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1658117

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date	05/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has provided to the (a) National Centre for Computing Education (b) Isaac Physics programme, (c) Stimulating Physics Network, (d) Advanced Mathematics Support Programme, (e) SUMS (Steps to University for Mathematical Students) Enrichment Day, (f) T-Level Ambassador Network and (g) Inclusion in Schools project in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	197715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Funding details for the National Centre for Computing Education, the Isaac Physics programme, the Stimulating Physics Network, the Advanced Mathematics Support Programme (AMSP) and the Inclusion in Schools project are in the table below. <br> <br> With regard to SUMS (Steps to University for Mathematical Students) Enrichment Day, this is funded as part of the AMSP programme, therefore the Department does not record a separate breakdown of funding for that.</p><p>On the T Level Ambassador Network, in the 2022/23 financial year, the Department spent £66,000 establishing and supporting the T Level Ambassador Network to promote and advocate T Levels with employers.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>National Centre for Computing Education</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>2022-23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>a) National Centre for Computing Education</p></td><td><p>£7.6m</p></td><td><p>£17.7m</p></td><td><p>£15.6m</p></td><td><p>£17.1m</p></td><td><p>£13.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Maths Programme</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>2022-23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>d) AMSP</p></td><td><p>£6.3m</p></td><td><p>£8.5m</p></td><td><p>£7.1m</p></td><td><p>£7.6m</p></td><td><p>£8.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Science Programmes</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>2022-23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>c) Stimulating Physics Network (SPN)*</p></td><td><p>£2.15m</p></td><td><p>£2.46m</p></td><td><p>£2.11m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>b) Isaac Physics</p></td><td><p>£0.695m</p></td><td><p>£0.62m</p></td><td><p>£0.86m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>g) Inclusion in Schools project</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£0.59m</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>*SPN includes Inclusion in Schools</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/09/2023 16:38:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1658129

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Bail: Electronic Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were electronically tagged as a condition of immigration bail as of 1 September 2023; and what was the cost to the public purse of electronic tagging in immigration cases in each of the last five years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	197721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Foreign nationals who commit crimes here in the UK will face the full force of the law, including deportation at the earliest opportunity for those eligible.</p><p> </p><p>In some cases, where deportation is delayed, individuals may be released on electronic monitoring as a condition of immigration bail, pending deportation.</p><p> </p><p>Since 14 June 2022, we have been piloting the use of EM with a small cohort of individuals who have arrived in the UK through illegal and dangerous routes.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/09/2023 16:48:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1658130

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of biometric residence permits that have been issued with incorrect information in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	197722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The information is not available publicly and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/09/2023 09:27:18 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1658133

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the average monthly deduction taken from households with children in receipt of Universal Credit by (a) region (b) Parliamentary constituency in the North East.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	197725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p><em>The requested information is provided in the separate spreadsheet, subject to the caveats below:</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p>Table 1 shows the requested analysis of Universal Credit households with children with a payment due in May 2023 by region.</p><p>Table 2 shows the requested analysis of Universal Credit households with children with a payment due in May 2023 in parliamentary constituencies in the North East.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. For low level geography: volumes have been rounded to the nearest 100, total amounts have been rounded to the nearest £1,000 and average amounts have been rounded to the nearest £1. For totals at GB level: volumes have been rounded to the nearest 100,000, total amounts have been rounded to the nearest £1,000,000 and average amount has been rounded to the nearest £1.</p><p>2. The sum of individual low level geographies may not sum to the total figure due to rounding.</p><p>3. Deductions include advance repayments, third party deductions and all other deductions, but exclude sanctions and fraud penalties which are reductions of benefit rather than deductions.</p><p>4. Children are defined here as being people who are declared as living in the same household as the UC claimant(s) and who are under the age of 20. The number of children may not be equal to the number of dependent children in the household who are eligible for child element for various reasons. This includes children over the age of 16 in non-advanced full-time education, looked-after children and, other young people living in multigenerational households whose parents are not the claimant. Those affected by the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children may also have a larger number of children compared to the number of children entitled to the child element in their household.</p><p>5. Figures are provisional and are subject to retrospective change as later data becomes available.</p><p>6. The ‘unknown' parliamentary constituency equates to 0.2% of all households and relates to households for which a constituency could not be determined due to incomplete postcode information.</p><p>7. Data for May 2023 has been provided in line with the latest available UC Household Statistics.</p><p>8. Claim numbers and number of children on UC will not match official statistics caseloads due to methodological differences.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/09/2023 13:27:01 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman attachment 1 file name Spreadsheet.xlsx title Spreadsheet 197725
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1657759

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	STEP Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to provide funding to help deliver the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) prototype fusion power plant by 2040.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	197400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>Following machinery of government changes, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is the sponsor department for the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) which is delivering the STEP programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed £240 million towards the first phase of the STEP programme. Work to develop a detailed concept design is on track. The UKAEA is setting up UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd (UKIFS), a special purpose vehicle that will develop and build the STEP prototype power plant. Early site development for STEP is already underway at West Burton, Nottinghamshire, to transform the site of a former coal-fired power station into a global hub for fusion innovation.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 07/09/2023 12:19:23 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1657760

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
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	Science: Research
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 7 November 2022 to Question 80698 on Science: Research, what recent progress has been made on a new funding vehicle to mobilise ODA research activity.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	197401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department has received HMT approval to launch the Official Development Assistance (ODA) component of the International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF). ISPF will have up to £200 million ODA this Spending Review to deliver research and innovation partnerships with developing countries. This follows the announcement of £119 million for non-ODA partnerships when ISPF launched in<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-science-and-technology-minister-launches-new-global-international-science-partnership-funding-in-tokyo-with-initial-119m-of-funding" target="_blank"> December 2022.</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 07/09/2023 14:02:30 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1657761

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
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: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much her Department spent on the Young Innovators Awards 2022 to 2023.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	197402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Young Innovators Awards programme is delivered by Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation. The grant spend for Young Innovators Awards in financial year 2022/23 was approximately £1.4 million. This includes spend associated with Young Innovators Awards 2021/22, Young Innovators Follow on Fund 2021/22 and Young Innovators Awards 2022/23.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 07/09/2023 13:59:35 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1657762

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Drugs: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has made an assessment of the resilience of the pharmaceutical-grade fill/finish sector.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	197403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department’s life sciences team is responsible for is attracting investment and enabling exports. The last assessment of UK fill/finish capacity was carried out in mid-2021 by the Vaccines Taskforce. The Department for Business and Trade in collaboration with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, is currently undertaking a voluntary manufacturing survey of the pharmaceutical industry in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also working closely with the DSIT/DHSC on the Biomanufacturing Fund, which will provide up to £38m in capital grants to incentivise investment in the manufacture of vaccines and biotherapeutics, which could include fill/finish providers.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 07/09/2023 17:16:45 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1657763

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress his Department has made on the development of the SCALE programme; and which countries will be included in that programme.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	197404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>Scaling Access and Learning in Education (SCALE) will increase the delivery of cost-effective education interventions in low and lower middle-income countries (LICs and LMICs).</p><p>SCALE will provide technical support to adapt evidence-based approaches to new contexts and implement rigorous test-learn-adapt pilots to prepare these for scaling in national systems.</p><p>SCALE is in its inception phase. Progress is underway to mobilise technical expertise and scope high-potential pilots. Technical assistance will be available to all ODA-eligible countries. Pilots will focus on LICs and LMICs and will be selected against a set of rigorous criteria (found in the SCALE business case on DevTracker).</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 07/09/2023 14:20:41 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1657765

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Clinical Trials: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to increase clinical trials capacity in the North East.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	197406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>To increase clinical trials capacity in the North East, the Department provides funding through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) infrastructure in line with the Government’s Vision for the Future of UK Clinical Research. This includes investment in the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN), NIHR Clinical Research Facility (CRF) and NIHR Patient Recruitment Centre (PRC).</p><p>The NIHR CRN supports patients, the public and health and care organisations throughout England to participate in high-quality research; the NIHR Local CRN North East and North Cumbria facilitates effective and efficient clinical trial participation, setup and delivery across the North East. Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was recently re-awarded funding for the NIHR Newcastle CRF for delivery of high-quality experimental medical research and early phase clinical trials. Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust also hosts one of five NIHR PRCs, a facility dedicated to delivering commercial research. In addition, NIHR recently awarded capital funding for new research equipment to NHS trusts, of which the North East received over £4 million.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 06/09/2023 15:23:01 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah