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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-03-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of his Department’s spend on the refurbishment of Drapers’ Hall, Coventry in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.

Mr Edward Vaizey

The Government announced a range of investments in arts projects across the country in the 2016 Budget. This included £1 million for the refurbishment of Drapers Hall in the 2017/18 financial year.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-03-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the NHS budget spent on general practice in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Alistair Burt

NHS England has confirmed that the funding it invests in general practice will increase by an average of 4.5% each year from 2016/17 to 2020/21.

The below table shows the proportion of spend on general practice for each of the last five years for which data is available. The figures for spend on general practice are taken from the Health and Social Care Information Centre’s Investment in General Practice 2011-2015 report, which is the most comprehensive source of data on investment in general practice. The NHS Revenue Expenditure data is taken from the Department’s accounts.

2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15
NHS Revenue Expenditure under Clear Line of Sight Rules (£ billion)	97.47	100.27	102.57	106.5	110.56
Spend on general practice (£ billion)	8.350	8.397	8.459	8.766	9.001
Spend on General Practice as a proportion of total	8.6%	8.4%	8.2%	8.2%	8.1%

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-04-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of providing NHS dental services was in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Alistair Burt

Information is not collected centrally by the Department on the number of dentists taking on new patients.

The table below shows the expenditure on National Health Service dental services. The total expenditure figures have been broken down into primary care (delivered by high street dentists through General or Personal Dental Service contracts (GDS/PDS)) and other services (delivered in community and secondary care settings).

		2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15
1	Primary Care (Net) Expenditure on GDS / PDS	£2,075,965	£2,175,560	£2,190,685	£2,056,469	£2,030,294
2	Patient Charge Revenue	-£617,014	-£637,121	-£653,006	-£683,583	-£716,014
3	Primary Care (Gross) Expenditure on GDS / PDS	£2,692,979	£2,812,681	£2,843,691	£2,740,052	£2,746,308
4	Other (Community and Secondary Care)	£826,857	£602,327	£740,640	£818,042	£851,687
5	Total Expenditure	£3,519,836	£3,415,008	£3,584,331	£3,558,094	£3,597,995

Notes:

Total expenditure is the sum of rows 3 and 4.

Expenditure figures between years is not directly comparable owing to changes in commissioning arrangements from primary care trusts (PCTs) to NHS England from April 2013.

In addition, responsibility for public health and prevention programme moved from PCTs to local authorities.

Source: Rows 1, 2, 3 -Primary Care expenditure Departmental accounts; row 4 – Other Programme Budgeting NHS England.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-04-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on campaigns promoting the cessation of smoking in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Jane Ellison

Public Health England took over public health campaigns formerly run by the Department on 1 April 2013.

The breakdown of spending on smoking cessation campaigns since 1 April 2013 is as below; all figures are rounded to the nearest £10,000 and include paid media spending (inclusive of agency commissions but excluding production costs and value added tax).

2013-14	£7,640,000
2014-15	£6,920,000
2015-16	£5,300,000

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-04-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received from schools in Coventry on the Government’s policy that all schools should become academies; and if she will make a statement.

Edward Timpson

We have not received any representations from schools in Coventry regarding the Government’s policy that all schools will become academies.

We want every school to be an academy because it leads to a more dynamic, responsive and higher-performing education system. It allows successful schools to consolidate success and spread that excellence across the country. As part of our plans, we are giving schools six years’ notice to work with their local authority and diocese to plan and make the right decisions for their pupils and communities. We are clear that no school has to rush into an arrangement that is not right for them.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-05-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of hotel bookings his Department made for its (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in each of the last five years.

Jane Ellison

The Department implemented the Crown Commercial Services solution for travel awarded to Redfern Ltd on 1 July 2012 with all information taken from that system. Hotel bookings prior to that date were facilitated via an alternative provider with the information requested not being readily available. Total spend on hotel bookings by financial year broken down by Ministers, special advisers and all officials is in the table below split by overseas and United Kingdom arrangements.

Table 1

REDFERN TRAVEL LTD	*July 2012-2013	2013-2014	2014-2015	2015-2016	Grand Total
Hotels Accommodation (Overseas) Total of which:	£19,771	£36,941	£86,181	£72,738	£215,631
Minister	£153	£223	£808		£1,184
Official	£19,618	£36,718	£85,306	£72,738	£214,380
Special Adviser			£67		£67
Hotels Accommodation (UK) Total of which:	£242,946	£369,386	£319,169	£272,203	£1,203,703
Minister	£118	£1,491	£747	£312	£2,667
Official	£242,828	£367,895	£318,337	£271,785	£1,200,845
Special Adviser			£85	£107	£192
Grand Total -UK and Overseas	£262,717	£406,326	£405,350	£344,941	£1,419,334

Expenditure information taken from the Department’s I-Expenses system, Table 2, contains hotel costs incurred by officials that was later reimbursed. There are no hotel transactions relating to Ministers or special advisers within the system however additional information on expenses for Ministers and special advisers may exist where claimed via the manual expense claim form (EXP1). Investigation of this source to identify costs associated with hotels would incur disproportionate costs.

Table 2
I-EXPENSES	This covers Accommodation UK and overseas for all staff. *No Ministers or Special Adviser costs
Sum of Amount
Financial Year	Expense Type	Total
2012-13	130 Hotels Accommodation (UK)	£15,861
	131 Hotels Accommodation (Overseas)	£14,128
2012-13 Total		£29,990
2013-14		£18,123
2014-15	130 Hotels Accommodation (UK)	£8,252
	131 Hotels Accommodation (Overseas)	£12,107
2014-15 Total		£20,358
2015-16	130 Hotels Accommodation (UK)	£4,933
	131 Hotels Accommodation (Overseas)	£6,918
2015-16 Total		£11,851
Grand Total		£80,322

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-05-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) applicants to (b) successful applicants to and (c) successful graduates from the Troops to Teachers scheme in each year for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.

Nick Gibb

For Cohort One (January 2014), 293 applications were received and 41 trainees began the programme.

For Cohort Two (September 2014), 196 applications were received and 52 trainees began the programme.

For Cohort Three (September 2015), 62 applications were received and 51 trainees began the programme.

For Cohort Four (September 2016), recruitment is still underway.

The first cohort of trainees completed the training programme in December 2015. 29 trainees completed the programme and achieved Qualified Teacher Status.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-05-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the funding available to the Waste and Resources Action Programme in each of the next five years; and if she will make a statement.

Rory Stewart

The current 2016/17 grant agreement for the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) is £13m.

Future year’s allocations have yet to be finalised.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-06-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of existing public transport infrastructure for people with sight and hearing loss; and if he will make a statement.

Andrew Jones

Accessible public transport is vital in enabling people who are visually or hearing impaired, as well as other disabled people, to live and work with independence and dignity.

The Department has committed to publishing an accessibility action plan to improve access to public transport and contribute to halving the employment gap between non-disabled and disabled people.

Throughout its development we are working with the Disabled Persons’ Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) and organisations representing the interests of disabled people, including those who are visually and hearing impaired, helping us to understand what works well, and what barriers still remain.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-06-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many houses were built on green belt land in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Brandon Lewis

The Department for Communities and Local Government does not hold information on the numbers of planning applications made in the Green Belt.

The department’s Land Use Change Statistics estimate that 3% of new residential addresses created in 2014-15 were in the Green Belt; unchanged from 2013-14. This equates to an estimated 3,900 homes – 2.9998% of the total homes built in the Green Belt in 2013-14, and 4,600 homes – 2.9997% of the total homes built in 2014-15.

The figures in the 13/14 publication are the first in the new series and so are not directly comparable to the previous Land Use Change Statistics which last published data covering the year 2011. Figures for 2011 and prior are available from the department’s website.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/land-use-change-statistics-in-england-2011

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