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1520748

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	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	Universities: 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 impact of changes to the 2021 Research Excellence Framework on the time university staff spent preparing submissions.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	61115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>A review of the Research Excellence Framework 2021 is currently underway and is due to be published in 2023. The burden on researchers and other staff will be considered in the evaluation, alongside ensuring that there is sufficient information to identify and reward excellent research outputs and outcomes. The independent Review of Research Bureaucracy published its final report in July (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-research-bureaucracy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-research-bureaucracy</a>). The Review made recommendations across the research system to reduce bureaucracy, including funding application processes. The Government is leading a coordinated, sector-wide effort to respond to the recommendations and implement reforms.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 19/10/2022 16:04:48 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1520756

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	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	UK Space Agency
	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 support the UK Space Agency.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	61119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>Last September, BEIS and MoD jointly published the UK’s first ever National Space Strategy, which sets out the UK’s ambitions for our space sector. In order to meet these ambitions, the Department is working with the UK Space Agency to provide strategic direction and support programme delivery, as detailed in the published UKSA Corporate Plan. Government is investing £1.75 billion through the UK Space Agency over the course of this spending review to deliver transformative space programmes.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 19/10/2022 16:23:05 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1520439

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	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	Strike Ballots
	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 his Department has made of the ability for workers to go on strike under proposals to raise ballot thresholds from 40 per cent to 50 per cent of employees.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	61144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>Any change to ballot thresholds would require primary legislation. There will therefore be ample opportunities for Members of Parliament to scrutinise any proposals the Government brings forward in this area.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 19/10/2022 15:56:42 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1520757

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	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	Small Businesses: Energy
	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 taken recent steps to help support small business switch from fixed rate to variable rate energy contracts without penalties; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
	tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
	uin	61084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>Small businesses who have energy supply contracts with a fixed-rate (agreed on or after 1 April 2022 irrespective if the contract has commenced before 1st October 2022) or a standard variable rate will receive support through the government’s Energy Bill Relief Scheme. Charges for switching tariffs are a commercial matter between suppliers and their business customers.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 19/10/2022 13:53:33 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 23338 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

1520627

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	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: Foreign Investment in UK
	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 recent steps his Department has taken to help increase international investor confidence in UK science.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	61107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK is an attractive destination for international investment in R&amp;D with a world-class research and innovation system and skills base. The Innovation Strategy set out the steps Government is taking to create the conditions for businesses – including overseas firms – to invest in UK innovation. Recent investments include Moderna’s commitment to building a new mRNA manufacturing and R&amp;D centre in the UK, in a deal valued at £1 billion</p><p> </p><p>The Growth Plan will help to unlock billions of pounds of additional investment into UK science and technology firms. This includes establishing Investment Zones, expanding R&amp;D tax reliefs and introducing the Long-term Investment for Technology &amp; Science (LIFTS) competition. LIFTS will provide up to £500 million to support new funds designed by institutional investors and world-class fund managers to crowd billions of pounds of private investment into UK science and technology businesses.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/10/2022 12:21:55 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani previous answer version 23342 answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1520626

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	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 potential impact of the fall in the value of the Pound Sterling on (a) current and future UKRI budgets, (b) the capacity of publicly funded research to complete existing research projects and (c) public to private research and development investment ratios.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	61106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government has raised public R&amp;D spending to its highest ever level, reflecting that innovation is vital to future economic growth. The Department maintains close oversight of the funding of the UK R&amp;D landscape, including working with our partner organisations and key R&amp;D-intensive sectors to understand the challenges they face.</p><p> </p><p>Most public Research &amp; Development (R&amp;D) funding is spent domestically, and the impact of currency fluctuations is therefore limited in these areas. However, exchange rate volatility does have a significant impact on certain programmes, including UK contributions to international research infrastructures and organisations. BEIS and its partner organisations have foreign exchange hedging policies in place to manage currency volatility for contractual payments in non-sterling currencies.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/10/2022 12:22:36 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani previous answer version 23341 answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1520753

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	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 recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that increased research and development spending attracts private investment.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	61117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>BEIS received its largest ever Research and Development (R&amp;D) budget at SR21. We have now set out how this funding will be allocated across our partner organisations.</p><p> </p><p>Public sector funding already leverages private sector investment. For example, British Patient Capital, the commercial investment arm of the British Business Bank, has invested over £700 million into venture capital funds (as of June 2022), which has leveraged more than £1.4 billion of private sector investment into UK companies.</p><p> </p><p>However, we want to attract more private sector investment in R&amp;D to continue driving growth. That is why the Innovation Strategy set out the steps Government is taking to create the right conditions for all businesses to invest in innovation.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 19/10/2022 16:06:54 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1520787

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	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 steps he has taken with the Treasury to help increase investment in UK Research and Development to 2.4 per cent GDP by 2026-27.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	61024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to the 2.4% target. The public research and development (R&amp;D) spending commitments delivered at Spending Review 2021 will contribute to driving increases in private sector investment in R&amp;D. This will support the Government’s aim of raising economic growth by boosting productivity and thus raising living standards across the country.</p><p> </p><p>My Hon. Friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury has confirmed that Government will abide by SR21 R&amp;D allocations, including for Core Innovation. This will support delivery of the Innovation Strategy’s ambition to boost private sector investment in UK R&amp;D by creating the conditions for all businesses to innovate and giving them the confidence to do so.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 19/10/2022 16:08:37 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1520843

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	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 he has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Government’s commitment to increasing investment in UK Research and Development to 2.4 per cent of GDP by 2026-27.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	uin	61415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to the 2.4% target. The public research and development (R&amp;D) spending commitments delivered at Spending Review 2021 will contribute to driving increases in private sector investment in R&amp;D. This will support the Government’s aim of raising economic growth by boosting productivity and thus raising living standards across the country.</p><p> </p><p>My Hon. Friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury has confirmed that Government will abide by SR21 R&amp;D allocations, including for Core Innovation. This will support delivery of the Innovation Strategy’s ambition to boost private sector investment in UK R&amp;D by creating the conditions for all businesses to innovate and giving them the confidence to do so.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 19/10/2022 16:13:21 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1520750

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	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 and Science: Migrant Workers
	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 recent steps his Department has taken to support international collaboration to help UK science and research teams recruit talent from abroad.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	61116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>BEIS recognises the value of international collaborations in producing high quality research and innovation. At CSR21, BEIS secured funding to support global R&amp;I collaborations on priority themes and with strategic partners. BEIS also co-funds (with FCDO) the Science and Innovation network across the Government’s Diplomatic footprint, promoting science, technology, research and innovation. SIN are working on MOUs with partner countries including Switzerland and Israel that include exploring talent exchange opportunities. BEIS also represents UK R&amp;I interests in multilateral negotiations, including the G7 and G20, and UK participation in world-leading international Research Infrastructures such as CERN.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS also supports the Government’s visa route reforms to enable researchers to come to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 19/10/2022 16:05:46 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah