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800948

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date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Science
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's science budget is allocated to (a) the UK, (b) Africa and (c) Asia.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	117507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>DFID does not allocate its research budget geographically by region. Allocation is based on priority themes set out in the 2016 Research Review. In 2016-17 DFID spent £321 million on research (which classifies as science expenditure). DFID funded research partnerships span different regions and multiple countries, with the highest footprint of research taking place in East and West Africa.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 11/12/2017 16:09:21 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

801184

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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	Independent Industrial Strategy Council
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 28 November 2017 to Question 116289, what consultations the Government has had with independent economic experts on the structure and powers of the proposed Industrial Strategy Council.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	117743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>Through the consultation on the Green Paper, over 2,000 organisations from all parts of the United Kingdom helped shape the industrial strategy. This included various informative representations recommending the creation of an independent body to help support its implementation. We will begin the process to establish the Council as soon as possible. Our aim is for it to start work in spring 2018.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 11/12/2017 14:42:30 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

801187

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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	Industrial Strategy Challenge 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 steps the Government is taking to ensure that funding disbursed to private sector organisations through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund provides a return to the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	117746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department will work closely with UK Research and Innovation to ensure that the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund is managed and evaluated effectively in order to support the industrial strategy and deliver maximum impact across the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/12/2017 14:24:53 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

801189

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of Stat What steps the Government is taking to ensure funding for the training of new computer science teachers is distributed across the country fairly and proportionately.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	117748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government will be investing £84 million of new funding over the next five years to support existing computing and computer science teachers. This will include a national, intensive Continuing Professional Development programme of at least 40 hours to ensure that existing computing teachers have the knowledge needed to teach the new computer science GCSE. The programme will be designed for current computing teachers who don’t have a post-A level qualification in computer science and will aim to reach up to 8,000 secondary teachers – enough for there to be at least one in every secondary school.</p><p> </p><p>We are also funding a National Centre for Computing Education, and a national network of support for schools to provide training and resources to primary and secondary schools across the country. Further information on this programme will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>To support the recruitment of new computing teachers - the Government is providing incentives to attract the best computer science graduates into the teaching profession, offering bursaries of £26,000 and student loan forgiveness for computer science, as one of the priority subjects.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/12/2017 17:06:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

801190

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Business: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many businesses tech city and tech north have supported; and how many of those businesses were female owned.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	117749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>We do not hold this data. Tech City list the companies they support on their website http://www.techcityuk.com/programmes/</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 11/12/2017 10:30:11 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

800497

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether businesses can transfer their apprentice levy vouchers to smaller businesses in their supply chain.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	117118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>From April 2018, we plan to allow levy-paying employers to transfer up to 10% of the annual value of their funds to other employers, including to smaller employers in their supply chain through the apprenticeship service. The 10% refers to the maximum amount of funds a levy-paying employer can transfer. State aid rules apply to transferred funds which mean that the maximum amount that an organisation can receive is €2 million over 3 years.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 117440 question first answered 07/12/2017 16:55:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

800818

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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	Industry: Investment
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 the Government has made of the level of private sector investment required to deliver on the objectives of the Industrial Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	117439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy White Paper has set out a range of measures aimed at increasing investment from the private and public sector, which will both be vital in meeting the objective of increasing our productivity and earning power for people across the UK. This includes a commitment to increase total R&amp;D investment to 2.4% of GDP by 2027.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/12/2017 16:16:22 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

800819

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the 10 percent annual value that a company can transfer to another company from its apprenticeship service account is the total amount that can be transferred, or the total amount another company can receive.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	117440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>From April 2018, we plan to allow levy-paying employers to transfer up to 10% of the annual value of their funds to other employers, including to smaller employers in their supply chain through the apprenticeship service. The 10% refers to the maximum amount of funds a levy-paying employer can transfer. State aid rules apply to transferred funds which mean that the maximum amount that an organisation can receive is €2 million over 3 years.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 117118 question first answered 07/12/2017 16:55:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

797689

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
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	Industrial Strategy Challenge 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, when he plans to publish the (a) business case and (b) funding details for wave 2 projects funded through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	116652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>We will announce further details about the challenges in wave 2 of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund early next year.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 04/12/2017 17:43:48 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

797690

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
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	Small Businesses: Productivity
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 the timetable is for publication of his review into improving the productivity and growth of small and medium-sized businesses.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	116653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The review will focus on what actions could be most effective in improving productivity and growth of SMEs, including how to address what has been called ‘long tail’ of lower productivity firms. We will announce the policies we intend to take forward following this review in Autumn 2018.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 04/12/2017 17:41:32 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah