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1697767

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	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	Arms Trade: Israel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the value of arms exports to Israel was in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	19867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>HM Government publishes data on export licensing decisions on a quarterly basis in the Official Statistics, including data on outcome, end user destination, overall value, type (e.g. military, other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. This data is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data.</a></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 19868 question first answered 26/03/2024 17:31:20 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1697768

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	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	Arms Trade: Israel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what data her Department holds on the use of (a) arms and (b) non arms exports to Israel.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	19868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>HM Government publishes data on export licensing decisions on a quarterly basis in the Official Statistics, including data on outcome, end user destination, overall value, type (e.g. military, other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. This data is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data.</a></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 19867 question first answered 26/03/2024 17:31:20 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1697874

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	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	Foreign Investment in UK: Science and Technology
	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 supports foreign investment in science and technology by region.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	19873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>Investment is at the very heart of the UK economy - it supports economic growth, creates jobs and enables improvements in productivity for new and existing firms. It is also essential for successful delivery of the Government's objective to make the UK a science and technology superpower by 2030.</p><p>The Department for Business and Trade promotes a range of investment opportunities across the science &amp; technology sector. DBT works to attract foreign corporates to the UK, developing compelling investment propositions for DBT's international network to bring to prospective investors, this includes both sector-wide and place-based opportunities. DBT has dedicated based staff across the UK who work with the DAs/their agencies, wider DBT teams, Office for Investment and other UK government departments to deliver investment in priority areas, including science and technology. DBT teams work closely with partners to deliver events to attract investment, such as the Northern Ireland Investment Summit that was held in Belfast, September 2023.</p><p>The UK has 13 new Investment Zones which will benefit from £160 million each of Government funding to unlock foreign investment across priority sectors, especially science and technology, with a focus on driving innovation and creating quality jobs. These will be new hubs for investment and innovation across the UK and the funding spread over 10 years, will be spent on fiscal incentives and/or flexible spend to support attracting FDI. In line with the government's levelling up objectives, they are established in places with significant unmet productivity potential, where existing strengths and assets aligned to priority sectors can be leveraged to increase opportunities for local communities. Investment Zones will be established in partnership between central government, local government, research institutions and the private sector. The Investment Opportunity Fund is intended to double down on the objectives of Freeports and Investment Zones by providing a flexible, agile pot of funding that government can use to secure and respond to opportunities in these areas as they emerge.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 26/03/2024 17:53:40 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1694627

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	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	Batteries: Manufacturing Industries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to promote the development of a domestic battery industry.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	17585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>We continue to work with industry via the Automotive Transformation Fund to support the creation of an internationally competitive electric vehicle supply chain in the UK, including gigafactories. With Government support, completion of AESC’s second Sunderland gigafactory and Tata-Agratas' £4bn gigafactory announcement will increase the UK’s committed battery capacity to over half of estimated 2030 demand.</p><p>We are also investing record sums in battery R&amp;D through the Faraday Battery Challenge, to establish the UK as a battery science superpower, with £610m committed since 2017.</p><p>In November 2023, the Advanced Manufacturing Plan announced over £2bn of capital and R&amp;D funding over five years to 2030, unlocking investment in zero emission vehicles, batteries and the wider supply chain. Alongside the AMP, we published a UK Battery Strategy, which outlined the Government’s vision for the UK to achieve a globally competitive battery supply chain by 2030 that supports economic prosperity and the net zero transition.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/03/2024 07:20:58 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1673566

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2023
	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	Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Prime Minister unveils £29.5 billion of investment at historic Global Investment Summit, published on 27 November 2023, how much and what proportion of the funding will be invested in each region of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	4152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The Global Investment Summit was a roaring success, unveiling £29.5 billion of investment, creating 12,000 jobs in some of the fastest-growing sectors of the UK, including data centres to support AI and life sciences.</p><p> </p><p>Many of the projects announced are nationwide in their application so we cannot forecast regional spend of the combined investment total. We are working with investors to ensure the projects deliver the maximum economic benefit.</p><p> </p><p>The investment announced on the day is a colossal vote of confidence in the UK and this government, and the benefits will be felt across the whole of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 04/12/2023 10:29:50 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1673567

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2023
	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	Future Fund: Breakthrough
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much the British Business Bank has invested directly in companies through its Future Fund: Breakthrough programme as of 28 November 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	4153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>Future Fund: Breakthrough is delivered by the British Business Bank, via its subsidiary British Patient Capital. It is a UK-wide programme which encourages private investors to co-invest alongside government in high-growth, R&amp;D intensive, innovative firms.</p><p>From the start of the programme in 2021 to 28 November 2023, Future Fund: Breakthrough has committed to invest £119 million of which £97.6 million has been paid. Across these transactions, the programme has leveraged £724 million of investment from the private sector.</p><p>The government has announced an extension to Future Fund: Breakthrough of at least £50 million, building on the original commitment of £375m.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 06/12/2023 17:42:25 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1673572

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2023
	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	Defence: Space Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to page 34 of the National Space Strategy, published in September 2021, what steps her Department is taking to ensure robust controls on downstream activities that could potentially be used to support military operations of concern.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	4156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The UK seeks to prevent the proliferation of military and dual-use technologies that risk being misused in space through a robust system of export controls.</p><p>We rigorously assess every export licence application on a case-by-case basis against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria (the Criteria). We draw on all available information, including reports from NGOs and our overseas network, ensuring that UK exports are consistent with our national and international obligations and standards.</p><p>We will not grant an export licence where to do so would be inconsistent with the Criteria.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 04/12/2023 10:22:11 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1668436

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2023
	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	Office for Life Sciences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many times she has met officials from the Office for Life Sciences since 7 February 2023; and what correspondence she has had with the that organisation in the same time period.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Business and Trade has had no meetings with the Office of Life Sciences (OLS) since 7 February 2023 and there are no records of correspondence between the Secretary of State and the OLS for the same time period.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 21/11/2023 09:23:33 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	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

1653614

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2023
	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	Construction: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to promote carbon neutrality in the construction industry.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	194414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>We are working with the construction sector, to support a range of initiatives to reduce its emission contributions to help meet our net zero target. This includes the Construction Leadership Council's Construct Zero initiative, which covers the design of buildings, construction processes, decarbonising plant and machinery it uses, and training in relevant skills.</p><p>The Government has also worked with the industry to produce the Low Carbon Concrete Routemap, a Zero Diesel Routemap for construction sites and to revise the PAS 2080 standard for carbon management in buildings and infrastructure projects.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/07/2023 16:14:05 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah