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809771

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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	Electronic Equipment: Counterfeit Manufacturing
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 is taking to stop the sale of fake branded electronics which may cause fires.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	120391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government works in partnership with industry and law enforcement to reduce the supply to consumers of all forms of counterfeit goods.</p><p> </p><p>The Intellectual Property Office’s intelligence hub supports intellectual property (IP) enforcement activity undertaken by regional Trading Standards teams, the Police IP Crime Unit and Border Force. Recent work has focussed on tackling the supply of illicit streaming devices, which are known to present a substantial fire and electrical shock risk.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/12/2017 10:45:57 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

808885

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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 Space Agency
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 the relationship between the UK and the European Space Agency will be after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	119994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The European Space Agency is a membership organisation independent of the European Union. I demonstrated my continuing support for collaboration within the European Space Agency (ESA) through an investment of €1.4bn made at the ESA Ministerial meeting in Lucerne in December 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/12/2017 12:52:04 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

808886

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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	Galileo System
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 plans to take to ensure that UK firms with contracts on the Galileo Satellite program can retain them after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	119995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This Government intends to secure the best possible outcome for the UK as we exit the European Union. The UK has played a major part in developing the main EU space programmes including Galileo. The Government has made clear that the EU and the UK should consider all options, including new arrangements, to ensure our future cooperation on space maintains our security and supports mutual prosperity; however it is too early to speculate on the UK’s future relationship with specific EU programmes and the Government will not be providing a commentary on each aspect of the negotiations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 119996 question first answered 21/12/2017 12:49:25 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

808887

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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	Galileo System
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 progress he has made on establishing a new security accord with the EU to ensure continued access to the Galileo Satellite system’s encrypted services after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	119996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This Government intends to secure the best possible outcome for the UK as we exit the European Union. The UK has played a major part in developing the main EU space programmes including Galileo. The Government has made clear that the EU and the UK should consider all options, including new arrangements, to ensure our future cooperation on space maintains our security and supports mutual prosperity; however it is too early to speculate on the UK’s future relationship with specific EU programmes and the Government will not be providing a commentary on each aspect of the negotiations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 119995 question first answered 21/12/2017 12:49:25 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

809048

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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 steps he is taking to encourage researchers to continue to make bids for Horizon 2020 funding.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	120157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government wants the UK to be the go-to place for scientists, innovators and tech investors across the world. We intend to secure the right outcome for the UK research base as we exit the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>The joint report from the negotiators of the European Union and the United Kingdom Government approved by the European Council on 15 December stated that UK entities’ right to participate in EU programmes will be unaffected by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. This means that UK based organisations and individuals will be able to bid for funding, participate in and lead consortia, in 2019 and 2020, and will continue to receive funding for the lifetime of the project.</p><p> </p><p>It remains the case that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed, which is why the Government’s underwrite guarantee remains in place. UK businesses and universities should continue to bid for competitive EU funds while we remain a member of the EU and we will work with the Commission to ensure payment when funds are awarded. The Government will underwrite the payment of such awards, even when specific projects continue beyond the UK’s departure from the EU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 119585 question first answered 21/12/2017 12:58:43 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

806509

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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 steps he is taking to encourage UK researchers to bid for Horizon 2020 funding.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	119585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government wants the UK to be the go-to place for scientists, innovators and tech investors across the world. We intend to secure the right outcome for the UK research base as we exit the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>The joint report from the negotiators of the European Union and the United Kingdom Government approved by the European Council on 15 December stated that UK entities’ right to participate in EU programmes will be unaffected by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. This means that UK based organisations and individuals will be able to bid for funding, participate in and lead consortia, in 2019 and 2020, and will continue to receive funding for the lifetime of the project.</p><p> </p><p>It remains the case that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed, which is why the Government’s underwrite guarantee remains in place. UK businesses and universities should continue to bid for competitive EU funds while we remain a member of the EU and we will work with the Commission to ensure payment when funds are awarded. The Government will underwrite the payment of such awards, even when specific projects continue beyond the UK’s departure from the EU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 120157 question first answered 21/12/2017 12:58:43 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

806521

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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	Life Sciences: 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 conditions he plans to impose on the recipients of grants from the recently announced £17 million fund for life sciences to ensure that patients achieve affordable access to the health technologies developed.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	119597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The £17m allocated to life sciences projects in my rt. hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer’s recent speech at the Francis Crick Institute is part of a wider programme of life sciences research driven forward by government and industry partners to ensure that the UK health system, both public and private, has access to cutting-edge health technologies. Standard grant conditions apply and this is part of the UKRI remit.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 19/12/2017 15:06:31 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

806706

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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 Cells: 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, how much funding his Department has allocated for embryonic stem cell research to date; and what estimate he has made of the number of such funded research projects involving embryonic stem cells which have yielded results clearly beneficial to public health.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	119782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy sets the overall budgets of the independent research councils, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and Innovate UK, which then allocate funds for individual grants and research organisations in line with the Haldane Principle</p><p> </p><p>The research councils have allocated the following funds to projects which include research related to embryonic stem cells. Note that projects have been included where relevant based on the information provided at the time of application. As projects may be refined following submission it is likely that some projects in the portfolio ultimately did not use embryonic tissue. Values are given as the total spend on grants that involve research using stem cells, but it may be that only a proportion of the research undertaken on a grant involves stem cells. Further information on individual projects can be found on the RCUK Gateway to Research, see: <a href="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/" target="_blank">http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>BBSRC</strong></p></td><td><p>£3,000,000</p></td><td><p>£4,300,000</p></td><td><p>£4,100,000</p></td><td><p>£4,000,000</p></td><td><p>£3,800,000</p></td><td><p>£4,200,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>EPSRC</strong></p></td><td><p>£216,000</p></td><td><p>£737,401</p></td><td><p>£969,896</p></td><td><p>£568,611</p></td><td><p>£486,260</p></td><td><p>£167,303</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>MRC</strong></p></td><td><p>£7,639,000</p></td><td><p>£6,886,000</p></td><td><p>£6,190,000</p></td><td><p>£5,642,000</p></td><td><p>£6,128,000</p></td><td><p>£5,711,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£10,855,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£11,923.401</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£11,259,896</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£10,210,611</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£10,414,260</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£10,078,303</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Innovate UK has funded a number of projects directly involving embryonic stem cell R&amp;D since 2007.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY commitment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grant Committed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£205,959</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£93,687</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£90,067</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£119,937</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£158,991</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>£53,537</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Innovate UK has funded the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult to conduct embryonic stem cell research and latest updated figures show an investment of £700,000 across 2015/16 and 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>Research Councils and Innovate UK collect information on project outcomes, but these are not explicitly assessed in terms of benefits to public health</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/12/2017 12:54:32 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

806028

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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, pursuant to the oral contribution by the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation on 12 December 2017, Official Report, col. 172, what plans he has to make up the funding to the UK from Horizon 2020 which that programme has not contributed to the UK in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	119237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Until our departure from the EU, we remain a fully paid up Member State, with all the rights and obligations that entails. This means that while we remain a member of the EU, UK businesses and universities continue to have full access to funding through the EU Research and Innovation Framework Programme, Horizon 2020. The important work being done by our researchers, universities and innovative businesses must continue throughout this period.</p><p>The joint report from the negotiators of the European Union and the United Kingdom Government approved by the European Council on 15 December stated that UK entities’ right to participate in EU programmes will be unaffected by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. This means that UK based organisations and individuals will be able to bid for funding, participate in and lead consortia, in 2019 and 2020, and will continue to receive funding for the lifetime of the project.</p><p>It remains the case that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed, which is why the Government’s underwrite guarantee remains in place. UK businesses and universities should continue to bid for competitive EU funds while we remain a member of the EU and we will work with the Commission to ensure payment when funds are awarded. The Government will underwrite the payment of such awards, even when specific projects continue beyond the UK’s departure from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/12/2017 16:52:52 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

806318

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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	Charity Research Support Fund
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 the timetable is for the implementation of the recommendation of the Life Sciences Industrial Strategy to increase the funding of the Charity Research Support Fund.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	119510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Life Sciences Sector Deal demonstrates a joint strategic direction between government and the sector that reflects shared ambition to modernise the industry. The Deal built on the sector-led Life Sciences Industrial Strategy which made a series of recommendations to Government, which marked the start of negotiations for a Sector Deal.</p><p>The Government recognises the important contribution of charity funded research to the UK Life Sciences sector and the important public benefits arising from this. The charity support element of Quality Related research funding, which is currently provided by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), recognises this and that charities do not pay full economic costs. Decisions on how much to allocate to charity research support from within their overall research funding is a matter for HEFCE Board (and in future for Research England). HEFCE has maintained the charity research support element of Quality Related (QR) research funding at £198mpa, and as a proportion of total Quality Related (QR) research funding, since 2010-11.</p><p>The Government has made clear that allocation of the additional £4.7bn funding for R&amp;D announced at Autumn Statement 2016 would reflect our commitment to the “balanced funding principle for dual support”. As part of the process of developing the Industrial Strategy, the CE Designate of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) provided advice to the Secretary of State on allocations across all the constituent Councils of UKRI. Detailed decisions on the allocation of “dual support” funding in England for different elements of Quality Related research and knowledge exchange will be determined by Research England, and will be announced in due course.</p><p>HEFCE has carefully monitored and assessed the implications of the level of funding allocated through charity research support element of QR, and Research England will continue to do so in future, working closely with the charity funders to demonstrate the value and contribution of this important funding stream.</p><p>The Government also supports charities through a wide range of other measures including the Gift Aid tax relief, which allows charities to reclaim the income tax paid on their donations and direct them towards their strategic priorities, including funding research.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 119511 119512 question first answered 18/12/2017 16:10:59 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah