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417132

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date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Advisory Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2015 to Question 7500, how many vouchers were redeemed under the Growth Vouchers scheme.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	9274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>As of 8 September, 6,731 vouchers had been redeemed with total value over £11m.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/11/2015 08:52:38 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

417140

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Science
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what evaluation or evidence-gathering the Government (a) has carried out or commissioned and (b) plans to carry out into (i) the Grand Challenges programme announced on 17 December 2014 and (ii) the Eight Great Technologies.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	9312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2015 answer text <p>All Grand Challenges Fund projects are subject to detailed business cases in accordance with HM Treasury requirements. The projects are evaluated by analytical, finance and project specialists within BIS, and the relevant Research Council.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Evidence underpinning the “Eight Great Technologies” was set out in the Eight Great Technologies pamphlet accompanying David Willetts’ speech of the 24<sup>th</sup> of January 2013 [<em>Eight Great Technologies, David Willetts, Policy Exchange 2013</em>].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Projects that form part of the Grand Challenges programme are supported from the £6.9 billion science capital budget, which was subject to a public consultation launched in December 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Innovate UK and the Research Councils work together to explore and develop new approaches for moving potentially high impact technologies more rapidly from the research base into commercial reality.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 28/09/2015 10:27:29 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

417143

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Science
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) assessment criteria and (b) key outputs and performance indicators have been set for (i) the Eight Great Technologies and (ii) the Grand Challenges programme announced on 17 December 2014.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	9313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2015 answer text <p>The main assessment criteria for deciding priorities for the list of 8 Great Technologies were:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>a. The technology has to be an important area of scientific advance;</p><p> </p><p>b. Britain has to have a distinctive capability in this area; and,</p><p> </p><p>c. the technology should have reached the stage where identifiable commercial opportunities are emerging.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These criteria were published, together with additional evidence and analysis, in the pamphlet accompanying David Willetts’ speech of the 24th of January 2013 [Eight Great Technologies, David Willetts, Policy Exchange 2013]:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Projects and programmes under the 8 Great Technologies banner are subject to their own evaluation processes as appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Grand Challenges assessment criteria were published as part of a public consultation document in May 2014 (these being: excellence, affordability, impact, skills and leverage). Along with the published consultation criteria, additional criteria such as value for money and deliverability are used to assess Grand Challenge projects.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 27/09/2015 17:49:28 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

417154

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Catapult Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the commercial gain from the work of Catapult centres that has been realised overseas.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	9267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2015 answer text <p>We have established an agreed set of key performance indicators to monitor the success of the Catapult network against its primary aim of supporting innovation by UK business, and these include funding; commercial income; business clients; SME engagements; academic collaborations; and new businesses created.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Catapults collaborate with overseas entities where it is in the long-term interests of the UK economy and, in particular, to unlock opportunities for UK companies and inward investment.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 28/09/2015 10:57:07 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna