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993991

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Eating Disorders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the treatment options for people suffering with eating disorders and subsequent mental health conditions but who are denied treatment due to weighing more than the required benchmark for diagnosis.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	183240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) clinical guidance on managing and treating eating disorders, and the Eating Disorder Commissioning Guide, are both clear that people should not be rejected for treatment solely on the grounds of weight or Body Mass Index (BMI).</p><p> </p><p>The NICE clinical guideline for the recognition and treatment of an eating disorder (2017) states “Do not use single measures such as BMI or duration of illness to determine whether to offer treatment for an eating disorder (ref 1.2.8)”. We expect commissioners and providers to adhere to this guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The Eating Disorder Commissioning Guide recognises that “There are reported problems associated with health professionals delaying the provision of appropriate treatment due to their treatment decisions being based primarily on the young person’s weight and BMI. These decisions can lead to a delay in access to appropriate treatment” and re-states that commissioners should adhere to NICE guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>Source:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng69/chapter/Recommendations#identification-and-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng69/chapter/Recommendations#identification-and-assessment</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cyp-eating-disorders-access-waiting-time-standard-comm-guid.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cyp-eating-disorders-access-waiting-time-standard-comm-guid.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 29/10/2018 14:13:34 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

990248

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Mental Illness: Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 2017 HSE Work-related stress, depression or anxiety statistics in Great Britain, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on its findings that mental health and stress account for 49 per cent of all days taken off work; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	181165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State often speaks with Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive as an agency of the Department for Work and Pensions sets standards and provides resources and guidance for employers to take positive actions that promote good mental health for all employees whatever the nature of their contract.</p><p> </p><p>In the Industrial Strategy, the Government set out the five principles that we believe underpin the quality of work. These principles are: overall worker satisfaction; good pay; participation and progression; wellbeing, safety and security; and voice and autonomy.</p><p> </p><p>Further, the Government also recognises the importance of mental health which is why the Prime Minister commissioned the Lord Dennis Stevenson and Paul Farmer, the Chief Executive of Mind, to conduct an independent review, Thriving at Work into how employers can better support all employees, including those with mental ill health or wellbeing, to remain in and thrive at work. It presented a compelling business case for employers to take action to improve the wellbeing of their employees providing recommendations for all employers to adopt six core standards that lay the basic foundations for an approach to workplace mental health.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 23/10/2018 16:15:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

990366

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Multiple Births
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will continue to provide financial support to the ISED-funded quality improvement programme delivered by the Twins and Multiple Births Association beyond the programme end date of March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	181169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>No further applications to the Innovation, Excellence and Strategic Development (IESD) fund were invited after 2015-16 and projects funded through IESD are all scheduled to reach their conclusion by the end of the current financial year, as the Department’s funding to the voluntary sector has been reshaped.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not currently have any open competitions for grant funding. Funding for future years is subject to business planning and has not yet been confirmed.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 23/10/2018 11:34:35 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

987735

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Eating Disorders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with (a) eating disorder units and (b) GPs throughout the country on the use of weight metrics to diagnose eating disorders; and if he will support the #DumpTheScales campaign.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	179097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>I have not met with eating disorder units or discussed eating disorders with general practitioners to date.</p><p> </p><p>National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines published in May 2017 state:</p><p>- Initial assessments in primary and secondary mental health care: Do not use single measures such as Body Mass Index (BMI) or duration of illness to determine whether to offer treatment for an eating disorder; and</p><p>- Inpatient and day patient treatment: Do not use absolute weight or BMI as a threshold when deciding whether to admit people with an eating disorder to day patient or inpatient care.</p><p> </p><p>Commissioners and health professionals including general practitioners are expected to follow NICE guidelines when diagnosing and treating eating disorders. The NICE guidelines on eating disorders can be found on the NICE website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng69" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng69</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 18/10/2018 16:17:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

797859

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	European Capital of Culture
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the total (a) cost and (b) man-hours relating to her Department on the preparation of guidance and application information for cities wishing to become European Capital of Culture 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	116766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The guidance and application information for the European Capital of Culture 2023 competition were both produced by the European Commission so there was no cost to the UK Government.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 05/12/2017 11:07:42 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

795711

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Broadband
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what her most recent estimate is of the average (a) advertised speed for broadband services, (b) speed received by consumers for broadband services; and if she will make a statement
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	116065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>Details of broadband speeds are published by Ofcom and available here: <a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/100761/UK-home-broadband-performance,-November-2016-Technical-report.pdf" target="_blank"><em>https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/100761/UK-home-broadband-performance,-November-2016-Technical-report.pdf</em></a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 01/12/2017 12:07:41 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

794459

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Internet and Social Media: Disinformation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has commissioned research on the prevalence of so-called fake news across social media and other internet platforms
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	115432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has not commissioned any research on the prevalence of fake news across online platforms including social media. However as part of our Digital Charter we are looking at the role that such platforms play in the news environment.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 28/11/2017 17:04:10 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

793951

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Local Press
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111297, if her Department will estimate the trend in print circulation of local and regional news outlets across the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	115040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>As set out in the Conservative manifesto, the government is committed to ensuring there are sustainable business models for online quality news media; part of this work will involve drawing on available data to develop an understanding of the current market at a local, regional and national level.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 27/11/2017 14:22:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

790903

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Social Media
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many people in her Department with responsibility for social media are employed on a (a) full and (b) part-time basis.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	113533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>Responsibility for the department's main corporate social media channels is shared across the communications team, as part of its wider news and communications remit and day to day work. Other teams across the department also manage their own policy-specific social media accounts.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 113277 question first answered 21/11/2017 17:53:40 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

790007

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Social Media: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the total advertising spend across social media platforms in the UK in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	113206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>We have made no such assessment. However, DCMS does produce annual estimates of the contributions of all of its sectors (including the Creative Industries, and within that the 'Advertising and Marketing' sub-sector) to the UK economy, measuring their GVA, imports and exports of goods and services, employment, and number of enterprises. These statistics can be found online at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 20/11/2017 15:03:43 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham