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1302617

registered interest
date	15/03/2021
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, how much funding has been allocated to (a) each organisation and (b) in total through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to date; and how much match funding from industry that fund has generated.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	168940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) is a mission-oriented funding programme. It brings together the UK’s world-leading research base with highly innovative businesses to solve the major industrial and societal challenges. Since its inception in 2017, the ISCF has allocated £2.8 billion of public funding and has garnered £2.8 billion in co-investment commitments from industry.</p><p> </p><p>The ISCF has funded 1,926 unique organisations to date, together these have been awarded grants through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) with a total value of £1,811 million.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 18/03/2021 17:36:26 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1302167

registered interest
date	12/03/2021
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 Europe
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 discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for the UK's association to Horizon Europe.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	167885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>BEIS Ministers regularly speak to my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on a range of issues, including R&amp;D funding. I am pleased that the UK reached an agreement to take part in the Horizon Europe programme. Association to Horizon has been welcomed by businesses and the research community and will bring huge benefits to the UK. We have always been clear that Horizon funding complements domestic funding programmes.</p><p> </p><p>At the Spending Review in November, the Government committed to investing £14.6 billion in research and development in 2021/22. Spending Review was complete before the outcome of negotiations with the EU was known. As part of our ongoing Departmental allocations process, we are continuing to work with HM Treasury on the costs of Horizon Europe.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 17/03/2021 18:04:10 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

1302168

registered interest
date	12/03/2021
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: Career Development
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 his Department has to support the post-pandemic career development of early career researchers.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	167886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government invests in research talent through PhDs and fellowship schemes. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is the single biggest funder of PhDs in the UK and currently funds between six and seven thousand PhDs per year (around 53% in STEM) through its studentships and training grants, including Centres for Doctoral Training and Doctoral Training Partnerships.</p><p>Multi-year fellowship schemes funded by BEIS are delivered both by the National Academies and UKRI and are targeted at different career stages, from early career researchers to research professors and chairs. These schemes support the development and progression of a broad spectrum of researchers and their teams while supporting their excellent research.</p><p>The Department is currently working with UKRI on the development of an R&amp;D People and Culture Strategy as one of my top priorities. The R&amp;D People and Culture Strategy will look to ensure the UK has the people we need at all levels, working in a culture that gets the best out of everyone and delivers the best outcomes for the country.  A key part of this will be ensuring the R&amp;D workforce has the capacity and capability to deliver the government’s ambitions for R&amp;D with enough people with the right skills across disciplines, and throughout career stages and job roles.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 17/03/2021 18:05:08 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

1302169

registered interest
date	12/03/2021
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 assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the level of demand on the UK Research and Innovation budget.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	167887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>In contrast to the number of open calls that UKRI runs, which remained relatively stable with an additional surge to deliver specific COVID-19 related funding, the number of applications for funding from UKRI has risen over the last year, including in response to COVID-19. To date the trend has already shown an increase of over 1,000 applications ending December 2020, with a further projection of another 2,000 applications to be received in the final quarter. These increases are against an active portfolio of approximately 14,000 grants.</p><p> </p><p>UKRI has also responded to increased demand to help stabilise the system and the pressures felt across the research and innovation community. Active grants continue to attract a high number of requested changes through their life, but more recently hundreds more enquiries have resulted from COVID-19 disruption, generating many requests for both costed and no cost extensions with £90 million in costed grant extensions paid this year.</p><p> </p><p>Other stabilising interventions that UKRI has made in response to the pandemic include bringing forwards £100 million of Quality Related funding from Academic Year 2020-21 to AY 2019-20, and providing additional funding through the Sustaining University Research Expertise (SURE) Fund in financial year 2020-21.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 17/03/2021 18:06:13 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

1302170

registered interest
date	12/03/2021
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: Development 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, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on the maintenance of the science and research funding in the international aid budget.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	167888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary ran a cross-government process with Departments to review in detail how ODA is allocated between key priorities. The Foreign Secretary announced an ODA settlement of £706 million for my Department on Tuesday 26<sup>th</sup> January.</p><p> </p><p>Though the impact of the COVID pandemic has impacted ODA budgets, international collaboration remains central to a healthy and productive R&amp;D sector. The Government’s commitment to research and innovation has been clearly demonstrated, given we are increasing investment in R&amp;D across government to £14.6bn in 2021/22, and as set out in our Integrated Review ambition.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 17/03/2021 18:07:24 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

1302173

registered interest
date	12/03/2021
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 assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the level of demand on the UK Research and Innovation budget.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	167832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>In contrast to the number of open calls that UKRI runs, which remained relatively stable with an additional surge to deliver specific COVID-19 related funding, the number of applications for funding from UKRI has risen over the last year, including in response to COVID-19. To date the trend has already shown an increase of over 1,000 applications ending December 2020, with a further projection of another 2,000 applications to be received in the final quarter. These increases are against an active portfolio of approximately 14,000 grants.</p><p> </p><p>UKRI has also responded to increased demand to help stabilise the system and the pressures felt across the research and innovation community. Active grants continue to attract a high number of requested changes through their life, but more recently hundreds more enquiries have resulted from COVID-19 disruption, generating many requests for both costed and no cost extensions with £90 million in costed grant extensions paid this year.</p><p> </p><p>Other stabilising interventions that UKRI has made in response to the pandemic include bringing forwards £100 million of Quality Related funding from Academic Year 2020-21 to AY 2019-20, and providing additional funding through the Sustaining University Research Expertise (SURE) Fund in financial year 2020-21.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 17/03/2021 18:08:37 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1302187

registered interest
date	12/03/2021
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: Development 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 he has made an estimate of the potential number of job losses (a) in the UK and (b) overseas as a result of the reduced Official Development Assistance allocations to UK Research and Innovation.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	167930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>The challenging financial situation we face due to the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in a temporary reduction in the UK’s aid spending target from 0.7% of GNI to 0.5%. This means making difficult decisions when it comes to prioritising how we spend aid money to deliver the most impactful outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS is working with its ODA Delivery Partners, including UKRI, to manage the implementation of the 21/22 ODA settlement.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 17/03/2021 18:09:35 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1301886

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
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: Social Media
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 officials in (a) his private office and (b) the wider Department have been allocated to the production and promotion of online content for use on social media in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	167275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>The Digital Communications Team has included approximately 14 members of staff responsible for producing and promoting social media content between 2018 and 2021. We cannot quantify how many other staff in the wider Communications Directorate or wider department as it’s something that many people do as a smaller part of their role.</p><p>The Cabinet Office is continuously tracking and reviewing spending on cross-government campaigns, including Covid-19, to ensure our communications are efficient. We will not spend more than is needed to be effective.</p><p>The Cabinet Office publishes expenditure, including on public information campaigns, on a rolling monthly basis on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> as part of routine government transparency arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 18/03/2021 17:56:35 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1301925

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
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	Burlington House: Rents
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 potential effect of rent increases at Burlington House on (a) STEM skills, (b) scientific research and (c) international scientific collaboration.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	167153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government appreciates the great work of the UK’s many great Learned Societies, including those located at Burlington House. They have made vast contributions to their respective fields over their long histories, and are vital to the networking, visibility, and overall health of the disciplines they represent.</p><p>We recognise the proposed rent increases do introduce a challenge to their current level of operations. Learned Societies are independent of government and will be best placed to make decisions on how they can best move forward and adapt to changing circumstances. We hope they will continue to make the contributions that they do to STEM skills, Scientific Research, and International Collaboration. I am aware that the Ministry of Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government, along with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, are exploring whether there is a solution that can deliver value for taxpayers and help the Learned Societies to remain at New Burlington House.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 16/03/2021 15:22:40 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1301433

registered interest
date	10/03/2021
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	Knowledge Economy and Technology: Employment
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 the geographical spread of technology and knowledge economy jobs by region of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	166397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>There is no single accepted definition of knowledge economy jobs. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes workforce jobs by region and industry in its JOBS05 dataset, and more detail is available through Nomis official labour market statistics at :<a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Separately the ONS publishes a country and region breakdown of business R&amp;D employment in table 18 of the annual release on research and development performed in UK businesses (BERD). The rounded aggregate figures for 2019 were:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Full time equivalent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>United Kingdom</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>263,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p><strong>6,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p><strong>20,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p><strong>14,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p><strong>20,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p><strong>26,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p><strong>42,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p><strong>31,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p><strong>50,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p><strong>22,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>232,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9,000</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 15/03/2021 15:53:31 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves