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855404

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date	05/03/2018
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	Independent Industrial Strategy Council
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government to whom the Industrial Strategy Council will be answerable.
tabling member printed	Lord Fox
uin	HL6010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy Council will be tasked with developing measures of success and putting the right evaluation structures in place to assess our progress. They will engage with government on its work programme but as a non-statutory independent group of external experts they will have their own views about the frequency of their updates including a regular published report.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley grouped question UIN HL6011 question first answered 13/03/2018 16:29:43 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4322 label Biography information for Lord Fox

855405

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Independent Industrial Strategy Council
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how often the Industrial Strategy Council will report on the progress of the Industrial Strategy.
tabling member printed	Lord Fox
uin	HL6011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy Council will be tasked with developing measures of success and putting the right evaluation structures in place to assess our progress. They will engage with government on its work programme but as a non-statutory independent group of external experts they will have their own views about the frequency of their updates including a regular published report.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley grouped question UIN HL6010 question first answered 13/03/2018 16:29:43 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4322 label Biography information for Lord Fox

855406

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what process will be in place for Her Majesty's Government to decide the next areas to benefit from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
tabling member printed	Lord Fox
uin	HL6012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) launched an open call for Expressions of Interest to identify challenges to be supported within wave 3 of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) on 28 February 2018. Funding for wave 3 challenges will start in financial year 2019/20. The EOI process will enable industry to fully engage with the ISCF, including those businesses or sectors that do not traditionally make use of innovation funding.</p><p> </p><p>Expressions of interest for challenges for wave 3 of the ISCF programme must be industry-led and demonstrate clear alignment with at least one of the Grand Challenges of the Industrial Strategy White Paper: Clean Growth; Ageing Society; Future of Mobility; and Artificial Intelligence and Data Economy. Challenges for wave 3 will be evaluated by UKRI based on the following criteria. Challenges must:</p><ul><li>be compelling, focused, understandable and have a real benefit if solved</li><li>be industry-led and in an area of existing strength</li><li>take advantage of the depth and expertise of UK research</li><li>offer a clear opportunity for sustainable growth, including global markets</li><li>evidence that government support is necessary and of strategic importance</li><li>increase productivity</li></ul><p>As with previous challenges, expert input will be sought in choosing which challenges will be funded through the ISCF. This includes the UKRI Board, Innovate UK and Research Councils, and a series of deep dive sessions with industry and academia across the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 13/03/2018 16:28:21 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4322 label Biography information for Lord Fox

855407

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their process for selecting the next areas to benefit from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
tabling member printed	Lord Fox
uin	HL6013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) launched an open call for Expressions of Interest to identify challenges to be supported within wave 3 of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) on 28 February 2018. The Expression of Interest process is being managed by UKRI using Innovate UK’s Innovation Funding Service (<a href="https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/126/overview" target="_blank">https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/126/overview</a>). This webpage clearly outlines the assessment criteria for the challenges. Details of the wave 3 process will also be made available at the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund website <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/industrial-strategy-challenge-fund-joint-research-and-innovation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/industrial-strategy-challenge-fund-joint-research-and-innovation</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 13/03/2018 16:27:41 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4322 label Biography information for Lord Fox

855408

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund projects will be permitted to fail.
tabling member printed	Lord Fox
uin	HL6014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) projects will bring together world-class UK research with business investment to develop the technologies and industries of the future and ensure we capture the value of these innovations to our economy. Delivered by UKRI, it takes a strategic approach to delivering the challenges across the UK’s science and business base.</p><p> </p><p>Pivotal to the ISCF is an appetite to take risk and pursue high return opportunities, as has been successfully adopted in other schemes, such as America’s DARPA challenges. This means not all ISCF projects may succeed because of technological and market uncertainties. It will be important that there is a broad risk appetite to explore promising ideas across the portfolio of challenges as well as within elements of each specific challenge. The ISCF will place the responsibility for delivering a challenge in the hands of a ‘Challenge Director’, who will be leading a expert in the area. Challenge Directors will assemble a portfolio of projects that span the risk spectrum. Rigorous assessment, encompassing investment appraisal, on-going monitoring and ex-post evaluation will inform investment decisions. Through governance and monitoring arrangements, we will ensure that failures are detected early, review progress and maximise value for money.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 13/03/2018 16:29:20 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4322 label Biography information for Lord Fox

855409

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund money can be spent on basic research.
tabling member printed	Lord Fox
uin	HL6015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) funds innovative science and research that will increase productivity, tackle long-term challenges and drive growth across the country in areas where the UK is most competitive or has the most potential to be competitive. It identifies challenges that if solved would turn the UK’s scientific and business expertise into leadership in international markets. Each of these challenges will bring together Innovate UK and Research Councils to support collaborations of business with research, and so funding will benefit both. The exact balance will require tailored financial arrangement suited to the nature of the challenges.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 13/03/2018 16:25:57 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4322 label Biography information for Lord Fox

855458

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what further assessment, if any, they have made following the report by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy The Impact of Brexit on the Automotive Sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL6064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is undertaking a wide range of ongoing analysis in support of our EU exit negotiations and preparations.</p><p>We continue to engage with businesses and industry bodies from all sectors of the economy, and all regions and nations of the UK, in order to inform our negotiations.</p><p>However, it is not standard practice to provide a running commentary on ongoing analysis. In addition, ministers have a specific responsibility, which Parliament has endorsed, not to release information that would undermine our negotiating position.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 13/03/2018 17:03:58 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

855479

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Electricity: Exports
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 the UK is projected to become a net exporter of electricity by 2025.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	130786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Projected figures show that we will not be a net exporter of electricity by 2025.</p><p> </p><p>Projections for the power sector up to 2035 are published in the BEIS Energy and Emissions Projections 2017, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2017</a>. Beyond 2020, the reference scenario includes assumptions that go beyond current Government policy and should be treated as illustrative.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/03/2018 16:27:04 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

855517

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Ceramics: Manufacturing Industries
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 his Department has to reduce the incidence of ceramic manufacturers experiencing gas price spikes.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	130824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>It is normal and necessary for wholesale gas prices to fluctuate in response to changes in demand. The resulting price signals encourage a flexible supply response, and help ensure that even when the system is stressed, consumer demand is met. This is a sign of a well-functioning commodity market. Consumers in the wholesale market can benefit from price fluctuations, with companies that flexibly increase or decrease their supply of gas maximising their profit by reacting to the price signals.</p><p>There is already a liquid forward market which allows large consumers to buy gas at a pre-agreed price and minimise their exposure to price spikes. This price is historically very stable.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 08/03/2018 16:05:13 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

855530

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Productivity: North East
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 increase regional productivity in the North East.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	130837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s Industrial Strategy has set out a long term approach to boost the UK’s productivity growth and ensure that we’re building an economy fit for the future. The White Paper has set out a range of measures aimed at increasing investment from the private and public sector, which will both be vital in meeting the objective of increasing our productivity and earning power for people across the UK, including the North East of England.</p><p>We are working with the North East Local Enterprise Partnership to support the delivery of their Strategic Economic Plan, with its key themes of More and Better Jobs, which articulates how productivity can be enhanced in the area. In their latest analysis, the North East LEP highlights that, of the 55,200 additional jobs created in the North East since 2014, 73% – or 40,300 – meet their definition of ‘better’ jobs.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 13/03/2018 16:24:25 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn