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1588661

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date	23/02/2023
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: EU Grants and Loans
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 of the funding allocated to EU programmes in year one and two of the Spending Review period has be spent (a) in total and (b) on science related projects.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	151286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>In March 2022, BEIS provisionally allocated £2.35bn this financial year and £2.32bn next year to cover the cost of association, including a significant upfront contribution to the EU paid out to scientists and innovators over a number of years.</p><p> </p><p>As of January 31<sup>st</sup> 2023, grants worth up to £751m have been awarded via the UK government’s Horizon Europe Guarantee Scheme, paid over a 7-year period. This is in addition to the packages of R&amp;D investment announced in November 2022 worth up to £684m, including for fusion and earth observation industries. All of this spending is on R&amp;D science related projects. Further details of Departmental expenditure this year will be published in the annual accounts.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 28/02/2023 17:19:31 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1588663

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
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	Horizon Europe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an estimate of the number of UK based researchers who were granted funding by the EU Horizon programme and did not receive that funding in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	151287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>All successful, eligible applicants to Horizon Europe who cannot receive grant from the European Commission can receive funding, in full, under the UK government’s Horizon Europe Guarantee Scheme. This means that researchers, businesses, and universities can continue their work in the UK and continue important R&amp;D collaboration with European and international partners.</p><p> </p><p>This guarantee was announced in November 2021, with 1,248 guarantee grants awarded up to the end of December 2022 and a further 300 awarded in January 2023. To date, UKRI have issued grants worth over £750 million, to be paid over a 7-year period.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 28/02/2023 17:20:07 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1588669

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driverless Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress his Department has made on bringing forward legislative proposals to enable the use of autonomous vehicles on roads.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	151288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>In August 2022 the Government published ‘<em>Connected &amp; Automated Mobility 2025: Realising the benefits of self-driving vehicles in the UK</em>’, setting out the government’s vision to enable the deployment of self-driving vehicles in the UK by 2025. This includes bringing forward proposals for a comprehensive regulatory, legislative and safety framework. The Government intends to introduce legislation as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/02/2023 14:02:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1588108

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Euratom and Horizon Europe: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to reallocate the £1.6bn of funding allocated to Horizon and Euratom association for the financial year 2022-2023.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	150475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring the UK is a Science Superpower. This is why, despite the challenging fiscal circumstances, the Chancellor recommitted at Autumn Statement 2022 to increase R&amp;D spending to £20 billion in 24/25, a 30% cash increase from 2021/22 (the largest ever increase over a Spending Review period).</p><p> </p><p>At Spending Review 2021, the Government set aside funding for the cost of associating to EU R&amp;D programmes (Horizon, Euratom Research &amp; Training and Fusion 4 Energy, and Copernicus), which was agreed with the EU in the December 2020 Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA). Unfortunately, the EU has delayed the formalisation of the UK’s association due to the Northern Ireland Protocol.</p><p> </p><p>Our priority has been to support the UK R&amp;D sector during this period of uncertainty. To mitigate EU delays, we have introduced the Horizon Guarantee as well as £684m of additional support for the R&amp;D, fusion and Earth observation sectors.</p><p> </p><p>The UK remains open to association to Horizon based on fair and reasonable terms and that the UK will only pay for the period of association to a programme. Any funding required for association in future years will be made available when there is clarity on UK association to EU programmes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 27/02/2023 13:18:56 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1588351

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
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	Horizon Europe: Expenditure
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 the Government has spent on funding Horizon Programme guarantees for UK researchers in each year since the UK left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	150476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government launched the UK Horizon Europe guarantee in November 2021 to make sure all successful UK applicants to Horizon Europe can access the same, full value of funding from UKRI that they would have received from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>This means that researchers, businesses, and universities can continue their work in the UK and continue important R&amp;D collaboration with European and international partners.</p><p> </p><p>As of 31st January 2023, the Horizon Europe Guarantee, administered via UKRI, had issued grants worth up to £750 million to 1,548 successful applicants.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 28/02/2023 17:17:57 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1587852

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
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 and Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2023 to Question 132389 on Innovation and Research, for what reason UK Research and Innovation does not hold information on UK’s scientific strengths and geographical areas.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	149477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>As my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister set out in <em>Making Government Deliver for the British People</em> on 7 February, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology will focus on optimising public R&amp;D investment to support areas of relative UK strength. The research project I described in the answer I gave to Question 132389 will support this work. I also refer the Hon. Member to UKRI’s five-year strategy (<a href="https://www.ukri.org/publications/ukri-strategy-2022-to-2027/" target="_blank">https://www.ukri.org/publications/ukri-strategy-2022-to-2027/</a>) and publications on the regional distribution of funding (<a href="https://www.ukri.org/what-we-offer/what-we-have-funded/geographical-distribution-of-funding/" target="_blank">https://www.ukri.org/what-we-offer/what-we-have-funded/geographical-distribution-of-funding/</a>).</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 24/02/2023 12:17:48 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1587853

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
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 and Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2023 to Question 132389 on Innovation and Research, what discussions she has held with (a) the Russel Group and (b) individual universities on the location of clusters.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	149478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department and officials regularly engage with universities and university bodies, including the Russell Group, on a range of issues and is working on a new interactive cluster mapping tool.</p><p>Universities play important roles in their local economies including through education, skills, research, working with local businesses and as employers.</p><p>The Department supports universities to further this economic role by funding schemes such as Higher Education Innovation Funding which incentivises universities to work with businesses, public and third sector organisations to increase the economic and societal benefit from their work.</p><p>The Connecting Capability Fund which supports universities in sharing good practice in knowledge exchange and commercialisation has supported the Northern Accelerator initiative which has brought together universities in the Northeast to boost their commercialisation activity.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 149479 question first answered 01/03/2023 16:04:48 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1587854

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
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 and Research: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2023 to Question 132389 on Innovation and Research, what discussions she has had with North East Universities on clustering of innovation in the North East.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	149479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department and officials regularly engage with universities and university bodies, including the Russell Group, on a range of issues and is working on a new interactive cluster mapping tool.</p><p>Universities play important roles in their local economies including through education, skills, research, working with local businesses and as employers.</p><p>The Department supports universities to further this economic role by funding schemes such as Higher Education Innovation Funding which incentivises universities to work with businesses, public and third sector organisations to increase the economic and societal benefit from their work.</p><p>The Connecting Capability Fund which supports universities in sharing good practice in knowledge exchange and commercialisation has supported the Northern Accelerator initiative which has brought together universities in the Northeast to boost their commercialisation activity.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 149478 question first answered 01/03/2023 16:04:48 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1587855

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
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	Clinical Trials: Reviews
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the press release entitled Lord O'Shaughnessy to lead independent review into UK clinical trials, published on 20 February 2023, what budget her Department has allocated to the review.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	149480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>No specific budget has been allocated to the review. Existing staff have been temporarily re-allocated in order to support the running of the review.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 27/02/2023 09:21:34 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman previous answer version 57540 answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1587856

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
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	Clinical Trials: Reviews
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the press release entitled Lord O'Shaughnessy to lead independent review into UK clinical trials, published on 20 February 2023, what the salary for leading the review is.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	149481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>Lord O’Shaughnessy has been appointed as Chair for the independent review into UK clinical trials. Lord O’Shaughnessy is not a government official and the role is unpaid.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 01/03/2023 16:04:57 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah