Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, by what date he plans for the Energy Systems Catapult to be operational.
The Energy Systems Catapult is already operational and was formally launched on 1 April 2015 with an interim CEO and from a temporary location in Birmingham. The Chairman was appointed in January 2015 and the Catapult has had an interim management team in place since May. Four non-executive directors were appointed in June.
The Catapult is working to move to a permanent home in Birmingham in 2016. Advertisements for a permanent CEO were published in June and it is hoped that an appointment will be made by the end of this year.