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1015176

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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: 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 accuracy of the estimate made by the Campaign for Science and Engineering that R&D funding will require an additional £9 billion a year by 2027 to meet the target of 2.4 per cent of GDP investment across the economy by that year.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	195668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the contribution of organisations such as the Campaign for Science and Engineering to the public debate.</p><p>The CaSE estimates set out a possible scenario for moving towards the 2.4% R&amp;D ambition; though there are a number of assumptions and uncertainties in any such assessment.</p><p>The figures presented by CaSE also highlight the role that increased private sector investment will need to play in meeting this challenge, and we are working with industry on our roadmap to meet the target.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 29/11/2018 14:42:20 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1015177

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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	Science: 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, if he will make it his policy to introduce a long-term funding plan for science.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	195669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has a long-term funding plan for science. We are increasing public R&amp;D spending by £7bn over 5 years, and we are working with UK Research and Innovation and other key partners to develop a roadmap that sets out how government and industry will work together to reach our target of increasing R&amp;D investment to 2.4% of GDP by 2027.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 29/11/2018 14:40:33 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1012277

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Innovate UK: Northern Ireland
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 and what proportion of Innovate UK's core budget was allocated to support business-led innovation in Northern Ireland in 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	194599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Innovate UK’s total core funding commitment to Northern Ireland[1] in 2017/18 was £5,624,883. This amounts to around 1% of Innovate UK’s total core funding.</p><p> </p><p>[1] based on the registered address of the companies – as stated on their application form – which is not always the same as the address at which the project work will be taking place.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 28/11/2018 16:43:00 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1012292

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Copyright: 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, with reference to the Trilogue process in relation to the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, whether the Government plans to support the inclusion of provisions to ensure that creators receive fair remuneration for the use of their works.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	194603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government supports the principle that creators should be fairly rewarded for their work whilst ensuring that we continue to encourage investment in new content and innovative services. We are engaging with our European partners to achieve these aims during Trilogue negotiations on this Directive.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/11/2018 14:50:26 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1012293

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Copyright: EU Countries
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 the reciprocal relationships the UK has with the EU that enable collective management organisations to collect royalties from EU countries and distribute to creators in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	194604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has considered this issue in the context of its Brexit analysis. It has concluded that the reciprocal arrangements between UK Collective Management Organisations (CMOs) and EU CMOs to collect royalties from EU countries and distribute to creators in the UK are private commercial agreements which are expected to continue after the UK has exited the European Union.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/11/2018 15:43:32 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1012350

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Copyright: 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, what steps his Department is taking to support the inclusion in the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market of provisions to ensure that creators receive fair remuneration for the use of their works.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
uin	194610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government supports the principle that creators should be fairly rewarded for their work whilst ensuring that we continue to encourage investment in new content and innovative services. We are positively engaging with our European partners to achieve this.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 29/11/2018 09:47:38 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1012351

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Copyright: EU Countries
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 potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the reciprocal relationships the UK has with the EU that enable collective management organisations to collect royalties from EU countries and distribute to creators in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
uin	194611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has considered this issue in the context of its Brexit analysis. It has concluded that the reciprocal arrangements between UK Collective Management Organisations (CMOs) and EU CMOs to collect royalties from EU countries and distribute to creators in the UK are private commercial agreements which are expected to continue after the UK has exited the European Union.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 29/11/2018 09:54:02 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1012372

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	British Students Abroad: Safety
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 guidance he has provided to the university sector on the safety of students while doing research overseas.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	194655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The general duties of an employer with regards to their staff and other people affected in some way by their business activities (i.e. researchers) are contained within the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HSAW). Additionally, employers have a common law duty to take reasonable care for their employees.</p><p> </p><p>While the HSAW only applies to those working in the UK, there is an expectation that employers consider HSAW aspects of employees working overseas. Individual organisations, including Universities and Research Councils, publish their own guidance on employees working abroad.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 28/11/2018 08:40:30 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1011580

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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: Expenditure
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 the Government has spent on R&D in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	194083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has increased spending on R&amp;D in the last five years.</p><p>Table 3 of the ONS statistical bulletin “UK Government expenditure on science, engineering and technology 2016” gives the following figures for total UK Government net expenditure on R&amp;D, including indicative UK contributions to EU R&amp;D, of</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><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><strong>9,953</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,816</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,941</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,070</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,230</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We have an ambition to raise total public and private R&amp;D expenditure to 2.4% of GDP by 2027. As a first step to reaching the 2.4% target, we announced in the 2016 Autumn Statement, and expanded in the 2017 Budget, an additional of £7 billion for R&amp;D over 5 years from 2017-18 to 2021-22 as part of the National Productivity Investment Fund.</p><p>We expect to see 2017 data next March.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 29/11/2018 09:10:37 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1010598

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Proprietary Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the march-in rights provided by the US Bayh-Dole Act 1980, if he will introduce such rights in Medical Research Council (MRC) contracts, to enable the Government to license a patent to a third party for a MRC-funded medicine.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	193426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The ownership of intellectual property (IP) arising from publicly funded research in the UK, including from Medical Research Council (MRC), resides with the research organisation within which the research is undertaken; which could be a university, independent research organisation or research council institute. These research organisations are expected to have exploitation arrangements in place as a condition of the transfer of IP ownership (for example, in Research Council grants), to enable third parties, including businesses and other organisations, to licence or commercialise the results of this research.</p><p>Where research is conducted in an MRC owned unit or institute, the arising IP is owned by the MRC. MRC uses LifeArc as its “technology transfer agent” for the protection, management and exploitation of this IP, including licencing to business and other organisations. Royalties arising from these licensing activities, and from licensing to any spin-outs based on any MRC-owned IP, are owned by the MRC for as long as the patent is effective; the earned income is re-invested by MRC in research.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 28/11/2018 15:42:10 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas