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674766

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date	18/01/2017
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	UK City of Culture: Coventry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to visit Coventry following the launch of the UK City of Culture 2021 competition; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	60587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The UK City of Culture 2021 represents an exciting opportunity to use arts and culture to celebrate a City and as a catalyst for economic and social regeneration. We welcome bids from towns and cities across the UK and, if bids are successful in being shortlisted, my officials will undertake a visit as part of the selection process.</p><p> </p><p>All Ministers undertake visits across the UK for a variety of reasons, which may include a city participating in the competition.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 23/01/2017 13:12:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

674794

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
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	Agriculture
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 estimate she has made of the potential change in cost required to deliver her Department's agricultural objectives after the UK has left the EU; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	60624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Outside of the EU, we have an opportunity to redesign policies to better deliver on our objectives. My department is carrying out initial analysis on future agricultural policy that will, in due course inform cost assessments.</p><p> </p><p>However, in advance, we will shortly be publishing for consultation two Green Papers setting out our ambitions for food and farming and for the environment to inform these important decisions.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/01/2017 11:57:57 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

674795

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
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	Farmers: Income
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 assessment she has made of the proportion of income of farmers and growers which was directly provided by EU sources of funding in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	60585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>In terms of EU direct payments to farmers under Pillar 1 of the Common Agricultural Policy, the table below contains figures from Defra’s ‘Agriculture in the UK’ 2015 Publication which show the relationship between:</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>the Total Income From Farming in the UK in the last five years and</p><p> </p></li><li><p>the total amount of EU funded payments under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and the predecessor Single Payment Scheme (SPS) in the UK over the past five years</p><p> </p></li></ol><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>£billion</strong> (current prices)</p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Income from Farming</p></td><td><p>5.043</p></td><td><p>4.620</p></td><td><p>5.367</p></td><td><p>5.285</p></td><td><p>3.769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Direct Payments from BPS/SPS</p></td><td><p>2.805</p></td><td><p>2.600</p></td><td><p>2.691</p></td><td><p>2.336</p></td><td><p>2.176</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Based on these figures, the average value of direct payments from the Basic Payment Scheme and Single Payment Scheme equates to approximately 53 per cent of Total Income from Farming in the UK over the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>This excludes any figures associated with EU co-financed agri-environment schemes which compensate for costs incurred and income foregone.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/01/2017 11:54:26 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

674942

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
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	Renewable Energy
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 UK is on course to meet its 15 per cent renewable target by 2020; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	60586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The UK’s most recent report to the European Commission, published on 21 January 2016, sets out progress in renewables deployment over 2013 and 2014 across heating and cooling, transport and electricity sectors. It reported that the country is beating its interim target of 5.4%, reaching 6.3% of final energy consumption from renewables for 2013 and 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is also making good progress towards the next interim target of an average of 7.47% of energy from renewables across 2015 and 2016. In 2015 alone 8.3% of energy came from renewable sources. Having met the Directive’s interim targets, the assessment is that the UK is currently progressing in line with the trajectory set out in the Renewable Energy Directive.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/01/2017 15:42:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham