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780467

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate his Department has made of the (a) value, (b) amount and (c) proportion of food grown on farms in the UK which is rejected for sale because it does not meet buyer specifications; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	110221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>A number of factors influence the value, amount and proportion of food which ends up as waste on farm. Current data does not allow us to identify how much of the total is related to buyer specifications.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/11/2017 15:48:39 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

780468

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that food which is rejected for sale on account of specifications not being met is not wasted; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	110222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>Preventing food waste is environmentally better than any treatment and can offer financial benefits for businesses. The Government is taking a multi-pronged approach to reducing food waste involving parties across the supply chain, including food producers. The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) launched the Courtauld Commitment 2025, in March last year. Under this Commitment, WRAP has established a Fresh Produce Working Group, which includes representatives from the food production sector. A series of projects have been initiated, looking, for example, at identifying best practice from the many initiatives underway to utilise more of a crop. WRAP has also initiated a project to estimate how much food waste is occurring in primary production. This aims to provide baseline data for 2018. In the meantime, collaborative project activities will include a focus on pre-farm gate waste.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/11/2017 15:52:33 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

780665

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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: Prices
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 recent estimate his Department has made of the average spend on domestic energy bills by household Energy Performance Certificate rating in the last 12 months for which data is available; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	110219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s latest assessment of the cost of households’ energy requirements, split by their EPC rating, is contained within the Clean Growth Strategy:</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/651916/BEIS_The_Clean_Growth_online_12.10.17.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/651916/BEIS_The_Clean_Growth_online_12.10.17.pdf</a> </strong>(see page 73).</p><p>To derive these costs, these estimates make standardised assumptions about the temperature a home is heated to, its hot water use and lighting patterns (these assumptions are consistent with those contained within EPCs). Households’ actual energy use may differ - for example where households heat their home to different levels, or use more or less hot water than assumed.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/11/2017 16:07:48 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

780666

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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: Profits
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 estimate his Department has made of the amount of profit made by distribution network operators in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	110220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>According to Ofgem, the energy regulator, the forecasted Return on Regulatory Equity for electricity Distribution Network Operators across the sector is 9.03%, and this ranges between 7.26% and 11.5% for individual companies. These figures are an eight year average over the current price control (2015-2023). Further information is available at: <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2017/02/riio-ed1_annual_report_2015-16.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2017/02/riio-ed1_annual_report_2015-16.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 02/11/2017 10:27:49 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

778179

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding education for 16 to 19-year olds.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	109845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has regular discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for all aspects of her Department’s responsibilities, including education for 16 to 19-year olds. Long term funding decisions are made as part of government’s Spending Review process; the current Spending Review period extends up to and including 2019-2020.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 31/10/2017 17:07:53 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

778194

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
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	Mexico: 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 Mexican counterpart; and what was discussed at that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	109846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary and I met the Mexican Foreign Minister, Dr Luis Videgaray, on 19 October during his Guest of Government visit to the UK. We covered a variety of bilateral and multilateral issues, and agreed a joint communiqué, which was published on the gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 31/10/2017 16:57:57 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

778198

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Psychiatry: Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the number of psychiatry students.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	109843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>On 3 October 2017, the Higher Education Funding Council for England and Health Education England (HEE) invited universities to bid for 1,000 additional medical school places available from September 2019. The published criteria against which bids will be assessed include how proposals support specialities such as psychiatry. This is part of a historic expansion announced by my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health in October 2016 and includes an additional 500 places allocated for September 2018 entry.</p><p> </p><p>In ‘Stepping forward to 2020/21: A mental health workforce plan for England’, HEE sets out a plan to transform the mental health workforce, including a number of key actions to increase workforce supply. Current initiatives to improve recruitment into psychiatry training posts include increasing the number of training placements in psychiatry in the Foundation Programme and supporting the Royal College of Psychiatrists on its marketing campaign ‘Choose Psychiatry’.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 31/10/2017 17:33:05 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

778277

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received on levels of safety for young offenders in young offender institutes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	109844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>As the recent Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) annual report stated, levels of violence within the youth estate are too high. We take these findings extremely seriously and improving safety and reducing violence in custody is my highest priority.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Government’s response to Charlie Taylor’s review of the youth justice system, a new Youth Custody Service has been created to focus on performance in the Youth Secure Estate and a Youth Justice Reform Programme has been established. The aims of the programme are to improve standards by making youth custody a place of safety, both for children and those who work there; and to improve the life chances of children in custody.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing £64 million to entrench the reform of youth custody. Construction is already underway on the first in a series of new specialised units for the most vulnerable young people in custody and we are also developing two new Secure Schools. We will boost the number of frontline staff in youth offender institutions by 20% – that’s 120 additional recruits, including newly trained specialist youth justice workers, equipped to tackle the needs of young offenders.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 31/10/2017 17:47:11 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

778300

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	LGBT People: Public Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress the Government is making towards its goal of seeking the views of LGBT people in the UK on public services.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	109847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>We launched a national survey on 23 July to ask lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people living in the UK about their experiences of using public services, and about any experiences of discrimination that they may have faced throughout their lives.</p><p> </p><p>The survey closed on 15 October. We received more than 100,000 responses, making this one of the largest ever surveys of LGBT people in the world. We will analyse the results and use them to inform the Government’s policy on LGBT equality. We will publish our findings when this analysis has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/10/2017 17:57:03 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

777721

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
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	Temporary Accommodation: Children
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 children in temporary accommodation in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	109682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>Temporary accommodation ensures that no child is left without a roof over their head.</p><p>My Deparment publishes regular statistics on rough sleeping, statutory homelessness and homelessness prevention and relief in England. These are published at a local authority level. Statistics for each of the past five years 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> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 01/11/2017 15:20:20 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 18720 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham