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659630

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what use her Department makes of social norms approaches within its programmes to increase women's economic empowerment and political participation; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	57867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2016 answer text <p>Negative social and cultural expectations lead to discrimination against women and girls, and can severely limit their ability to participate fully in politics and in the economy. DFID is committed to tackling this discrimination in our strategy to empower women and girls, and in our recently published Bilateral and Multilateral Development reviews.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 22/12/2016 12:05:12 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

659631

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact report entitled DFID's Efforts to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls, published in May 2016; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	57863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>DFID received the Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s highest green rated response, recognising DFID’s world-leading work on violence against women and girls. DFID’s management response, published on our website at www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/528263/man-response-VAWG.pdf, sets out areas for further focus in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 21/12/2016 12:10:48 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

659634

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials of her Department work full-time on the Violence Against Women and Girls helpdesk; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	57856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2016 answer text <p>The UK is one of the only countries in the world with a dedicated team working on tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG); we currently have 6.5 FTE (Full Time Equivalent) staff working on this policy area.</p><p>The VAWG helpdesk provides advice for teams across government on programmes and projects preventing violence against women and girls. The helpdesk is managed by the VAWG team in DFID’s Policy Division.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 22/12/2016 12:08:20 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

659635

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many civil servants in her Department work full-time in the Inclusive Societies Department; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	57857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>Inclusive Societies Department has lead responsibility for support to civil society, violence against women and girls, disability and other marginalised groups. It has 40.3 full time equivalents posts.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 21/12/2016 12:10:16 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

659636

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of gender-based violence; what steps her Department is taking to reduce such violence; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	57854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>Globally, 1 in 3 women have experienced some form of physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime.</p><p>Since 2012 DFID has nearly doubled its programming on violence against women and girls, for example our £35 million programme to tackle Female Genital Mutilation which is helping to reduce the practice by 30% in 17 countries across Africa. On 27 November we announced additional support to the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women that will benefit over 500,000 women.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 21/12/2016 12:00:44 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

659648

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) regional, (b) local and (c) general aviation airports currently operating in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	57937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the number of (a) regional, (b) local or (c) general aviation airports operating in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The table below however shows the overall number of airports operating in the UK and reporting aircraft movements to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for each of the last 20 years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>No. of airports<sup>1 </sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1995</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1996</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup>1 </sup>Includes all airports handling scheduled and major charter services and reporting aircraft movements according to the CAA.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes grouped question UIN 57934 question first answered 20/12/2016 14:14:02 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

659649

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the total value of (a) regional, (b) local and (c) general aviation airports in the UK that is in public ownership; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	57935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>Airports in the UK are mainly privately owned or operated. The UK aviation industry contributes £20 billion annually to UK GDP.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 20/12/2016 14:17:19 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

659650

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of how much his Department has spent on general aviation airports in each of the last six years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	57936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has spent no money on general aviation airports in the last six years. Airports in the UK operate in a competitive, commercial environment. It is for airports’ owners to take commercial decisions about financial investment.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 20/12/2016 14:23:58 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

659652

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports
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 number of (a) regional, (b) local and (c) general aviation airports that have been operating in the UK in each of the last 20 years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	57934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the number of (a) regional, (b) local or (c) general aviation airports operating in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The table below however shows the overall number of airports operating in the UK and reporting aircraft movements to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for each of the last 20 years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>No. of airports<sup>1 </sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1995</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1996</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup>1 </sup>Includes all airports handling scheduled and major charter services and reporting aircraft movements according to the CAA.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes grouped question UIN 57937 question first answered 20/12/2016 14:14:02 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

658426

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Productivity Investment Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2016 to Question 56178, on the National Productivity Investment Fund, what test will be used to define projects as critical to boosting productivity.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	57676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>The National Productivity Investment Fund will be targeted at areas that are critical for productivity: housing; research and development (R&amp;D); and economic infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>Paragraphs 3.9 of the Autumn Statement document sets out the priority areas for this new investment, using value for money assessments, following HM Treasury standards. Where relevant, expert sector bodies such as Highways England, the Homes and Communities Agency, and UK research and Innovation (UKRI) will make this assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 19/12/2016 12:35:09 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham