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749658

registered interest
date	07/07/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Argentina: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met his Argentinian counterpart; and what was discussed at that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	3626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>I spoke to the new Argentine Foreign Minister, Jorge Faurie, on 3 July. During our phonecall I welcomed positive progress in UK-Argentina relations since President Macri's election and underlined the importance the UK attaches to honouring all of the commitments made in the UK-Argentina Joint Communique agreed in September.</p><p>I last met the former Argentine Deputy Foreign Minister, Pedro Villagra Delgado, in London in December to discuss the humanitarian project to identify the remains of fallen Argentine soldiers in Darwin Cemetary in the Falkand Islands.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/07/2017 13:26:24 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

749686

registered interest
date	07/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on advertising on social media in each month since January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	3627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The department have spent the following on advertising on social media. A large proportion of the spend is on our iconic and highly successful Think! road safety campaigns, which have helped to contribute to a massive fall in road deaths due to drink driving over the last 50 years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend (excluding VAT)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>January 2016</strong></p></td><td><p>£413,132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>February 2016</strong></p></td><td><p>£27,837</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>March 2016</strong></p></td><td><p>£760,104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April 2016</strong></p></td><td><p>£11,709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May 2016</strong></p></td><td><p>£16,771</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>June 2016</strong></p></td><td><p>£17,796</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July 2016</strong></p></td><td><p>£104,187</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August 2016</strong></p></td><td><p>£18,602</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>September 2016</strong></p></td><td><p>£13,417</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>October 2016</strong></p></td><td><p>£10,341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>November 2016</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,035</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>December 2016</strong></p></td><td><p>£19,287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>January 2017</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>February 2017</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>March 2017</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April 2017</strong></p></td><td><p>£23,645</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May 2017</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>June 2017</strong></p></td><td><p>£249</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July 2017</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 12/07/2017 16:46:13 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

749541

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Small Businesses: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support small business growth in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	3439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Small businesses are vital to our economy and so it is important we do all we can to make the UK a great place to start and grow a business.</p><p>Government has actively supported and invested in the creation of a network of Growth Hubs to provide businesses with tailored advice and support at the local level.</p><p>In the West Midlands, including Coventry, this is delivered by six Local Enterprise Partnership led Growth Hubs. The Business Support helpline also provides information and guidance over the phone, via email, webchat and social media.</p><p>To stimulate innovation and growth in the region, Innovate UK in 2016-17 committed almost £36.1m to 110 projects for SMEs based in the West Midlands.</p><p>In addition, the soon to be launched Midlands Engine Investment Fund, aims to boost the region’s economy and support the growth ambitions of its smaller businesses. It will facilitate investment of over £250 million across the region to help SMEs to achieve their growth ambitions, revitalise local economies and create jobs.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/07/2017 10:43:46 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

749547

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Coventry South
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support micro-enterprises in Coventry South constituency.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	3438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>British Business Bank programmes are supporting finance to smaller businesses, with one of the main programmes administered by the Start-Up Loans Company. As of 31<sup>st </sup>May 2017, there were 68 start-up loans worth £493,000 in the Coventry South constituency.</p><p>Micro-enterprises in the Coventry South constituency have access to the Coventry &amp; Warwickshire Growth Hub which can provide tailored advice and support. The Business Support helpline also provides information and guidance over the phone, via e-mail, webchat and social media.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/07/2017 10:45:16 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

749560

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether he has plans to publish a White Paper on International Trade.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	3437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government has set out in the Queen's Speech its intentions to introduce the necessary trade legislation to develop an independent international trade policy upon exiting the European Union. Before such legislation is introduced, a supporting paper will be published.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 12/07/2017 15:57:54 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

748724

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of homeless people in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	3038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>DCLG publishes regular statistics on rough sleeping, statutory homelessness and homelessness prevention and relief. These are published at a local authority level. The latest statistics can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics</a>.</p><p>The Government remains committed to combating homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why we are aiming to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminate it altogether by 2027. To achieve this, we will set up a new Homelessness Reduction Taskforce that will focus on prevention and affordable housing, and we will pilot a Housing First approach to tackle rough sleeping.</p><p>We also supported the Homelessness Reduction Act which received Royal Assent on 27 April 2017. The Act significantly reforms England’s homelessness legislation, ensuring that more people get the help they need earlier to prevent them from becoming homeless in the first place.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 10/07/2017 16:40:44 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

748725

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Coventry South
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the new school funding formula for each school in Coventry South constituency.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	3137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government will continue to work to ensure that every child has the opportunity to attend a good school and that all schools are fairly funded. The core schools budget has been protected in real terms since 2010 and is set to rise from £41 billion in 2017-18 to over £42 billion in 2019-20 with increasing pupil numbers.</p><p> </p><p>We received over 25,000 responses to the consultation. We are grateful to all those who expressed their views on school funding and the proposed formula as part of this process. We will publish the response to the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/07/2017 12:39:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

748726

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Cybercrime: Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) financial and (b) other steps she is taking to help protect businesses from future cyber threats; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	3106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s National Cyber Security Strategy (2016-2021, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-cyber-security-strategy-2016-to-2021) sets out a five-year transformational plan, backed with £1.9 billion investment, to make Britain secure and resilient in cyberspace. This includes opening the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to help make the UK the safest place to live and do business online. The Cyber Essentials scheme sets out measures businesses should take to protect themselves from the most common internet threats and the Cyber Aware campaign offers simple and practical advice to help small businesses stay safe online. A wide range of regularly updated cyber security guidance and support is available via the NCSC website www.ncsc.gov.uk and on www.gov.uk. My Department is also funding the development of two Cyber Innovation Centres in London and Cheltenham to help ensure businesses have access to cutting edge technology to help maintain their cyber security.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 13/07/2017 14:54:46 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

748727

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Data Protection: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an estimate of how long it will take for the UK to agree an adequacy agreement to share data with EU countries once the UK leaves the EU; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	3133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring, by the best means possible, that a system of uninterrupted data flows between EU Member States and the UK can continue after we leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 10/07/2017 13:10:06 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

748728

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of whether the smart meter roll-out is proceeding according to timetable; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	3134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that every home and small business in the country is offered a smart meter the end of 2020. The Programme is making good progress and consumers are already benefiting from smart meters. There are now almost 7 million meters operating across homes and business in Great Britain: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistical-release-and-data-smart-meters-great-britain-quarter-1-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistical-release-and-data-smart-meters-great-britain-quarter-1-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 10/07/2017 16:16:32 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham