Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many applications received by Innovate UK from applicants in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland were successful in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016 and (iii) 2017.

In 2015 the number of successful applications by lead applicants from:

(a) England 1,059 (26.34% success rate)

(b) Wales 44 (33.08% success rate)

(c) Scotland 62 (27.68% success rate)

(d) Northern Ireland 12 (24% success rate)

In 2016 the number of successful applications by lead applicants from:

(a) England 1,106 (27.29% success rate)

(b) Wales 41 (25.79% success rate)

(c) Scotland 85 (35.56% success rate)

(d) Northern Ireland 19 (35.19% success rate)

There is no data available for 2017.