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date	21/11/2018
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	Renewable Energy: Taiwan
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 his Department is taking to co-operate with Taiwan on renewable energy; and whether his Department plans actively to engage with Taiwan’s delegation at the 24th Session of the Conference of the Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
uin	194065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Cooperation on renewable energy forms part of the UK’s commercial and economic ties with Taiwan. In 2017 we agreed to initiate an official-level dialogue on energy as a component of the annual Trade Talks. The first meeting took place in June 2018 in London between officials from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Department for International Trade, and a delegation led by Taiwan’s Bureau of Energy. The dialogue focussed on renewable energy, particularly offshore wind, grid stability and smart energy systems. Both sides agreed that there was value in further dialogue and opportunities for businesses to work together on renewable energy.</p><p>Broader energy and climate change cooperation between the UK and Taiwan is part of our economic and commercial relationship. We expect this engagement to continue in the margins of the 24<sup>th</sup> Conference of the Parties under the UNFCCC next month, though no formal plans have yet been made. Broad cooperation is vital for tackling this global issue.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 29/11/2018 14:33:41 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1011546

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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	Climate Change Convention
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 discussions his Department has had with representatives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on the UK hosting the conference of parties to that convention in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	194170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>As I have previously stated, the UK is engaging with partners to determine who is best placed to preside over the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2020 (COP26). This has included discussions with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat to understand the scale of the undertaking. Whoever takes on the COP26 Presidency in 2020, will be working with a wide range of partners to ensure it is a success.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/12/2018 11:22:28 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1011580

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much the Government has spent on R&D in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	194083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has increased spending on R&amp;D in the last five years.</p><p>Table 3 of the ONS statistical bulletin “UK Government expenditure on science, engineering and technology 2016” gives the following figures for total UK Government net expenditure on R&amp;D, including indicative UK contributions to EU R&amp;D, of</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>9,953</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,816</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,941</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,070</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,230</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We have an ambition to raise total public and private R&amp;D expenditure to 2.4% of GDP by 2027. As a first step to reaching the 2.4% target, we announced in the 2016 Autumn Statement, and expanded in the 2017 Budget, an additional of £7 billion for R&amp;D over 5 years from 2017-18 to 2021-22 as part of the National Productivity Investment Fund.</p><p>We expect to see 2017 data next March.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 29/11/2018 09:10:37 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1011583

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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	Space Technology
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 discussions he has had with the space industry on future development; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	194086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>I met with the Chair of the Space Sector Council in October to discuss future developments for the sector and we plan to meet again early in January. The Space sector published its ambitious ‘Prosperity from Space’ blueprint for accelerating innovation and growth in May, setting out how it would create 30,000 new high skill jobs across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to provide strong support to the space sector with recent funding of £50 million to kick-start small satellite launch and sub-orbital flight from UK spaceports, £99 million for the National Satellite Test Facility in Harwell and £92 million to design a national alternative to the EU’s Galileo satellite system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 26/11/2018 17:21:26 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1012152

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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	Local Enterprise Partnerships
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to ensure that the proposed reduction in public sector representation on Local Enterprise Partnership Boards (LEP) will not dilute the democratic accountability and oversight of LEPs at a local level.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL11679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government published the <em>Strengthened Local Enterprise Partnerships</em> review on 24<sup>th</sup> July, which brought forward reforms to leadership, governance, accountability, financial reporting and geographical boundaries. Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) are public and private partnerships between local authorities, businesses and other key partners. This sets out our expectations around the active role of local authorities in providing a strong and direct link back to local people, and that local authorities continue to be a central part of each LEP’s democratic accountability. Collaboration between the public and private sector will remain key to LEPs’ success as locally elected leaders and businesses continue to work together to shape policies for their local areas.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 03/12/2018 16:26:12 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding