Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the 2016-17 budget is of 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.