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To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of the additional capital grant funding for sustainable energy technologies announced in the 2002 Comprehensive Spending Review and the 2003 Energy White Paper is intended for the (a) offshore wind, (b) biomass and (c) solar PV grant programmes....

Asked by

David Chaytor (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 April 2003

Reference

106225; 403 c394W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans there are to (a) establish a national energy research centre and (b) encourage the research and development of new energy technologies. - Inc figures and ref to 'Towards a Sustainable Energy Economy'. Further information is available from www.nerc.ac.uk/funding/programmes/sustenergy.

Asked by

Jim Cunningham (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

13 March 2003

For answer on

24 March 2003

Answered on

24 March 2003

Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans there are to (a) establish a national energy research centre and (b) encourage the research and development of new energy technologies. [103549] Mr. Wilson :[holding answer 20 March 2003]: The information is as follows: (a) The Research Councils are developing proposals for a new UK energy research centre as part of the new £28 million cross-Council programme "Towards a Sustainable Energy Economy". The councils intend that the centre will be established by 1 April 2004. They announced a call for expressions of interest to operate the centre on 18 March 2003. Further information is available from: www.nerc.ac.uk/funding/programmes/ sustenergy. (b) A programme to support renewables is already in place and is worth £250 million between 2002-03 and 2005-06. The 2002, Spending Review also allocated an additional £38 million for energy policy objectives in 2005-06 compared with 2002-03. This will now be increased by a further £60 million. The programme comprises a range of measures, including funding for R&D and demonstration projects, to accelerate the uptake of renewables. The Carbon Trust, which leads on low-carbon technology and innovation, is spending £75 million over the next three years to support R&D, development and other activities to bring forward new and emerging technologies. Funding for energy- related technology has also been available via the DTI's Innovation and Business Support programmes and though various European programmes. The Research Councils will spend over £11 million on energy related research in 2002-03 and have been allocated an additional £28 million under the 2002 Spending Review for further research in support of a sustainable energy economy, including the establishment of the UK energy research centre.

Date

24 March 2003

Reference

103549; 402 c30W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of the technology to be used in the projects in receipt of the bio-energy grants announced in January 2003 will be UK-sourced.

Asked by

David Kidney (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 March 2003

Reference

99371; 401 c272-3W;401 c271W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make it her policy to refuse licences for new nuclear technologies. - No. (Holding answer 31 January 2003).

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 February 2003

Reference

95027; 399 c22W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much of the funding made available to support renewable technologies in March 2001 has been allocated to (a) existing and (b) new onshore wind programmes. - Inc figure.

Asked by

Lord Bruce of Bennachie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 December 2002

Reference

85110; 396 c69W;396 c69-70W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many of the most recent development plans of local authorities in England and Wales make specific mention of renewable energy plans; and how many of these include technology-specific policies. - Including fact that information not held centrally. (Holding answer...

Asked by

Lord Bruce of Bennachie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 December 2002

Reference

85320; 396 c71W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her Department's policy is on providing collaboration funding for development of fuel reduction technology with British companies; and whether it is the policy of her Department to seek tenders from other European companies before awarding such funding. - Ref...

Asked by

Tim Loughton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 September 2002

Reference

72318; 390 c189W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action she is taking to encourage the development of interseasonal heat transfer technology in the UK.

Asked by

Gareth Thomas (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 July 2002

Reference

388 c128W; 62551

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what policy measures, in addition to her Department's capital funding, have been introduced since 1997 to support the development of micro-renewable technologies in the UK; and if she will make a statement. (Further information on 26.04.2002 at 384 c489-90W)

Asked by

Sue Doughty (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 April 2002

Reference

51510; 384 c214-5W;384 c213-4W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to host a conference on the future of nuclear energy technology.

Asked by

Robert Key (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 February 2002

Reference

36790; 380 c870W;380 c872W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

Statement on what she is doing to encourage technology transfer from academia to industry. (Failed OPQ). - Inc figures and ref to 'Excellence and Opportunity' White paper, Cm 4814.

Asked by

Lord McCabe (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

31 January 2002

For answer on

14 February 2002

Answered on

14 February 2002

Mr. McCabe: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what she is doing to encourage technology transfer from academia to industry. [33823] Mr. Wilson: The Government's White Paper, "Excellence and Opportunity: a science and innovation policy for the 21st century", published last July, set out a comprehensive range of measures to help promote technology transfer from academia to industry; and we have made some excellent progress here. Last October we announced awards totalling over £100 million to help universities grow their capability to interact with business and to realise the business opportunities offered by science--including further science enterprise centres and seed-corn funding to assist the transformation of good research into good business. We have doubled the number of new starts for Faraday Partnerships to link the science base to business networks, and expect to have reached our target for a national network of 24 partnerships by the end of the year. We have increased our funding of the successful TCS scheme. Total TCS activity grew by 25 per cent. during 2001; from 730 to 918 current TCS programmes. TCS enables universities and businesses to work together using high calibre graduates drawing on academic support and expertise while they work in companies on `business- driven' projects. We are also continuing to provide support for collaborative research and development under the Link programme and have committed £12 million in 2000-01 to a further round of Foresight Link Awards projects complementing current Link programmes in Foresight priority areas.

Date

14 February 2002

Reference

33823; 380 c519W;380 c521-2W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking to promote the take-up of green technologies.

Asked by

John Robertson (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

31 January 2002

For answer on

12 February 2002

Answered on

12 February 2002

John Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps she is taking to promote the take-up of green technologies. [33737] Mr. Wilson: The Government's aim is for the UK to become a leading player in the new markets for green energy and products, waste minimisation, recycling and re-use. Support for the take-up of green technologies is provided through a wide range of activities. The main ones to which DTI contributes directly are: The Sustainable Technologies Initiative offers grants for the development of new, more sustainable technologies. The total funding available from Government exceeds £18 million, of which £10 million is contributed by DTI, and £8 million is contributed through the science budget by research councils. The Envirowise programme is jointly funded by DTI and DEFRA and is helping UK companies increase their competitiveness through the introduction of resource efficiency techniques and cost-effective cleaner technology. Support for the current phase is some £31 million by the two Departments. DTI has committed £12.5 million over three years to the Waste and Resources Action Programme. Promoting more sustainable technologies and practices in construction is a key objective of my Department's £15 million construction research and innovation programme. The Government are providing substantial support to industry for the development of renewable forms of energy. Introducing the new Renewables Obligation, exempting renewables from the Climate Change Levy and protecting existing Non Fossil Fuel Obligation (NFFO) contracts will together create a long-term market incentive for renewables worth over £1 billion per year by 2010. We are underpinning the obligation with direct Government funding for renewables worth over £260 million between 2001 and 2004. We are setting up extensive capital grants programmes, in particular for offshore wind and energy crops projects, initiating a major photovoltaics demonstration programme, and boosting research and development. We recently introduced an order to allow locational flexibility for NFFO 3, 4 and 5 projects that have not yet been commissioned. This will allow more appropriate locations to be found in order to overcome problems in securing planning permission. We have initiated studies of each UK region's capacity to generate electricity from renewable sources. Once all these assessments are completed, it is expected that specific regional targets for renewable energy will be adopted across the UK. The Government are also exploring the scope for upgrading the electricity distribution system to enable the UK's huge renewable energy resources to be exploited to the full. For example, we have commissioned an initial study of the feasibility of an underwater cable to connect parts of the western seaboard of the UK directly to the National Grid. The Department is also working with other Government Departments on activities such as the Carbon Trust and the Green Technology Challenge.

Date

12 February 2002

Reference

33737; 380 c290-1W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the status is of the Department's research into nanotechnology. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Stephen Hepburn (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 January 2002

Reference

30331; 379 c388-9W;379 c385W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research her Department has conducted into government research and technology support offered to the aerospace sector in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) Germany, (c) the USA, (d) Canada and (e) France; and if she will make a statement. -...

Asked by

Mark Todd (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

19 December 2001

For answer on

9 January 2002

Answered on

9 January 2002

Mr. Todd: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what research her Department has conducted into Government research and technology support offered to the aerospace sector in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) Germany, (c) the USA, (d) Canada and (e) France; and if she will make a statement. [25313] Mr. Wilson: In the UK, the DTI's civil aeronautics research programme supports long-term research in key aeronautics technologies by providing grants to industry, research organisations and universities. In March 2001, the then Secretary of State announced the continuation of this programme for five years covering the period from April 2001 to March 2006. Funding for 2001-02 is expected to total £20 million. Future funding of the Department's civil aeronautics research programmes will be determined alongside the funding of other DTI budgets as part of the Department's business support review and the Government's Spending Review 2002. Additionally, funding for the science base provided through the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and related to aerospace research totalled around £14 million in 2000-01. The DTI also invests in the design and development of major civil aerospace programmes through launch investment. The most recent examples have been for Airbus UK to design and develop the wings for the Airbus A380 superjumbo programme (a Government investment of up to £530 million) and for Rolls-Royce to design and develop the Trent 900 engine for the A380 and the Trent 600 engine for potential future Boeing large aircraft (a Government investment of up to £250 million). As part of its Applied and Corporate Research Programmes and associated technology demonstrators, the Ministry of Defence spends about £120 million per annum on aerospace-related work for specific defence needs. We have no directly comparable information for the other countries listed but our best estimate of expenditure on civil aeronautics research equivalent to the UK's civil aircraft research programme is about £60 million for France and £100 million for Germany. These nations also provide Launch Investment for new civil aerospace developments. In the USA, aeronautical research activity funded through NASA totals several hundred million pounds annually though the USA does not provide Launch Investment for aerospace developments. Canada, under the "Technology Partnerships Canada" programme, has made repayable investments worth around £500 million in the last five years in aerospace and defence projects.

Date

9 January 2002

Reference

377 c871-2W;377 c875-6W; 25313

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representatives her Department has received regarding the technology and engineering involved in hydrological fracturing; what recent research has been done by her Department into the effects of hydrological fracturing; what (a) quantitive and (b) qualitative research methods were...

Asked by

Joan Walley (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 November 2001

Reference

375 c1042-4W; 7346;7347;7345;7349

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to avoid duplication between Scottish Enterprise, the Commercialisation programme, the Technology Venture programme, the Connect programme, the LINC programme and other programmes in respect of commercialising and exploiting research in Scottish universities and research laboratories; and what...

Asked by

Tam Dalyell (Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 May 1998

Reference

311 c270W; 39480

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people graduated from universities in Scotland in (a) arts and humanities, (b) science and technology, (c) medicine and (d) law in (i) 1976, (ii) 1986 and (iii) 1996. - Inc table.

Asked by

Mohammad Sarwar (Independent Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 December 1997

For answer on

22 December 1997

Answered on

22 December 1997

Mr. Sarwar: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people graduated from universities in Scotland in (a) arts and humanities, (b) science and technology, (c) medicine and (d) law in (i) 1976, (ii) 1986 and (iii) 1996. [20749] Mr. Wilson: The available information on graduates from Scottish Higher Education Institutions is given in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1986 1996 Subject {1}Universities {1}Universities All Higher Education Institutions Arts and Humanities 1,568 4,623 8,057 Social Sciences{2} 1,704 5,624 10,920 Science and Technology 3,342 7,946 14,701 Medicine and Dentistry 806 947 947 Multi-disciplinary 770 4,109 4,993 Unknown 1,389 0 0 Total 9,579 23,249 39,618 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Available figures are for the following Universities: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Aberdeen, Heriot-Watt, Dundee, St. Andrews, and Stirling. {2} Social Science includes law. Since 1994-95 data on Higher Education Institutions has been collected by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Prior to this date, the data came from the University Statistical Record and returns made to SOED by Further Education Colleges and Colleges of Education. Information for 1985-86 is only available for the Universities covered by the University Statistical Record. There is no available data for 1976.

Date

22 December 1997

Reference

303 c451-2W; 20749

House

House of Commons

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