Dame Chi Onwurah

1 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Space Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many SMEs his Department awarded space defence sector contracts to in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023; and what steps he is taking to improve the ability of SMEs to access space defence contracts.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Space: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the cost to the public purse was of her Department's expenditure on (a) space research and (b) promoting the commercialism of space research.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

ICT: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the number of potential employees with sufficient (a) software and (b) data skills in the labour market.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Space

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to (a) monitor and (b) increase the demographic diversity of the space sector workforce; and what steps she is taking to tackle skills shortages in the space se

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Space

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what her planned timetable is for the publication of the Space Sector Plan.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Innovation and Research: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the current threshold for higher education innovation funding on smaller universities and colleges; and wh

31 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Public Sector: Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many spin-outs from public sector bodies the Government Office for Technology Transfer has supported with (a) financial grants and (b) knowledge asset management advice.

31 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Catapult Network

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how her Department evaluates (a) each of the nine Catapults within the Catapult Network and (b) the Catapult Network as a whole.

31 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Innovation: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the UK Innovation Strategy published on 14 November 2021, what steps her Department has taken with NESTA to identify and test ways to improve and scale up the opportun

31 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Innovation and Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the UK Innovation Strategy published on 14 November 2021, what funding the Government has provided for a University Commercialisation and Innovation Policy Evidence Un

24 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Business: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the UK Innovation Strategy, last updated on 14 November 2023, how many Prosperity Partnerships have been launched as of 24 January 2024.

24 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the UK Innovation Strategy, last updated on 14 November 2023, what progress she has made on establishing a new Innovation Missions Programme.

24 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Innovate UK: New Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what support Innovate UK provides to start-up businesses that are not associated with universities.

24 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Universities: Business

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what guidance the Government provides on whether universities' support for spin-outs is considered a Government subsidy for the purposes of international treaties.

24 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding her Department has provided to successful applicants to the European Research Council Proof of Concept scheme to carry out work in UK research institutions since Novemb

24 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing funding to the five successful researchers from the latest 2023 funding round of the European Research Council Pr

22 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made in reducing R&D tax credit fraud.

22 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the advisory market to support businesses claiming R&D tax relief.

22 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Office for Life Sciences

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has had meetings with the Office for Life Sciences since 1 January 2023.

22 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts: Help to Buy Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to introduce a new help-to-buy ISA.

22 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Affordable Housing: First Time Buyers

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to review the (a) incentives available to and (b) constraints on the affordability of homes for first-time buyers.

22 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Disadvantaged: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce deprivation in the North East.

18 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Development Aid: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what budget has been allocated to Official Development Assistance (ODA) R&D for the 2024-25 financial year; and whether the Government plans to announce funding programmes in addition t

18 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Newcastle upon Tyne

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to increase access to affordable public transport options for people aged between 16 and 24 in Newcastle.

18 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2023 to Question 5383 on NHS: Standards, what steps her Department is taking to to ensure quality improvement across (a) NHS England, (b) Integrated Health and

17 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2023 to Question 3807 on Innovation, if he will provide a more precise date for the publication of the cluster map.

17 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has issued recent guidance to tax accountants on (a) how and (b) whether activity can be classed as research and development for the purposes of claiming research and development tax reliefs.

17 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Equipment: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve the regulatory environment for medical devices and technology.

17 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support the research and development of medical technologies in the UK.

17 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) adoption and (b) spread of medical technologies across the NHS.