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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the budget of the Foresight programme was for each of the last five years for which data are available; and if he will make a statement.

[126761]

Asked by

Chi Onwurah (Labour)

Answering body

Business, Innovation and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

31 October 2012

For answer on

5 November 2012

Answered on

5 November 2012

Over the past five years the spend on the Foresight programme was as follows:

£
	Admin spend	Programme spend	Total spend
2007/08	1,494,330	2,995,228	4,489,558
2008/09	1,542,486	2,809,914	4,352,400
2009/10	1,719,878	2,914,955	4,634,833
2010/11	1,385,393	2,288,422	3,673,815
2011/12	1,328,835	2,272,743	3,601,578

The reduction in spend over the last two years was the effect of the restructuring, which all Government Departments underwent during this period. However, the initial allocation of programme spend at the beginning of this financial year has been maintained at £2.8 million, which has continued into the current financial year 2012/13.

Date

5 November 2012

Reference

126761; 552 c478W

House

House of Commons

Foresight Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many staff have been assigned to the (a) entire Foresight programme and (b) Foresight Horizon Scanning Centre in each of the last five years for which data are available.

[126760]

Asked by

Chi Onwurah (Labour)

Answering body

Business, Innovation and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

31 October 2012

For answer on

5 November 2012

Answered on

5 November 2012

The numbers of full-time equivalents assigned to the Foresight programme and working in the Horizon Scanning Centre over the past five years were:

	Total staff in Foresight	Staff in the Horizon Scanning Centre
2007/08	29	6
2008/09	29	6
2009/10	34	7
2010/11	31	7
2011/12	30	2.5

Date

5 November 2012

Reference

126760; 552 cc477-8W

House

House of Commons

Foresight

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding from his Department Foresight (a) received in 2010-11 and (b) will receive in 2011-12; what estimate he has made of the number of full-time equivalent staff working for Foresight in each year; and if he will...

Asked by

Gareth Thomas (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 January 2012

Reference

88025; 538 c334W

House

House of Commons

Business of the House

I understand the hon. Gentleman's concern. It is an important report. I suggest that he apply for a debate in Westminster Hall, which I am sure would be well attended in view of the importance of the subjects that he has raised.

Member

Lord Young of Cookham (Conservative)

Type

Proceeding contributions

Date

10 February 2011

Reference

523 c488

House

House of Commons

Business of the House

Yesterday, the Government's chief scientific adviser, Sir John Beddington, launched the Foresight project's report on global food and farming futures. May we have a debate in Government time to consider the implications of the report and its effects on climate change, biodiversity, poverty, hunger and water shortages throughout the world?

Member

Barry Gardiner (Labour)

Type

Business questions

Date

10 February 2011

Reference

523 c488

House

House of Commons

Futures and Foresight, May 2009

This POSTnote examines the key characteristics of futures work and its use by governments and parliaments.

Type

POSTnotes

Date

1 September 2009

Reference

POST-PN-332

Lobbying: six months on. Evidence 2 July 2009.

Type

House of Commons papers; Select Committee oral evidence; Parliamentary committees

Committee

Public Administration Select Committee

Date

2 July 2009

Reference

HC 843-i 2008-09

House

House of Commons

Health inequalities. Minutes of evidence 22 May 2008. (Printed in HC 286-II 2008-09).

Type

House of Commons papers; Select Committee oral evidence; Parliamentary committees

Committee

Health Committee

Date

22 May 2008

Reference

HC 422-v 2007-08

House

House of Commons

Animal Health

What are the objectives of the Animal Health Foresight Project; and what role the Government have in the proceedings and outcome of the project.

Asked by

Countess of Mar (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 March 2006

Reference

4133; 679 c88-9WA

House

House of Lords

Contingency Planning (Power Supplies)

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what range of scenarios the Government Chief Scientific Adviser is considering in terms of oil and gas reserves for contingency planning purposes.

Asked by

John Hemming (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 November 2005

Reference

439 c1549-50W;439 c1551-2W; 27930

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which scientists participated in the scoping workshops that began the Foresight project on Brain Science, Addiction and Drugs in March and April. - Including list and ref to www.foresight.gov.uk.

Asked by

Paul Flynn (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

31 August 2004

For answer on

13 September 2004

Answered on

13 September 2004

Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which scientists participated in the scoping workshops that began the Foresight project on Brain Science, Addiction and Drugs in March and April. [187552] Ms Hewitt: Set out as follows, is a list of the scientists who attended the two workshops my Department ran to help decide the focus for the Foresight project on Brain Science Addiction and Drugs. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Attendee Organisation Ball, Dr. David Institute of Psychiatry Barrett, Dr. Geoff Dstl Cave, Dr. Jonathan University of Warwick Collingridge, Professor Graham University of Bristol Cox, Professor Miles University of Wales Crome, Professor Ilana Keele University Curran, Professor Val UCL Davis, Dr. Paul NHS Dayan, Professor Peter Gatsby Institute, UCL Drummond, Professor Colin St. Georges Medical School Duka, Dr. Theodora University of Sussex Edwards, Professor Griffith Institute of Psychiatry Everitt, Professor Barry University of Cambridge Farrell, Professor Graham University of Loughborough Godfrey, Professor Christine University of York Gossop, Professor Michael Institute of Psychiatry Hammersley, Professor Richard University of Essex Heather, Professor Nick University of Northumbria Heffernan, Dr. Dorothy Psychoactivate Ingram, Professor Colin University of Newcastle Iversen, Professor Leslie University of Oxford Iversen, Professor Susan University of Oxford Kelly, Dr. Paul University of Edinburgh Killcross, Dr. Simon University of Cardiff King, Sir David Chief Scientific Adviser, OST Marsden, Professor Charles University of Nottingham McKeganey, Professor Neil University of Glasgow Morton, Dr. Jenny University of Cambridge Mulkeen, Dr. Declan Medical Research Council (MRC) Mundy, Dr. Chris National Institute of Neurosciences Nutt, Professor David University of Bristol Orford, Professor Jim University of Birmingham Pearson, Professor Geoffrey Goldsmiths College Pembrey, Professor Marcus University of Bristol Plant, Professor Martin University of West of England Plant, Professor Moira University of West of England Robbins, Professor Trevor University of Cambridge Rose, Professor Steven Open University Rouse, Ms Ros ESRC Sahakian, Professor Barbara University of Cambridge Stephens, Professor Dai University of Sussex Stimson, Professor Gerry Imperial College Strang, Professor John Institute of Psychiatry Williams, Dr. John Wellcome Trust _________________________________________________________________________________________________. A copy of the key points raised at the workshops and the areas we are seeking to explore is available at www.foresight.gov.uk.

Date

13 September 2004

Reference

424 c1433W;424 c1431W; 187552

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she has taken as a result of the Foresight Programme on Flood and Coastal Defences.

Asked by

Tam Dalyell (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 May 2004

Reference

167001; 421 c1291W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funding has been provided by her Department to finance (a) the UK High Technology Fund, (b) the Quality Mark Scheme, (c) the Inside UK Enterprise Scheme, (d) the Construction Line Programme, (e) the Basic Technologies Programme, (f) the Construction...

Asked by

Lord Cotter (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 January 2004

For answer on

30 January 2004

Answered on

30 January 2004

Brian Cotter: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what funding has been provided by her Department to finance (a) the UK High Technology Fund, (b) the Quality Mark Scheme, (c) the Inside UK Enterprise Scheme, (d) the Construction Line Programme, (e) the Basic Technologies Programme, (f) the Construction Best Practice Programme and (g) the Foresight Programme in each financial year since the inception of each; what funding has been allocated to finance each scheme in future financial years; and if she will estimate the extent to which businesses have benefited from each initiative to date. [149448] Ms Hewitt: The following table shows the level of funding provided to 2002-03; and, the projected spend in future years. Expenditure (£ million) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. UK High Quality Mark Inside UK Construction Basic Construction Foresight Technology Enterprise Line Technologies Best Fund Practice2 1998-99 -- -- n/a -- -- n/a 1.4 1999-2000 3.0 -- n/a -- -- n/a 2.8 2000-01 17.0 n/a -- -- n/a 4.8 2001-02 0 1,2 6.7 n/a 0.2 -- 2.1 2.2 2002-03 0 1.2 0.2 -- 2.7 1.0 2003-04 0 2.0 1.2 0 0.6 2.6 1.8 2004-05 0 0 0 0 2.8 0 0 2005-06 0 0 0 0 2.4 0 0 2006-07 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 2007-08 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Combined expenditure 2000-03 2 Funded by former DETR 1998--June 2001 Notes: 1. Some historic expenditure data has been omitted from this reply due to the disproportionate cost of providing it. 2. Forecast expenditure reflects outstanding legal and contractual obligations. 3. All figures have been rounded to the nearest £100,000 Benefits to Business (a) UK High Technology Fund The UK High Technology fund has stimulated private sector investments of £106.1 million, against a target of £105 million, significantly increasing the amount of finance available for investment in technology-based businesses. From the total fund of £126.1million (which includes DTI investment of £20 million), over £123 million of this has, to date, been committed to nine specialist venture capital funds. These venture capital funds have in turn made investments in over 130 technology-based companies throughout the UK. (b) Quality Mark Quality Mark provides a competitive edge for accredited tradespeople by improving the information available to consumers. (c) Inside UK Enterprise In the three years to 2002, Inside UK Enterprise helped users to increase sales by around £175 million and increase profit margins by around £135 million. (d) Constructionline Constructionline streamlines procurement procedures and cuts costs by supplying the construction industry and its clients with a single national pre-qualification scheme. (e) Basic Technologies The first projects to be supported by this programme commenced in mid-2003. It is too early to estimate the benefits to businesses. (f) Construction Best Practice In 2002, businesses using Construction Best Practice increased profitability by £56 million--28 times the cost of running the scheme. Productivity also improved with each user saving an average of 12 days and £3,300. This equates to a total of £8.5 million and 60,000 days saved. It is currently estimated that in 2003, users increased their profitability by more than £100 million. (g) Foresight Between 1994 and 2001 the Foresight Programme helped Government, Research Organisations and Business prepare for the future by helping to identify potential threats and opportunities over the coming 10 to 20 years. New partnerships have been forged between business and the science base and across all sectors and disciplines to change the way business and the science base relate to each other and to the future. Organisations such as Research Councils, Training Organisations, other Government Departments and education funding bodies used the results of Foresight to set priorities for the benefit of business.

Date

30 January 2004

Reference

417 c594-6W; 149448

House

House of Commons

The forward look 2003: government-funded science, engineering and technology.

Type

Command papers

Date

1 July 2003

Reference

Cm 5877

House

House of Commons

Sainsbury of Turville, Lord

What progress has been made to date in implementing the recommendations addressed to them by the Department of Trade and Industry Foresight Panel on the Ageing Population, which reported in December 2000. [HL 1474].

Asked by

Baroness Howe of Idlicote (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 February 2003

Reference

HL 1474; 644 c177-8WA

House

House of Lords

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) names and (b) employers of the members of the (i) National Defence Industries Council, (ii) National Defence Industries Council Research and Technology Group, (iii) National Defence and Aerospace Systems Panel, (iv) Research and Technology Task Force...

Asked by

Harry Cohen (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 January 2003

For answer on

23 January 2003

Answered on

23 January 2003

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the (a) names and (b) employers of the members of the (i) National Defence Industries Council, (ii) National Defence Industries Council Research and Technology Group, (iii) National Defence and Aerospace Systems Panel, (iv) Research and Technology Task Force and (v) Defence Task Force. [91918] Mr. Ingram: The membership details, both from industry and Government, are as follows: National Defence Industries Council (NDIC) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Membership Industry Sir Richard Evans Chairman. Defence Industries Council and BAE Systems plc Mr. David Singleton Defence, Intellect Mr. Martin Jay Society of Maritime Industries Sir David Lees GKN plc Mr. Nick Prest Defence Manufacturers Association Mr. Gordon Page Society British Aerospace Companies Mr. David Marshall Defence Industries Council Mr. Simon Frost Claverham Group Mr. Alex Dorrian Thales Defence Ltd Government The right hon. Mr. Geoffrey Hoon MP Secretary of State for Defence Lord Bach of Lutterworth Under-Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Procurement The right hon. Mr. Adam Ingram MP Minister of State for the Armed Forces Mr. Alan Johnson MP Minister of State for Employment Relations, Industry and the Regions, DTI Sir Kevin Tebbit Permanent Under-Secretary Sir Robert Walmsley Ministry of Defence Chief Executive Defence Procurement Agency Air Chief Marshal Sir Malcolm Pledger Ministry of Defence Chief Defence Logistics Professor Sir Keith O'Nions Ministry of Defence Chief Scientific Adviser Mr. Alan Garwood Head of Defence Export Services Mr. David Gould--DTI Director TBC Defence Procurement Agency _________________________________________________________________________________________________. National Defence Industries Council Research and Technology Group (NDIC R&T) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Membership Industry Mr. David Marshall Society of British Aerospace Companies Ltd Mr. Andrew Sleigh QinetiQ Dr. Andy Low Thales UK Mr. Derek Marshall Defence Industries Council Mr. Lambert Dopping Hepenstal BAE Systems Mrs. Linda Pike Defence Industries Council Brigadier Louis Wilkes (Ret'd) Defence Manufacturers Association Mr. Ken Maciver National Defence and Aerospace Systems Panel Mr. Mike Steeden Society of British Aerospace Companies Ltd Mr. Bill Bardo AMS Mr. Phillip Goddard Westland Helicopters Ltd Mr. Ric Parker Rolls-Royce Mr. Robert Limmergard Intellect Professor Terry Knibb BAE Systems Government Mr. Graham Jordan Chairman. Ministry of Defence Dr Dai Morris Ministry of Defence Mr. David Way Department of Trade and Industry Ms Fiona Strens Ministry of Defence Mr. Mike Markin Ministry of Defence Mr. Nick Helbren Defence Science and Technology Laboratories Cdre Nigel Raby RN Ministry of Defence Richard Westgarth Ministry of Defence (Seconded from QinetiQ) Mr. Robert Beckham Ministry of Defence _________________________________________________________________________________________________. National Defence and Aerospace Systems Panel (NDASP) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Membership Industry Mr. W. K. (Ken) Maciver, CBE Chairman Mr. Ric Parker Vice Chairman. Rolls-Royce plc Dr. David Clark, OBE EPSRC Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, CBE, FRA Department of War Studies-- Kings College London Mr. Phil Goddard Consultant to Westland Helicopters Mr. Iain Gray Airbus UK Professor Terry Knibb BAE Systems Professor Philip Lawrence Aerospace Research Centre Mr. Andrew Little Royal Aeronautical Society Mr. David Marshall Society of British Aerospace Companies Ltd Mr. Alan Sharman, CBE Defence Manufacturers Association Mr. Andrew Sleigh QinetiQ Mr. Adrian Smith SciSys Mr. Paul Wrobel Thales Naval Systems Government Mr. Mike Markin, OBE Ministry of Defence Professor Damien McDonnell, OBE Ministry of Defence Dr. Graham Coleman Defence Science and Technology Laboratories Mr. David Way Aerospace and Defence Technology, DTI _________________________________________________________________________________________________. National Defence and Aerospace Systems Panel (NDASP) Research and Technology Task Force _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Membership Industry Mr. Ric Parker Chairman. Rolls-Royce plc Mr. Geoff Byham, MBE Westland Helicopters Ltd Mr. Andrew Bourne EPSRC Mr. Ian Risk Airbus Professor Cyril Hilsum, CBE Professor Terry Knibb BAE Systems Mr. Andrew Little Royal Aeronautical Society Professor Jim McGuirk Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, Loughborough University Dr. John Tunnicliffe QinetiQ Mr. Paul Vangasse BAE Systems Government Mr. Nigel Chew Ministry of Defence Dr. Graham Coleman Defence Science and Technology Laboratories Dr. Ray Kingcombe Aerospace and Defence Technology Business Group, DTI _________________________________________________________________________________________________. National Defence and Aerospace Systems Panel (NDASP) Defence Task Force _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Membership Mr. Paul Wrobel Chairman. Thales _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

23 January 2003

Reference

91918; 398 c446-8W;398 c444-6W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the crime prevention panel of the Foresight projects.

Asked by

Lord Cotter (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 September 2002

Reference

71225; 390 c149-50W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has for future funding of the Business Information Crime System operating under the Foresight Initiative.

Asked by

Lord Cotter (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 September 2002

Reference

71216; 390 c149W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the crime prevention panel of the Foresight projects.

Asked by

Bob Spink (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 September 2002

Reference

69814; 390 c149W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has for future funding of the Business Information Crime System operating under the Foresight initiative. - Ref to 19 September 2002, 390 c149.

Asked by

Bob Spink (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 September 2002

Reference

69815; 390 c149W

House

House of Commons

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