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530646

registered interest
date	30/06/2016
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	Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what engagement his Department has had with the Accelerated Access Review (AAR); and whether the AAR plans to investigate expediting the delivery of new drugs and devices to tackle MRSA and antimicrobial resistance.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	41572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2016 answer text <p>The Accelerated Access Review team is a joint unit between the Department of Health and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The Accelerated Access Review is intended to reform the landscape for the assessment, adoption and reimbursement of innovative drugs, devices and other treatments across all therapeutic areas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 08/07/2016 11:00:54 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

484352

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
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	SMART Awards: Cambridge
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 SMART awards have been made to companies in Cambridge in each year since the introduction of that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	32058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2016 answer text <p>Innovate UK started delivering the Smart scheme in April 2011. The number of Smart awards made to companies in Cambridge in each year is:</p><p>2011-12 37 awards</p><p>2012-13 22 awards</p><p>2013-14 25 awards</p><p>2014-15 29 awards</p><p>2015-16 20 awards</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/04/2016 12:35:10 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

484353

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
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	Science: Finance
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 make an assessment of the effect of ring fencing funding from his Department for the Global Challenges Fund on other scientific research for which his Department provides funding.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	32059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2016 answer text <p>Funding for the Global Challenges Research Fund is provided in addition to the existing science and research budget, and is received as a budget transfer from the Department for International Development. The fund will help to keep the UK at the forefront of research into some of the world’s most pressing challenges, including the environment, hunger, poverty and diseases.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 05/04/2016 13:05:31 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

484354

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
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	Small Businesses: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on small and medium-sized enterprises of the decision to replace research grants for companies with loans.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	32060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2016 answer text <p>Like many of our competitor economies, we are looking to provide a range of innovation finance products to meet the needs of businesses; this will still include grant funding. Some countries (like France, Finland, or the Netherlands) make use of a variety of financial instruments to support innovative businesses. We have been working to understand how we can apply these established approaches to support, drive and encourage innovation in the UK. In the coming months we will be conducting market research to engage with, and fully understand the needs of, innovative businesses of all sizes in the UK. As part of the first phase of implementation the Government will announce the details of a pilot and accompanying evaluation in late 2016. The pilot will test specific financial products ahead of progressing to full roll-out.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/04/2016 12:34:37 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

484355

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
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	SMART Awards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons applicants for the fifth round of the SMART scheme will not be able to apply for a sixth round as initially advised.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	32061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2016 answer text <p>Innovate UK is currently in the process of simplifying its support to innovative businesses to make its funding programmes more visible and easier to access. Innovate UK expects to publish its Delivery Plan for 2016/17 in the spring.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/04/2016 12:33:50 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

458386

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
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	Research: EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of research funding received by UK universities came from EU funding streams in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	30150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2016 answer text <p>EU funding as a proportion of the total volume of research grants and contracts in all UK Higher Education Institutions rose from 8.3% in 2005/06 to 15.5% in 2013/14. The figures for the individual years (based on the Higher Education Institutions’ financial year of 1 August to 31 July) are as follows:</p><p>2005/2006</p><p>Total UK-wide research grants and contracts £3,120,606,000</p><p>EU-sourced UK-wide Grants and Contracts £259,439,000</p><p>Percentage EU-sourced Grants and Contracts 8.3%</p><p> </p><p>2006/2007</p><p>Total UK-wide research grants and contracts £3,376,991,000</p><p>EU-sourced UK-wide Grants and Contracts £303,991,000</p><p>Percentage EU-sourced Grants and Contracts 9.0%</p><p> </p><p>2007/2008</p><p>Total UK-wide research grants and contracts £3,721,881,000</p><p>EU-sourced UK-wide Grants and Contracts £331,062,000</p><p>Percentage EU-sourced Grants and Contracts 8.9%</p><p> </p><p>2008/2009</p><p>Total UK-wide research grants and contracts £4,144,582,000</p><p>EU-sourced UK-wide Grants and Contracts £391,555,000</p><p>Percentage EU-sourced Grants and Contracts 9.4%</p><p> </p><p>2009/2010</p><p>Total UK-wide research grants and contracts £4,345,421,000</p><p>EU-sourced UK-wide Grants and Contracts £452,505,000</p><p>Percentage EU-sourced Grants and Contracts 10.4%</p><p> </p><p>2010/2011</p><p>Total UK-wide research grants and contracts £4,432,394,000</p><p>EU-sourced UK-wide Grants and Contracts £513,016,000</p><p>Percentage EU-sourced Grants and Contracts 11.6%</p><p> </p><p>2011/2012</p><p>Total UK-wide research grants and contracts £4,509,715,000</p><p>EU-sourced UK-wide Grants and Contracts £599,729,000</p><p>Percentage EU-sourced Grants and Contracts 13.3%</p><p> </p><p>2012/2013</p><p>Total UK-wide research grants and contracts £4,768,549,000</p><p>EU-sourced UK-wide Grants and Contracts £690,285,000</p><p>Percentage EU-sourced Grants and Contracts 14.5%</p><p> </p><p>2013/2014</p><p>Total UK-wide research grants and contracts £5,083,991,000</p><p>EU-sourced UK-wide Grants and Contracts £789,201,000</p><p>Percentage EU-sourced Grants and Contracts 15.5%</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 22/04/2016 13:05:08 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

454007

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	Innovate UK: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the future of the Innovate UK Smart funding programme.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	27864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>Innovate UK is tasked with increasing growth and productivity across the UK through supporting business-led innovation. The number of different programmes it delivers has increased over the years and in some cases have become confusing for businesses, especially for SMEs, to navigate. Consequently, Innovate UK is currently simplifying its support to innovative businesses. Innovate UK intends to publish new Strategy and Delivery plans, which will outline its funding approaches and programmes.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 29/02/2016 14:57:52 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

454009

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	Research Councils: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how his Department decides on allocation of funding to research councils; and what assessment he has made of the grounds for significant changes being made to the relative size of allocations to each research council compared to allocations in previous years.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	27862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The allocations will be published shortly. As in previous years, the allocations will be made by ministers following discussions with BIS delivery partners.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 29/02/2016 15:00:21 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

451871

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
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	Charity Research Support Fund
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 maintain the level of funding of the Charity Research Support Fund in real terms over the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	26777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government has protected the science budget in real terms to the end of the Parliament. Our intention is to formally allocate budgets to individual funding bodies in the coming weeks. The Government recognises the significant contribution made by charitable funders of research, which the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), has reflected through the charity support element of Quality Related research funding. Decisions by HEFCE on any funding beyond 2015-16 will be taken once they have received their annual Grant Letter which, sets out their funding allocations.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 26/02/2016 11:46:41 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

436130

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
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	Apprentices: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of people in apprenticeships who have a disability.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	19155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>Information on apprenticeship participation by learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities is published in a Statistical First Release.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held</a></p><p>In 2014/15, 8.6% of learners participating in apprenticeships identified themselves as having a learning difficulty and/or disability.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/12/2015 14:45:38 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner