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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment he has made of the size of the optoelectronics industry in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment he has made of the size of the optoelectronics industry in the UK.
Official statistics are not published to a sufficient level of detail to identify the size of the optoelectronics sector in the UK.
The Government does however work closely with both the Photonics Leadership Council and the Elect-Tech Council. The Council’s “UK Photonics: The Hidden Economic Engine” identifies the UK’s significant strengths in Photonics, including optoelectronics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding has been allocated to the optoelectronics industry in the UK in each year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding has been allocated to the optoelectronics industry in the UK in each year for which figures are available.
Our ambition is to increase total R&D investment to 2.4% of GDP by 2027, and 3% in the long term. Successive UK Governments have supported the principle that funding for basic research should be awarded through competitive processes on the basis of excellence and likely impact - as assessed through peer review.
UK Research and Innovation, a partner organisation of BEIS, primarily engages with industry through Innovate UK. The table below shows the amount committed by Innovate UK to projects involving optoelectronics in each of the last 5 years. These figures focus on funds to industry and, as such, exclude funding towards research-focused partners such as academics or charities.
Commitment Year | Grant Offered (Commitment) |
2014/15 | £3,530,324 |
2015/16 | £1,944,112 |
2016/17 | £3,676,222 |
2017/18 | £5,225,330 |
2018/19 | £822,952 |
Note: as this is committed funding the 2018/19 figures do not include where an offer letter has been sent but no agreement has yet been reached. As such this will not reflect the full amount of funding committed in that year.
Funding for research into optoelectronics is also provided by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many companies manufacturing optoelectronic components responded to the consultation on the exemption of substances from the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many companies manufacturing optoelectronic components responded to the consultation on the exemption of substances from the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the total value is of optoelectronic equipment containing cadmium manufactured in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the total value is of optoelectronic equipment containing cadmium manufactured in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what consideration he has given to exempting equipment used for live performances from the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what consideration he has given to exempting equipment used for live performances from the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proposals his Department and its agencies have to assist the optical fibres (BICC) plant at Deeside Industrial Park.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proposals his Department and its agencies have to assist the optical fibres (BICC) plant at Deeside Industrial Park.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, in what ways he attempted to assist the optical fibres plant DIP Flintshire prior to the announcement of redundancies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, in what ways he attempted to assist the optical fibres plant DIP Flintshire prior to the announcement of redundancies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will comment on the prospects for the optical fibres industry in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will comment on the prospects for the optical fibres industry in Wales.
How many workers are employed in the optoelectronics industry in Scotland; and what action he is taking to encourage the transfer of research findings from Scottish universities into high-tech companies. - Inc figs. (Holding answer 20 December 1995).
How many workers are employed in the optoelectronics industry in Scotland; and what action he is taking to encourage the transfer of research findings from Scottish universities into high-tech companies. - Inc figs. (Holding answer 20 December 1995).
To comment on policy towards funding of academic-only work in relation to opto-electronics - Inc ref to Sec of States speech at first plenary meeting of Academia Europaea in London on 26 June 1989 (copies in Library)
To comment on policy towards funding of academic-only work in relation to opto-electronics - Inc ref to Sec of States speech at first plenary meeting of Academia Europaea in London on 26 June 1989 (copies in Library)