Tag: Jim Cunningham

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much EU (a) 7th Framework Programme and (b) Horizon 2020 funding has been provided to (i) universities, (ii) other research institutions and (iii) small businesses in the West Midlands in each of the last five years.

Joseph Johnson

The figures for organisations in the West Midlands are set out below. These reflect the full value of grant agreements signed in each calendar year, not the money received in that year.

Higher and Secondary Education Organisations (HES) agreed funding (€):

	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
FP7	34,512,638	65,197,543	62,376,751	23,703,605
Horizon 2020				10,025,431	64,947,891

Non-profit Research organisations (REC) agreed funding (€):

	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
FP7	459,795	1,873,085	946,077	2,102,799
Horizon 2020				819,340	2,297,233

All Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SME) agreed funding (€):

	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
FP7	7,861,934	11,503,709	11,193,539	2,773,696
Horizon 2020				3,471,182	14,249,221

Please note that the SME figures may include some HES or REC organisations.

The variation in the figures across the years in part reflects the fact that calls are competitively bid for and vary in the amount of funding available; and in part the fact that the FP7 budget was back-loaded, with increasing amounts of money available to award as grants in the final two years of the programme (2012-2013). In contrast, relatively few grants were awarded in the first year of Horizon 2020 (2014), which thereafter is due to run with annual budgets larger than those available to FP7.

Overall, the UK was the second biggest recipient of EU research funding under FP7, and remains so under Horizon 2020.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-04-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many adult learners participated in government-funded further education courses in each of the last three years.

Nick Boles

Information on the number of adult learners participating in government-funded further education, and specifically English and maths, in each of the last three years is published as part of a Statistical First Release.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held

Information on Skills Funding Agency spending on the Adult Skills Budget is outlined in their Annual Report and Accounts which can be found at the following links:

2014-15: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-agency-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015

2013-14: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-agency-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014

2012-13: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-skills-funding-agency-annual-report-and-accounts-for-2012-to-2013

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of providing adult education courses over the next five years.

Nick Boles

The skills funding letter published in December 2015 sets out priorities and funding for adult education over the next 5 years. Across all of the funding streams used to support adult education participation, we are increasing funding by 40% in cash terms. It is for colleges and private providers, working with their local areas, to decide how best to use that funding in the interests of the learners and employers they serve.

A full copy of the funding letter can be viewed via – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-letter-april-2016-to-march-2017.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of pharmacies in the UK in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

Alistair Burt

The information requested is provided in the following table.

Number of registered pharmacies in Great Britain, both National Health Service and private, for each of the last 10 years

As at 31 December
2006	12,545
2007	12,844
2008	12,958
2009	13,224
2010 (as at 31 October)	13,465
As at 31 March
2011	13,500
2012	13,850
2013	14,186
2014	14,306
2015	14,367
2016	14,397

Source: For the years 2006 to 2009 the data is taken from archived records of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. From 2010 to 2016 the information has been provided by the General Pharmaceutical Council.

Number of registered pharmacies in Northern Ireland, both NHS and private, for each of the last 10 years (as at 31 May)

2006	548
2007	530
2008	538
2009	539
2010	542
2011	543
2012	548
2013	548
2014	549
2015	552

Source: Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-05-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost was of the InterCity West Coast rail franchise consultation; and if he will make a statement.

Claire Perry

The InterCity West Coast rail franchise consultation launched earlier in the month and is due to close in August, so the total cost is not yet known. To date around £12,500 has been incurred to produce and distribute the consultation documentation and supporting materials in both English and Welsh.

We will continue to engage with the public at events over the coming weeks and hope that they will make their views heard so that we can ensure that the next franchise truly meets their needs. We will also be holding regional events with stakeholders across the route over the consultation period providing opportunities for them to put questions to DfT officials to help inform their responses to the consultation.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many visits (a) by Ministers and (b) officials from his Department were made to Coventry in each of the last five years.

Joseph Johnson

This information can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the funding commitments her Department have made to contribute to the UN sustainable development goals; and if she will make a statement.

Sir Desmond Swayne

The Global Goals are the starting point for DFID’s Strategic Objectives and are embedded across all that the Department does. Through the Bilateral Aid Review and Multilateral Aid Review we will agree on an allocation of DFID’s budget that delivers our desired ambition against the Strategic Objectives through the most effective channels, based on a solid understanding of what works, and providing maximum value for money.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of British nationals claiming pensions who live outside the UK and the European Economic Area; and if he will make a statement.

Justin Tomlinson

No information is available concerning the number of British individuals who are living outside the UK and inside/outside the European Economic Area who are in receipt of a UK State Pension. This is because the UK State Pension is a contributory based pension, where nationality or citizenship do not form part of the eligibility criteria.

Information is available on the number of UK State pension recipients who live outside the UK by country; this can be found on the link below to the Department’s Tabulation tool.

http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/sp/cccountry/ccsex/a_carate_r_cccountry_c_ccsex_nov15.html

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-06-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of British nationals living (a) outside the UK and in the EU and (b) outside the UK and the EU; and if he will make a statement.

Mr David Lidington

The UN publishes data on the number of people of UK origin living elsewhere, broken down by region and country. The dataset can be found at: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/data/estimates2/estimates15.shtml

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-07-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2016 to Question 41418, whether she plans to start making projections of the cost of energy imports by the UK; and if she will make a statement.

Andrea Leadsom

The Department of Energy and Climate Change does not currently have plans to produce projections of the cost of energy imports by the UK.

The government is committed to making sure consumers have secure, affordable and clean energy. Keeping the cost of energy imports low will be important in helping achieve this goal.