Annex 1: The Sessional Return for 2008-09
Science
and Technology Committee
(Innovation,
Universities, Science and Skills Committee until 1 October 2009)
For website access
click on www.parliament.uk/science
The Committee was
nominated by the House of Commons on 8 November 2007.
| Members
Willis, Mr Phil (Chairman)
Blackman-Woods, Dr Roberta
Boswell, Tim
Cawsey, Ian
Dorries, Mrs Nadine
Gibson, Dr Ian (left the House of Commons 9.6.09)
Harris, Dr Evan
Iddon, Dr Brian
Marsden, Mr Gordon
Spink, Bob
Stewart, Ian
Stringer, Graham
Turner, Dr Desmond
Wilson, Mr Rob
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
40 out of 41
0 out of 41
32 out of 41
20 out of 41
0 out of 41
13 out of 27
37 out of 41
36 out of 41
22 out of 41
0 out of 41
20 out of 41
31 out of 41
1 out of 41
2 out of 41
45.4 %
|
| Total number of meetings:
| 41 |
Of which: |
|
| Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 20 |
| Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 0 |
| Number of wholly private meetings
| 21 |
| Number of concurrent meetings with other committees
| 0 |
| Other activities | |
| Informal meetings | 2
|
| Conferences/Seminars hosted
| 1 |
Staff
Details of the permanent staff of the Committee during
the Session can be found in the Committee's publications.
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Professor Sir Roy Anderson, Professor Ronald Barnett,
Mr Bahram Bekhradnia, Professor Donal Bradley, Professor Alison
Fuller, Professor Mike Gregory CBE, Sir Brian Heap, Dr Paul Howarth,
Chris Hughes, Professor Ewart Keep, Professor Sue Law, Professor
Peter Liss, Dr Hayaatun Sillem and Professor Lorna Unwin.
Witnesses
| Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
| Number of appearances by:
| |
| Cabinet Ministers | 3
|
| Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers
| 5 |
| Members of the House of Lords (of whom 5 were also Ministers)
| 8 |
| Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
| 2 |
| Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
| 2 |
| Go Science | 3
|
| Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
| |
| Council for Science and Technology
| 1 |
| Economic and Social Research Council
| 1 |
| Higher Education Funding Council for England
| 1 |
| Learning and Skills Council
| 2 |
| Natural England | 1
|
| Science and Technology Facilities Council
| 1 |
| Other Witnesses
| 64 |
Overseas Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 19-23.4.09 | Washington, USA
| Willis, Cawsey, Harris, Marsden, Stewart, Stringer
| 2 | Inquiries into Students and Universities and Putting science and engineering at the heart of government policy
| £35,188.71 |
Visits to European Institutions
None
UK Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 19.3.09 | Imperial College, LondonA
| Willis | 2
| Inquiry into Students and Universities
| Nil |
| 22.9.09 | Research Councils UK, SwindonA
| Willis | 2
| Engagement with the broader Science and Technology community to inform Committee Programme
| £497.00[76]
|
| 23.9.09 | National Physical Laboratory, TeddingtonA
| Willis | 3
| Engagement with the broader Science and Technology community to inform Committee Programme
| £74.10 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
| Title | HC No. (2008-09)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
| First Report: Re-skilling for recovery: After Leitch, implementing skills and training policies
| 48-I | 16.1.09
| Received 16.3.09: published as Second Special Report Session 2008-09
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: Re-skilling for recovery: After Leitch, implementing skills and training policies
| 48-II | 16.1.09
| Not applicable |
| Second Report: The work of the Committee 2007
| 49 | 16.1.09
| Not applicable |
| Third Report: DIUS's Departmental Report 2008
| 51-I | 20.1.09
| Received 20.3.09: published as Third Special Report Session 2008-09
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: DIUS's Departmental Report 2008
| 51-II | 20.1.09
| Not applicable |
| Fourth Report: Engineering: turning ideas into reality
| 50-I | 27.3.09
| Received 19.6.09: published as Fifth Special Report Session 2008-09
|
| Oral Evidence: Engineering: turning ideas into reality
| 50-II | 27.3.09
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence: Engineering: turning ideas into reality
| 50-III | 27.3.09
| Not applicable |
| Fifth Report: Pre-appointment hearing with the Chair-elect of the Economic and Research Council, Dr Alan Gillespie CBE
| 505 | 12.5.09
| Not applicable |
| Sixth Report: Pre-appointment hearing with the Chair-elect of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Professor Sir Tom Blundell
| 506 | 19.5.09
| Not applicable |
| Seventh Report: Spend, spend, spend? - The mismanagement of the Learning and Skills Council's capital programme in further education colleges
| 530 | 17.7.09
| Received 30.9.09: published as Sixth Special Report Session 2008-09
|
| Eighth Report: Putting Science and Engineering at the Heart of Government Policy
| 168-I | 23.7.09
| Received 14.10.09: published as Ninth Special Report Session 2008-09
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: Putting Science and Engineering at the Heart of Government Policy
| 168-II | 23.7.09
| Not applicable |
| Ninth Report: Pre-appointment hearing with the Chair-elect of the Science and Technology Facilities Council, Professor Michael Sterling FREng
| 887 | 21.7.09
| Not applicable |
| Tenth Report: Sites of Special Scientific Interest
| 717 | 29.7.09
| Received 30.9.09: published as Seventh Special Report Session 2008-09
|
| Eleventh Report: Students and Universities
| 170-I | 2.8.09
| Received 1.10.09: published as Eighth Special Report Session 2008-09
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: Students and Universities
| 170-II | 2.8.09
| Not applicable |
| First Special Report: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Draft Apprenticeships Bill: Government response to the Seventh Report from the Committee, Session 2007-08
| 262 | 26.2.09
| Not applicable |
| Second Special Report: Re-skilling for recovery: After Leitch, implementing skills and training policies: Government Response to the First Report from the Committee, Session 2008-09
| 365 | 24.3.09
| Not applicable |
| Third Special Report: DIUS's Departmental Report 2008: Government Response to the Third Report from the Committee
| 383 | 31.3.09
| Not applicable |
| Fourth Special Report: The future of science scrutiny following the merger of DIUS and BERR
| 662 | 12.6.09
| Not applicable |
| Fifth Special Report: Engineering: turning ideas into reality: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report
| 759 | 26.6.09
| Not applicable |
| Sixth Special Report: Spend, spend, spend? - the mismanagement of the Learning and Skills Council's capital programme in further education colleges: Government Response to the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2008-09
| 989 | 19.10.09
| Not applicable |
| Seventh Special Report: Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Government Response to the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2008-09
| 990 | 19.10.09
| Not applicable |
| Eighth Special Report: Students and Universities: Government Response to the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee's Eleventh Report of Session 2008-09
| 991 | 20.10.09
| Not applicable |
| Ninth Special Report: Putting Science and Engineering at the Heart of Government Policy: Government Response to the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2008-09
| 1036 | 26.10.09
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence: Science Question Time
| 169-i | 7.7.09
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence: Science Question Time
| 169-ii | 7.7.09
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Science and Technology Facilities Council
| 171-i | 7.7.09
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence: Technology Strategy Board
| 384-i | 22.10.09
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research (OSCHR)
| 655-i | 29.7.09
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Setting the scene on science, engineering and technology issues across government
| 1001-i | 14.10.09
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Government's responses to the Committee's questions regarding evidence check (Part one)
| | 21.10.09
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Government's responses to the Committee's questions regarding evidence check (Part two)
| | 21.10.09
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2007-08
Reply to the Committee's
Seventh Report: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Draft Apprenticeships
Bill, received 11.2.09 and published as the Committee's First
Special Report Session 2008-09.
Formal Minutes
The Formal Minutes
of the Committee were published electronically after each meeting
of the Committee. They are available on the Committee's website
at http://www.parliament.uk/science.
Divisions
| Date | Subject
|
| 8.7.09 | One, on an amendment proposed to the Chairman's draft Report on Putting Science and Engineering at the Heart of the Government Policy
|
Debates
None
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry
during the Session
| Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
| Engineering: turning ideas into reality
| 2 |
| Further Education Colleges capital expenditure
| 2 |
| Office for Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research
| 1 |
| Pre-appointment hearing with Chair-elect of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
| 1 |
| Pre-appointment hearing with Chair-elect of the Economic and Social Research Council
| 1 |
| Pre-appointment hearing with Chair-elect of the Science and Technology Facilities Council
| 1 |
| Putting Science and Engineering at the Heart of Government Policy
| 5 |
| Science and Technology Facilities Council
| 1 |
| Science Question Time |
2 |
| Setting the scene on science, engineering and technology issues across government
| 1 |
| Sites of Special Scientific Interest
| 1 |
| Students and Universities
| 5 |
| Technology Strategy Board
| 1 |
| Total | 24[77]
|
Sub-Committee on Students
and Universities
For website access
click on www.parliament.uk/science
The Committee was
nominated by the House of Commons on 18 March 2009.
| Members
Willis, Mr Phil (Chairman)
Blackman-Woods, Dr Roberta
Boswell, Tim
Cawsey, Ian
Dorries, Mrs Nadine
Gibson, Dr Ian
Harris, Dr Evan
Iddon, Dr Brian
Marsden, Mr Gordon
Spink, Bob
Stewart, Ian
Stringer, Graham
Turner, Dr Desmond
Wilson, Mr Rob
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
3 out of 3
0 out of 3
1 out of 3
1 out of 3
0 out of 3
0 out of 3
2 out of 3
1 out of 3
2 out of 3
0 out of 3
1 out of 3
3 out of 3
0 out of 3
0 out of 3
33.3 %
|
| Total number of meetings:
| 3 |
Of which: |
|
| Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 3 |
| Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 0 |
| Number of wholly private meetings
| 0 |
| Number of concurrent meetings with other committees
| 0 |
| Other activities | |
| Informal meetings | 3
|
| Conferences/Seminars hosted
| 0 |
Staff
Details of the permanent
staff of the Committee during the Session can be found in the
Committee's publications.
Specialist Advisers during the Session
None
Witnesses
| Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| 0 |
| Appearances by other witnesses
| 34 |
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 23.3.09 | Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool
| Willis, Marsden, Stringer
| 4A
| Inquiry into Students and Universities
| £1,688.10 |
| 30.3.09 | University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University
| Willis, Boswell, Harris, Stewart, Stringer
| 8B
| Inquiry into Students and Universities
| £920.40 |
A
Includes 1 shorthand writer
B Includes
2 specialist advisers and 1 shorthand writer
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
None
Government replies to Reports for Session 2007-08
Not applicable
Formal Minutes
The Formal Minutes
of the Committee were published electronically after each meeting
of the Committee. They are available on the Committee's website
at http://www.parliament.uk/science.
Divisions
None
Debates
None
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry
during the Session
| Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
| Students and Universities
| 3 |
| Total | 3
|
Science and Technology
Sub-committee
For website access click on www.parliament.uk/science
The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons
on 28 October 2009.
| Members
Willis, Mr Phil (Chairman)
Blackman-Woods, Dr Roberta
Boswell, Tim
Cawsey, Ian
Dorries, Mrs Nadine
Harris, Dr Evan
Iddon, Dr Brian
Marsden, Mr Gordon
Spink, Bob
Stewart, Ian
Stringer, Graham
Turner, Dr Desmond
Wilson, Mr Rob
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
2 out of 2
0 out of 2
2 out of 2
1 out of 2
0 out of 2
2 out of 2
2 out of 2
0 out of 2
0 out of 2
0 out of 2
2 out of 2
0 out of 2
0 out of 2
42.3 %
|
| Total number of meetings:
| 2 |
Of which: |
|
| Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 2 |
| Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 0 |
| Number of wholly private meetings
| 0 |
| Number of concurrent meetings with other committees
| 0 |
| Other activities | |
| Informal meetings | 0
|
| Conferences/Seminars hosted
| 0 |
Staff
Details of the permanent staff of the Committee during
the Session can be found in the Committee's publications.
Specialist Advisers during the Session
None
Witnesses
| Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
| Number of appearances by:
| |
| Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers
| 1 |
| Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
| Department for Children, Schools and Families
| 1 |
| Other witnesses
| 6 |
Overseas Visits
None
Visits to European Institutions
None
UK Visits
None
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
| Title | HC No. (2008-09)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Evidence Check: Literacy Interventions
| 1081-i | 4.11.09
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Evidence Check: Literacy Interventions
| 1081-ii | 9.11.09
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2007-08
Not applicable
Formal Minutes
The Formal Minutes of the Committee were published
electronically after each meeting of the Committee. They are available
on the Committee's website at http://www.parliament.uk/science.
Divisions
None
Debates
None.
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry
during the Session
| Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
| Evidence Check: Literacy Interventions
| 2 |
| Total | 2
|
76 This figure includes a cost of a ticket (£89)
bought to replace an original ticket lost in transit. Back
77
At four meetings of the Committee evidence was taken on more than
one inquiry. Therefore the total in this table does not match
the figure given above for the number of meetings at which oral
evidence was taken Back
|
