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1107742

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
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	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, if he will guarantee that UK Research and Innovation will sign the terms of grants of researchers who have submitted successful bids for European Research Council advanced grants in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal before the advanced grant process has been completed.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	238616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government underwrite guarantee will cover funding for all successful UK bids to Horizon 2020 that are submitted before exit, even if they are notified of success after exit. This includes the 47 successful UK bids to the ERC Advanced Grant 2018 call which form part of the €540m funding recently announced by the European Commission for cutting edge research.</p><p> </p><p>The UKRI portal was announced in the Horizon 2020 Technical Notice and is part of our plans to underwrite funding for UK Horizon 2020 beneficiaries in the event of ‘no deal’. In this scenario, UK beneficiaries who have registered on the UKRI portal will receive detailed information about how the guarantee will be delivered and the next steps that they need to take.</p><p> </p><p>If the underwrite does need to come into effect, our delivery partner, UKRI, is ready to deliver and has planned to make the process as simple and effective as possible for UK beneficiaries.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/04/2019 15:08:44 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

1107743

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
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	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 steps his Department is taking to ensure continuity of funding for research projects with EU funding in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	238649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave my hon. Friend the Member for North Herefordshire on 26 March 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-03-18/233471/" target="_blank">233471</a> on the funding of research projects with EU funding.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/04/2019 15:10:00 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1107744

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
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	Immunology: Training
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 increase skills in the workforce in relation to immunology.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	238650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The second Life Sciences Sector Deal published in December 2018, sets out a package of skills commitments between government and sector partners to help deliver the priority skills needs for life sciences broadly and to make the most of future opportunities. These commitments include: a Life Sciences Skills Strategy 2030; exploring the potential for a pilot to better encourage life sciences SMEs to take on apprentices; and a pilot programme for clinical academic research partnerships supported by £10m funding from the Medical Research Council.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/04/2019 15:11:06 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1105907

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
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: Intellectual Property
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 charge businesses to re-register for intellectual property protection in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	238407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government has confirmed we will create comparable UK trade marks and re registered designs free of charge, in respect of all registered EU trade marks and designs.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses with pending EU trade mark and design applications can apply to the UK for the same protections afforded to their EU right, and pay the normal UK fees.</p><p> </p><p>Patents covering the UK are not affected by EU exit; this includes patents granted under the (non-EU) European Patent Convention, which the UK will continue to be party to.</p><p> </p><p>Supplementary protection certificates for patented pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals already take effect as UK national rights under EU law. As the current legal framework will be maintained at exit, these will not need to be re-registered to remain in effect.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 02/04/2019 16:43:38 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1105544

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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	European Research Council: 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 steps the Government has taken to ensure the latest cohort of successful European Research Council Advanced Grant applicants are aware of the underwrite that exists should the UK leave the EU without a deal before the conditions of their grants have been finalised.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	237636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government underwrite guarantee will cover funding for all successful UK bids to Horizon 2020 that are submitted before exit, even if they are notified of success after exit. This includes the 47 successful UK bids to the ERC Advanced Grant 2018 call which form part of the €540m funding recently announced by the European Commission for cutting edge research.</p><p> </p><p>The UKRI portal was announced in the Horizon 2020 Technical Notice and is part of our plans to underwrite funding for UK Horizon 2020 beneficiaries in the event of ‘no deal’. In this scenario, UK beneficiaries who have registered on the UKRI portal will receive detailed information about how the guarantee will be delivered and the next steps that they need to take.</p><p> </p><p>Since the announcement of the underwrite guarantee in 2016, the Government has consistently reiterated our commitment to deliver it, should it be required. Methods used include Ministerial statements in Parliament, digital engagement by both BEIS and our delivery partner UKRI, and direct engagement with business and stakeholder groups.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 03/04/2019 15:16:49 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

1105169

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Innovate UK: Grants
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 proportion of Innovate UK grant funding has been awarded to (a) SMEs and (b) large companies since 2004; and what the amount awarded has been by sector over that period.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	237126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>Innovate UK (part of UK Research and Innovation) is successfully delivering significant cross-cutting programmes, such as the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund and supporting the Industrial Strategy ambition to raise total R&amp;D investment to 2.4% of GDP by 2027.</p><p> </p><p>Innovate UK’s total funding to businesses since 2004 was <strong>£4,927,852,733. </strong></p><p> </p><p>A breakdown is provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Total funding to SMEs* (including non-core)</p></td><td><p>£2,181,060,497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total funding to Large (including non-core)</p></td><td><p>£2,746,792,236</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Non-core funding refers to funding given to Innovate UK by other government departments to deliver specific programmes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Total funding to SMEs* (excluding non-core)</p></td><td><p>£1,909,487,601</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total funding to Large (excluding non-core)</p></td><td><p>£1,502,060,647</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*based on “self-declared” enterprise size</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grant funding (total)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aerospace</p></td><td><p>£902,108,585</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agri-Tech</p></td><td><p>£100,604,518</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Energy</p></td><td><p>£293,617,745</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Healthcare</p></td><td><p>£296,251,076</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Life Science</p></td><td><p>£31,839,677</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Materials &amp; Manufacturing</p></td><td><p>£43,862,354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Space</p></td><td><p>£20,741,617</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport</p></td><td><p>£450,715,025</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other sectors</p></td><td><p>£2,788,112,136</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 03/04/2019 16:34:59 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner