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1566474

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
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: 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 the keynote speech made by the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation at Onward UK on 11 January 2023, whether his Department plans to announce a stretch target for R&D as a proportion of GDP.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	122136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is an independent body, and this update is part of a wider programme of work to improve economic statistics. Its 22 November 2022 release estimated that £59.7bn was invested in UK R&amp;D in 2019, increasing to £61.8bn in 2020. The ONS has not published estimate of R&amp;D as a percentage of GDP. This is because they have not yet incorporated the improvements to the measurement of R&amp;D in the business and higher education sectors into the calculations of GDP.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS understands the complexity and time required in feeding the updated R&amp;D changes through to GDP as part of National Accounts and looks forward to this calculation in due course. If the ONS had made the calculation, BEIS believes it would have produced a figure between 2.6% and 2.7% of GDP for 2019 and between 2.9% and 3.0% for 2020.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 122143 question first answered 17/01/2023 17:20:24 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1566478

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
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 the keynote speech made by the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation at Onward UK on 11 January 2023, where the 30 clusters of unique R&D strength are; and if his Department will publish the location and specialist strength of those clusters.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	122137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>There are clusters of innovation across the UK, from the Newcastle digital cluster to the compound semiconductor cluster in South Wales. BEIS is working closely with other departments and partner organisations such as UKRI to map these and ensure we have as rigorously evidenced and current a list as possible. This includes commissioning research that will use innovative data science techniques to map firms performing R&amp;D and innovation in the UK and explain how they cluster. We will publish this in a report and interactive tool later this year, which will help investors understand opportunities to support our strengths.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 17/01/2023 17:21:53 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1566480

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
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: Brexit
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 the keynote speech made by the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation at Onward UK on 11 January 2023, which post-Brexit freedoms in procurement and regulation he plans to use to grow innovation clusters and support research and development.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	122139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>Leaving the EU gives us the opportunity to create our own regulations that can help to drive transparency, prosperity and growth. The Government’s Procurement Bill takes up that opportunity to create the flexibility to facilitate public sector buyers procuring innovative new products and services. In addition to this the third round of the Regulators' Pioneer fund is funding projects that will help to keep the UK at the forefront of regulation and support R&amp;D.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 24/01/2023 10:09:35 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1566481

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
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 the keynote speech made by the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation at Onward UK on 11 January 2023, when he plans to establish a unit in his Department to monitor the success of the UK’s clusters of innovation; and what its (a) name, (b) budget and (c) remit will be.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	122140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>BEIS analysts are using their expertise to map the UK’s innovation clusters and understand trends, barriers and opportunities within them. Monitoring and evaluation are at the heart of good policy making, so we are also ensuring this is in place for all initiatives that help to support the UK’s clusters to realise their potential. For example, we are establishing a monitoring and evaluation framework to assess the impact of Innovation Accelerators, which is a new pilot programme supporting Glasgow, Greater Manchester and the West Midlands to become major, globally competitive centres for research and innovation.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 24/01/2023 10:10:50 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1566483

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
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	Horizon Europe
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 the keynote speech made by the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation at Onward UK on 11 January 2023, when the Government plans to publish details of an alternative to Horizon UK.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	122142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>If the UK does not associate to Horizon Europe, the Government will be ready with a comprehensive alternative, including a suite of transitional measures and longer-term programmes, funded from the budget set aside for association to European programmes.</p><p> </p><p>As stated in my speech at Onward UK on 11 Jan 2023, these programmes will enable the UK to meet its global Science Superpower and Innovation Nation ambitions. Details of the transitional measures have already been published, and the Department will publish more detailed proposals on the longer-term programmes in due course.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 24/01/2023 10:11:51 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1566486

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
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: 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, with reference to the speech by the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation on 11 January 2023 entitled Science Superpower: the UK’s Global Science Strategy beyond Horizon Europe, for what reasons his Department estimates that 2.8 per cent of the economy was spent on research and development; what year this estimate was for; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	122143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is an independent body, and this update is part of a wider programme of work to improve economic statistics. Its 22 November 2022 release estimated that £59.7bn was invested in UK R&amp;D in 2019, increasing to £61.8bn in 2020. The ONS has not published estimate of R&amp;D as a percentage of GDP. This is because they have not yet incorporated the improvements to the measurement of R&amp;D in the business and higher education sectors into the calculations of GDP.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS understands the complexity and time required in feeding the updated R&amp;D changes through to GDP as part of National Accounts and looks forward to this calculation in due course. If the ONS had made the calculation, BEIS believes it would have produced a figure between 2.6% and 2.7% of GDP for 2019 and between 2.9% and 3.0% for 2020.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 122136 question first answered 17/01/2023 17:20:24 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1551807

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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: 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 Answer 6 December 2022 to Question 97528 on Research: Finance and with reference to the Levelling Up White Paper, page 6 stating that 40 per cent increase in R&D pledged for outside of the Greater South East, which R&D spending assessment methodology will this use.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	110683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government has pledged to increase domestic public investment in R&amp;D outside the Greater South East by at least 40% by 2030. This increase in R&amp;D spending will be measured by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Government Research and Development (GovERD) survey of government departments. The ONS, which is an independent body, is currently in the process of improving the GovERD survey to ensure data is collected on a regional level, with estimates for public R&amp;D spend for each of the 12 nations and regions of the UK. ONS will publish baseline estimates from this work detailing public funded R&amp;D expenditure at International Territorial Level 1 in January 2023.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 20/12/2022 15:26:53 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1549615

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
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	Horizon IT System: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which legal firm will administer the Group Litigation Order compensation scheme for postmasters who helped expose the Post Office Horizon scandal; and whether that firm has previously advised the (a) Government and (b) Post Office.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	105456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>Procurement of legal advisors will begin shortly. Firms with a conflict of interest will not be considered.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 12/12/2022 17:12:09 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1549148

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Departmental Responsibilities
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 24 November 2022 to Question 82299 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Departmental Responsibilities, for what reason there are differences in the roles and responsibilities between the Minister for Investment and Minister for Investment Security.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	104201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>The Minister for Investment Security, my noble Friend Lord Johnson of Lainston, and my roles are based in different departments and have different responsibilities in line with their departmental remits. Details of our respective portfolios can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state-minister-for-industry-and-investment-security" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state-minister-for-industry-and-investment-security</a>;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--103" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--103</a>.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/12/2022 11:48:01 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1545834

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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	Science: Investment
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 (a) Office for National Statistics and (b) Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on gathering data to measure levelling up of science investment.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	97529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy officials are working closely with the Office for National Statistics, the Government Office for Science and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to improve the granularity of R&amp;D data, in particular to publish data for the first time in early 2023 on the location of performed R&amp;D funded by the government, in support of the Levelling Up White Paper R&amp;D mission.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 01/12/2022 17:13:31 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah