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Written question asked by Diana Johnson (Labour) on Monday, 8 January 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 January 2018. It was answered by Sam Gyimah (Conservative) on Monday, 15 January 2018 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many full-time equivalent staff are employed in the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult; where those employees are based and how much funding the Catapult has allocated to each NUTS 1 region.

Answer

The Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult has 146 full-time equivalent employees.

The table sets out approximate funding that the Catapult has invested in each NUTS region to cover staffing, project costs, capital investment and business overhead costs, such as rent, rates and insurance.

NUTS REGION

FY 2014/15 (£M)

FY 2015/16 (£M)

FY 2016/17 (£M)

FY 2017/18 (£M)

Full-Time Employees

Yorkshire and the Humber

0

0

0

0.5

2

North East

9.1

9.7

10.00

8.7

83

South West

0

0.2

0.2

0.2

1

Scotland

3.9

5.1

6.3

5.5

59

Wales

0

0.1

0.1

0.1

1

Total

13.0

15.1

16.6

15.0

146

These figures include individual overheads and travel costs.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
121479
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Staff Expenditure ORE Catapult
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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