To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many catapult networks have been established by Innovate UK; what is the focus of each network; and how much funding they are providing to each network.
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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what key market sectors have been identified for priority assistance by Innovate UK.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of Innovate UK's catapult networks.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when Innovate UK will publish its strategy for 2016–20.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to bring forward their review of the mandatory criminal courts charge.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of individuals who are innocent of crimes but have pleaded guilty in order to reduce their liability for the mandatory criminal courts charge since April 2015.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the mandatory criminal courts charge on the number of guilty pleas.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the European Commission's recommendation that spectrum should be harmonised and allocated across all 28 member states as part of the Digital Single Market.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to increase the United Kingdom’s research and development intensity above the 1.7 per cent reported by the Office for National Statistics last March for 2012; and whether they anticipate that the ...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the rejection by National Health Service trusts of the financial tariff proposals drawn up by Monitor for 2015–16, whether they intend to refer the matter to the Competition and Markets Authority; and if not what...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to promote equal access to intern opportunities for all; and how many disabled people have received help from the Access to Work Fund in order to participate fully in internship programmes.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what training for the world of work will be undertaken by young offenders sent to the new secure college that is due to open in 2017; and how that training will be evaluated.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of their careers Inspiration Vision Statement published in September 2013; and whether its implementation has led to significant improvements in providing young people with the s...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what actions they are taking to reduce the risk of HIV and to improve early diagnosis of the infection of people who sleep rough.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of University Technical Colleges in providing young people with the skills required in the world of work.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action, beyond the changes they are to make to apprenticeships, they intend to take in order toprepare young people for the world of work and deliver businesses with a supply ofyoung people with appropriate skill sets ...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of introducing data on post-school destinations in addition to academic achievements as an indicator of school performance.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when and how they intend to deliver the legislative changes identified in the policy paper Connectivity, Content and Consumers—Britain's digital platform for growth, published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport ...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to safeguard the ability of (1) refugees, and (2) people seeking asylum, to reunite with family members in the UK in the event of a no-deal Brexit.