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947653

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Social Science: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support the commercialisation of social science research.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	168050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Social sciences have a central role to play in contributing to the UK economy and society, and the challenges set out in the industrial strategy. UKRI through the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Research England have a range of mechanisms to help deliver benefits from social science, including support for commercialisation;</p><p> </p><ul><li>ESRC funding for impact activities from research projects can be requested via their “Pathways to Impact”. (<em>Data from ResearchFish shows that 29 spinouts from ESRC funding have been registered with Companies House between 2010 and 2017.</em>)</li><li>ESRC also funds Impact Acceleration Accounts (IAAs) at 25 universities to accelerate the impact of research.</li><li>Research England support via Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF) (currently £210 million per year) for English universities for a range of knowledge exchange activities. Each institution decides how to deploy this according to their own strategic priorities, some will support commercialisation of social sciences.</li><li>Research England has also awarded £5m from the Connecting Capability Fund to London School of Economics, in partnership with the Universities of Manchester and Sussex, for “ASPECT” (A Social sciences Platform for Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Transformation) to develop a “globally leading social sciences commercialisation ecosystem.” This expects to create new companies to improve productivity and solve the most pressing social challenges.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition, a number of calls announced in Wave 2 of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund have included and embedded social science, and UKRI will ensure that there are opportunities for social science to contribute to solving the ambitious challenges set out in the Fund.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 10/09/2018 15:37:54 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

946783

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Catapult Centres: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page 82 of the Industrial Strategy, when he plans to agree long-term funding for the Catapult Network.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	167295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>We announced long-term funding on 10 August, an additional £780 million to expand catapult centres which are fueling innovation across the country as part of the UK’s ambitious Industrial Strategy. This new funding backs Britain’s brightest talent – supporting work in high-tech labs, cutting edge factories and advanced training centres.</p><p> </p><p>This build on £180 million announced by my rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister for centres in the North East last month, taking the total of funding to almost £1 billion.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 04/09/2018 12:58:40 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

946784

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Innovation and Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page 89 of the Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has launched the new international research and innovation strategy.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	167296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>Further to my response on 14 June 2018 to Question UIN <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-06-07/151204/" target="_blank">151204</a>, we intend to publish the International Research and Innovation Strategy in autumn this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 05/09/2018 16:14:14 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah previous answer version 73210 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

944051

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Global Navigation Satellite Systems: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2018 to Question 162553, which Department will provide funding for the proposed £3-5 billion domestic satellite navigation system; and whether that funding will be taken from money that has already been allocated in the Budget.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	165561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has made clear its wish to negotiate a continued deep participation in the Galileo programme. In May, my rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister ordered that a GNSS taskforce deliver a detailed assessment of UK GNSS options in the event that we do not reach a satisfactory agreement on the Galileo programme to provide resilience to UK users as stated in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015.</p><p> </p><p>No departmental funding has been allocated for the full GNSS capability and the scoping phase of work will need to be completed before any decision can be taken on whether to proceed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 24/07/2018 13:07:24 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah previous answer version 71495 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

939917

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Galileo System
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Environment and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Defence Procurement of 9 July 2018, on Leaving the EU: Defence and Military Aerospace Industry, Official Report, column 694, how many civil servants are part of the cross-departmental group; and from which departments those civil servants are drawn.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	163529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>A cross-Departmental steering group has been established to oversee the work to develop options for a UK GNSS. The steering group comprises 11 officials from the UK Space Agency, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Ministry of Defence, the Cabinet Office, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Infrastructure and Projects Authority.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 18/07/2018 08:41:09 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

937762

registered interest
date	10/07/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Spaceflight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent progress his Department has made being made on establishing a site for a UK space launch facility.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	162607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>Our Industrial Strategy recognises the role of new markets like space launch in driving growth across the UK. The Government is delivering a major programme to enable companies to offer small satellite launch and sub-orbital spaceflight from UK spaceports.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Space Agency has considered 26 proposals for grant funding to kick-start satellite launch and spaceflight operations in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>On Monday we announced £31.5 million in funding to enable satellites to be launched from Sutherland, Scotland, which aims to be the first vertical spaceport to launch satellites into space from mainland Europe.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, we have also announced plans, subject to business case, for up to £2 million of funding for airports such as Newquay, Glasgow Prestwick and Snowdonia planning to build the market for horizontal spaceflight using air-launched rockets and sub-orbital spaceplanes.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/07/2018 15:43:31 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

937887

registered interest
date	10/07/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Global Navigation Satellite Systems
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the (a) cost and (b) liabilities to the public purse of developing a UK alternative to the EU Galileo satellite navigation system.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	162553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced in May that the Government is developing options for a domestic satellite navigation system as a contingency measure in the event that the European Commission and EU27 Member States do not offer acceptable terms for continued UK participation in Galileo.</p><p> </p><p>Initial analysis undertaken in partnership with UK industry indicates that a UK Global Navigation Satellite System could cost between £3-5 billion over a ten-year build phase. In a subsequent steady state period, the annual operating and replenishment cost for a UK system is estimated to be comparable with the expected cost of continued UK participation in the Galileo programme (around £200m per annum).</p><p> </p><p>Further analysis and study is ongoing with UK industry in order to provide greater clarity on the options for a UK GNSS, the costs and benefits and the start date of full services. During this early study phase of the programme, no significant liabilities have arisen.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/07/2018 13:30:52 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

934929

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Research: EU Action
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether UK (a) companies and (b) institutions will be able to participate in EU research and development projects after 2020.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	161058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>As part of our future partnership with the EU, the UK will look to establish an ambitious future agreement on science and innovation that ensures the valuable research links between us continue to grow.</p><p> </p><p>The UK would like to participate in EU research and development projects after 2020 and would like the option to fully associate to the excellence-based European research and innovation programmes, including Horizon Europe (the successor to Horizon 2020) and Euratom Research and Training.</p><p> </p><p>Such an association would involve an appropriate UK financial contribution linked to a suitable level of influence in line with the contribution and benefits the UK brings. The UK looks forward to discussing the detail of any future UK participation with the European Commission.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/07/2018 12:43:44 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

934968

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Mathematics: Postgraduate Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to increase the number of PhD places for mathematical scientists.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	161069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>PhD funding forms one part of the £300m that will be spent over the next three years on increasing talent in the UK, as aligned to Industrial Strategy priorities.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally over the next 5 years, £50 million has been allocated through the National Productivity Investment Fund for additional PhDs, including 100 PhDs to support research into AI, ensuring Britain is at the forefront of the AI revolution.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for PhD places, including mathematical sciences, is not ring-fenced to specific areas, but is based on the strength of candidates and applications.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 11/07/2018 14:57:45 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

934156

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the average length of time was for an application for a patent submitted to the Intellectual Property Office to be (a) granted and (b) dismissed in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	160100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>(a) For patents granted in the years 2010-2018, the average time from filing of the patent application to grant was:-</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Grant Year</p></td><td><p>Days to Grant</p></td><td><p>Approx Months to Grant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1071</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1077</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1015</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>923</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>954</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1038</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1120</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1186</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1241</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(b) Few unsuccessful patent applications are formally dismissed, with most simply expiring through failure to comply with the Patents Act within a prescribed period. Measurement of this time period does not, therefore provide a meaningful metric.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 10/07/2018 14:11:43 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson