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1695650

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Laboratories: Planning Permission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking through the planning system to increase the availability of laboratory space.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	18436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>We have committed to strengthening national planning policy so that it better supports the needs of Research and Development, and will consult on these changes in due course.</p><p>We are also working to make investment in this sector more attractive. This includes working with local planning authorities to encourage the use of proactive planning tools, such as Local Development Orders, to make it easier to bring forward development.</p><p>To support this, the Autumn Statement announced £5 million of funding to help local planning authorities prepare Local Development Orders for commercial development.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 18/03/2024 13:32:31 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1690534

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Academic Technology Approval Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the reasons for changes in the time taken to respond to applications for Academic Technology Approval Scheme certificates.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	14866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK takes seriously its responsibility towards countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and advanced conventional military technology. The Academic Technology Approval Scheme is a thorough, necessary and proportionate tool to protect UK research from misappropriation and divergence to military programmes of concern. As reflected in our guidance, processing takes at least 30 working days. While the majority of cases are processed within this time, more complex cases can take longer, in order to ensure that a thorough assessment can be carried out.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell grouped question UIN 14867 question first answered 26/02/2024 17:31:36 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1673295

registered interest
date	27/11/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Technology: Foreign Investment in UK
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the GREAT Tech campaign on (a) overseas investors' perceptions of the UK’s technology ecosystem and (b) the propensity of overseas investors to invest in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	3816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>The Unicorn Kingdom campaign was launched by GREAT in March 2023. The campaign’s primary purpose is to improve perceptions of the UK tech ecosystem and drive inward investment.</p><p>To date the campaign has directly engaged US investors representing over $500 billion in assets under management and several of those investors are actively engaging with HMG in relation to establishing offices in the UK.</p><p>A comprehensive evaluation will be completed in 2024 to assess the campaign's impact on international perceptions of the UK's technology ecosystem, the number of overseas investors considering investing in the UK, and the amount of overseas investment attributed to the campaign. We will continue to monitor impact from the campaign beyond this initial evaluation period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 30/11/2023 16:39:27 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1666352

registered interest
date	20/10/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Nuclear Fusion: Research and Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, from what budget line and over what time period funding will be provided for the commitment of up to (a) £200 million for a Fuel Cycle Testing Facility, (b) £200 million for vital R&D ensuring industry can develop and design components for future fusion powerplants, (c) £50 million for growing and improving the Culham campus in Oxfordshire, (d) £55 million for a Fusion Skills Programme, (e) £35 million additional funding for the Fusion Industry Programme, (f) £25 million to enhance international collaborations on fusion R&D, to export UK expertise and make best use of global knowledge to accelerate fusion energy, (g) £18 million for a Technology Transfer Hub and (h) £11 million to further support the STEP programme and upskill UK industry to help deliver it; and what the process will for deciding to whom the money from each commitment is allocated.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	203679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Fusion Futures is the UK’s alternative programme to Euratom R&amp;T. The commitments will be funded from HM Treasury’s EU Programme ringfence which provides funding up to March 2028, subject to business cases. Further detail on the commercial arrangements for each commitment will be provided as the programme develops.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 25/10/2023 16:21:27 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1644222

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Solar Power: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent steps his Department has taken to support research into floating solar panels.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	189239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department is not currently supporting research into floating solar panels.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 21/06/2023 11:41:07 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1607152

registered interest
date	24/03/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Technology: International Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the UK International Technology Strategy published on 22 March 2023, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) cost of establishing and (b) annual running costs of the Technology Centre of Expertise.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	173015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>The FCDO has an opening budget of £1.8 million of Official Development Assistance (ODA) from existing allocations to establish the Technology Centre of Expertise. A business case is being developed to agree the future spend profile.</p><p>The International Technology Strategy commits us to delivering a prioritised set of technology-based partnerships with key partners around the world. We will take an effective, coordinated and strategic approach to the partnerships we invest in to deliver mutually beneficial objectives and to achieve the UK's technology ambitions and secure the UK's place as a science and technology superpower.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 29/03/2023 16:04:23 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1607181

registered interest
date	24/03/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Technology: International Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to The UK’s International Technology Strategy, published on 22 March 2023, CP 810, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of (a) establishing and (b) running the Technology Centre of Expertise; by what criteria priority nations for delivering an International Technology Strategy implementation plan were identified; and whether his Department plans to publish a list of those nations.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	173017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>The FCDO has an opening budget of £1.8 million of Official Development Assistance (ODA) from existing allocations to establish the Technology Centre of Expertise. A business case is being developed to agree the future spend profile.</p><p>The International Technology Strategy commits us to delivering a prioritised set of technology-based partnerships with key partners around the world. We will take an effective, coordinated and strategic approach to the partnerships we invest in to deliver mutually beneficial objectives and to achieve the UK's technology ambitions and secure the UK's place as a science and technology superpower.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 29/03/2023 16:02:34 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1606072

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 4.52 of the Spring Budget Report 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March 2023, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of the postponement of restrictions on overseas R&D tax reliefs expenditure on R&D investment in the financial years (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	170595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>The previously announced restriction on some overseas expenditure will now come into effect from 1 April 2024 instead of 1 April 2023. This will allow the Government to consider the interaction between this restriction and the design of a potential merged R&amp;D relief.</p><p>Overall, R&amp;D reliefs will support an estimated £60 billion of business R&amp;D expenditure in 2027-2028, a 50 per cent increase from £40 billion in 2020-21. Expenditure on R&amp;D reliefs is forecast to increase in every year of the scorecard period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/03/2023 14:52:15 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1605407

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Social Media: Artificial Intelligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2023 to Question 125342, whether the Online Safety Bill includes measures to help prevent the use of coding algorithms that may lead to increased racial stereotyping.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	169275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>Under the Online Safety Bill, all platforms will need to undertake risk assessments for illegal content, and services likely to be accessed by children will need to undertake a children’s risk assessment. This will ensure they understand the risks associated with their services, including in relation to their algorithms. They will then need to put in place proportionate systems and processes to mitigate these risks.</p><p>When deciding whether it is appropriate to recommend proactive technology, the regulator must have regard to the degree of accuracy, effectiveness and lack of bias achieved by the technology in question. This will help ensure that companies do not use algorithms that may lead to increased racial stereotyping when using proactive technologies to fulfil their safety duties.</p><p>More broadly, the Office for AI is working at pace to develop a White Paper setting out our position on governing and regulating AI to ensure the UK is seizing the opportunity presented by AI whilst addressing the potential risks the technology presents. This approach will establish a framework based on a set of cross-cutting principles to inform how regulators should tackle risks arising from issues such as racial bias in AI decision making. We will work with regulators such as EHRC to explore the practical implementation of our proposed AI regulatory framework alongside regulators’ existing duties.</p><p>The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation’s work programme on Responsible Data Access includes a focus on helping organisations to obtain appropriate access to demographic data to assess potential risks of bias related to ethnicity and other demographic traits. This work follows the CDEI’s 2020 review into bias in algorithmic decision-making, which highlighted a range of legal, reputational, and practical barriers to accessing this data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 24/03/2023 11:10:06 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1581473

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2023 to Question 129798 on Palantir: Contracts, how much was paid to Palentir for its Foundry platform in each of the years it was providing this service; and whether her Department plans to use this platform after June 2023.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	133960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2023 answer text <p>Contract spend for the provision of Foundry core platform services to National Health Service organisations was £23.5 million from 12 December 2020 to 11 December 2022, and £11.5 million from December 2022 to June 2023.</p><p>NHS England is in the process of re-procuring the COVID-19 Data Platform, which is hosted on Foundry, and has recently launched an open tender for a Federated Data Platform and Associated Services. It is anticipated that a contract will be awarded to the successful supplier in Autumn 2023.</p><p>NHS England is undertaking a fair, open and transparent procurement process to re-procure this service. It is inevitable that some form of transition will be required regardless of the successful supplier and as such, it is likely that NHS England will be required to continue to contract with the incumbent supplier to manage this transition.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 16/02/2023 15:48:21 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 52253 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah