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479511

registered interest
date	17/03/2016
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	Innovation and Science: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish further information on the science and innovation audit for Edinburgh and the Lothians set out in paragraph 1.268 of Budget 2016.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	31629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>The Edinburgh and Lothians audit is being taken forward in collaboration with a consortium led by Edinburgh University. Further information will be provided on GOV.UK in due course, once the first wave of audits gets underway.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 22/03/2016 15:52:44 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

479080

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
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	Innovation and Science: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to page 69 of the Budget 2016, when his Department plans to start the science and innovation audit in Edinburgh and the Lothians.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	31387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2016 answer text <p>The first wave of Science and Innovation Audits, including the Edinburgh and the Lothians audit, were announced at Budget on 16<sup>th</sup> March. Consortia going through Wave 1 have been selected to represent a cross section of approaches, geographical areas, and capacity to engage actively in developing the methodology. Initial planning meetings will commence shortly and we expect the project to be delivered by the Autumn.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/04/2016 12:30:36 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 52570 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

472712

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
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	Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to support innovation.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	904103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>We committed in our manifesto to making the UK the best place in Europe to innovate, patent new ideas and grow a business. We are strongly supporting innovation through providing the right business environment for investment with R&amp;D Tax Credits, and a wide range of support through our innovation agency – Innovate UK. This includes our network of Catapult Centres.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010 the UK has risen from 14<sup>th</sup> to second place in the Global Innovation Index. My Rt Hon friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills recently announced that we will be publishing a National Innovation Plan to build on this progress.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 15/03/2016 16:33:48 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

418296

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
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	Research: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has had discussions with Research Councils on the effect of pay freezes by that body on the research sector.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	9917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>My Department holds regular discussions with the Research Councils, including on cost effectiveness and their ability to compete internationally for the best researchers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As announced in Budget 2014, Research Council Institutes have been exempted from the wider public sector pay cap.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 15/09/2015 15:57:11 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

388838

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
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	Science: Midlothian
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to maintain excellence in scientific research and development in the Midlothian constituency.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	6353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2015 answer text <p>The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) supports the Roslin Institute and is committed to its future through Institute Strategic Programme Grants and Core Funding. The current funding plan involves support of £8.02m in financial year 15/16 and £8.04m in financial year 16/17. BBSRC also supports the Easter Bush Campus and made an investment for major capital works of £2.75m in financial year 12/13, which contributed towards the development of an avian research facility.</p><p> </p><p>Further to this, the BBSRC has invested £5m alongside the Scottish Government and Edinburgh University in order to develop a new innovation hub on the campus. This builds on BBSRC’s previous significant capital investment which enabled the Roslin Institute to move into new purpose built buildings in June 2011.</p><p> </p><p>The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Higgs Centre for Innovation, currently under construction at the UKATC, is a £12.7 million investment in a state-of-the-art facility. It will house business incubation facilities, employing 30-40 people in high-tech, start-up companies and providing direct links with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Harwell Campus.</p><p> </p><p>Institutions in Midlothian and across Scotland are eligible to apply for grants from all seven of the UK Research Councils, which are awarded to support excellent research driven by both researcher curiosity (responsive mode grants) and strategic priorities (managed mode grants).</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 17/07/2015 12:10:04 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

388839

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
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	Science: Midlothian
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 jobs in Midlothian constituency are supported by science funding from his Department.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	6354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2015 answer text <p>As at 1 July 2015, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) fund 96 people on current awards as principal investigator or co-investigator. Records indicate that they work in a department within the Midlothian constituency.</p><p> </p><p>There are 79 people employed at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) site at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UKATC) in Edinburgh.</p><p> </p><p>There are other jobs in universities and businesses indirectly supported by science funding from Research Councils and Innovate UK.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 17/07/2015 12:12:19 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

388840

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
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	Science: Scotland
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 jobs in Scotland are supported by science funding from his Department.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	6355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2015 answer text <p>The number of Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) jobs in Scotland directly supported by science funding from the Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) is 823.</p><p> </p><p>The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) currently supports 583 people as principal investigator or co-investigator in academic departments within Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) currently employs 287 people and the Medical Research Council employs 13 staff in hearing research and regulatory support across Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>BIS science funding administered by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) also positively impacts on HEIs and the wider economy in Scotland, but the number of posts is not immediately quantifiable due to the nature of how certain grants are funded.</p><p> </p><p>Institutions across Scotland are eligible to apply for grants from all seven of the UK Research Councils, which are awarded to support excellent research driven by both researcher curiosity (responsive mode grants) and strategic priorities (managed mode grants). It is however important to note that the impact of science funding extends far beyond those directly funded from Research Council grants. For example, much of the research done by the academics, researchers and technicians noted above will be carried out in partnership with private industry, charities or other public organisations and consequently will indirectly support jobs in those organisations through increased innovation, competitiveness and efficiency.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 17/07/2015 12:09:11 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

388516

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
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	Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Living Wage supplement announced in the Summer Budget 2015 will be taken into account when calculating (a) employer pension contributions and (b) overtime payments.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	6249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The National Living Wage is a compulsory increase in pay for all workers over 25. It will come into effect in April 2016 at £7.20, 70p above the current National Minimum Wage.</p><p> </p><p>The introduction of the National Living Wage will not change the nature of the relationship between a worker’s wages and the calculation of employer contributions or of overtime payments.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 16/07/2015 14:47:27 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson