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864297

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
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	Business: Training
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 information his Department holds on whether companies are increasing the training opportunities available for their employees.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	132781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Data published in the UKCES Employer Skills Survey 2015 suggests that while total expenditure on training has increased between 2011 and 2015 the amount per employee has remained the same.</p><p> </p><p>Total training expenditure and spend per person and per trainee 2011 - 2015</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total (£bn)</p></td><td><p>Spend per trainee (£)</p></td><td><p>Spend per employee (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>43.8</p></td><td><p>2,974</p></td><td><p>1,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>43.0</p></td><td><p>2,560</p></td><td><p>1,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>45.4</p></td><td><p>2,610</p></td><td><p>1,640</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Employee Skills Survey 2015 (UKCES) Table A.5.13</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 22/03/2018 15:42:45 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

864298

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
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	Business: Training
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 made an assessment of the proportion of expenditure spent by businesses on training.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	132782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>There are no known published estimates of the <em>proportion</em> of business expenditure spent by business on training however data published in the UKCES Employer Skills Survey 2015 provides details of the average numbers of training days and training expenditure per employee in the years 2011, 2013 and 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 22/03/2018 15:41:39 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

674396

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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, if he will prioritise maintaining access to Horizon 2020 funding for UK researchers during negotiations on the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	60308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>This Government wants the UK to be the go-to place for innovators and investors across the world, and we intend to secure the right outcome for the UK research base as we exit the European Union.</p><p>As my rt hon. Friend the Prime Minister has said, we would welcome an agreement to continue to collaborate with our European partners on major science, research, and technology initiatives. However it is too early to speculate on the UK’s future relationship with specific EU research programmes, including Horizon 2020 and successor programmes.</p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring the UK remains a world leader in international research and innovation.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 25/01/2017 13:58:53 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

669161

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
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 consideration has been given to supporting charity investment in universities through increasing investment in the Charity Research Support Fund.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	58794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises the significant contribution made by charitable funders of research. The charity support element of Quality Related research funding, provided by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), recognises the public benefit arising from research funded by charities. Over the period 2011-17, HEFCE has protected support for institutions leveraging funding from the charitable sector and has provided £198m per annum for this through to 2016-17.</p><p>The “Allocation of Science and Research funding 2016 – 2020” confirmed the Government’s expectation that throughout this period HEFCE should continue to incentivise Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) to work with businesses and charities, leveraging additional investment. It will be for the HEFCE Board to determine how much to provide for charity research support from within their overall research allocation for 2017-18, once they have received their annual Grant Letter from Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/01/2017 15:18:45 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

644014

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
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	British Business Bank: Life Sciences
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 proportion of the British Business Bank's investment portfolio is invested in life science businesses.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	54813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>British Business Bank (BBB) equity programmes have invested over £37m in life science businesses since BBB became a PLC in November 2014. The BBB also manages a number of government programmes which were facilitating finance to businesses prior to November 2014. Including these, BBB equity programmes are currently investing over £130m of finance in life science businesses. Approximately 8% of the BBB’s total equity investment portfolio is invested in life science businesses.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 54848 question first answered 01/12/2016 11:08:04 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

644020

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
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	British Business Bank: Life Sciences
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 British Business Bank has invested in life science businesses since it was established.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	54848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>British Business Bank (BBB) equity programmes have invested over £37m in life science businesses since BBB became a PLC in November 2014. The BBB also manages a number of government programmes which were facilitating finance to businesses prior to November 2014. Including these, BBB equity programmes are currently investing over £130m of finance in life science businesses. Approximately 8% of the BBB’s total equity investment portfolio is invested in life science businesses.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 54813 question first answered 01/12/2016 11:08:04 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

629001

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
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 discussions he has had with medical research charities on the future availability of the Charity Research Support Fund in the event that a single public body replaces the research councils.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	51931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>Recognizing the public benefit arising from research funded by charities and that charities do not pay full economic costs – the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has maintained the charity research support element of Quality Related (QR) research funding at £198m pa through to 2016-17.</p><p>The “Allocation of Science and Research funding 2016 – 2020” confirmed the Government’s expectation that throughout this period HEFCE should “continue to selectively focus funding on excellent research with impact wherever this is found … and to incentivise Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) to work with businesses and charities, leveraging additional investment, and to supervise postgraduate researchers”. It will be for the HEFCE Board to determine how much to provide for charity research support from within their overall research allocation in 2017-18, once they have received their annual Grant Letter from BEIS.</p><p>The creation of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will bring together the Research Councils, Innovate UK and the research and knowledge exchange functions of HEFCE. These later functions will reside within a new Council - Research England. Decisions on the priorities for allocating QR research funding for 2018 onwards will be a matter for Research England.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 51903 question first answered 15/11/2016 13:51:11 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

629004

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
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	Charities: 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 his Department plans to maintain the Charity Research Support Fund beyond 1 April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	51903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>Recognizing the public benefit arising from research funded by charities and that charities do not pay full economic costs – the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has maintained the charity research support element of Quality Related (QR) research funding at £198m pa through to 2016-17.</p><p>The “Allocation of Science and Research funding 2016 – 2020” confirmed the Government’s expectation that throughout this period HEFCE should “continue to selectively focus funding on excellent research with impact wherever this is found … and to incentivise Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) to work with businesses and charities, leveraging additional investment, and to supervise postgraduate researchers”. It will be for the HEFCE Board to determine how much to provide for charity research support from within their overall research allocation in 2017-18, once they have received their annual Grant Letter from BEIS.</p><p>The creation of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will bring together the Research Councils, Innovate UK and the research and knowledge exchange functions of HEFCE. These later functions will reside within a new Council - Research England. Decisions on the priorities for allocating QR research funding for 2018 onwards will be a matter for Research England.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 51931 question first answered 15/11/2016 13:51:11 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

627496

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
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	Employment Agencies
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 estimate he has made of the number of recruitment agencies which require clients to register as a business before finding them employment.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	51602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not hold information on how many recruitment agencies have made their clients register as a business before finding them employment.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 07/11/2016 11:23:30 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

626131

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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, whether the Government has made an assessment of future levels of research funding in the UK after the UK leaves the EU and existing projects have been completed.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	51022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK will maintain its status as a global centre for research and innovation. In last year’s Spending Review the Government committed to protecting science resource funding in real terms from its 2015-16 level of £4.7 billion a year for the rest of the parliament, as well as committing to invest in new scientific infrastructure on a record scale – £6.9 billion over the period 2015-2021.</p><p>While the UK remains a member of the EU, funding and collaboration arrangements continue unchanged. Researchers can continue to bid for competitive EU research funding such as Horizon 2020 while we remain a member of the EU. The Government will work with the Commission to ensure payment when funds are awarded. The Treasury will underwrite the payment of such awards, even when specific projects continue beyond the UK’s departure from the EU. Access to apply to Horizon 2020 and subsequent funding programmes after we leave the EU will be a matter for the negotiations that will follow the triggering of Article 50.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 08/11/2016 14:35:33 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner