Tag: Jim Cunningham

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-01-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the total beneficiaries from the Thalidomide Health Grants in each year since its inception; and if he will make a statement.

Alistair Burt

The Thalidomide Health Grants are currently for 10 years from 2012 to 2022.They total £80 million in England, £14.2 million in Scotland, £7.5 million in Wales and £4.6 million in Northern Ireland. The Thalidomide Trust administer the Health Grants and the number of beneficiaries receiving the Grants since their inception is set out in the following table.My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (George Freeman) MP, had an introductory meeting with representatives from the Thalidomide Trust and its National Advisory Councilon 22 October last year.

Country	2012	2013	2014	2015
England	325	325	325	325
Scotland	58	55	54	55
Wales	30	31	31	31
Northern Ireland	19	19	19	19
Total	432	430	429	430

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-01-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s press release on its Spending Review 2015 settlement, published on 25 November 2015, what proportion of the £23 billion for capital investment will be spent on (a) opening new academies, (b) creating additional school places, (c) opening new free schools and (d) rebuilding schools and addressing maintenance needs.

Edward Timpson

The £23 billion will allow us to open a further 500 free schools, support the provision of over 600,000 additional school places, rebuild and refurbish over 500 schools and address essential school maintenance needs.

We have already allocated £7 billion for the creation of new school places this parliament. We are currently in the process of determining allocations for future years.

Between 2015 and 2018 we will also invest £4.2bn of allocations across schools, local authorities, academy trusts and voluntary aided partnerships to improve the condition of those schools. We will announce details of condition allocations beyond 2018 in due course.

We are delivering £2.4 billion of investment across 260 schools through the first phase of the Priority School Building Programme (PSBP), which began in 2012 and is now into the delivery phase.

A further £2 billion across 277 schools will be invested through the second phase of the PSBP by 2021.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-02-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2016 to Question 22089, what plans her Department has to collect subject level retention rates for teachers in funded secondary schools; and if she will make a statement.

Nick Gibb

The Department for Education produces statistics on the number of teachers joining, remaining in, and leaving the profession each year using the annual School Workforce Census.

This census also collects information on teachers’ qualifications and, for a large sample of secondary school teachers, the subjects they teach. We are investigating how best to combine the qualifications and sampled curriculum data with the teacher flow data to produce, for example, entry and leavers rates by subject.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-02-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received from local councils on the application of (a) mandatory and (b) additional licensing for houses in multiple occupation; and if he will make a statement.

Brandon Lewis

The Department published a technical discussion paper on licensing of houses in multiple occupation on 6 November 2015. We received representations from 170 local authorities which we are currently analysing. We plan to publish our response in the coming months.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-02-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2016 to Question 26305; what estimate his Department has made of the total number of licenses granted for houses of multiple occupation which are in use in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Brandon Lewis

I have nothing to add to my earlier reply.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-02-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the expenditure of his Department which specifically related to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

Anna Soubry

Prior to 1 April 2014 the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership was handled alongside a number of other trade negotiations. On 1 April 2014 my Department established a Unit whose primary purpose is to assist with the negotiation of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership but which also handles certain other international matters. In April 2014 this Unit comprised 8 staff primarily working on TTIP and 4 working on other international matters. It currently comprises 10 staff working primarily of TTIP and 6 working on other international matters. Staff expenditure for this Unit in 14/15 was £793313, and in 15/16 is projected to be £916007. Total expenditure for this Unit in 14/15 was £886813 and in 15/16 is projected to be £926774.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-02-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2016 to Question 26579, what estimate he has made of the total cost of the Troubled Families Programme in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Greg Clark

£448 million was made available for the original Troubled Families Programme, which ran from 2012-2015 and successfully helped over 116,000 families.

The programme was expanded and rolled out nationally in April 2015, to support a further 400,000 families by 2020. The programme secured £200 million for 2015/16, the first year of its expansion; it secured a further £720 million at the Spending Review 2015 to run it until 2020.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-03-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the total number of military personnel supporting operations against Daesh in each month since December 2015; and if he will make a statement.

Penny Mordaunt

The UK is one of over 60 nations contributing to US-led Operation Inherent Resolve, the overarching anti-Daesh global coalition. This global coalition, which includes the US, Arab, European, Asian and Australasian partners, is working with the Government of Iraq and regional neigbours to defeat Daesh in both Iraq and Syria.

We cannot comment on the size of contributions made by other nations, but the UK plays an important role both in terms of numbers of personnel supporting the mission and the unique capabilities we contribute.

The UK contribution in terms of numbers of personnel has remained relatively constant since December 2015 at around 2,000, of which around 1,000 are deployed across the region.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many called-in planning decisions he made a decision in three months or longer in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Brandon Lewis

The attached table below shows the number of called-in planning decisions issued by the Secretary of State during each of the last 10 years issued more than three months after the report was received.

Year decision was issued	Decisions issued more than 3 months after Inspector’s report was received
1 April 2006 – 31 March 2007	10
1 April 2007 – 31 March 2008	9
1 April 2008 – 31 March 2009	13
1 April 2009 – 31 March 2010	4
1 April 2010 – 31 March 2011	5
1 April 2011 – 31 March 2012	2
1 April 2012– 31 March 2013	3
1 April 2013– 31 March 2014	2
1 April 2014– 31 March 2015	9
1 April 2015– 31 March 2016	4

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

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2016 to Question 31494, what recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on immigration policy; and if he will make a statement.

Greg Hands

Treasury Ministers have regular discussions with Ministers from other departments on a range of different policies as part of collective decision making.