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674194

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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	Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many businesses paid business rates in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) nationally 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	60286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>We do not collect this data. Data on the number of hereditaments that are liable for business rates in England are available from the Valuation Office Agency at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/valuation-office-agency-non-domestic-rating-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/valuation-office-agency-non-domestic-rating-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 25/01/2017 15:24:47 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

674249

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Recruitment
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 number of additional staff her Department plans to employ to assist with the proposed Great Repeal Bill; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	60335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>Defra is amongst those Government Departments whose work is most closely linked to and impacted by EU activity, legal frameworks and funding. A number of roles within the Department will support EU work relating to the Great Repeal Bill to some degree.</p><p> </p><p>The resourcing of EU Exit work is a key priority of the Department and will be subject to on-going assessment. Work continues to identify the number of dedicated posts required in the long term. Staffing resources will be deployed flexibly across the entire Defra agenda, including work on the Great Repeal Bill.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/01/2017 15:34:21 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

674367

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2017 to Question 59476, what estimate he has made of the total amount to be spent by his Department on the development of ultra-low emission technology for road vehicles in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	60289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The government has committed to spend over £600m this parliament to encourage the uptake of ultra low emission vehicles in the UK. Precise annual budgets for the next five years have not been set, but we expect over £100m to be spent during this Parliament, ensuring the UK remains at the forefront of ultra low emission vehicle technology development. To date, every £1 of Office for Low Emission Vehicles funding through Innovate UK’s Low Carbon Vehicle Innovation Platform has been forecast to return £20 to £34 over 15 years.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 24/01/2017 13:30:59 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

674394

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff
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 he has made of the number of employees in his Department working in full-time business support roles 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	60287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Information on individual staff roles and the percentage of time spent on specific tasks is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/01/2017 14:04:15 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

674395

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of small businesses that have closed 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	60288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 25/01/2017 16:41:43 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ60288 v.02.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Small Business Closure
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

674497

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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	Small Businesses: Finance
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 increase the financial support available for small businesses; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	60473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>The British Business Bank is supporting £3.2 billion of finance to over 51,000 smaller businesses across the UK. This includes over 44,000 Start-Up Loans worth over £275 million. At a local level, the Bank is working alongside 10 Local Enterprise Partnerships in the Northern Powerhouse region to deliver a fund of over £400 million and in the Midlands Engine region the Bank is working with Local Enterprise Partnerships to deliver a fund of over £250 million, once launched these funds will be available to support small businesses in these regions.</p><p>Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, helps high-growth potential SMEs become high-growth mid-sized companies. Its core budget is £567 million in 2016/17 and around 60% of Innovate UK’s grant funding goes to SMEs</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/01/2017 14:56:21 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

674498

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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	Small Businesses
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 he has made of the number of sole traders operating in the UK in each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	60496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of sole traders are available from 1996 in the table below. Due to an improvement to the methodology in 2010 there is a break in the series; an estimate for 2009 on the new basis has been provided for information.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Number of sole trader businesses</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All – old method <sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All – new method <sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Of which</em> Employers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Of which</em></strong> <strong>No employees</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1996</strong></p></td><td><p>2,451,707</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>330,698</p></td><td><p>2,121,009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1997</strong></p></td><td><p>2,470,260</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>329,865</p></td><td><p>2,140,395</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1998</strong></p></td><td><p>2,234,915</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>367,555</p></td><td><p>1,867,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1999</strong></p></td><td><p>2,204,955</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>358,845</p></td><td><p>1,846,110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2000</strong></p></td><td><p>2,226,270</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>370,580</p></td><td><p>1,855,690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2001</strong></p></td><td><p>2,326,530</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>368,055</p></td><td><p>1,958,475</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2002</strong></p></td><td><p>2,325,545</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>369,570</p></td><td><p>1,955,975</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2003</strong></p></td><td><p>2,522,490</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>346,145</p></td><td><p>2,176,345</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2004</strong></p></td><td><p>2,719,410</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>329,225</p></td><td><p>2,390,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p>2,741,780</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>321,475</p></td><td><p>2,420,305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2006</strong></p></td><td><p>2,816,885</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>322,100</p></td><td><p>2,494,785</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p>2,984,755</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>315,890</p></td><td><p>2,668,865</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p>3,024,520</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>306,060</p></td><td><p>2,718,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>3,089,405</p></td><td><p>2,801,470</p></td><td><p>302,125</p></td><td><p>2,787,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>2,757,200</p></td><td><p>302,800</p></td><td><p>2,454,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>2,839,200</p></td><td><p>294,800</p></td><td><p>2,544,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>3,026,200</p></td><td><p>296,500</p></td><td><p>2,729,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>3,079,200</p></td><td><p>276,500</p></td><td><p>2,802,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>3,279,100</p></td><td><p>279,300</p></td><td><p>2,999,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>3,335,400</p></td><td><p>274,300</p></td><td><p>3,061,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>3,323,900</p></td><td><p>265,400</p></td><td><p>3,058,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>1. Source: <em>Small and Medium Enterprises in the UK and Regions</em></p><p>2. Source: <em>Business Population Estimates for the UK and Regions</em></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/01/2017 14:02:43 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

670756

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Personal Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2017 to Question 57722, how many applications to extract information from the National Pupil Database were accepted in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	59403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The data in the National Pupil Database helps give us a clear picture of how the school system is working. The Department takes privacy extremely seriously and access to sensitive data is strictly controlled. Allowing vetted researchers and academics access to excerpts of this data, in an anonymised format and under strictly controlled conditions, can help the development and improvement of our education system for the benefit of all.</p><p>The applications accepted to extract information from the National Pupil Database over the past 5 years are detailed in the table below. These include both the Department’s and external requests.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of cases accepted </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>311</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>380</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/01/2017 15:55:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

670764

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
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	Climate Change
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 financial resources her Department has allocated for the UK National Adaption programme; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	59303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>Adaptation is embedded as an integral part of policy making across Defra and all levels of Government, and within a broad range of programmes and activities that directly or indirectly support and build the UK’s resilience to climate change. It is, therefore, not possible to provide an estimate of the total amount of resource applied to support our National Adaptation Programme objectives across all of those policies, programmes and activities.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 18/01/2017 11:39:46 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

670765

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
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: Profits
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 effect of the UK exiting the EU on the profitability of farmers and growers in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	59301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>Exiting the EU gives us an unprecedented opportunity to design a domestic agriculture policy fit for the 21st century, reducing the regulatory burden on agricultural businesses, and supporting resilience and growth.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/01/2017 11:38:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham