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date	22/10/2019
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: South Basildon and East Thurrock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps she has taken to support businesses in South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency.
tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
tabling member printed	Stephen Metcalfe
uin	900057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to making the UK the best place to start and grow a business.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS has unveiled several new measures to support business across the UK, including an £88 million boost for productivity and the publication of the SME Finance Charter.</p><p> </p><p>We have also invested £591 million to South East Local Enterprise Partnership, which covers South Basildon and East Thurrock, to empower local areas to reach their potential, boosting national productivity and growth.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 22/10/2019 13:43:57 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4092 label Biography information for Stephen Metcalfe

1148902

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	UK Research and Innovation
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 UKRI are taking to support interdisciplinary working in UK research.
tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
tabling member printed	Stephen Metcalfe
uin	221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>UK Research and Innovation has established several mechanisms to encourage and support multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research and this is a central theme in the organisation’s recently published Delivery Plans. In addition to examples taking place across its Councils, UKRI supports a multibillion pound portfolio of cross-cutting funds demonstrating commitment to interdisciplinary research.</p><p> </p><p>The Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund and Future Leaders Fellowships, for example, were both designed to encourage and support interdisciplinary projects. The Strategic Priorities Fund realises Sir Paul Nurse’s vision of a ‘common fund’ and is already investing in interdisciplinary projects that each bring together several of UKRI’s councils along with government departments to tackle shared challenges and opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to these targeted programmes, quality-related funding awarded by Research England allows universities and researchers in England to address their research priorities as they identify them</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 17/10/2019 15:23:47 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4092 label Biography information for Stephen Metcalfe

1148903

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	Health: Older People
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 his Department has made of time it will take to meet the Government’s ageing society target of five healthier, more independent years of life.
tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
tabling member printed	Stephen Metcalfe
uin	222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Through the Ageing Society Grand Challenge (ASGC), led by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), the Government has set an ambitious mission to “ensure that people can enjoy at least five extra healthy, independent years of life by 2035”.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 22/10/2019 09:01:09 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4092 label Biography information for Stephen Metcalfe