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919309

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
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	Research: Finance
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 answer of 12 December 2017 to Question 117393 on Research: Investment, when he plans to publish a roadmap for meeting his target of increasing investment in R&D to 2.4 per cent of GDP by 2027.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	151203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>Since the publication of the Industrial Strategy, we have been speaking to businesses, academics and other stakeholders to develop the roadmap. Through this engagement we are exploring the barriers to increased R&amp;D investment by business, the greatest opportunities for R&amp;D growth over the next decade, and the key policies Government should prioritise to reach the 2.4% goal and deliver economic and societal impact.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/06/2018 13:52:49 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

919312

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
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	Research: Finance
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 Answer of 11 December 2017 to Question 117396 on Research: Finance, what the timetable is for the new Strategic Priorities Fund to be operational.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	151205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>UK Research and Innovation have set out the objectives of the Strategic Priorities Fund in its Strategic Prospectus, published in May 2018. The Strategic Priorities Fund will: drive an increase in high-quality multi- and interdisciplinary research and innovation; ensure that UKRI’s investment links up effectively with Government departments’ research priorities and opportunities; and ensure the system is able to respond to strategic priorities and opportunities. Further details on the operational timetable will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/06/2018 15:52:41 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

901375

registered interest
date	10/05/2018
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	Research: Finance
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 he has made of the effect of the short term project funding model on the diversity of early years researchers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	142842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>The Research Councils monitor and publish annually the diversity data of their applicants which has been extended to include data for successfully appointed students since 2015-16. The data is used to track progress and inform policy. With the creation of UKRI, we recognise there is a real opportunity to build on this data collection and we aim to extend this to include a similar dataset for Innovate UK. UKRI has recently launched the recruitment for establishing an external advisory group and will be developing an equality, diversity and inclusion action plan.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers 2008 provides a single, unambiguous statement of the expectations and responsibilities of research funders and institutions with respect to the management of researchers/contract research staff. In accordance with this, diversity and equality must be promoted in all aspects of the recruitment and career management of researchers. Vitae leads on its management and implementation, reporting to the Concordat Strategy Group which includes representatives of all the main UK funders and employers of researchers. The Concordat Strategy Group is currently carrying out a ten-year review of the Concordat. The review will be carried out by an independent expert review panel, with a secretariat provided by UKRI and Innovation. A report will be published in September 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/05/2018 12:20:27 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

901376

registered interest
date	10/05/2018
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	Research: Finance
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 employment rights are associated with (a) post-doctoral and (b) project research funding for researchers in the early stage of their careers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	142843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>Researchers have statutory employment rights as do any other UK employee, irrespective of their career stage. Any other contractual entitlements they may have would vary from employer to employer. PhD students are not necessarily employed by the institution where they are studying.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/05/2018 12:19:29 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

846356

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Research: Finance
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 the UK has invested in research and development as a percentage of GDP in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	129012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) provides annual estimates of Gross Expenditure on R&amp;D (GERD) as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the UK. This is the preferred measure of R&amp;D activity by international standards, as defined in the Frascati Manual 2015 (see: <a href="http://www.oecd.org/publications/frascati-manual-2015-9789264239012-en.htm" target="_blank">http://www.oecd.org/publications/frascati-manual-2015-9789264239012-en.htm</a>). The latest data covers the period 2010 to 2015, this shows that GERD as a percentage of GDP has increased from 1.64% in 2010, to 1.68% in 2015. Further information can be found here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/researchanddevelopmentexpenditure/datasets/governmentexpenditureonresearchanddevelopment" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/researchanddevelopmentexpenditure/datasets/governmentexpenditureonresearchanddevelopment</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 01/03/2018 11:22:24 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

809578

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	Research: Finance
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 mechanisms his Department uses to share best practice with other Government Departments on including provisions on affordable access in research and development grants.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	120236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>This Government supports open access to research publications, following the Finch Report in 2012, and further advice from Professor Adam Tickell in 2016. It is for the Research Councils and Funding Councils (and, soon, UK Research and Innovation) to implement open access within their arrangements for grants and other instruments. The Research Councils make available block grants to enable universities to make publications arising from their research open access.</p><p> </p><p>Best practice in this regard is for research publications to be open access, that is, freely available for all to read on the internet, and for research data to be “FAIR”. We support the recent G7 communique that proposes that “research data should adhere to the FAIR principles of being findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable”. This does not mean that such data should always be open, as there are circumstances in which that would not be appropriate, for example where personal confidentiality or national security might be put at risk. Best practice is shared with other Government departments, primarily through the work of the Government Office for Science, and the Chief Scientific Advisors in Government departments across Whitehall.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/01/2018 14:40:54 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

800772

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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	Research: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page 67 of the Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish a roadmap for meeting his target of increasing investment in R&D to 2.4 per cent of GDP by 2027.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	117393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>We will publish a roadmap in 2018 that sets out how Government and industry will work together to reach the 2.4% target.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 12/12/2017 15:17:23 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

800775

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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	Research: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page 68 of Industrial Strategy: Building a Britain fit for the future, when he expects the new Strategic Priorities Fund to be operational.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	117396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>UK Research and Innovation will work with the Government to develop a new competitive Strategic Priorities Fund. We are designing the operating model for the fund to ensure that we invest strategically whilst also giving certainty for the long term. Further details will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/12/2017 15:11:40 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

767903

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
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	Research: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of concerns expressed by the UK scientific community regarding future participation in EU funded research projects, what funds will be made available to UK research teams following Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL1822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>This Government wants the UK to be the go-to place for researchers, innovators and investors across the world. This is why we are increasing research and development investment by £4.7 billion over the period 2017-18 to 2020-21, an increase of around 20% to total government R&amp;D spending, more than any increase in any parliament since 1979.</p><p>We would welcome an agreement to continue to collaborate with our European partners on major science, research, and technology initiatives. On 6 September we published a future partnership paper on collaboration on science and innovation. As part of our ambition for a new deep and special partnership with the EU, recognising our shared interest in maintaining and strengthening research collaboration, the UK will seek an agreement that promotes science and innovation across Europe now and in the future.</p><p>While we remain a member of the EU, UK businesses and universities should continue to bid for competitive EU funds, 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. This includes awards that are bid for before exit that are successful after exit.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 19/10/2017 13:52:02 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

765411

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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	Research: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government's policy paper, Collaboration on Science and Innovation: Future Partnership Paper, published on 6 September 2017, what assessment the Government has made on the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on its targets of UK research and development spending reaching 2.4 per cent of GDP by 2027; and what steps he plans to take to ensure that that target is reached.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	105591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>This Government has set out its vision to meet R&amp;D investment of 2.4% of GDP within ten years and 3% in the longer-term. R&amp;D funding from the EU contributes to overall R&amp;D expenditure in the UK and we would welcome an agreement to continue to collaborate with our European partners on major science, research, and technology initiatives.</p><p> </p><p>While we remain a member of the EU, UK businesses and universities should continue to bid for competitive EU funds, 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. This includes awards that are bid for before exit that are successful after exit.</p><p> </p><p>Going forward, our ambition for R&amp;D investment will be an important part of our Industrial Strategy and will require a concerted cross-government approach. We have already increased R&amp;D investment by £4.7 billion over the period 2017-18 to 2020-21. This equates to an extra £2 billion per year by 2020-21 and is an increase of around 20% to total government R&amp;D spending, more than any increase in any parliament since 1979.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 16/10/2017 16:17:00 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins