composition of the Departmental Board is determined by Cabinet Office and HMT’s <em>Corporate Governance in Central Government Departments: Code of Good practice</em> (2011). Cabinet Office and HMT are currently in the process of refreshing this guidance to reflect current best practice.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Board also has external Non-Executive Board Members (NEBMs) as standing members. NEBMs provide external challenge and scrutiny and offer wider stakeholder views to the Board.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">A New Productivity Fund (NPIF) announced in the Autumn Statement will provide for £23 billion of spending between 2017-18 and 2021-22.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Through the NPIF the government will fund the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. The fund will cover a broad range of technologies, to be decided by an evidence-based process. It will be delivered by Innovate UK and the Research Councils, and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) when it is established.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We will begin to identify different challenge areas between now and the Budget in 2017. More detail on funding breakdown and proposals will be set out in due course.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 16/12/2016 14:33:05 question first ministerially corrected 19/12/2016 11:24:30 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 26999 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

386201

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Students: Work Experience
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what comparative assessment he has made of the amount charged by each university to students for years on industrial placement; and what guidance his Department provides to universities on the level of such charging.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	4708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government encourages provision and uptake of sandwich courses and placements and acknowledges their benefits to students, businesses and universities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A review of maximum fees for students undertaking sandwich placement years was carried out in 2012. Since 2014/15, the maximum fees that institutions with access agreements can charge for sandwich years has been set at £1,800, 20% of the maximum £9,000 full-time fee. Guidance for universities on maximum fees for sandwich work placement years is provided on the Student Finance England practitioners’ website.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Universities are independent, autonomous bodies and are free to set sandwich year fees at an appropriate level for their provision within this cap.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 02/07/2015 15:15:16 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

386202

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Students: Work Experience
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of university charges for industrial placement years on take-up of sandwich courses.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	4709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Institutions. Statistics on participation by students enrolled on sandwich courses in the five most recent academic years for which information is available are provided in the table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Statistics for the academic year 2014/15 will be available from HESA from January 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Full-time first degree enrolments on sandwich courses</p><p> </p><p>UK Higher Education Institutions</p><p> </p><p>Academic years 2009/10 to 2013/14</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Count of students</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enrolled<sup>1 </sup> on sandwich<sup>2</sup> courses</p><p> </p></td><td><p>113,795</p><p> </p></td><td><p>116,785</p></td><td><p>125,525</p></td><td><p>126,710</p></td><td><p>142,395</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total enrolled<sup>1 </sup> on full-time first degrees</p><p> </p></td><td><p>1,208,625</p></td><td><p>1,250,255</p></td><td><p>1,312,115</p></td><td><p>1,312,335</p></td><td><p>1,334,245</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>Enrolments include students across all years of study</p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup> Sandwich enrolments include industrial placements and periods of study abroad</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 02/07/2015 15:16:41 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

420593

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Royal Mail
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2015 to Question 9138, what assessment he has made of whether payment by his Department to Royal Mail in respect of the Postcode Address File constitutes state aid to Royal Mail.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	11315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not consider payment to Royal Mail in respect of the Postcode Address File to constitute state aid to Royal Mail..</p><br /><p>There is a licence agreement in place between the Public Sector and the Royal Mail for the supply of address data. This agreement is managed and paid for by the Department, on behalf of public sector users. The agreement enables the Government to deliver procurement by acting as a single customer.. Like private sector users of the address data, the Public Sector pays the Royal Mail a royalty for the use of the data.</p><br /><p>Royal Mail’s licensing of this address data is regulated by OfCom under section 116 of the Postal Services Act 2000 which requires them to provide licences on fair and consistent terms to all.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 19/10/2015 14:00:11 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

423506

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Post Codes: Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the potential economic value of the UK having an address file that was published as open data.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	13140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Following a request from the Open Data User Group (ODUG) to the Data Strategy Board in 2013, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills funded an independent advisory report into the feasibility and options for the creation of an open address data set. The report was published in February 2014 and is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/274979/bis-14-513-open-national-address-gazetteer.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/274979/bis-14-513-open-national-address-gazetteer.pdf</a><br></p><p>The estimated cost of an open data product – £40m per annum to Government – was considered unaffordable by the Public Sector Transparency Board (which subsumed the DSB).</p><br /><p>However following extensive consultation and engagement with the market since the commissioning of the report in 2013 Royal Mail has simplified it’s Postcode Address File (PAF) licence. They have also introduced new measures to provide free access to PAF for micro businesses and small independent charities.</p><br /><p>In addition, from 1 April 2014, eligible public sector organisations in England and Wales, and Scotland, have been able to take advantage of the new Public Sector Licence, which reduces the overall cost for those organisations and simplifies access to address data.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 29/10/2015 14:48:10 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

535162

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2016
	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	Cabinet Office EU Unit
	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 full-time equivalent staff of his Department (a) have moved and (b) are planned to move into the EU Unit.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	42453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The new Department for Exiting the European Union will be made up of staff from various departments across Government. The overall size and scope of the new department, including staffing and budget, are under consideration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 13/09/2016 15:18:59 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

598350

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	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: North East
	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 UK leaving the EU on research funding across all disciplines in universities in the North East.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	47664
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to maintain and enhance the strength of our research base. This is why we have protected the science resource budget in real terms from its 2015/16 level of £4.7 billion for the rest of the parliament, as well as committing to invest in new scientific infrastructure on a record scale – £6.9 billion over the period 2015-2021 – including £65 million in the North East in 2014/15.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury decision to underwrite the grants of competitively bid for EU research funding will give British participants and their EU partners the assurance and certainty needed to plan ahead for projects that can run over many years. We will ensure that the UK, including science and research in the North East, continues to be a world leader in international research and innovation.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 47666 question first answered 20/10/2016 16:16:35 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 13777 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

598353

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	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: North East
	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 potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on science research funding in the North East.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	47666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to maintain and enhance the strength of our research base. This is why we have protected the science resource budget in real terms from its 2015/16 level of £4.7 billion for the rest of the parliament, as well as committing to invest in new scientific infrastructure on a record scale – £6.9 billion over the period 2015-2021 – including £65 million in the North East in 2014/15.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury decision to underwrite the grants of competitively bid for EU research funding will give British participants and their EU partners the assurance and certainty needed to plan ahead for projects that can run over many years. We will ensure that the UK, including science and research in the North East, continues to be a world leader in international research and innovation.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 47664 question first answered 20/10/2016 16:16:35 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 13778 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

604973

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2016
	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: Conservation
	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 his Department has made of the energy-saving capacity of 5v USB outlets; and what assessment he has made of their potential effect on national domestic energy consumption.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	49307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department has not made a specific assessment of whether 5v USB outlets offer any energy-saving capacity nor of their effect on national energy consumption.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/10/2016 13:04:03 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

631281

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2016
	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: Facilities
	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 UK's science and innovation capacity.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	52170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK is strong in science and innovation. With only 0.9% of the global population the UK accounts for 15.9% of the most highly cited research articles, and we have the most productive research base in the G7 in terms of papers and citations per unit of GDP. The proportion of innovative businesses in the UK increased from 44% in 2010-2012 to 53% in 2012-2014.</p><p>We need to support innovation wherever it is found, that is why the Government has been working with local areas through the Science and Innovation Audits. The first Audits are extensive, detailed and useful and they prove that a locally driven, collaborative approach is the right way forward. Wave 2 areas will be announced shortly.</p><p>Science and Innovation will be at the heart of our industrial strategy. Investment in science, funding through Innovate UK, and research and development tax credits all contribute to our goal of making sure the UK remains one of the most innovative countries in the world.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 16/11/2016 12:08:47 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah