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1728781

registered interest
date	11/09/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Innovation Skills Framework.
tabling member constituency	Meriden and Solihull East
tabling member printed	Saqib Bhatti
uin	5396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2024 answer text <p>The Department has not made a formal assessment of this Framework, which is being delivered by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). UKRI is working to further refine and develop the Framework. Through Innovate UK, it will continue to work with the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education and in due course with Skills England, to monitor the impact of applying this Framework.</p> answering member constituency Enfield North answering member printed Feryal Clark question first answered 07/10/2024 13:28:29 answering member 4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark
tabling member	4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti

1684929

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the UK Innovation Strategy, last updated on 14 November 2023, what progress she has made on establishing a new Innovation Missions Programme.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	11326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>The Science and Technology Framework confirmed a new £250 million investment for missions to build on the UK’s global leadership in three transformational technologies: AI, quantum technologies, and engineering biology. This has since been expanded with an initial investment of £70m for a Future telecoms’ mission, and the announcement of the long-term National Quantum Strategy Missions in the autumn statement.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 29/01/2024 10:02:57 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1683043

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2023 to Question 3807 on Innovation, if he will provide a more precise date for the publication of the cluster map.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	10128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government expects to launch the interactive digital tool to map the UK’s innovation clusters shortly.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 25/01/2024 11:32:26 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1673280

registered interest
date	27/11/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2023 to Question 1560 on Science: Research, when the Department plans to publish the interactive digital tool to map the UK’s innovation clusters.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	3807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government expects to launch the interactive digital tool to map the UK’s innovation clusters shortly. This follows engagement with a range of stakeholders, from investors and businesses to local government leaders, to inform and test the design of the tool.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 05/12/2023 15:26:37 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1652109

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the potential changes in the level of (a) employment and (b) private sector co-investment in R and D projects since the end of European Regional Development Fund support for innovation.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	193394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) is a successor, and not a replacement, to the former European Social Fund and European Regional Development Fund.</p><p>Each place was tasked with working with local partners - including businesses and education and innovation providers - to develop an investment plan. Places could choose from a range of interventions, including investment in research and development (R&amp;D). It is for places to decide how they use their allocation for R&amp;D, and this will depend on locally identified priorities.</p><p>Each place was also strongly encouraged to consider match funding from the private, public and third sectors and leverage options to maximise fund impact.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 17/07/2023 12:25:07 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1625473

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether she plans to support the creation of regional innovation clusters.
tabling member constituency	Sedgefield
tabling member printed	Paul Howell
uin	904753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text Strengthening clusters is a top priority for building our Innovation Nation. More places in the UK hosting world-leading and globally connected innovation clusters will create more jobs, productivity and growth. <br /> This will require significant investment from the private sector, both domestic and overseas. The interactive digital tool we will publish in September, which maps the UK’s clusters, will be crucial in helping us attract this investment and informing future policy. <br /> In the meantime, we continue to fund a range of programmes to enhance clusters. For example, we are investing £100 million to pilot Innovation Accelerators in three city regions, helping them become major, globally competitive centres for research and innovation. <br /> Catapults have a track record of accelerating growth clusters, both building national capacity and driving local impact. For the next 5-year funding period the UK’s 9 Catapults will receive £1.6bn of direct public funding. An example is the Connected Places Catapult which is the UK’s innovation accelerator for cities, transport and place leadership. answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/05/2023 15:44:01 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4830 label Biography information for Paul Howell

1604129

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the UK Science and Technology Framework published on 6 March 2023, page 10, how the Government plans to measure the success of the stated outcome of accelerated translation, commercialisation and knowledge exchange through targeted support for local innovation clusters.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	165340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>Strengthening clusters is a top priority for building our Innovation Nation.  By September, we will publish an interactive digital tool that will map these clusters, helping us attract investment and inform future policy, including measuring the success of policy interventions in growing these clusters.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing £100 million to pilot Innovation Accelerators in three city regions, helping them become major, globally competitive centres for research and innovation, and the government will evaluate the effectiveness of this approach to growing successful innovation clusters. The Investment Zones programme will also catalyse some of the highest potential knowledge-intensive growth clusters.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 22/03/2023 16:14:15 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1468667

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
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	Innovation
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 is taking steps to de-risk innovative, high tech spinouts from universities for investors.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	14484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>Improving our ability to commercialise ideas from our world-leading research base is critical to becoming an Innovation Nation. That is why we committed in the Innovation Strategy to enhance the broad system of support for commercialisation, and why we provide financial support to a significant proportion of high-tech spinouts. This includes UKRI funding to de-risk specific R&amp;D projects, and British Business Bank support for investors providing external capital. In the hon. Member’s own constituency, the Northern Accelerator, a partnership of five universities supported by £8.5 million from UKRI, is de-risking spinouts by establishing a seed investment fund.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 13/06/2022 14:01:51 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1418453

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
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	Innovation
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 which (a) local authorities and (b) devolved administrations his Department has discussed Innovation Deals.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	114738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>The Levelling Up White Paper sets out how we will maximise the contribution of innovation to levelling up by building on existing and emerging strengths across the country.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to taking a place-based approach – tailoring support to the research, development and innovation strengths of different places and developing policies in partnership with local government, businesses and R&amp;D institutions.</p><p> </p><p>New Innovation Accelerator pilots will support three places in the UK to become major, globally competitive centres for research and innovation. In addition to receiving bespoke support from the UK Government, a total of £100m R&amp;D funding will be available to these places for projects between 2022/23 and 2024/25. Should these pilots prove successful, we will consider how to build on this approach in future.</p><p> </p><p>The policies in the Levelling Up White Paper have been informed by views from across the UK - including our R&amp;D Place Advisory Group, which includes Local Enterprise Partnership, and the Devolved Administrations - to understand how we can build on our excellence in research and innovation so that more people and places benefit.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/02/2022 13:50:28 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1338086

registered interest
date	18/06/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish his Department’s Innovation Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	18585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>In the recent ‘Build Back Better: our plan for growth’ published alongside Budget, the Government announced the publication of a new Innovation Strategy in the summer. In line with its commitment, BEIS is currently working across government to develop the Strategy in time for then.</p><p> </p><p>The Strategy will outline how we will achieve our ambitions in innovation and where we want to focus our efforts over the next decade. It will aim to set out the strategic objective and create the confidence for increased business investment in R&amp;D and innovation.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 23/06/2021 16:52:19 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel