Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the expected salary range for the Chair of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
We are currently advertising the ARIA Chair role at a time commitment of approximately 1 day per week. Remuneration will be £148,500 full-time equivalent (£29,700 on 1 day per week). These terms are in keeping with other comparable roles across the public sector.
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the value of UK Research and Development grants to UK industry in (1) 2010, (2) 2015, and (3) 2019.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes estimates of flow of research and development (R&D) funds from government to other sectors. Table 9 of its annual publication on research and development (R&D) expenditure by the UK government shows that the aggregate destination of gross R&D expenditure (broader than grants) includes the following figures for private industry and public corporations:
£million | 2010 | 2015 | 2019 |
Civil | 576 | 895 | 1,149 |
Defence | 1,359 | 1,286 | 893 |
Gross Total | 1,935 | 2,181 | 2,042 |
Source: Research and Development Expenditure by the UK Government: 2019 | |||
The ONS also publishes figures for UK Business Enterprise R&D. Table 3 on sources of funds gives the following figures for businesses reporting funding from the UK Government:
£million | 2010 | 2015 | 2019 |
UK Government | 1,407 | 1,817 | 1,829 |
Source: Business Enterprise Research and Development, UK: 2020 | |||
Government support for business R&D also includes R&D tax credit schemes. HM Revenue and Customs publishes R&D Tax Credits Statistics and Table 2 gives the cost of support claimed for the R&D tax credit for all schemes by financial year on an accounting period basis:
£million | 2010-11 | 2015-16 | 2019-20 (provisional) |
Claims | 1,110 | 3,975 | 7,445 |
Source: Research and Development Tax Credits Statistics: September 2021 | |||
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of the UK workforce engaged in the UK aerospace industry.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
In 2020, the proportion of the UK workforce engaged in the UK aerospace industry was estimated to be 0.3%.
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money they provided for research and development to the (1) aerospace industry, (2) steel industry, and (3) manufacturing sector overall, in (a) 2010, and (b) 2020.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The numbers below are taken from the Office for National Statistics survey of Business Enterprise R&D on what industry reported it received as public funding, by product. They do not include support through R&D tax credits; nor do they completely cover all public R&D expenditure which may be directly or indirectly related to particular products. The figures below are available for 2010, and the latest numbers are for 2019 (with the next update due later this year).
The reported figures for 2010 were:
The reported figures for 2019 were:
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to assist the UK aerospace industry in the light of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
We are supporting the aerospace industry through the Aerospace Growth Partnership, with £1.95 billion of funding for research and development (R&D), matched by industry, over 13 years up to 2026.
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) is also providing £125 million to the Future Flight Challenge for research on greener ways of flying through advances in electric and autonomous flight technology, which is expected to generate an additional £175 million of match-funding from industry. We are also co-investing in aerospace productivity improvement and innovation programmes to support small and medium-sized businesses, backed with over £135 million of public funding.
In addition, the aerospace sector and its aviation customers are being supported with over £8.5 billion of support through the Bank of England’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility, grants for R&D, loan guarantees, and support for aerospace exports. We are in discussion with the sector, through the Aerospace Growth Partnership, about how to best support the industry to recover.
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they provided in research and development grants to the aerospace industry in (1) 2018, and (2) 2019.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Government and industry have made a joint commitment to invest £3.9 billion in aerospace research and development (R&D) from 2013 to 2026. The Government’s share of the £1.95 billion is managed through the Aerospace Technology Institute Programme. An annual breakdown of expenditure and budgets for the years requested is set out in the table below:
Fiscal Year | Expenditure (£m) | Allocated Budget (£m) |
2018/19 | 140 | 154 |
2019/20 | 149 | 150 |
2020/21 | N/A | 150 |
The aerospace industry is also supported through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF). Around £60 million was allocated to a suite of high-value manufacturing aerospace projects in 2017, and aerospace companies are eligible for the current ISCF challenges, such as the Future Flight Challenge (£125 million) and Driving the Electric Revolution (£80 million).
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what amount of research and development grants for the aerospace industry are earmarked for (1) 2020, and (2) 2021.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Government and industry have made a joint commitment to invest £3.9 billion in aerospace research and development (R&D) from 2013 to 2026. The Government’s share of the £1.95 billion is managed through the Aerospace Technology Institute Programme. An annual breakdown of expenditure and budgets for the years requested is set out in the table below:
Fiscal Year | Expenditure (£m) | Allocated Budget (£m) |
2018/19 | 140 | 154 |
2019/20 | 149 | 150 |
2020/21 | N/A | 150 |
The aerospace industry is also supported through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF). Around £60 million was allocated to a suite of high-value manufacturing aerospace projects in 2017, and aerospace companies are eligible for the current ISCF challenges, such as the Future Flight Challenge (£125 million) and Driving the Electric Revolution (£80 million).
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money in total they gave to the aerospace industry for research and development in (1) 2015, (2) 2016, (3) 2017, and (4) 2018.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Industry and Government have made a joint commitment to invest £3.9 billion in aerospace R&D from 2013 to 2026. The Government’s share of £1.95 billion is managed through the Aerospace Technology Institute Programme. An annual breakdown of expenditure and budgets for the years requested is set out in the table below:
Fiscal Year | Expenditure (£m) | Allocated Budget (£m) |
2015/16 | 126 | 150 |
2016/17 | 146 | 148 |
2017/18 | 149 | 150 |
2018/19 | 140 | 154 |
2019/20 | n/a | 150 |
2020/21 | n/a | 150 |
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money they plan to provide to the aerospace industry for research and development in 2020–21.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Industry and Government have made a joint commitment to invest £3.9 billion in aerospace R&D from 2013 to 2026. The Government’s share of £1.95 billion is managed through the Aerospace Technology Institute Programme. An annual breakdown of expenditure and budgets for the years requested is set out in the table below:
Fiscal Year | Expenditure (£m) | Allocated Budget (£m) |
2015/16 | 126 | 150 |
2016/17 | 146 | 148 |
2017/18 | 149 | 150 |
2018/19 | 140 | 154 |
2019/20 | n/a | 150 |
2020/21 | n/a | 150 |
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money in total was proposed for British manufacturing's research and development in 2019; and how much they estimate to provide in (1) 2020, and (2) 2021.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Office for National Statistics estimates that expenditure on R&D performed in UK businesses was about £25.0bn in 2018, of which about £16.3 billion was related to manufactured products. Most of this was financed by businesses themselves. Data for 2019 is planned for release in November.
The Government announced in Budget 2020 that it will be increasing overall R&D funding to £22 billion by 2024/24 and further plans will be set out at Spending Review later this year.
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the agency that directs research and innovation funding in the UK, supports research into new processes and materials across different areas of manufacturing and supports businesses engaged in R&D through Innovate UK.