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1166740

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to support local authorities to maintain rural bus services.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	6480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of bus services, which can provide vital connections to people in rural areas. Since January 2014, around £43 million of the Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) has been paid directly to local authorities each year, to support socially necessary bus services in their area that are not commercially viable. To improve current bus services, or restore lost services where needed, the Government will pay an extra £30 million to local authorities in 2020/21.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 04/11/2019 14:53:35 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1600423

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2023
	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: Finance
	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 increase funding for (a) projects that involve the sophisticated use of human cells and tissues, (b) organ-on-a-chip technology, (c) (i) electroencephalography and (ii) other non-invasive approaches to recording brain activity and (d) other human-specific research into mental health disorders.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	156212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funds a portfolio of research projects involving humans, human materials, animal models, and non-animal technologies. For example, last year their Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research launched a £4.7 million joint funding call focussed on supporting next generation non-animal technologies, such as organ-on-a-chip.</p><p> </p><p>UKRI also funds a significant amount of research into non-invasive neuroimaging to advance our understanding of human brain and mental health. For instance, since 2010 their Medical Research Council has invested £3.8 million into non-invasive neuroimaging in mental health research.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 08/03/2023 16:05:17 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1603720

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2023
	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	Intellectual Property
	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 the Government is taking to help maintain the UK’s position near the top of the International IP Index.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	164032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK intellectual property system and enforcement framework is consistently rated as one of the best in the world. The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) delivers high quality, timely rights granting with record levels of customer satisfaction. It is undergoing a transformation programme to modernise and improve the efficiency of its services to customers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also committed to a world leading intellectual property framework that keeps pace with technological developments and that remains world class during global trade negotiations. On enforcement, the IPO’s ambitious counter-infringement strategy continues to build on important partnership working in combatting illicit activity.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/03/2023 16:24:31 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1603722

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2023
	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 Intellectual Property Office: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Government has made an assessment of the adequacy of requirements for representation in ensuring only regulated and qualified practitioners can appear before the Intellectual Property Office.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	164034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government supports appropriate regulation of intellectual property practitioners where this is necessary to ensure that applicants and rights holders are effectively represented.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not seen a need to change the current regulatory framework but continues to welcome evidence from practitioners and consumers if they consider there to be deficiencies in the current system.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/03/2023 16:24:39 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1654878

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2023
	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, with reference to the Advice on the use of the forced swim test published on 5 July 2023 by the Animals in Science Committee, whether she plans to fund the further development of human-specific, non-animal methods for research into (a) potential treatments for depression and (b) any other areas where the forced swim test is used.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	195527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the Committee’s advice on the use of the forced swim test. The report and its recommendations are being carefully considered, and the Government will respond in due course.</p><p>The National Centre for the 3Rs (NC3Rs) recently published a paper in collaboration with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on the use of the forced swim test in rodents, calling for more research into alternatives to the test. Funded through UK Research and Innovation, the NC3Rs has a range of funding schemes available to support the development of alternatives to the use of animals, including developing non-animal approaches to the test<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 06/09/2023 12:02:37 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse