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228119

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	ICT: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what remit Tech North will have to work with existing business infrastructure in the North.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	228287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>TechNorth works closely with a range of partners representative of the local digital business infrastructure, including entrepreneurs and investors from digital clusters in Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, Hull and the North East cluster (Newcastle, Sunderland and Tees Valley).</p><p> </p><p>The TechNorth team will coordinate the existing support and expertise across the region as part of Tech City UK's nationwide objectives, to:</p><p>- drive the success of digital entrepreneurs by improving the supply of (and removing barriers to) skills, talent, investment and infrastructure and</p><p>- drive the success of the digital ecosystem and increased connectivity across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Tech City UK is concluding the process of recruitment for the new Head of TechNorth and other senior roles. Once the senior team is in place it will develop a detailed business plan by June 2015, working with the northern tech community.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 228278 question first answered 23/03/2015 13:46:30 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

228120

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	ICT: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to publish the business plan for Tech North.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	228278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>TechNorth works closely with a range of partners representative of the local digital business infrastructure, including entrepreneurs and investors from digital clusters in Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, Hull and the North East cluster (Newcastle, Sunderland and Tees Valley).</p><p> </p><p>The TechNorth team will coordinate the existing support and expertise across the region as part of Tech City UK's nationwide objectives, to:</p><p>- drive the success of digital entrepreneurs by improving the supply of (and removing barriers to) skills, talent, investment and infrastructure and</p><p>- drive the success of the digital ecosystem and increased connectivity across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Tech City UK is concluding the process of recruitment for the new Head of TechNorth and other senior roles. Once the senior team is in place it will develop a detailed business plan by June 2015, working with the northern tech community.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 228287 question first answered 23/03/2015 13:46:30 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

227699

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Science: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether (a) the Centre for Life in Newcastle and (b) other service centres are eligible for funding from his Department's Inspiring Science Capital Fund.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	227755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Inspiring Science Capital fund is currently in an early stage of development. The eligibility for funding will be confirmed in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 23/03/2015 16:00:31 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

226197

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Postgraduate Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the proposed timetable is for his consultation on the introduction of loans for postgraduate students.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	226986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The public consultation on the proposed postgraduate loan schemes will be launched shortly.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 19/03/2015 16:17:37 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

225955

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Medicine: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of reasons for regional per capita disparities in the distribution of medical research funding.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	226852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has not made any assessment of reasons for differences in regional per capita distribution of Research Council funding. Research Council funding is awarded on the basis of the excellence of the research proposal assured through peer view.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 226853 question first answered 19/03/2015 16:19:01 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 49430 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

225956

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Research Councils
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of reasons for regional per capita disparities in the distribution of Research Councils' funding.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	226853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has not made any assessment of reasons for differences in regional per capita distribution of Research Council funding. Research Council funding is awarded on the basis of the excellence of the research proposal assured through peer view.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 226852 question first answered 19/03/2015 16:19:01 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 49433 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

225601

registered interest
date	06/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Science: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on continuing the ring-fencing of science revenue spending; and if he will make it his policy to increase that budget in line with inflation.
tabling member constituency	Brecon and Radnorshire
tabling member printed	Roger Williams
uin	226585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer my hon Friend to the reply I gave to my hon friend the Member for Hendon (Dr Matthew Offord) to question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-02-25/225412/" target="_blank">225412</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 19/03/2015 15:46:55 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 49183 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1394 label Biography information for Roger Williams

225083

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the total amount of student loans outstanding as of January 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	226426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) values all Student Loans on 31 March each year. This is reported in the BIS Annual Report and Accounts. This value includes loans issued, plus interest, less repayments and actual write-offs during the year. The next publication of this value, as at 31 March 2015, will be in the summer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 13/03/2015 14:12:57 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 48706 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

224636

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Regional Growth Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support the Regional Growth Fund has provided for the Civil Nuclear Sharing in Growth programme in each year since 2010 Regional Growth Fund.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	226100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The Civil Nuclear Sharing in Growth Programme has been allocated £27.3 million from the Regional Growth Fund.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 19/03/2015 15:48:09 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

224691

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Higher Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps have been taken to ensure the maintenance of quality at publicly-funded English higher education institutions after the lift of the student number controls in the 2015-16 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	226102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government signalled to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), in their 2015 grant letter, that students should expect the highest quality learning opportunities. The Council have developed mechanisms to assure the quality of the academic student experience.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 13/03/2015 11:54:03 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman