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433720

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Productivity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2015 to Question 17311, what financial support his Department is providing for the Government's Productivity Plan; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	18528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <br /> <br /><p>All Government Departments have a role in helping to raise productivity and foster a dynamic economy. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) holds many of the key productivity levers, including skills, innovation, competition and regulation. The bulk of BIS spending therefore supports the Productivity Plan. The table displays total BIS Departmental Expenditure Limits up to 2019/20, as set out in the Spending Review. Specifically with regard to research, the Government has committed to protect the science resource and capital budget in real terms during this Parliament.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total DEL (£bn)</p></td><td><p>16.6</p></td><td><p>16.5</p></td><td><p>14.5</p></td><td><p>13.4</p></td><td><p>13.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/479749/52229_Blue_Book_PU1865_Web_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/479749/52229_Blue_Book_PU1865_Web_Accessible.pdf</a></p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 07/12/2015 14:48:19 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

439036

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2015 to Question 19589, what the budget for the BIS Automotive sector team has been in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	20401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <br /> <br /><p>The administrative budget associated with the BIS Automotive sector team for the last five financial years is illustrated below.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Administrative Cost</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>£1,393,614*^</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>£1,187,636^</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/14</p></td><td><p>£1,207,986^</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14/15</p></td><td><p>£1,256,570^</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15/16</p></td><td><p>£1,219,550^</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>*Includes funding for the Advanced Manufacturing Showcasing team who came under the same administrative budget for these years.</p><p>^ Includes one FTE on loan to the Office for Low Emission Vehicles</p><br /> <br /><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/01/2016 16:46:03 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

437343

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has to review its automotive strategy for growth and sustainability, published in July 2013; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	19767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Automotive Council will lead a review of the Automotive Industrial Strategy in the first half of 2016, to take stock of progress since its publication in July 2013 and to confirm future priorities.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/12/2015 14:35:55 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

431613

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to increase (a) income tax and (b) corporation tax receipts; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	17295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Government wants to deliver a low tax, high wage economy.The personal allowance has been increased from £6,475 in 2010-11 to £10,600 in 2015-16, and the headline rate of corporation tax has been cut from 28 per cent to 20 per cent since 2010.</p><br /><p>The Government has committed to going further in this parliament by raising the personal allowance to £12,500 and the higher rate threshold to £50,000.Corporation tax will be cut to 18 per cent by 2020, benefitting over a million companies.</p><br /><p>Due to the strength of our economy, tax receipts are growing strongly. Onshore corporation tax receipts have risen nearly 30% since 2010.Income tax receipts are £8bn higher in the first 10 months of 2015 compared to the first 10 months of 2014. In its most recent Economic and Fiscal Outlook the Office for Budget Responsibility have raised their forecast for receipts over the parliament.</p><br /><p>At the same time the government has taken a number of steps to clamp down on avoidance and evasion. For instance it will invest over £800m in HM Revenue and Customs to help them to tackle evasion and non-compliance over the course of the parliament. These measures are forecast to raise £7.2bn by 2020-21.</p><br /> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 01/12/2015 17:32:26 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

436720

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department is providing to fund mental health services for military personnel on active military duty; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	19454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Ministry of Defence is absolutely committed to looking after the mental health of our Armed Forces personnel, and through the Defence budget we fund a range of military medical staff and facilities to provide community-based healthcare in line with national best practice. This includes the ability to deploy medical staff on major operations such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the UK, we have 16 permanent military Departments of Community Mental Health, which are located to be convenient for major centres of military population, and which support the provision of healthcare that is available through GPs in Service primary care facilities. In-patient care, when necessary, is provided in dedicated psychiatric units through a central contract with an external provider.</p><br /> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/12/2015 16:39:47 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

436703

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many remotely piloted aircraft system pilots are employed in the RAF; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	19382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>There are currently 40 Remotely Piloted Aircraft System pilots in the Royal Air Force.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/12/2015 16:27:43 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

435943

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency: Working Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the average number of hours worked by Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency staff in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	18933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has not made an estimate on the average number of hours worked by its members of staff in each of the last five years.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/12/2015 16:46:13 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

436191

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Sports: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of grassroots sports funding; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	19124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>DCMS have recently gone through a detailed spending review process which has recognised the enormous value of investing in sport, resulting in an excellent settlement for Sport England. Earlier this year we consulted on plans for a new strategy for sport which will be published shortly and which sets a clear direction for future grassroots sport funding</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 14/12/2015 14:21:15 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

433197

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate her Department has made of the average per kwh cost of energy in each of the next five years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	18231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>Energy price assumptions underpinning DECC’s 2015 Energy and Emissions Projections are available in Annex M of the supporting documentation available online.1 The table includes wholesale coal, crude oil, electricity, and natural gas price assumptions, and retail electricity, natural gas, and petroleum product price assumptions for a range of sectors. Assumptions are available out to 2035, and for a range of scenarios.</p><br /><p>The Government is implementing a package of measures to reduce the projected cost of policies on the average household dual fuel bill by £30 from 2017. The bulk of these savings will come from reforms to the current Energy Company Obligation, which will be replaced by a new cheaper supplier obligation from April 2017. The new scheme will deliver on the government’s commitment to help 1 million homes see lower energy bills through energy efficiency improvements by the end of this parliament. The government is committed to ensuring that energy is affordable for families and businesses.</p><br /><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2015</a>. </em></p><br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/12/2015 12:50:49 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 33680 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

438209

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Intelligence Services and Police: Europe
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK police and intelligence staff are based in (a) Europe and (b) Turkey; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	19833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>For national security reasons we do not disclose details of intelligence officers or counter terrorism police deployed or based abroad.</p><p>In respect of wider policing we do not hold details of all overseas deployments by police forces. We only hold details of those deployments which provide assistance to an international organisation, foreign government or police service and therefore require authorisation from the Police and Crime Commissioner and the Home Secretary under the provisions of Section 26 of the Police Act (1996).</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 17/12/2015 17:16:18 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 36259 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham