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1568595

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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, for what reasons publicly-funded research in research institutions such as the National Oceanography Centre is not fully funded by Government.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	127760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) delivers world-class science and innovation working in close partnership with UKRI’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). The NOC receives funding from NERC’s non-competitive funding and the wider community to pursue science that is nationally and internationally important.</p><p> </p><p>The NOC was part of NERC. From 1 November 2019, NOC operates as an independent research institute, a charitable company limited by guarantee. This new structure ensures that NOC is more agile, financially more resilient with more freedoms and flexibilities. Independent research institutes are funded to deliver their missions collaborating with a greater range of external partners including business and other funders.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 26/01/2023 17:42:51 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1567810

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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: India
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 increase and improve R&D collaborations with Indian (a) companies and (b) universities.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	125336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>BEIS is planning to host the next biennial UK-India Science and Innovation Council (SIC) in 2023. The SIC will ensure our relationship with India remains ambitious, strategic, outcome-focused and in line with the UK-India 2030 roadmap. It will also provide a platform to formally agree our shared research and innovation priorities and announce new joint programme activities creating links between our research and innovation communities; and celebrate the successes of our existing joint research and innovation programmes delivered through the Newton Bhabha Fund, which has had a transformational effect on our R&amp;I relationship with India.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 26/01/2023 17:44:07 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1567812

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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	Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease: 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, what assessment he has made of the potential of New Approach Methodologies to progress research into (a) Alzheimer’s disease and (b) Parkinson’s disease.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	125337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government actively supports and funds the development and dissemination of non-animal technologies. This is achieved primarily through funding from UKRI for the National Centre for the 3Rs (NC3Rs), which works nationally and internationally to drive the uptake of approaches that replace, reduce and refine the use of animals in research.</p><p> </p><p>Since the NC3Rs was launched in 2004 it has committed £49.2M for research and innovation in non-animal technologies. This includes a recent £4.7M commitment to accelerate the use of non-animal technologies, with £3.7M invested through a joint UKRI-BBSRC and NC3Rs call and an additional £1M committed by UKRI for the development of non-animal technologies to support ageing research.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 26/01/2023 17:47:29 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1567815

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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	Help to Grow Schemes: North East
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 Answer of 12 January 2023 to Question 118995 on Help to Grow Schemes: North East, whether data on Help To Grow schemes will be published by March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	125339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Data on the Help to Grow Schemes will be released in Spring 2023 after Help to Grow: Digital has closed.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 25/01/2023 12:03:35 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1567332

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
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	Science: 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 many Scientific Institutes his Department funds; and if he will list them.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	123936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>BEIS directly funds or has contracts with a number of Scientific Institutes such as: National Physical Laboratory, Laboratory of the Government Chemist, National Engineering Laboratory, Met Office, UK Atomic Energy Authority and the National Nuclear Laboratory.</p><p> </p><p>UK Research &amp; Innovation (UKRI) also directly funds a number of research institutes, a list of which can be found here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukri.org%2Fapply-for-funding%2Fbefore-you-apply%2Fcheck-if-you-are-eligible-for-research-and-innovation-funding%2Feligible-research-institutes%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSRIHub%40beis.gov.uk%7C56aafec274f4405d5dfb08daf88b67ad%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638095574862713919%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jFYcWZ%2FhK5ub4u%2FBTWZn%2FCjzeNZ3qX0gvx4R6vcee5k%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ukri.org/apply-for-funding/before-you-apply/check-if-you-are-eligible-for-research-and-innovation-funding/eligible-research-institutes/</a>. Public funding for R&amp;D via UKRI also supports higher education providers to establish their own research institutes which generally operate independently from government.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 24/01/2023 10:05:28 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman previous answer version 48635 answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1567333

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
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	Advanced Research and Invention Agency and Rosalind Franklin Institute: 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, for what reasons (a) ARIA can and (b) Rosaline Franklin Institute cannot carry forward funding across financial years.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	123937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>Funding arrangements for public bodies are set based on the operational strategy and objectives of each organisation.</p><p> </p><p>The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) has been established to exclusively focus on projects with potential to produce transformative technological change, or a paradigm-shift in an area of science. To achieve these objectives, ARIA has been designed to operate with unique financial flexibility and operational freedom.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 24/01/2023 10:04:32 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman previous answer version 48636 answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1566474

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
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	Innovation and 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 keynote speech made by the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation at Onward UK on 11 January 2023, whether his Department plans to announce a stretch target for R&D as a proportion of GDP.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	122136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is an independent body, and this update is part of a wider programme of work to improve economic statistics. Its 22 November 2022 release estimated that £59.7bn was invested in UK R&amp;D in 2019, increasing to £61.8bn in 2020. The ONS has not published estimate of R&amp;D as a percentage of GDP. This is because they have not yet incorporated the improvements to the measurement of R&amp;D in the business and higher education sectors into the calculations of GDP.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS understands the complexity and time required in feeding the updated R&amp;D changes through to GDP as part of National Accounts and looks forward to this calculation in due course. If the ONS had made the calculation, BEIS believes it would have produced a figure between 2.6% and 2.7% of GDP for 2019 and between 2.9% and 3.0% for 2020.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 122143 question first answered 17/01/2023 17:20:24 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1566478

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
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	Innovation and 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, with reference to the keynote speech made by the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation at Onward UK on 11 January 2023, where the 30 clusters of unique R&D strength are; and if his Department will publish the location and specialist strength of those clusters.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	122137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>There are clusters of innovation across the UK, from the Newcastle digital cluster to the compound semiconductor cluster in South Wales. BEIS is working closely with other departments and partner organisations such as UKRI to map these and ensure we have as rigorously evidenced and current a list as possible. This includes commissioning research that will use innovative data science techniques to map firms performing R&amp;D and innovation in the UK and explain how they cluster. We will publish this in a report and interactive tool later this year, which will help investors understand opportunities to support our strengths.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 17/01/2023 17:21:53 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1566479

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
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	Innovation and 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, with reference to the keynote speech made by the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation at Onward UK on 11 Jan 2023, what steps he plans to take to make clusters referenced test beds.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	122138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>The third round of the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund (RPF) will invest £12m in projects which encourage experimentation and innovation in regulation. For example, Milton Keynes City Council is using RPF funding to prove, test, trial and demonstrate new drone-based services that operate alongside robotics delivery services and self-driving passenger shuttles. The project plans to establish a testbed to allow ongoing experimentation and create a blueprint for wider adoption and deployment. Officials are looking at a number of such areas where we may have potential to scale-up innovative regulatory testbeds. RPF-funded projects will help to keep the UK at the forefront of regulation through testbeds and other forms of regulatory innovation.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 24/01/2023 14:19:07 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1566480

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
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	Innovation and Research: Brexit
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 keynote speech made by the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation at Onward UK on 11 January 2023, which post-Brexit freedoms in procurement and regulation he plans to use to grow innovation clusters and support research and development.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	122139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>Leaving the EU gives us the opportunity to create our own regulations that can help to drive transparency, prosperity and growth. The Government’s Procurement Bill takes up that opportunity to create the flexibility to facilitate public sector buyers procuring innovative new products and services. In addition to this the third round of the Regulators' Pioneer fund is funding projects that will help to keep the UK at the forefront of regulation and support R&amp;D.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 24/01/2023 10:09:35 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah