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1713155

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	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	UK Research and Innovation: Finance
	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 funding her Department plans to provide to UK Research and Innovation in the next three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	23159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided to Question UIN 22712 on Monday 29th April.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 01/05/2024 08:00:13 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1702385

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2024
	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	UK Research and Innovation: Finance
	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 funding her Department plans to provide to UK Research and Innovation in the next three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	22712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>DSIT is responsible for the majority of the Government’s spending on R&amp;D, including UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) budget of £25.1 billion across the current Spending Review (FY2022/23 – 2024/25). This includes an allocation of over £8.8 billion in financial year 2024/25.</p><p> </p><p>As outlined by the Chancellor at Spring Budget 2024, the next Spending Review to set future financial year budgets will be held after the General Election.</p><p> </p><p>DSIT has budgets and plans in place until at least April 2025. Government will agree departmental budgets for financial years following this as part of the usual budget setting process.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 29/04/2024 08:34:30 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1700807

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	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	UK Research and Innovation: Publications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of funding provided by UK Research and Investment for research papers.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	21593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>UKRI is the national funding agency that invests in and facilitates research and innovation activities across the United Kingdom. Research papers are a key means of communicating the results of research and innovation activities contributing to the body of knowledge across different research areas.</p><p> </p><p>Every £1 of public R&amp;D funding leverages around £2 of additional private sector investment. The UK is a leader in science and research. With less than one per cent of the world’s population, the UK accounts for 6.3% of the world’s academic publications, and 13.4% of the most highly cited research publications.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 23/04/2024 11:01:58 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1700808

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	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	UK Research and Innovation: Publications
	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 take steps to ensure that research papers funded through UK Research and Innovation are politically neutral.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	21594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Decisions on research papers funded by UKRI are made through independent evaluation by experts who are required to be politically neutral in their decision making.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 23/04/2024 11:19:51 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1695040

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2024
	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	Telecommunications: Regulation
	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 assessment of the potential merits of (a) reviewing regulatory oversight of and (b) promoting good practice by the telecoms industry.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	17815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>As the independent regulator for the telecoms industry, Ofcom plays an essential role in maintaining regulatory oversight, promoting best practice and liaising with government to provide the best outcomes possible for the consumer. The regulator undertakes regular reviews of regulation, and it concluded its Wholesale Fixed Telecoms Market Review in 2021, setting out broadband regulation for the 2021-2026 period. It also assessed its approach to mobile markets in its Mobile Strategy Review in 2022.</p><p>The Government published its Statement of Strategic Priorities in 2019 to ensure Ofcom’s regulation is aligned with our objectives, including our commitments to world-class digital infrastructure, promoting competition, and to safeguarding the interests of telecoms consumers.</p><p>A consultation on ‘Strengthening economic regulation in the water, energy and telecoms sectors’ concluded in January this year and we are currently considering responses related to the telecoms sector.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 19/03/2024 11:27:42 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1679359

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	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	Counterfeit Manufacturing: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she has taken with Cabinet colleagues to (a) tackle the sale of fake designer goods and (b) seize the proceeds of of such sales.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	7816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK has strong measures in place to address IP crime and infringement, co-ordinated by the Intellectual Property Office. It works with the Police IP Crime Unit, Trading Standards, and Regional Organised Crime Units among others to tackle the sale of fake designer goods. Wilful trade mark counterfeiting and copyright piracy on a commercial scale are criminal offences and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 provides powers to seize assets derived from such criminal activity. A recent operation between IPO, City of London Police, Trading Standards and industry representatives at Camden High Street resulted in the seizure of fake designer bracelets worth £400,000.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 15/01/2024 14:47:05 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1669486

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2023
	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	5G: Havering
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what information her Department holds on the number of 5G mobile signal towers that have been constructed in (a) Romford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Havering.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	1472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>5G network rollout and the management of masts, mobile sites and network infrastructure is a matter for the mobile network operators, and this information is not held by the Government.</p><p> </p><p>However, local authorities must grant planning permission or prior approval for building masts and therefore some local authorities keep mast site registers.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 21/11/2023 10:53:05 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1661875

	registered interest
	date	19/09/2023
	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	Animal Experiments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department is taking steps to fund research into technologies that would provide an alternative to animal testing.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	200219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>Government’s approach is to actively support and fund the development and dissemination of techniques that replace, reduce and refine the use of animals in research (the 3Rs), primarily through funding from UK Research and Innovation for the National Centre for the 3Rs (NC3Rs) - who have committed £31.6 million for research and innovation into replacement technologies in the past 5 years - and to ensure that the UK has a robust regulatory system for licensing animal studies.</p><p> </p><p>The NC3Rs are on track to meet their commitment to invest 75% of their research and innovation budget on replacement technologies by the end of 2024.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 20/10/2023 11:06:16 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1644185

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2023
	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	UK Research And Innovation
	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 funding was allocated to Havering Council as part of the UK Research and Innovation Innovate Scheme in 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	189172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>Havering London Borough Council did not receive direct funding from Innovate UK in 2021-22. I refer the hon. Member to my response to his question 186044 on 30 May 2023 regarding wider funding for the Havering area</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/06/2023 14:44:51 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1639341

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2023
	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, whether she is taking steps to support the (a) growth and (b) commercialisation of scientific research in Havering.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	186044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government has raised support for research commercialisation to its highest level ever. For example, the Higher Education Innovation Fund, supporting knowledge exchange between universities and the wider world, is £280m for academic year 2022-23, including £20m for commercialisation, and spinouts can access financial support like Innovate UK Smart Grants.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also helps businesses take advantage of innovation. For example, Innovate UK’s EDGE gives innovative businesses the wrap-around support and leadership and management skills they need to scale up, commercialise, and access new markets.</p><p> </p><p>Barking &amp; Dagenham and Havering received £1.08m of UKRI spend in 2020-21, supporting research, development and innovation.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 30/05/2023 13:13:08 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell