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968102

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date	05/09/2018
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussion he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the funding of treatment for alcohol addiction services in (a) West Midlands and (b) Coventry.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	170685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>No discussions have taken place between the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/09/2018 17:08:20 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

968103

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has he made of the quality of teacher training provision in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	170686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Ofsted is responsible for making judgements about the quality of training provided by all providers and their partnerships. All initial teacher training (ITT) partnerships in Coventry and the West Midlands were judged to be either good or outstanding at their most recent Ofsted inspection. Across England, 99% of ITT partnerships were judged to be either good or outstanding at their most recent Ofsted inspection.</p><p>The latest newly qualified teacher (NQT) survey report was published on 5 September 2018. NQTs were largely positive about the quality of their ITT – 81% rated overall quality as 7-10 out of 10. This is a sample survey of NQTs who gained qualified teacher status (QTS) status between December 2015 and November 2016, therefore regional level analysis is not possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/09/2018 16:34:51 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

968104

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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 Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of children requiring treatment for urgent mental health conditions at A&E in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	170687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>NHS England is working with local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and providers in Coventry and the wider West Midlands to improve services and reduce waiting times, looking at how the New Care Models, set out in the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health can bring benefits for the local population.</p><p> </p><p>Coventry and Rugby CCG is working to reduce the number of children requiring treatment for urgent mental health conditions at University Hospital Coventry. The CCG has commissioned an Acute Liaison Team that works to undertake an assessment within a maximum of 48 hours when young people present with self-harm or mental health crises. The CCG is engaging with partner agencies to review pathways across agencies for children in crisis and to commission more preventative services.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to transforming children and young people’s mental health services, making available an additional £1.4 billion for mental health services for children and young people by 2019/20. Improving provision of children and young people’s urgent and emergency mental health care is a priority for NHS England as part of this wider transformation of mental health support. In addition, the proposals contained in Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper will be supported by an additional £300 million over the next three years.</p><p> </p><p>Refreshing NHS Plans for 2018/19 published by NHS England and NHS Improvement requires the National Health Service to continue to work towards the 2020/21 ambition of all acute hospitals having mental health crisis and liaison services that can meet the specific needs of people of all ages, including children and young people.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 10/09/2018 16:07:30 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

968105

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Languages: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has held with (a) the Minister for the Cabinet Office and (b) the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the recruitment and retention of modern foreign language teachers.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	170688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department works with the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) and the Home Office to ensure educational workforce supply needs are considered as the UK leaves the EU and moves to a new migration framework.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to provide independent advice, due in September, to help develop a future immigration system. The Department welcomed their interim report in March and the contribution it makes to the immigration debate. Their analysis is incomplete and it would be wrong to pre-empt their final report. The Government will take account of the MAC’s advice when making decisions about the future immigration system.</p><p> </p><p>The recruitment and retention of modern foreign languages teachers domestically is a priority. The Department offers a £26,000 tax-free bursary or £28,000 tax-free scholarship for language trainees and funds training in language teaching for teachers wishing to change subject specialism. A student loan reimbursement scheme for language teachers in the local authorities most in need is also available. Initial Teacher Training providers are supported to develop opt in courses for students on undergraduate language degree courses to gain Qualified Teacher Status.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/09/2018 16:27:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

968106

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Nutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the nutritional content of free school meals.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	170689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>All local authority maintained schools must comply with the School Food Standards. Academies and free schools are also required to comply with the standards via their funding agreements, with the exception of a proportion founded between 2010 and 2014 that we expect to comply voluntarily. All food served in these schools, including free school meals, must comply with these school food standards. The standards ensure that food provided to pupils in school is nutritious and of high quality, promotes good nutritional health in all pupils, protects those who are nutritionally vulnerable and promotes good eating behaviour.</p><p>The department has not held any recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the nutritional content of free school meals.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 10/09/2018 16:09:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

967745

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	State Visits: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was for policing the summer visit of the US President.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	170255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Total policing costs have yet to be finalised. We are working with the police forces directly involved in policing the President’s visit and will consider any applications for Special Grant funding carefully.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 10/09/2018 16:10:16 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

967746

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Official Residences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of housing the previous Foreign Secretary at his official ministerial residence.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	170256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The total running cost (including rent, utilities, maintenance and facilities management) for the official ministerial residence at 1 Carlton Gardens for the last two available financial years combined was £2,308,488. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is responsible for paying the total running cost whether or not a Foreign Secretary chooses to live in the official residence.</p><p>All Foreign Secretaries living in the official ministerial residence are responsible for paying the council tax and utility bills for the private living area. The previous Foreign Secretary did so throughout the period he lived there from 27 October 2016 to 31 July 2018.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 10/09/2018 16:09:26 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

967761

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	University Hospital Coventry
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 recent CQC inspection which established that University Hospital Coventry requires improvement, whether he plans to ensure that staff at that hospital receive an adequate level of mandatory training; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	170258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>It is for individual providers to take forward recommendations of an inspection by the Care Quality Commission, seeking support from the wider health system as appropriate.</p><p>Mandatory training is defined by individual trusts as training that staff must undertake to perform their role.</p><p>University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust has set itself a challenging target of 95% for ensuring staff have the correct training to ensure its patients are kept safe. Currently over 92% of permanent staff meet that target.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 10/09/2018 16:32:10 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

967762

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	Accident and Emergency Departments: Coventry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support emergency departments in hospitals in Coventry that are experiencing a record number of unnecessary visits in the absence of GP appointments; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	170259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government has committed to ensuring everyone across the country has easier and more convenient access to general practice services, including appointments in the evenings and weekends. The latest National Health Service planning guidance, issued by NHS England in February 2018, requires clinical commissioning groups to provide extended access to general practice to their whole population by 1 October 2018, to ensure additional capacity is in place ahead of winter 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The General Practice Forward View (GP Forward View), published in April 2016, commits increasing investment in General Practice by £2.4 billion a year by 2020/2021 from £9.7 billion in 2015/16 to over £12 billion by 2020/21 – a 14% real-terms increase. It will improve patient care and access, and invest in new ways of providing primary care.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the number of doctors entering speciality training has been increasing year on year. In 2017/18, there were 3,157 new starters recruited to speciality GP training posts, the highest number recruited ever. In August 2017 NHS England announced plans to accelerate its international recruitment programme and recruit 2,000 doctors into English general practice over the following three years. To boost retention there is a broad offer available to support GPs to remain in the NHS including the GP Health Service, the GP Retention Scheme, and the recently launched a £10 million GP Retention Fund which includes funds targeted at specific areas.</p><p> </p><p>University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust have been closely supported by NHS Improvement’s Intensive Support Team for the last 12 months and are actively working through recommendations to improve emergency care. NHS Improvement has recently offered £347,000 to support transformation work around urgent and emergency care in Coventry; funds will be distributed to areas with the greatest scope for patient care improvements.</p><p> </p><p>Hospitals in Coventry are also supported by national services, such as NHS 111, which offers a 24/7 service available across England for patients who require non-urgent advice which can include input from a range of clinical professionals where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 10/09/2018 16:32:05 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham