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1227334

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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, Commonwealth and Development Office: Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of his Department's Official Development Assistance budget for each year of the 2019 Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	78804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>On 21 July the Chancellor announced a Comprehensive Spending Review. This will set the resource budget for the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office and all departments that spend Official Development Assistance until 2024 and for capital budgets until 2025.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 01/09/2020 13:14:04 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1227338

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Nutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when the Government plans to make its pledge of funding for Nutrition for Growth post-2020.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	78805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to PQ 74465 on 22/07/2020.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 01/09/2020 08:05:32 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1227346

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her priorities are for the GAVI board meeting to discuss the COVAX facility.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	78807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>As GAVI's largest donor, the UK is proud of the impressive results GAVI has achieved in vaccinating over 760 million children, and saving 13 million lives since 2000.</p><p>As the world grapples with the burden of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK has been clear that the equitable global distribution of a vaccine will be the best defence against it, enable collective recovery, and reduce the risk of repeat outbreaks. We therefore strongly support Gavi using its expertise and experience to lead on accelerating global access to COVID-19 vaccines via the COVAX Facility.</p><p>The UK was represented by two senior DFID officials at the GAVI Board, where the priority is to ensure that the COVAX Advance Market Commitment delivers timely and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines in the poorest countries.</p><p>The UK's overarching priority for its £1.65 billion contribution to Gavi from 2021-25 is to maintain and improve routine immunisation against vaccine preventable diseases in the poorest countries.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 01/09/2020 08:21:16 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1227457

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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	Vacancies: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of job vacancies in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands in each month since January 2020 to date.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	78808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>Official statistics on vacancies are not available for each region and nation of the UK. However, <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/economicoutputandproductivity/output/datasets/onlinejobadvertestimates" target="_blank">experimental statistics on online job adverts</a> are available at a regional level. These statistics are provided by ONS in partnership with Adzuna (an online job search engine).</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/09/2020 15:36:47 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1227458

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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	Jobcentres: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work coaches will be recruited in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	78809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>It is too soon in the recruitment process to be able to identify specific numbers for each city or location. Recruitment will be targeted based on local demand, plus current available and emerging estate space and Job Centre operating model changes.</p><p> </p><p>Central England &amp; Wales region (which covers Birmingham and the West Midlands) plan to recruit c1,200 new work coaches. This will be between now and the end of October in the first wave of recruitment, further planned recruitment later in the year will grow these numbers.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/09/2020 13:43:23 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1227583

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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	Coronavirus: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people (a) under 50 years old, (b) aged 51 to 65, (c) aged 66 to 75, and (d) aged 76 have (i) tested positive for and (ii) died as a result of covid-19 in (A) Edgbaston constituency, (B) Birmingham City Council area and (C) West Midlands Combined Authority area, by (1) gender, (2) ethnicity, (3) religion, (4) socio-economic group and (5) occupation.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	78813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England collects data on people who have tested positive for COVID-19 and those who have died following a positive test at local authority level.</p><p> </p><p>For Birmingham Upper Tier Local Authority, 5,180 people tested positive for COVID-19 and 1,061 people died following a positive test. These data are as reported at 29 July 2020 on GOV.UK Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United Kingdom data dashboard which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Data are not available in the format requested for the West Midlands Combined Authority area or Edgbaston constituency. Data are also not available in the format requested for breakdowns by age, gender, ethnicity, religion, socio-economic group or occupation for any of the areas requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 01/09/2020 10:22:17 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1227588

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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	African Union
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met with President Cyril Ramaphosa in his role as African Union Chair.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	78816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>The UK and South Africa enjoy a strong bilateral relationship. Through our High Commission in Pretoria we regularly engage with the South African Government on African Union (AU) and regional issues. The Foreign Secretary has spoken twice with the South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor, since South Africa became AU Chair, and I spoke with my South African counterpart, Mr Alvin Botes, on 16 July. I also met a number of senior AU officials including Kwesi Quartey (Acting Chairperson), Albert M Muchanga (Commissioner for Trade and Industry), Amira El Fadil (Commissioner for Social Affairs), and Smail Chergui (Peace &amp; Security Commissioner) during my visit to Ethiopia in July.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 01/09/2020 11:47:09 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1227637

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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	Dental Services: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people requiring dental work who have been unable to secure appointments in each of the last six months in Birmingham.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	78817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>The data is not held.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 01/09/2020 10:22:40 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1226731

registered interest
date	21/07/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect on local partners in the global south of a reduction in the UK's official development assistance budget.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	77744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>Local partners are fundamental to the UK's delivery of ODA being effective and impactful. This is particularly demonstrated through their knowledge, partnerships and agility. Ministers reviewed every strand of the ODA budget, evaluating the impacts of spend and making sure we can maintain operational capacity. Prioritisation decisions in DFID were made at the project level and considered various criteria such as: how programmes contribute to development impact; value for money; national interest; the impact on suppliers and supply chains - including local partners; and to what extent we could feasibly save money from a specific project. Bilateral projects were also assessed against the vulnerability of each country.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 01/09/2020 09:01:45 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1226764

registered interest
date	21/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Leasehold: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of waking watches services to leaseholders in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	77746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>Lord Greenhalgh, Minister of State for Fire, is investigating what can be done to reduce the cost of waking watch for buildings that currently have them in place. This includes ensuring that waking watch costs are transparent so that leaseholders and others who commission these services can ensure that costs are reasonable. The Department does not currently hold specific data on service charges or other ancillary costs to leaseholders related to fire safety in buildings with unsafe cladding systems.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 77749 77750 question first answered 01/09/2020 09:09:09 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill