Tag: Jim Cunningham

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-04-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department has allocated to fund support for victims of domestic abuse in each of the next five years; and if she will make a statement.

Karen Bradley

The Government is providing £80 million of dedicated central government funding over the course of this Parliament to tackle violence against women and girls. In 2016/17 the Home Office will continue to fund a network of Independent Domestic Violence Advisers (IDVAs), Independent Sexual Violence Advisers (ISVAs) and Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) co-ordinators. We will continue to fund national helplines until 2020.

From April 2017 until 2020, local domestic abuse service provision will be supported through a new Home Office VAWG Service Transformation Fund, as part of the £80 million of dedicated funding. Full details of the how the fund will be administered and the criteria for applications will be published in due course.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-04-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the total amount of compensation payments agreed for residents along the route of the High Speed 2 line to date.

Mr Robert Goodwill

As of 30 March 2016 £280,573,795 has been paid to residents under the statutory blight regime and the HS2 discretionary schemes.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-04-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the total cost to his Department of taxi journeys made by (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials of his Department in each of the last five years.

Mr Mark Francois

Ministers, special advisers and civil servants in this department undertake a variety of visits to support the delivery of Government’s objectives and other departmental business. Travel and subsistence costs are published annually in the departmental accounts. We do not hold figures for the estimated costs for taxi journeys undertaken, broken down in the format requested and this can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-05-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2016 to Question 36326, what representations she has received from (a) schools and (b) trades union representatives on the ability of academy trusts to charge teachers for car parking services on school grounds; and if she will make a statement.

Edward Timpson

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-05-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motorists were fined as a result of motorway average speed cameras in each year since 1985 for which figures are available; and how much was collected in fines in each such year.

Andrew Jones

Highways England does not hold information on how many motorists were fined as a result of motorway average speed cameras, nor how much were collected in fines, as they are not an enforcement agency. Enforcement is undertaken by the respective police forces.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-05-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many visits (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have made to Coventry in each of the last five years.

Mr Robert Goodwill

Ministers and officials regularly undertake a variety of visits to all areas of the country. To ascertain precisely how many visits may have been made over the specified time period would incur a disproportionate cost.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the most expensive drugs bought from pharmaceutical companies by the NHS were in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Alistair Burt

Based on National Health Service list prices at launch notified to the Department between 2009 and 2015 under the rules of the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme and statutory regulations, the 10 most expensive medicines in terms of list price per pack are shown in the table.

In considering the impact of a medicine, it is important to take into account both the product’s total net costs and the net health benefits it generates.

Product	Manufacturer
Strensiq (asfotase alfa) 80mg injection	Alexion
Translarna (ataluren) granules for oral suspension	PTC Therapeutics Ltd
Sirturo (bedaquiline fumarate) tablets	Janssen-Cilag Ltd
Lojuxta (lomitapide) capsules	Aegerion Pharmaceuticals
Provenge (sipuleucel-T) dispersion for infusion	Dendreon Coporation
ChondroCelect (characterised viable autologous cartilage cells expanded exvivo) implantation suspension	Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (SOBI)
Yervoy (ipilimumab) vials	Bristol-Myers Squibb UK
Revestive (teduglutide) injection	NPS Pharma International
Kalydeco (ivacaftor) tablets	Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Kalydeco (ivacaftor) oral granules	Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Source: Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-06-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the proportion of UK energy consumption which will be supplied from other countries in each of the next five years.

Andrea Leadsom

The Department of Energy and Climate Change does not produce projections of the proportion of UK total energy consumption which will be supplied from other countries.

However, the Oil and Gas Authority publishes projections of UK oil and gas import dependency (defined as net oil and gas imports as a percentage of UK oil and gas demand).1

These projections for 2016-2021 are given in the following table.

Year	Oil and Gas Import dependency (%)
2016	43%
2017	44%
2018	44%
2019	45%
2020	46%
2021	50%

[1] Oil and Gas Authority (February 2016), Production Projections https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/503852/OGA_production_projections_-_February_2016.pdf

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-06-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Civil Service employees of her Department were based in Coventry in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

Nick Gibb

The numbers of employees of the Department for Education based in Coventry in each of the last five years is shown in the table below.

Year	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Number at 31st March	182	411	369	367	373

Source: RM

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-07-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the yearly contributions by her Department to WaterAid in each of the next five years; and if she will make a statement.

Mr Nick Hurd

WaterAid received over £24million of DFID funding from April 2013 to March 2016. We have so far committed £4.7million in funding for April 2016 to March 2018.

DFID funding has contributed to WaterAid directly reaching more than 2 million people with safe water and over 3 million people with sanitation in the last year alone. In addition, our Programme Partnership Arrangement (PPA) funding, effective from 2011 until the end of 2016, enabled WaterAid to improve their overall organisational effectiveness by supporting them to develop stronger Monitoring and Evaluation systems; improve their Value for Money framework and supported growth and innovation throughout the organisation.