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530668

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment the Government has made on the potential effect of the outcome of the EU referendum on EU development funding for the regions of England.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	41534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made clear, while the UK remains a member of the EU, current EU funding arrangements continue unchanged. It will be for the Government under the new Prime Minister to begin the negotiation to leave, and set out arrangements for those currently in receipt of EU funds.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/07/2016 14:46:18 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

484381

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much (a) European Regional Development and (b) European Structural funding (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales, (iii) Northern Ireland and (iv) each region of England will receive in each year between 2014 and 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Arundel and South Downs
	tabling member printed	Nick Herbert
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	32053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>The amount allocated by year to each operational programme for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European Social Fund (ESF) in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for the 2014-2020 period is set out in table 1.6 of the United Kingdom’s Partnership Agreement with the European Commission which can be found on GOV.UK at ‘European Structural and Investment Funds: UK Partnership Agreement’ and is attached.</p><p>Within England, notional allocations for ERDF and ESF were made on the basis of Local Enterprise Partnership areas. The total allocations to each Local Enterprise Partnership area for the 2014-2020 period can be found on the GOV.UK website at ‘EU Structural Funds: UK allocations 2014 to 2020’ and is attached.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name LEP-allocations-32053.pdf title Local Enterprise Partnership allocation figures 2 file name Information-from-table-1-6-32053.pdf title ERDF & ESF allocation figures question first answered 30/03/2016 09:59:21 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1479 label Biography information for Lord Herbert of South Downs

506249

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of (a) European Regional Development and (b) European Structural funding which will be received by the (i) East Midlands, (ii) East of England, (iii) London, (iv) North East, (v) North West, (vi) South East, (vii) South West, (viii) West Midlands and (ix) Yorkshire and Humber in each year between 2014 and 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Arundel and South Downs
	tabling member printed	Nick Herbert
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	33071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Within England, notional allocations for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European Social Fund (ESF) for the 2014-2020 programming period were made on the basis of Local Enterprise Partnership areas. Transposing these allocations to regional boundaries, the total estimated amount of ERDF and ESF for the 2014-2020 programming period for each region in England is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>€598m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>€387m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>€762m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>€739m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>€1132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>€286m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>€1495m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>€909m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humber</p></td><td><p>€794m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total for England</p></td><td><p>€6937m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It should be noted that some Local Enterprise Partnership areas cross the boundaries of regions and therefore the actual spend pattern may not wholly reflect the above notional allocations. Furthermore, Local Enterprise Partnerships and other local partners were asked to suggest the appropriate split between ESF and ERDF in strategies for their area and it is not possible to transpose this accurately to each region.</p><p>The allocations for each year at England level are fixed in the respective programmes for ESF and ERDF.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 18/04/2016 16:35:07 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1479 label Biography information for Lord Herbert of South Downs

515193

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much EU (a) 7th Framework Programme and (b) Horizon 2020 funding has been provided to (i) universities, (ii) other research institutions and (iii) small businesses in the UK in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	35370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>The figures requested are set out below. These reflect the full value of grant agreements signed in each calendar year, not the money received in that year.</p><p>Higher and Secondary Education Organisations (HES) agreed funding (€):</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FP7</p></td><td><p>832,679,583</p></td><td><p>923,451,655</p></td><td><p>1,017,766,046</p></td><td><p>390,441,742</p></td><td><p>22,102,754</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Horizon 2020</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>178,789,606</p></td><td><p>910,814,167</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Non-profit Research organisations (REC) agreed funding (€):</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FP7</p></td><td><p>109,612,016</p></td><td><p>78,523,761</p></td><td><p>107,290,576</p></td><td><p>38,249,216</p></td><td><p>1,469,761</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Horizon 2020</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>48,957,471</p></td><td><p>140,977,361</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SME) agreed funding (€):</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FP7</p></td><td><p>127,491,096</p></td><td><p>180,348,365</p></td><td><p>229,312,029</p></td><td><p>39,929,247</p></td><td><p>241,625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Horizon 2020</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>49,215,444</p></td><td><p>219,693,279</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that the SME figures may include some HES or REC organisations.</p><p>The variation in the figures across the years in part reflects the fact that calls are competitively bid for and vary considerably in the amount of funding available; and in part the fact that the FP7 budget was back-loaded, with increasing amounts of money available to award as grants in the final two years of the programme (2012-2013). In contrast, relatively few grants were awarded in the first year of Horizon 2020 (2014), which thereafter is due to run with annual budgets larger than those available to FP7.</p><p>Overall, the UK was the second biggest recipient of EU research funding under FP7, and remains so under Horizon 2020.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 27/04/2016 15:02:29 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

417534

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many consortia (a) containing and (b) not containing UK businesses have (i) made bids for and (ii) been successful in securing funding under the Eureka Eurostars programme in each financial year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	9625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p><strong>UK business engagement with the Eurostars programme in financial years 2010 – 2011 to 2014 - 2015.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>FY 2010-2011(1)</p></td><td><p>FY 2011-2012</p></td><td><p>FY 2012-2013</p></td><td><p>FY2013-2014</p></td><td><p>FY 2014-2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Applications</p></td><td><p>745</p></td><td><p>728</p></td><td><p>354</p></td><td><p>594</p></td><td><p>655</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Applications with UK Partners (a)</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Applications without UK Partners (b)</p></td><td><p>603</p></td><td><p>606</p></td><td><p>304</p></td><td><p>497</p></td><td><p>547</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Funded Projects</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Funded Projects with UK Partners (a)</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Funded projects without UK Partners (b)</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of calls</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>increases in the proportion of a project supported from 2010 mean that comparisons with earlier participant numbers would not be comparing like with like.</li></ol> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 17/09/2015 14:25:44 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

101683

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which United Kingdom organisations have received European Union funding in the last year from structural, cohesion or other funds.
	tabling member printed	Lord Vinson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The United Kingdom receives an allocation for the Structural Funds (the European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund) but not the Cohesion Fund.</p><p> </p><p>A large number of United Kingdom organisations received European Funding under Structural Funds programmes in the last year. As these are too numerous to set down here, I have provided below details of websites which contain lists of beneficiary organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The links to the Structural Funds programmes are:</p><p> </p><p>ERDF Programmes in England: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/erdf-programmes-progress-and-achievements" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/erdf-programmes-progress-and-achievements</a>.</p><p> </p><p>ESF England and Gibraltar: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/european-social-fund-2007-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/european-social-fund-2007-to-2013</a></p><p> </p><p>Devolved Administrations (ERDF &amp; ESF)</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland: <a href="http://www.dfpni.gov.uk/index/finance/european-funding.htm" target="_blank">http://www.dfpni.gov.uk/index/finance/european-funding.htm</a></p><p> </p><p>Scotland: <a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Business-Industry/support/17404/StructuralFunds2007-2013" target="_blank">http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Business-Industry/support/17404/StructuralFunds2007-2013</a></p><p> </p><p>Wales: <a href="http://wefo.wales.gov.uk/programmes/progress/searchprojects/?lang=en" target="_blank">http://wefo.wales.gov.uk/programmes/progress/searchprojects/?lang=en</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In terms of other sources of EU funding that BIS is responsible for, this includes the Framework Programme 7 for Research &amp; Innovation with numerous participants from Higher Education, Research Organisations, Private Sector and Public bodies. Project information is not set out on the Commission website in such a way as to make it easy to identify UK recipients of EU funding in a calendar year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Another source of EU funding that BIS was responsible for was the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (EIP) under the Competitiveness of Innovation and Enterprises (CIP). The latest beneficiaries report is the 2012 version. The following link will provide more information about the recipients of the programme, <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/cip/files/cip/docs/beneficiaries-report-october-2012_en.pdf" target="_blank">Beneficiaries Report October 2012 Final Version</a> – <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/cip/files/cip/docs/beneficiaries-report-october-2012.en.pdf" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/cip/files/cip/docs/beneficiaries-report-october-2012.en.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/11/2014 14:00:24 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1807 label Biography information for Lord Vinson

348514

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the value for money obtained by the European Structural and Investment Funds in the light of the increase in the United Kingdom's net contribution to the European Union budget.
	tabling member printed	Lord Vinson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>In 2013, the Prime Minister secured the first ever cut to the seven-year EU Budget Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). As a result, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR’s) latest forecast, UK net contributions to the EU Budget going forward will, on average, be lower per year than in 2013/14 – the final year of the last seven-year deal secured by the previous Government – not higher. The Government supports the objectives of the European Structural and Investment Funds. These programmes are now more strongly focused on results following the implementation of a rigorous performance framework sought by the UK and other net payers during MFF negotiations. The Government is committed to continue to ensure maximum restraint and maximum value for money when it comes to EU expenditure.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/06/2015 11:41:17 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1807 label Biography information for Lord Vinson

143353

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance his Department offers to recipients of EU structural funds.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	213847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is responsible for EU structural funds policy and regulations. The United Kingdom’s Managing Authorities have responsibility for issuing guidance to recipients of the funds.</p><p> </p><p>In England, the Department for Communities and Local Government is the Managing Authority for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Department for Work and Pensions is the Managing Authority for the European Social Fund (ESF).</p><p> </p><p>In Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, the Devolved Administrations are responsible for the management of the ERDF and ESF programmes.</p><p> </p><p>All the Managing Authorities have websites which give guidance to potential applicants for funding, as well as reports and publicity about their programmes.</p><p> </p><p>The links to the structural funds websites are as follows:-</p><p> </p><p><strong>England</strong></p><p> </p><p>Department for Communities and local Government:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/erdf-national-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/erdf-national-guidance</a></p><p> </p><p>Department for Work and Pensions:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/european-social-fund-2007-to-2013#guidance-and-regulations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/european-social-fund-2007-to-2013#guidance-and-regulations</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p><p> </p><p>Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (ERDF):</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.eucompni.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.eucompni.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Department of Education and Learning (ESF):</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.delni.gov.uk/esf" target="_blank">http://www.delni.gov.uk/esf</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p><p> </p><p>Scottish Government:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Business-Industry/support/17404" target="_blank">http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Business-Industry/support/17404</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Wales</strong></p><p> </p><p>Welsh European Funding Office:</p><p><a href="http://wefo.wales.gov.uk/publications/guidance/?lang=en" target="_blank">http://wefo.wales.gov.uk/publications/guidance/?lang=en</a></p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 17/11/2014 11:18:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

225603

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2015 to Question 224801, who within managing authorities will make funding decisions; how local enterprise partnerships and other local partners will play an advisory role in respect of those decisions; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	226588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p>Where funding decisions on European Structural and Investment Funds projects are made within the relevant Government Department or Non-Departmental Public Body designated as the Managing Authority for that Fund under Article 123 of the European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provision Regulation (Regulation 1303/2013), this will be done by suitably authorised officials. In England, for the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund and part of the Rural Development Programme, these officials will be based in local growth teams across the country. Funding decisions have to be taken in accordance with the Operational Programmes. These have been drafted to take into account the local economic needs and priorities that have been identified by Local Enterprise Partnerships and other local partners, so local priorities are embedded into EU programmes and the funding decisions that will follow. Local partners will also be consulted on an ongoing basis via Local European Structural and Investment Fund Committees, with partners bringing local understanding, intelligence and advice to help inform project calls and funding decisions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 11/03/2015 15:31:08 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

225604

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2015 to Question 224801, what estimate he has made of the amount of European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) that have been withheld in England so far as a result of the delay in the formal adoption of ESIF Operational Programmes for 2014 to 2020 by the European Commission.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	226589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p>No funding has been withheld in England as a result of delay in the formal adoption of European Structural and Investment Funds programmes. The full value of England’s allocation from the Funds is expected to be available once the relevant Operational Programmes are agreed. In this context, it should be noted that the Operational Programme for the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development in England was agreed on 13 February and the other European Structural and Investment Funds Operational Programmes for England are expected to be agreed in summer 2015. Under the European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions Regulation (Regulation 1303/2013), the Managing Authority for the relevant Fund has to have submitted a valid payment claim to the European Commission by the end of the third year following the year in which the money was committed from the EU budget.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 11/03/2015 15:32:43 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell