(1) What is the average time it takes for a company to be informed whether its application for approval for the Research and Development (R&D) tax incentive programme has been successful or not; (2) (a) how many companies have applied for approval for the R&D tax incentive programme from 1 January 2012 up to the latest specified date for which information is available and (b) with regard to these applications, (i) how many have been successful, (ii) what have been the main reasons for unsuccessful applications and (iii) what is the breakdown in industry sectors of the (aa) successful and (bb) unsuccessful applications?