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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 5 Exceptional Talent visas were issued to people working in (a) FinTech and (b) science in 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 5 Exceptional Talent visas were issued to people working in (a) FinTech and (b) science in 2018.
The Home Office does not hold the information requested in a reportable format. As such the information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
As a former shadow Science Minister, I am very conscious of the increases in funding, particularly in cash terms, but I am also acutely conscious that it is not just cash but the availability of talent that matters when it comes to science, innovation and the industrial base. Given the recent concerns around Brexit and everything else, will the Minister reassure me that the availability of highly talented scientists will still be a priority for this Government?
As a former shadow Science Minister, I am very conscious of the increases in funding, particularly in cash terms, but I am also acutely conscious that it is not just cash but the availability of talent that matters when it comes to science, innovation and the industrial base. Given the recent concerns around Brexit and everything else, will the Minister reassure me that the availability of highly talented scientists will still be a priority for this Government?
The increase in funding is actually in real terms, but my hon. Friend is absolutely right: to succeed here, we have to be open to ideas and open to talent. He will have seen the recent relaxation in the tier 5 visa restrictions for scientists. We are also investing £900 million in UKRI’s flagship future leadership fellowships and a further £350 million for the national academies to expand their prestigious fellowships. When it comes to science, innovation and research, we are open for business.
How much funding his Department has provided to the UK science base in the last 12 months.
How much funding his Department has provided to the UK science base in the last 12 months.
The principal research funding route is through UK Research and Innovation, which in 2018 alone accounts for over £6 billion of investment in research and innovation. I am proud that the Conservative Government have overseen the largest increase in scientific research and development funding that we have ever seen in the UK. We are investing an additional £7 billion in R&D by 2022, as a first step in delivering our ambition of increasing the UK’s R&D spend to 2.4% of GDP.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to encourage investment in innovative UK science and technology projects.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to encourage investment in innovative UK science and technology projects.
As my Rt Honerable Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced at Autumn Statement, the government is significantly increasing investment in R&D, rising to an extra £2 billion a year by 2020-21; the largest increase in any parliament since at least 1979.
This includes an Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, which will support collaborations between businesses and the UKâs world-leading science base.
This will ensure the UK remains an attractive place for businesses to invest in innovative research, and that the next generation of discoveries are made, developed and produced in Britain.
What steps his Department is taking to promote science and innovation.
What steps his Department is taking to promote science and innovation.
This Government are strongly committed to science and innovation. We protected the science budget at the spending review in 2015. In the last autumn statement, a few days ago, we committed to spending a further £2 billion a year by the end of this Parliament. The creation of UK Research and Innovation, through the passage of the Higher Education and Research Bill, will increase the value and impact of our investments in science and innovation in the years ahead.
I thank the Minister for that answer. It has certainly been a good time for science and innovation in Britain. It has also been a good year for the UK space sector, with Major Tim Peake’s historic visit to the international space station and a new spaceport here in the UK. It certainly strikes me that the next big challenge will be the successful delivery of the ExoMars programme, particularly given some of the rumours that have been going around. Will the Minister update the House on any progress made at the European Space Agency summit recently?
I thank the Minister for that answer. It has certainly been a good time for science and innovation in Britain. It has also been a good year for the UK space sector, with Major Tim Peake’s historic visit to the international space station and a new spaceport here in the UK. It certainly strikes me that the next big challenge will be the successful delivery of the ExoMars programme, particularly given some of the rumours that have been going around. Will the Minister update the House on any progress made at the European Space Agency summit recently?
Yes, I am happy to provide a brief update. My hon. Friend is an aficionado of space policy and former chair of the parliamentary space committee, so he will be delighted to know that we had an excellent outcome at the European Space Agency’s Council of Ministers. We committed a further €1.44 billion, which has secured the future of the ExoMars programme, among many other things.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the EU Precautionary Principle on the scale of scientific innovation in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the EU Precautionary Principle on the scale of scientific innovation in the UK.
The Department has made no systematic assessment of the effect of the precautionary principle on scientific innovation in the UK.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions his Department has had with UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) on how best to measure the (a) amount of foreign direct investment and (b) number of jobs generated by (i) UKTI and (ii) the Life Sciences Investment Organisation.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions his Department has had with UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) on how best to measure the (a) amount of foreign direct investment and (b) number of jobs generated by (i) UKTI and (ii) the Life Sciences Investment Organisation.
Treasury officials have regular discussions with UKTI on its performance, and on a wide variety of topics, as part of the process and policy development.
The measurement of foreign direct investment is undertaken by the Office for National Statistics using an established method based on international standards. UKTI collects its own information on the inward investment projects that it is involved with, which includes information on jobs. This is explained on page 81 of UKTI's annual report and accounts 2012-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many meetings he has had with his Department's Scientific Research Advisory Committee since May 2010.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many meetings he has had with his Department's Scientific Research Advisory Committee since May 2010.
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[holding answer 2 July 2012]: Since May 2010, the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, my right hon. Friend the Member for South West Surrey (Mr Hunt), has had no formal meetings with the Department's Science and Research Advisory Committee (SRAC), but he has met with Dr Michael Dixon, the Chair of the Department's SRAC, on a number of occasions. Much of the scientific input from SRAC is, of course, expected to flow into the Department through meetings and technical briefings for officials rather than Ministers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to promote growth and innovation by increasing open access to scientific research data.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to promote growth and innovation by increasing open access to scientific research data.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to promote innovation through the application of patent law to biomedical inventions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to promote innovation through the application of patent law to biomedical inventions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what longitudinal research his Department has commissioned into existing interventions to encourage students to take up science subjects at GCSE level; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of such interventions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what longitudinal research his Department has commissioned into existing interventions to encourage students to take up science subjects at GCSE level; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of such interventions.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether the Government plans to increase expenditure in the public science base at least in line with the trend growth rate of the economy through the period to 2014 referred to in the Ten-Year Science and Innovation Investment...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether the Government plans to increase expenditure in the public science base at least in line with the trend growth rate of the economy through the period to 2014 referred to in the Ten-Year Science and Innovation Investment...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding had been (a) allocated to and (b) disbursed from the Science and Research Budget to the (i) Large Facilities Capital fund, (ii) University Capital fund, (iii) Higher Education Innovation fund, (iv) Public Sector Research Establishments...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding had been (a) allocated to and (b) disbursed from the Science and Research Budget to the (i) Large Facilities Capital fund, (ii) University Capital fund, (iii) Higher Education Innovation fund, (iv) Public Sector Research Establishments...
| £ million | ||
| Allocated 2009-10 | Expenditure to 31 January 2010 | |
| (i) Large Facilities Capital Fund¹ | 138 | ³— |
| (ii) Research Capital investment Fund¹ | 258 | 194 |
| (iii) Higher Education Innovation Fund² | 99 | 73 |
| (iv) Public Sector Research Establishments Fund² | 12 | 11 |
| (v) Science and Society activities² | 15 | 10 |
| (vi) Other programmes² | 9 | 5 |
| ¹ Capital programme. ² Near Cash programme. ³ There is no expenditure recorded against the Large Facilities Capital Fund as this fund is used to make additional allocations to research councils for approved projects. To date £172 million has been allocated to research councils which includes £50 million of capital allocation brought forwards from 2010-11 under the capital acceleration scheme. Note: These figures do not include the allocations to and the expenditure of the research councils and the national academies. |
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of people in each age group who have attended events supported by his Department's Science: [So what? So everything] programme.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of people in each age group who have attended events supported by his Department's Science: [So what? So everything] programme.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what programmes and initiatives received funding from the other minor science programmes budget referred to in Table 11 of his Department's Departmental Report for 2009; and how much such funding was allocated to each such programme and initiative...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what programmes and initiatives received funding from the other minor science programmes budget referred to in Table 11 of his Department's Departmental Report for 2009; and how much such funding was allocated to each such programme and initiative...
| £ million | |
| Public Sector Research Establishments Fund | 12.5 |
| Science and Society activities | 15.4 |
| Government Office for Science | 2.9 |
| Contribution to the funding of the FCO Science and Innovation Network | 2.9 |
| Research Base Initiatives | 0.4 |
| Provision for additional allocations to NERC and STFC to cover the increased costs of international subscriptions resulting from exchange rate movements | 30.0 |
| Loan Repayment | 43.0 |
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what the cost to the public purse of the Science: [So what? So everything] programme has been in each year since its launch; how many officials in each pay band are responsible for that programme; and what mechanisms...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what the cost to the public purse of the Science: [So what? So everything] programme has been in each year since its launch; how many officials in each pay band are responsible for that programme; and what mechanisms...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department spent on creating the Science: [So what? So everything] website; what estimate he has made of the annual cost of maintaining that website; how many unique visitors that website (a) has received since its...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department spent on creating the Science: [So what? So everything] website; what estimate he has made of the annual cost of maintaining that website; how many unique visitors that website (a) has received since its...