Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people are employed by the Centre for Maritime Intelligent Systems.
The Centre for Maritime Intelligent Systems is an industry-led initiative supported by the Defence Growth Partnership. It received a £400,000 Local Enterprise Grant offer in 2014 and this grant is open to Centre for Maritime Intelligent Systems (CMIS) to access on a match funded basis until 31 March17. In FY2016-17 they expect to draw down c. £25,000 of this grant. Industry provides all other resources for CMIS to operate.