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172518

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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	Bahrain
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Bahrain regarding the case of Dr Abduljalil Alsingace who is currently imprisoned in that country.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	220069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>Our Embassy in Bahrain has raised the issue of access to medical treatment for Dr Abduljalil Alsingace with the Ombudsman for the Ministry of Interior. We continue to encourage the Government of Bahrain to ensure that due legal process is followed in all legal cases and international norms of justice upheld.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/01/2015 16:01:41 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

172519

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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	Bahrain
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage civil rights and democracy in Bahrain.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	220067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text I co-chaired the UK-Bahrain Joint Working Group meeting on 4 December 2014 with the Undersecretary of the Bahraini Ministry of the Interior, H.E Abdullah Abdulatif Abdulla. We discussed progress on the implementation of the recommendations of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry Report and UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review, and agreed that the UK would continue to provide assistance to Bahrain’s reform programme, with a continuing focus on strengthening human rights and the rule of law, in 2015. The British Government will continue to encourage the Government of Bahrain to build on the success of the recent elections and move forward with further reform to advance the democratisation and human rights agenda. answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/01/2015 16:06:00 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

172520

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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	Bahrain
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of political prisoners in Bahrain; and what steps his Department has taken to encourage the release of those prisoners.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	220068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text The British Government does not hold details on the cases and charges against prisoners in Bahrain. If we have specific concerns around convictions or sentencing we raise these with the Government of Bahrain as part of our wider dialogue on human rights and reform. answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/01/2015 16:04:01 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

172551

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will allocate additional resources to alleviate the demand for accident and emergency and NHS walk-in centres services in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	220053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>This Government has given the National Health Service a record £700 million this winter for more doctors, nurses and beds. The NHS has ensured there are plans in every area to manage the extra demand.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>From this, Coventry and Rugby Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has received almost £5.9 million of winter pressures money. The Coventry and Rugby System Resilience Group has used the winter pressures money on a number of schemes to alleviate demand including enhanced senior seven-day clinical cover in Emergency Departments and Acute Medicine, and additional beds.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Across the West Midlands, CCGs were allocated approximately £70 million from the winter pressures monies. The money has been used to fund a variety of schemes including additional weekend pharmacy services and increasing the number of general practitioners in the NHS 111 call centre.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/01/2015 16:06:36 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

172552

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
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, what representations he or his Department has received on an increase in waiting times at the University Hospital in Coventry in the last two months.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	220054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>A search of the Department’s Ministerial correspondence database identified two written representations received between 1 November 2014 and 9 January 2015 about waiting times at the University Hospital in Coventry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/01/2015 16:14:49 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

172554

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will investigate the adequacy of the major incident plans at NHS hospitals in England and Wales and the ability of these plans to cope with the increased demand of A&E services in England over the last two months.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	220055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The National Health Service (NHS) organisations’ plans for responding to incidents that could impact on health or patient care must be in line with NHS England’s guidance. The NHS has planned earlier than ever for this winter, and has plans in place everywhere to meet rising demand.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/01/2015 17:43:45 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

172119

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	City Link
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support the Government plans to provide to the City Link employees made redundant on 31 December 2014.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	219930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pension’s rapid response teams will support individuals to find alternative employment. The service is delivered with local skills and employment partners and tailored to an individual’s needs. It includes some or all of the following elements:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>o Information, advice and guidance</p><p> </p><p>o Help with job searches including CV writing, interview skills, where to find jobs and how to apply for them</p><p> </p><p>o Help to identify transferable skills and skills gaps (linked to the local labour market)</p><p> </p><p>o Training to update skills, learn new ones and gain industry recognised certification that will improve employability</p><p> </p><p>o Help to overcome barriers to attending training or securing a job or self-employment such as child care costs, necessary tools, work clothes, travel costs etc.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 12/01/2015 16:14:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 37788 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

171961

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
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	India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Indian government on the continued detainment in India of political prisoners who have served their sentences.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	219759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>We have not discussed this issue with the Indian government. However, we continue to monitor the general human rights situation in India closely. We also maintain an active dialogue on human rights with Indian officials, including through events such as the EU-India human rights dialogue in November 2013.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 08/01/2015 16:14:06 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

171962

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
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	India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Indian government on the treatment of Sikhs in India.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	219760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>We are aware of Gurbaksh Singh’s hunger strike in protest of the continued detention of Sikh prisoners, and closely monitor both this and the general human rights situation in India.</p><p>In June 2014, British High Commissioner to India Sir James Bevan met India's new Minister of Minority Affairs, Dr Najma Heptulla, to discuss a range of minority issues. Officials from the British High Commission in New Delhi also hold regular discussions on these issues, including those of the Sikh community, with the Indian National Commission for Minorities and with other relevant State level authorities. We will continue to maintain a dialogue with Indian officials about minority rights in India.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 08/01/2015 16:00:35 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

171966

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
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	India
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 has taken to ensure that prisoners in India are released once they have served their prison sentences.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	219761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>We have not discussed this issue with the Indian government. However, we continue to monitor the general human rights situation in India closely. We also maintain an active dialogue on human rights with Indian officials, including through events such as the EU-India human rights dialogue in November 2013.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 08/01/2015 16:06:20 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham