Joseph Johnson corrected a written answer on Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund

19 December 2016 · Commons written answer · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Chi Onwurah (Labour, Newcastle upon Tyne Central) asked written question 57486 on 13 December 2016. Margot James answered on 16 December 2016 for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and Joseph Johnson corrected the answer on 19 December 2016. The corrected text adds the figure £23 billion, which the original did not give. Altogether 292 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has for the implementation of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund; and how that fund will be funded.

Original and corrected answer

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~~Yes, employees are represented on~~ the ~~Department’s board. The Permanent Secretary is a standing member~~ of the ~~Departmental Board, and meets with~~ the Departmental Trade Unions as staff representatives. There are several other ways in which the ~~views of employees of the Department for Business, Energy and~~ Industrial Strategy ~~are currently already taken into account~~ by the Departmental Board and its supporting committees. The Board regularly discusses staff related matters, such as the Civil Service People Survey results which reflect the views of the Department’s employees, including views on the transition programme to create a new Department. The Department’s governance structure includes a People and Operations Committee, chaired by ~~the Directors General responsible for People, Corporate Services~~ and the ~~transition programme. This Committee has standing representation from~~ the ~~HR Director~~ and staff diversity networks as full members. Recommendations from the Committee are routinely taken to the Department’s Executive Committee for endorsement and approval. The composition of the Departmental Board is determined by Cabinet Office and HMT’s Corporate Governance in Central Government Departments: Code of Good practice (2011). Cabinet Office and HMT are currently in the process of refreshing this guidance to reflect current best practice. The Board also has external Non-Executive Board Members (NEBMs) as standing members. NEBMs provide external challenge and scrutiny and offer wider stakeholder views to the Board.	A New Productivity Fund (NPIF) announced in the Autumn Statement will provide for £23 billion of spending between 2017-18 and 2021-22. Through the NPIF the government will fund the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. The fund will cover a broad range of technologies, to be decided by an evidence-based process. It will be delivered by Innovate UK and the Research Councils, and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) when it is established. We will begin to identify different challenge areas between now and the Budget in 2017. More detail on funding breakdown and proposals will be set out in due course.

Original

Corrected

~~Yes, employees are represented on~~ the ~~Department’s board. The Permanent Secretary is a standing member~~ of the ~~Departmental Board, and meets with~~ the Departmental Trade Unions as staff representatives.
There are several other ways in which the ~~views of employees of the Department for Business, Energy and~~ Industrial Strategy ~~are currently already taken into account~~ by the Departmental Board and its supporting committees.
The Board regularly discusses staff related matters, such as the Civil Service People Survey results which reflect the views of the Department’s employees, including views on the transition programme to create a new Department.
The Department’s governance structure includes a People and Operations Committee, chaired by ~~the Directors General responsible for People, Corporate Services~~ and the ~~transition programme. This Committee has standing representation from~~ the ~~HR Director~~ and staff diversity networks as full members. Recommendations from the Committee are routinely taken to the Department’s Executive Committee for endorsement and approval.
The composition of the Departmental Board is determined by Cabinet Office and HMT’s Corporate Governance in Central Government Departments: Code of Good practice (2011). Cabinet Office and HMT are currently in the process of refreshing this guidance to reflect current best practice.
The Board also has external Non-Executive Board Members (NEBMs) as standing members. NEBMs provide external challenge and scrutiny and offer wider stakeholder views to the Board.

A New Productivity Fund (NPIF) announced in the Autumn Statement will provide for £23 billion of spending between 2017-18 and 2021-22.
Through the NPIF the government will fund the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. The fund will cover a broad range of technologies, to be decided by an evidence-based process. It will be delivered by Innovate UK and the Research Councils, and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) when it is established.
We will begin to identify different challenge areas between now and the Budget in 2017. More detail on funding breakdown and proposals will be set out in due course.

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