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747540

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date	03/07/2017
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	EGNOS
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 his Department has made of the net value of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	2505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises the benefits our involvement in European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS) and Galileo satellite navigation systems bring for the UK. These include the use of EGNOS at UK airports which allow aircraft to land even during poor weather, as well as the commercial benefits to UK companies involved in the design, building and operation of the systems. UK participation is judged to be beneficial overall.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 10/07/2017 15:48:26 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

747544

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	European Space Agency
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 his Department has made of the net value of the European Space Agency.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	2503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department invested €1.44 bn with the European Space Agency (ESA) at a Ministerial meeting in Lucerne in December 2016. Before making this investment in line with normal Government practice we undertook a vigorous business case process. The investment was balanced to achieve a number of objectives including excellent science, earth observation including climate study, commercial growth in telecommunications and other technology as well as protecting the space environment. The financial returns were modelled as between €6 and €10 for every €1 invested.</p><p>Independent research on “<em>returns from public investment in space</em>” by London Economics has shown that past investment with ESA has generated average returns of £10 for every £1 invested.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/07/2017 16:13:13 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

747545

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Copernicus Programme
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 his Department has made of the net value of the EU's Copernicus polar tracker satellite system.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	2504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises the benefits our involvement in the Copernicus Earth observation system brings for the UK. These include efficiency savings for local Government in delivering public service and for central Government in managing disaster relief efforts and sustainable development. Additionally UK industry benefits from building the systems and UK SMEs utilise the data provided by the system to benefit from a growing space-enabled economy. UK participation is judged to be beneficial overall. No specific assessment of the value of the polar tracker satellite system has been made.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 10/07/2017 15:41:22 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

627485

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
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	Medicine: 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 his Department plans to take to help ensure that medical research between British and Israeli scientists who receive funding from EU institutions continue to have access to similar levels of funding after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	51660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK will maintain its status as a global centre for research and innovation. In last year’s Spending Review the Government committed to protecting science resource funding in real terms from its 2015-16 level of £4.7 billion a year for the rest of the parliament. The Treasury decision to underwrite the grants of competitively bid for EU research funding will give British participants and their EU partners the assurance and certainty needed to plan ahead for collaborative projects that can run over many years. We are committed to ensure that the UK continues to be a world leader in international science, including medical research.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 10/11/2016 14:34:35 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord