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935237

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date	06/07/2018
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that the roll-out of universal credit does not result in people in rented housing being in arrears.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	161583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>Research shows that many people come onto Universal Credit with pre-existing rent arrears.</p><p>We also know that arrears are usually temporary and the majority of claimants do succeed in paying their rent, managing their monthly payments and clearing their arrears over time. In our research, the proportion of Universal Credit claimants who were in arrears at the start of their claim fell by a third after four months.</p><p>We have made changes to help people financially until their first payment. Advances are available to provide financial support and these can now be repaid over a course of 12 months and can consist of up to 100 per cent of the indicative monthly award. We have also abolished waiting days and now provide 2 weeks of housing support to claimants moving to Universal Credit from Housing Benefit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/07/2018 16:42:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

935242

registered interest
date	06/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the representation of ethnic minority students in higher education in (a) England and (b) Birmingham.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	161584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>We have seen record numbers of English 18 year old black and minority ethnic (BME) students going into higher education over recent years and entry rates for all ethnic groups increased in 2017, reaching the highest recorded levels. Improving access and outcomes in higher education for ethnic minority students is a priority for government.</p><p>Through the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (HERA), the government has introduced sweeping reforms to tackle equality of opportunity. This includes the Transparency Duty, which will for the first time, require all universities to publish applications, offer, acceptance, dropout and attainment rates of students by ethnicity, gender and socio-economic background.</p><p>The HERA places a statutory duty on the new regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), to promote equality of opportunity for disadvantaged and under-represented groups in higher education, not just access. This includes non-continuation and attainment levels of students from those backgrounds. Through our first guidance on access and participation plans, we have asked the OfS to encourage providers to build on the work already underway aimed at increasing the success of ethnic minority groups in higher education.</p><p>In addition, the HERA has created a Director for Fair Access and Participation so that widening access and participation for disadvantaged students is at the core of OfS functions.</p><p>The OfS’s regulatory framework will include the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework, which will assess providers on how well they are delivering positive outcomes for all students, including those from under-represented groups.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/07/2018 16:21:32 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

935243

registered interest
date	06/07/2018
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	Zimbabwe: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure free and fair elections in Zimbabwe.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	161585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK has consistently called for free and fair elections in Zimbabwe, in line with the country's constitution. We have engaged regularly with actors from across the political spectrum to discuss how the international community can best support Zimbabwe's democratisation process. Most recently, our Ambassador in Harare met President Mnangagwa on 1 June and Movement for Democratic Change Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa on 15 June, to discuss these points.</p><p>The UK will participate in the EU Electoral Observation Mission has been deployed to Zimbabwe to monitor the electoral process. Between 2014 and 2019 we are spending £24 million on civil society support for transparency, accountability, human rights and citizen engagement in Zimbabwe, much of which will help support democratisation. This includes an increase of £5 million announced in February specifically to support election-related work.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 12/07/2018 15:48:14 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

935121

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Design and Technology: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he is taking steps to help increase the number of PGCE courses available for prospective design technology teachers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	161238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2018 answer text <p>Initial Teacher Training (ITT) courses in Design and Technology are available at schools and universities in all regions in England. For the 2018/19 academic year, there are 412 postgraduate ITT courses in Design and Technology, which is 13 more courses than in 2017/18.</p><p>For Design and Technology courses running in 2017/18 and 2018/19 we have allowed schools and universities to recruit as many trainees as they wish. They have this same flexibility when recruiting for the 2019/20 academic year.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/07/2018 09:55:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

935123

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
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: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what provisions are in place to support families of young people who have severe mental health issues.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	161239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>Families of young people who have severe mental health problems will receive different types of support, depending on the specific needs of that young person. This support will be commissioned locally and could include family therapy; provision of information about how to support the young person; support groups for parents and jointly agreed crisis plans.</p><p> </p><p>The degree of involvement in issues regarding treatment will need to take into account the preferences and wishes of the young person and the degree to which they have capacity to consent to parental involvement.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/07/2018 13:44:12 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

934684

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will allocate additional funding to tackle food insecurity in South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	160797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>Food insecurity is at its worst in South Sudan’s seven year history. The lean season has begun, and due to continued disruptions to the delivery of humanitarian aid, there is a risk of famine in some areas.</p><p>In 2018 we are the second largest donor to the UN’s Humanitarian Response Plan for South Sudan.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/07/2018 16:02:38 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

934685

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
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	Tuberculosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of adequacy of his Department's funding for the eradication of tuberculosis.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	160798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has been active in tackling tuberculosis (TB) in the United Kingdom and in 2015 launched ‘The Collaborative TB Strategy for England’ which set out 10 key ‘areas for action’ to reduce TB incidence. This ambitious plan sets out how the Department aims to better treat, prevent and control tuberculosis in England. The plan’s objectives do not include eradication and thus we have not made a specific assessment on the funding required to do so.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Collaborative TB Strategy 2015-2020, jointly developed by NHS England and Public Health England, NHS England funded clinical commissioning groups that have high TB incidence and/or high TB burden to offer latent TB testing and treatment to new entrants (i.e. within the past five years) to the UK who have come from countries with a TB incidence of equal or under 150 per 100,000 population or from sub-Saharan Africa.</p><p> </p><p>The strategy aims to achieve a year-on-year decrease in cases of TB, a reduction in health inequalities and the elimination of TB as a public health problem in England. The strategy is successfully delivering a decline in TB cases in England where in 2017 there were just over 5,000 new cases of TB in England; a decline of almost 40% since 2011. This shows that the measures we have funded and put in place have had a real impact with the rate of TB in the UK being the lowest it has been for 30 years.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/07/2018 11:43:43 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

934686

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
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	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of ID checks and charges on waiting times for urgent treatment for non-UK citizens in (a) Birmingham and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	160799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>There is no requirement on National Health Service staff to check every patient’s identification and asking for, or providing, ID is not a requirement of The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015 (as amended) and therefore no assessment has been made of the effect on access to healthcare.</p><p> </p><p>It is for providers of NHS care to assure themselves that they are doing everything reasonable to determine the eligibility of patients who are entitled to receive free NHS care, an entitlement based on residency not nationality.</p><p> </p><p>Treatment that clinicians consider is needed immediately or urgently will never be withheld, irrespective of if a patient is chargeable or not.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 10/07/2018 14:36:55 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

934688

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
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	Cancer: Screening
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 his Department is taking to ensure that cancer patients will not experience delays to their diagnosis and treatment as a result of proposed changes to genomic cancer testing services as outlined in the NHS Genomic Testing Services tender.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	160800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>NHS Genomic Testing Services tender included a requirement for the Genomic Laboratory Hubs to agree a Mobilisation Plan with NHS England which provides assurances that the continuity of services to patients will not be affected during the service re-configuration stages of mobilisation.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 12/07/2018 10:59:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

934689

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
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	Genomics: Screening
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 his Department has taken to ensure the competitiveness of the NHS Genomic Testing Services tender; and what steps he is taking to mitigate risk associated with monopoly providers of whole genome sequencing.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	160801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>NHS England and Genomics England follow robust and regular procurement procedures and review their processes regularly to ensure a fair and level playing field across competing providers.</p><p> </p><p>Genomics England has sought to partner with the very best providers of the latest available global technologies. Genomics England continues to evaluate all potentially credible alternative providers of clinical grade whole genome sequencing and to enter into contracts accordingly.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 12/07/2018 10:57:52 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill