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registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	Aircraft: Electric Motors
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 the development of hybrid-electric aircraft.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	200683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>As set out in our Industrial Strategy Government backs aerospace through its Aerospace Growth Partnership, which tackles barriers to growth, boost exports and grows high value jobs in the UK. This includes committing £1.95 billion to aerospace R&amp;D until 2026.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is a global leader in aviation and aerospace innovation and, is already developing exciting new forms of transport. As announced at the Farnborough Airshow in July the Government is backing a £58m partnership between Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Siemens to develop a flight demonstrator for hybrid-electric propulsion for commercial aircraft.</p><p> </p><p>On 6<sup>th</sup> December as part of a new Sector Deal for Aerospace, the Government launched the Future Flight Challenge, which will provide up to £125 million of additional funding, which industry will match to support the development of new aircraft technologies and transport concepts – including hybrid-electric, electric and autonomous aircraft - to transform the future of transport as we utilise our airspace to ease congestion.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Future of Mobility Grand Challenge and alongside the Department for Transport’s forthcoming Aviation Strategy, we are exploring how these new technologies will change the way we travel, helping create the right conditions for the success of the UK’s aerospace and aviation industries.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 200684 200685 question first answered 17/12/2018 14:42:54 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1022894

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	Aircraft: Electric Motors
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 the development of battery-electric aircraft.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	200684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>As set out in our Industrial Strategy Government backs aerospace through its Aerospace Growth Partnership, which tackles barriers to growth, boost exports and grows high value jobs in the UK. This includes committing £1.95 billion to aerospace R&amp;D until 2026.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is a global leader in aviation and aerospace innovation and, is already developing exciting new forms of transport. As announced at the Farnborough Airshow in July the Government is backing a £58m partnership between Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Siemens to develop a flight demonstrator for hybrid-electric propulsion for commercial aircraft.</p><p> </p><p>On 6<sup>th</sup> December as part of a new Sector Deal for Aerospace, the Government launched the Future Flight Challenge, which will provide up to £125 million of additional funding, which industry will match to support the development of new aircraft technologies and transport concepts – including hybrid-electric, electric and autonomous aircraft - to transform the future of transport as we utilise our airspace to ease congestion.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Future of Mobility Grand Challenge and alongside the Department for Transport’s forthcoming Aviation Strategy, we are exploring how these new technologies will change the way we travel, helping create the right conditions for the success of the UK’s aerospace and aviation industries.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 200683 200685 question first answered 17/12/2018 14:42:54 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1022897

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	Aviation: Innovation
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 the development of new air transport concepts.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	200685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>As set out in our Industrial Strategy Government backs aerospace through its Aerospace Growth Partnership, which tackles barriers to growth, boost exports and grows high value jobs in the UK. This includes committing £1.95 billion to aerospace R&amp;D until 2026.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is a global leader in aviation and aerospace innovation and, is already developing exciting new forms of transport. As announced at the Farnborough Airshow in July the Government is backing a £58m partnership between Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Siemens to develop a flight demonstrator for hybrid-electric propulsion for commercial aircraft.</p><p> </p><p>On 6<sup>th</sup> December as part of a new Sector Deal for Aerospace, the Government launched the Future Flight Challenge, which will provide up to £125 million of additional funding, which industry will match to support the development of new aircraft technologies and transport concepts – including hybrid-electric, electric and autonomous aircraft - to transform the future of transport as we utilise our airspace to ease congestion.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Future of Mobility Grand Challenge and alongside the Department for Transport’s forthcoming Aviation Strategy, we are exploring how these new technologies will change the way we travel, helping create the right conditions for the success of the UK’s aerospace and aviation industries.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 200683 200684 question first answered 17/12/2018 14:42:54 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1010443

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	Lithium: Cornwall
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the potential contribution of lithium extraction in Cornwall to achieving the aims of the Industrial Strategy.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	907713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>I am very aware of Cornwall’s contribution to the UK economy and I welcome any responsible exploitation of its natural resources including lithium which as my hon Friend knows is a key element in battery technology. That technology has great potential, which we are backing with £246m through a Faraday Challenge to boost expertise in the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/11/2018 15:22:05 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double