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1122385

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
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	STEM Subjects: Research
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 plans to increase Government funding to support the STEM research sector; and what recent assessment he has made of the effect of such Government funding on changes in the number of highly skilled people working in that sector.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	246536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>Through our modern Industrial Strategy we have committed to the highest R&amp;D increase on record. We have announced increases in public R&amp;D spending worth £7bn up to 2021/2022, 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, which would be the highest recorded level, and 3% in the longer-term.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that to make best use of this increased level of investment in science we will need to increase the number of researchers and strengthen the pipeline leading to research careers. Though it is too early to assess the impacts of these new programmes we are addressing this need through such programmes as UK Research and Innovation’s £900m Future Leaders Fellowship which aims to attract the best researchers from the UK and from around the world.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 29/04/2019 15:24:40 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1122453

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
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	Artificial Intelligence and Computers: Research
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 steps he has taken to support research into advanced computing and artificial intelligence.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	246446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>Research and development is fundamental to improving future living standards, as well as tackling some of the greatest challenges and opportunities, such as those identified in our Industrial Strategy Grand Challenges, which includes Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data. Through the Industrial Strategy, we have committed to reaching the target of 2.4% of GDP investment in R&amp;D by 2027 and 3% in the longer term, placing us in the top quartile of OECD countries.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2018, we announced a Sector Deal between government and industry that will put the UK at the forefront of the AI industry. As part of this, UKRI announced £100m investment in February 2019 in PhDs in AI at 16 new Centres for Doctoral Training based at 14 UK universities. UKRI has also announced four regional workshops to seek input to the current UKRI Review of AI.</p><p> </p><p>In advanced computing, my rt. hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced £79 million funding for the next national supercomputer, ARCHER2, in the recent Spring Statement. The supercomputer will be hundreds of thousands of times more powerful than a traditional desktop computer and will be used to run massive research simulations. This new resource will be housed at the University of Edinburgh's Advanced Computing Facility at Easter Bush, and will be integral in aiding discoveries in many areas of research including Materials Science, Engineering, Physics and Chemistry and Climate science.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 29/04/2019 15:24:27 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1121916

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
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	STEM Subjects: Research
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 he has taken to increase the skills for people working in STEM research,
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	245819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognizes the need to enhance the UK’s research talent pipeline and increase the number of opportunities on offer for highly-skilled researchers and innovators and has taken steps to do so.</p><p>For example, in June 2018 we announced £1.3bn investment in UK talent and skills to grow and attract the best in science and innovation. This includes:</p><ul><li>£900m invested for the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship which is open to the best researchers from around the world.</li><li>£50m invested to existing programmes that are delivered through UKRI which include 300 additional PhDs, 90 additional Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, and up to 300 PhD additional Innovation Placements</li><li>£350m invested for prestigious National Academy fellowships.</li></ul> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 24/04/2019 16:10:28 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1121995

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
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	Quantum Technology
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 his Department has developed a strategy for the development of new quantum technologies.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	245537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>As part of the UK Industrial Strategy, government will be refreshing the 2015 national strategy for quantum technologies in collaboration with National Quantum Technologies Programme (NQTP) partners.</p><p>This will follow a refresh of the programme’s governance arrangements, in response to the scale of private investment anticipated under phase 2 of the 10-year NQTP.</p><p>In Autumn Statement 2013, the UK government announced an investment of £270m over five years into the first phase of the NQTP, intended to move quantum technology out of laboratories and into the marketplace, to boost British business and make a real difference to everyday lives.</p><p>The national strategy itself was drawn up in 2015 by the Quantum Technologies Strategic Advisory Board (QT SAB). It was published by Innovate UK and the <a href="http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/" target="_blank">Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council</a> (EPSRC) and its recommendations are delivered mainly through the work of the NQTP. In 2018, the UK government committed a further £315m (subject to business case approval) towards the second phase – due to start in 2019.</p><p>The strategy aims to create a coherent government, industry and academic community that will give the UK a world-leading position in the emerging multi-billion-pound quantum technology markets, delivering transformational improvements across areas as diverse as sensing, imaging, computing and communications, and substantially enhancing the value of some of the biggest UK-based industries such as finance, defence, aerospace, energy and telecommunications.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 25/04/2019 06:53:09 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1121529

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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: 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 assessment his Department has made of the effect on European Research Council grants for UK researchers between June 2016 and March 2019 of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	244027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>The table below outlines the number of awarded European Research Council grants in the UK since 2016.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Starting Grant</strong></p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Consolidator Grant</strong></p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Advanced Grant</strong></p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Proof of Concept Grant</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Synergy Grant</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>197</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>226</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>202</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Further information can be found at <a href="https://erc.europa.eu/projects-figures/statistics" target="_blank">https://erc.europa.eu/projects-figures/statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 24/04/2019 16:10:04 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1121530

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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: 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 discussions he has had with the (a) British Academy, (b) Royal Society and (c) Wellcome Trust on the effect on British academics of being able to participate in joint bids with EU colleagues for future European Research Council grants as a result of the extension to Article 50.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	244028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>BEIS regularly engages with stakeholders in the science, research and innovation community on the impact of EU exit on British academics.</p><p> </p><p>This includes with the British Academy, Royal Society and Wellcome Trust through the High Level stakeholder working group on EU Exit, universities, research and innovation, chaired by the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 24/04/2019 16:10:12 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1121531

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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	Horizon 2020
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 (a) Universities UK, (b) UK Research and Innovation, (c) Office for Students on whether the UK will participate in the Horizon Europe scheme from 2021 following the extension to Article 50.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	244029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>I chair a High Level stakeholder group on EU Exit. This group meets monthly to discuss EU Exit issues related to universities, research and innovation and is attended by a wide range of stakeholders including Universities UK, UK Research and Innovation and Office for Students.</p><p> </p><p>Horizon Europe is still being negotiated through the EU Institutions, but we have been clear that we would like the option to associate to the Programme. Further details on Horizon Europe need to be finalised before we can make an informed decision on future UK participation.</p><p> </p><p>In any scenario, the Government remains committed to continuing to back UK researchers and innovators by supporting measures to enable world-class collaborative research.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 24/04/2019 16:10:22 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1110574

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April to Question 237126 on Innovate UK: Grants, what proportion of Innovate UK grant funding has been awarded to (a) SMEs and (b) large companies since 2004 in each sector.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	242858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>Since 2004, Innovate UK has allocated funding to the following sectors.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sector </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Large business</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SME</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aerospace</p></td><td><p>£840,714,248</p></td><td><p>£61,394,337</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agri-Tech</p></td><td><p>£10,425,603</p></td><td><p>£90,178,915</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Energy</p></td><td><p>£140,484,835</p></td><td><p>£153,132,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Healthcare</p></td><td><p>£27,631,824</p></td><td><p>£268,619,252</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Life Science</p></td><td><p>£3,605,908</p></td><td><p>£28,233,769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Materials and Manufacturing</p></td><td><p>£6,653,473</p></td><td><p>£37,208,881</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Space</p></td><td><p>£6,358,779</p></td><td><p>£14,382,838</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport</p></td><td><p>£229,587,823</p></td><td><p>£221,127,202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other sectors</p></td><td><p>£1,481,329,743</p></td><td><p>£1,306,782,393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p><strong>2,746,792,236</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,181,060,497</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/04/2019 15:37:44 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1110828

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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	Waste: Energy
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 investment his Department has made in university and other institutions researching into energy from waste with heat recovery.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	242707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2019 answer text <p>UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funds high quality research and innovation as part of the Government’s wider ambition to increase the UK’s total R&amp;D investment to 2.4% of GDP by 2027. UKRI works in partnership with universities, research organisations, businesses, charities, and government to create the best possible environment for research and innovation to flourish.</p><p> </p><p>Current examples that relate to generating energy from waste include £1.7m from Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council through the Global Challenges Research Fund for <a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=BB%2FS011439%2F1" target="_blank">a project led by the University of Leeds</a> to facilitate the production of biogas, clean water, and the recovery of nutrients, from nutrient rich waste.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 17/04/2019 15:43:22 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1110170

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	Science: Investment
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 encourage commercial investment in deep science ventures; what incentives the Government has in place to support such investment; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	242221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy sets out our plan to make the UK the World’s most innovative economy, building on our global leadership in science and research. We are supporting the Industrial Strategy ambition to raise the total R&amp;D investment to 2.4% of GDP by 2027, and 3% in the longer-term. The Government will invest an additional £7bn in R&amp;D by 2020/2021. This will be the largest increase ever.</p><p> </p><p>The 2018 Budget allocated £1.6 billion of funding towards boosting transformative technologies, backing UK scientists and industry at the frontier of innovation. We are also supporting more companies to do research and development through the UK’s R&amp;D Tax Credits Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is supporting research commercialisation and collaboration between university, business and charities through several significant investments. These include:</p><ul><li>providing support for the creation of new research centres and facilities through the £900m UK Research Partnership Investment Fund; and funding for the Catapult network.</li><li>increasing Higher Education Innovation Funding to £250m pa by 2021 (to underpin universities capacity to work with business), and providing £100m for Connecting Capability Fund enabling universities to collaborate together, to pool resources and capability to make it easier for investors and business to access;</li><li>as well as through established Research Council and Innovate UK mechanisms.</li></ul><p>British Patient Capital Ltd, a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank has been given resources of £2.5bn over the next 10 years to support venture and growth capital funds to make longer-term investments in innovative UK-based businesses with high growth potential.</p><p>We are encouraging long-term investment into R&amp;D, with £1.7bn invested in strategic research programmes through the first two waves of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. These challenges have been developed to broadly align with the Grand Challenges: Clean Growth, AI and Data, Ageing Society and the Future of Mobility, society-changing opportunities and industries of the future. We are also working in partnership with businesses to develop Sector Deals that will create significant opportunities to boost productivity, employment, innovation and skills.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 16/04/2019 08:56:42 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill