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806413

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	Whether his Department is preparing contingency plans for use across Government in the event of there being no deal on the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	uin	902948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>We continue to focus on getting a good outcome that works for the UK and for those in the EU. As we move to the next phase of talks, we do so with a renewed sense of optimism about the deal that can be achieved.</p><p>While we do not want or expect a ‘no deal’ outcome, as a responsible Government we will continue to prepare for a range of potential outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 14/12/2017 16:46:58 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

803730

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps the Government is taking to ensure that more students from disadvantaged backgrounds go to university.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	uin	902866
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>There are already record numbers of disadvantaged English 18 years olds benefitting from full-time higher education, and universities expect to spend over £860 million in 2018/19 on measures to improve the access and success of disadvantaged students, up from £404 million in 2009, through their access agreements.</p><p> </p><p>The Higher Education and Research Act includes a transparency duty requiring all universities to publish applications, offers, acceptance and retention rates broken down by gender, ethnicity and social economic background. This will help to hold universities to account for their records on access and retention.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/12/2017 17:44:28 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

804332

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what size of holdings of Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies have been seized by police and national crime agencies in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	uin	118574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 18/12/2017 12:32:28 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

786874

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to review the operation of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	uin	112345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive conducted an external consultation, between November 2016 and January 2017, on proposals to review aspects of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 (GSIUR) whilst maintaining high gas safety standards.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/11/2017 17:50:10 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

777908

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	M6: Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of air quality on the M6 between junctions 9 and 10a; and what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the effect of traffic on air quality on that section of that road.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	uin	109724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>Highways England undertook an air quality monitoring survey for six months between February and July 2015 on this section of the M6 for Nitrogen Dioxide. This survey has been utilised as part of the assessment of the M6 Junction 10 improvement scheme promoted by both Highways England and Walsall Council.</p><p> </p><p>An Environmental Statement which was undertaken for the improvement scheme involved undertaking air quality modelling to predict the impact of the Scheme on air quality. The full assessment can be viewed on Walsall Councils planning website (<a href="https://go.walsall.gov.uk/planningm6j10" target="_blank">https://go.walsall.gov.uk/planningm6j10</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Walsall have developed an air quality action plan as part of its duties to improve air quality; the M6 between junctions 9 and 10a is within Walsall Council’s Air Quality Management Area (AQMA).</p><p> </p><p>Highways England will support local authorities as they explore options for their local air quality plans.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/11/2017 15:42:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

786868

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Sepsis: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what written and verbal safety netting advice is routinely shared with mothers around antenatal screening for the presence of pathogens associated with sepsis.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	uin	112304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>In September, NHS England published the 2017 Cross-System Sepsis Action Plan. As part of this a number of activities are planned:</p><p> </p><p>- Action on safety netting will be embedded among all healthcare professionals assessing patients with infections;</p><p>- Promote the implementation of a range of educational resources on sepsis produced by Health Education England and the Royal Colleges;</p><p>- Ensure a specific focus on sepsis education for staff groups such as community pharmacists, community nurses, health visitors and healthcare assistants in care homes; and</p><p>- NHS England and Public Health England will work with maternity networks and health visitors to ensure resources such as leaflets and on-line educational material are used by midwives and health visitors to help parents recognise serious illness in children and know what to do if they think their child is seriously ill.</p><p> </p><p>To support these activities, two safety netting videos on ‘Spotting the signs of sepsis’ and ‘Caring for children with fever at home’ have been published with the Health Innovation Network.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18 Public Health England’s activity to raise awareness of sepsis includes building sepsis messaging into the national Start4life Information Service for Parents email programme which reaches 430,000 parents of 0-5 year olds; distribution of leaflets and posters; social media and activity with a leading digital platform for parents.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 112297 112307 question first answered 20/11/2017 11:58:24 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

786866

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Streptococcus: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training and information is provided to healthcare professionals about when to screen mothers for the presence of pathogens associated with neonatal sepsis, such as Group B streptococcal infection.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	uin	112300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Health Education England has produced and continues to develop sepsis educational resources for healthcare professionals. This includes a number of resources to support the learning on sepsis recognition and management across the system in both primary and secondary care.</p><p> </p><p>The principal pathogen of potential concern in neonatal sepsis is Group B Streptococcus (GBS). Following the UK National Screening Committee’s meeting in February 2017, the Government accepted the Committee’s recommendation that a population based screening programme for GBS carriage should not be offered. However, the Chief Scientific Advisor recommended that the National Institute for Health Research should commission a clinical trial to compare universal screening for Group B Streptococcus against usual-risk based care. This has been approved and the trial is expected to complete around the end of 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has published guidance for obstetricians, midwives and neonatologists on the prevention of early-onset (less than seven days of age) neonatal Group B streptococcal disease and for the information to be provided to women, their partners and families. It has also produced an information leaflet for parents-to-be about GBS. Information on GBS is also included in the NHS Pregnancy Book which is given free to all first time pregnant women.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 112305 112306 question first answered 20/11/2017 11:52:10 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

786864

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Sepsis: Health Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of neonatal sepsis among mothers who have risk factors present.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	uin	112297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>In September, NHS England published the 2017 Cross-System Sepsis Action Plan. As part of this a number of activities are planned:</p><p> </p><p>- Action on safety netting will be embedded among all healthcare professionals assessing patients with infections;</p><p>- Promote the implementation of a range of educational resources on sepsis produced by Health Education England and the Royal Colleges;</p><p>- Ensure a specific focus on sepsis education for staff groups such as community pharmacists, community nurses, health visitors and healthcare assistants in care homes; and</p><p>- NHS England and Public Health England will work with maternity networks and health visitors to ensure resources such as leaflets and on-line educational material are used by midwives and health visitors to help parents recognise serious illness in children and know what to do if they think their child is seriously ill.</p><p> </p><p>To support these activities, two safety netting videos on ‘Spotting the signs of sepsis’ and ‘Caring for children with fever at home’ have been published with the Health Innovation Network.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18 Public Health England’s activity to raise awareness of sepsis includes building sepsis messaging into the national Start4life Information Service for Parents email programme which reaches 430,000 parents of 0-5 year olds; distribution of leaflets and posters; social media and activity with a leading digital platform for parents.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 112304 112307 question first answered 20/11/2017 11:58:24 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

786871

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Streptococcus: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to make mothers aware of antenatal screening for the presence of pathogens associated with neonatal sepsis, such as Group B streptococcal disease.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	uin	112303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Following the United Kingdom National Screening Committee’s (UK NSC’s) meeting in February 2017, the Government accepted the UK NSC’s recommendation that a population based screening programme for Group B streptococcal (GBS) carriage should not be offered. This is because there is insufficient evidence to demonstrate that the benefits to be gained from screening would outweigh the harms.</p><p> </p><p>As screening for GBS is not recommended, data as requested is not collected. The Chief Scientific Advisor has recommended that the National Institute of Health Research should commission a clinical trial to compare universal screening for GBS against usual-risk based care. This is to provide better quality evidence to assess the clinical effectiveness, benefits and harms of a screening programme.</p><p> </p><p>Information on GBS in pregnancy can be found on the NHS Choices which can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/pages/pregnancy-infections.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/pages/pregnancy-infections.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 112299 112302 question first answered 20/11/2017 12:10:18 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

786865

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Streptococcus: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to improve the screening for the presence of pathogens associated with neonatal sepsis such as Group B streptococcal disease.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	uin	112299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Following the United Kingdom National Screening Committee’s (UK NSC’s) meeting in February 2017, the Government accepted the UK NSC’s recommendation that a population based screening programme for Group B streptococcal (GBS) carriage should not be offered. This is because there is insufficient evidence to demonstrate that the benefits to be gained from screening would outweigh the harms.</p><p> </p><p>As screening for GBS is not recommended, data as requested is not collected. The Chief Scientific Advisor has recommended that the National Institute of Health Research should commission a clinical trial to compare universal screening for GBS against usual-risk based care. This is to provide better quality evidence to assess the clinical effectiveness, benefits and harms of a screening programme.</p><p> </p><p>Information on GBS in pregnancy can be found on the NHS Choices which can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/pages/pregnancy-infections.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/pages/pregnancy-infections.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 112302 112303 question first answered 20/11/2017 12:10:18 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes