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932694

registered interest
date	29/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking: Coventry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve provision for (a) cycling and (b) walking as alternative transport options in Coventry.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	158945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>It is for local highway authorities to manage their local road networks and to decide on appropriate provisions for cycling and walking. As part of the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, the Government identified £1.2 billion of funding which can be harnessed by local transport authorities to support cycling and walking. In addition, there are a number of funding streams which may also be spent on cycling and walking infrastructure:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The £1.7 billion Transforming Cities Fund (TCF) to improve local transport links - including schemes to boost cycling and walking between city centres and suburbs. Greater Manchester recently allocated £160 million from the TCF to develop their “Beelines” cycling network.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>£220 million of capital and revenue funding through Defra’s Clean Air Fund up to 2021 – money which can be used by eligible local authorities to invest in the cycling and walking infrastructure – or projects to support cycling among employees.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>£5 billion of capital for the Housing Infrastructure Fund, aimed at supporting investment in a range of infrastructure to enable house building, including cycling and walking.</li></ul> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/07/2018 11:16:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

818650

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London Midland: Passengers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers travelled to London from Coventry during peak hours on London Midlands trains in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	121414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>There are no published statistics on the number of passengers travelling on London Midland’s train services from Coventry to London in the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>Rail passenger journeys statistics by train operator are available on the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) data portal at the following link. The latest data are also attached: <a href="http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/2b2e2c38-c822-4e1f-9fb4-b049b3c13899" target="_blank">http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/2b2e2c38-c822-4e1f-9fb4-b049b3c13899</a>.</p><p> </p><p>ORR also publish Estimates of Station Usage, which gives annual totals for all passengers entering and exiting each station on Great Britain’s rail network, on the following page. The latest data are also attached:</p><p><a href="http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/station-usage-estimates" target="_blank">http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/station-usage-estimates</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman attachment 1 file name 121414 - ORR Statistics - Passenger Journeys by TOC.xls title ORR Stats - Passenger Journeys by TOC 2 file name 121414 - estimates-of-station-usage-2016-17.xlsx title Estimates of Station Usage 2016-17 question first answered 11/01/2018 14:44:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

749687

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	Cycling: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much central Government investment has been provided to (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands to upgrade the cycling network in those areas in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	3628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Since 2010, local authorities in England have benefited from over £600m of funding from the Department for Transport (DfT) for sustainable transport initiatives, including cycling and walking, through the Local Sustainable Transport Fund and its successors the Sustainable Travel Transition Year and Access Fund. Details of the areas where DfT funding has been provided can be found at: <a href="http://maps.dft.gov.uk/funding-for-sustainable-travel/index.html" target="_blank">http://maps.dft.gov.uk/funding-for-sustainable-travel/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Coventry City Council received £3.496m of DfT funding from the Local Sustainable Transport Fund between 2011-15 for the “Cycle Coventry” project, which delivered cycling infrastructure and initiatives to encourage cycling amongst commuters, university students and local communities. Coventry also benefited from £270,000 of DfT funding in 2015-16 to enable Virgin Trains to improve cycle facilities at Coventry railway station.</p><p> </p><p>DfT has provided the following funding to local authorities in the West Midlands which has funded cycle networks and awareness raising initiatives:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Cycle Ambition Cities Grant - Birmingham City Council</p></td><td><p>£13m for 2013-15</p></td><td><p>£1m for 2015-16</p></td><td><p>£7.317m for 2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Sustainable Transport Fund - West Midlands</p></td><td><p>£77.8m for 2011-15</p></td><td><p>£8m for 2015-16</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sustainable Travel Transition Year – West Midlands</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>£2.9m for 2016-17</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Alongside this DfT provided a total of £1.224m in 2015-16 to improve cycle rail facilities at railway stations in the West Midlands region. There has also been funding for cycling and walking in the West Midlands over the last five years through Bikeability, the Local Growth Fund, Highways Maintenance Block and the Integrated Transport Block. Precise amounts spent on cycling and walking vary and will depend on decisions made by the relevant local authorities and other local bodies.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/07/2017 10:12:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

714714

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2017 to Question 68609, what estimate his Department has made of the average (a) spend on household energy bills as a percentage of household expenditure and (b) real term spent per household on energy bills in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	69551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The average expenditure on household energy bills as a proportion of total expenditure is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Proportion of total expenditure spent on domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>4.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>4.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Based on data from ONS’s living costs and food survey (table A6): <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/expenditure/datasets/detailedhouseholdexpenditurebygrossincomedecilegroupuktablea6" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/expenditure/datasets/detailedhouseholdexpenditurebygrossincomedecilegroupuktablea6</a></p><p> </p><p>The average annual bills in real terms from 2010 are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Standard Electricity</p></td><td><p>Gas</p></td><td><p>Combined</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£474</p></td><td><p>£564</p></td><td><p>£1,038</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£503</p></td><td><p>£605</p></td><td><p>£1,108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£523</p></td><td><p>£662</p></td><td><p>£1,185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£547</p></td><td><p>£690</p></td><td><p>£1,237</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£552</p></td><td><p>£701</p></td><td><p>£1,253</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£541</p></td><td><p>£662</p></td><td><p>£1,203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£533</p></td><td><p>£592</p></td><td><p>£1,125</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Based on a fixed consumption of 3,800kWh for standard electricity and 15,000kWh for gas. Data are taken from tables 2.2.1 and 2.3.1 of energy prices: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/04/2017 12:33:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

713615

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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	Carbon Capture and Storage
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 the reasons for the differences in (a) future carbon and capture and storage projections detailed in his Department's publications, Energy and emissions projections 2015 and (b) Energy and emissions projections 2016; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	68858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The Energy and Emissions Projections 2015 assumed carbon capture and storage (CCS) generation from 2025.</p><p> </p><p>The Energy and Emissions Projections 2016 take into account the ending of the CCS Competition in November 2015, and assumes that CCS will not come on in any significant capacity over the period of this modelling to 2035.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/03/2017 16:19:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

710938

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
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	Tidal Power: Swansea Bay
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 information his Department holds on the expiry date for the planning permission granted for the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	67827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>The Swansea Bay Tidal Generating Station Order 2015, which granted development consent for the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project, does not set an expiry date.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/03/2017 16:09:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

707265

registered interest
date	02/03/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2017 to Question 60586, what recent assessment he has made of the likelihood of the UK failing 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	66314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK is currently in line with the trajectory set out in the Renewable Energy Directive, having met the Directive’s interim targets for 2011/12 and 2013/14.</p><p>We are making good progress towards the next interim target, requiring an average of 7.47% of energy to come from renewables across 2015 and 2016. In 2015 alone 8.3% of energy came from renewable sources.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/03/2017 16:05:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham