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874695

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
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	Pregnancy: Infectious Diseases
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 increase the level of screeing for infectious diseases in pregnant women in (a) West Midlands and (b) Coventry.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	134996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Screening is offered and recommended to all pregnant women in England as part of the United Kingdom National Screening Committee’s National Health Service Infectious Disease in Pregnancy Screening (IDPS) Programme. The aim of antenatal screening is not to promote uptake but to ensure that eligible women are able to make an informed choice as to whether to participate in screening or not.</p><p> </p><p>Coverage is measured in the IDPS programme and reports a steady increase in the number of eligible women taking up the offer to be screened. This has risen from 96% in 2010 to 99% in 2016 in England. Further information is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/583576/hpr0217_naism.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/583576/hpr0217_naism.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Midwives and healthcare professionals offer screening to all pregnant women as part of their antenatal care package. The first offer to screen is at the start of the pregnancy and then a second reoffer at around 20 weeks. This is following a recommendation from a HIV expert review panel in response to findings from the Perinatal HIV Audit conducted by the National Study of HIV in Pregnancy and Childhood.</p><p> </p><p>Published data for coverage on screening for IDPS can be viewed at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/682471/Screening_KPI_SummaryFactsheets_Feb2018_Issue2_V1.1.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/682471/Screening_KPI_SummaryFactsheets_Feb2018_Issue2_V1.1.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 16/04/2018 15:55:49 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

874699

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
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	Philippines: Foreign Relations
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 most recently met his Filipino counterpart; and what issues were discussed at that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	135000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>I met the Philippines Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs in December 2017. We discussed the strong bilateral cooperation between our countries, including on trade and investment. I also raised my concerns over human rights in the Philippines and the high death toll associated with the “war on illegal drugs”, stressing the need for prompt, thorough and impartial investigations into killings. We also discussed the situation in Mindanao and broader security and terrorism concerns. I look forward to visiting the Philippines later this year where I hope to continue these discussions.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 16/04/2018 10:56:27 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

873675

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	Blood Diseases: 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, what the take-up rate for sickle cell disease and thalassaemia screening for pregnant women in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry was in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	134789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Screening for sickle cell and thalassaemia are carried out jointly as a blood test. The programme identifies people who are genetic carriers for sickle cell, thalassaemia and other haemoglobin disorders.</p><p>Between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017 Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trusts had 5,925 women tested out of 5,989 eligible women (98.9% uptake).</p><p>Between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017 the West Midlands had 57,578 women tested out of 58,093 eligible women (99.1% uptake).</p><p>During 2016/17 the national average for screening uptake in England was 99.3%.</p><p>Further information is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-screening-programmes-kpi-reports-and-briefings-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-screening-programmes-kpi-reports-and-briefings-2016-to-2017</a></p><p>NHS England is responsible for commissioning antenatal screening services to meet programme standards including coverage. NHS England is working with providers to help identify and address any issues and is committed to improving coverage and reducing morbidity from this condition.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 16/04/2018 15:51:39 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

873677

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	Bowel Cancer: 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, what the take-up rate for bowel cancer home screening kits in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry was in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	134791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The most recent data available is for 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>During 2016/17 the national average for screening uptake was 58.8%.</p><p> </p><p>The uptake for Coventry was 56.4% (Coventry’s uptake rate is included in the West Midlands figure) and the West Midlands was 57.7% (this is a consolidated percentage based on all regions within the West Midlands).</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is responsible for commissioning bowel screening services to meet programme standards including coverage. NHS England is working with providers to help identify and address any issues and is committed to improving coverage and reducing mortality from bowel cancer.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 16/04/2018 15:10:34 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

873679

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	Ascher's Syndrome
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 level of availability of treatments for patients diagnosed with Ascher's Syndrome.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	134793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Individuals with Ascher’s syndrome will access a range of locally and nationally commissioned services according to their specific clinical needs. For example, genetic services would be able to offer advice on inheritance and, in some patients, plastic surgery to lip and eyelid might be offered.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England monitors the quality of all specialised services it commissions via its Quality Surveillance Team (QST). The QST produce annual profiles of services based on self-assessment against core requirements of the service specification, clinical outcomes and external monitoring such as Care Quality Commission assessments, undertaking peer review processes as required. Specialised paediatric craniofacial services are regularly monitored via this process.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst a specific review has not been undertaken from the unique perspective of patients with Ascher’s Syndrome, NHS England has been a key partner in the development and delivery of the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases which responds to the feedback and needs of the approximately 3.5 million rare diseases patients in the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 16/04/2018 15:05:30 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

873680

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	Philippines: Foreign Relations
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 his counterpart in the Phillipines; and what issues were discussed at that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	134794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>I met the Philippines Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs in December 2017. We discussed the strong bilateral cooperation between our countries, including on trade and investment. I also raised my concerns over human rights in the Philippines and the high death toll associated with the “war on illegal drugs”, stressing the need for prompt, thorough and impartial investigations into killings. We also discussed the situation in Mindanao and broader security and terrorism concerns. I look forward to visiting the Philippines later this year where I hope to continue these discussions.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 16/04/2018 11:49:02 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

872546

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Domestic Visits: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many times he has visited (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands since his appointment.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	134360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Ministers from the Department of Exiting the European Union have visited the West Midlands on a number of occasions since the referendum. The Government is committed to positive and productive engagement with businesses and local government in the West Midlands, as well as all parts of the UK, and will continue to work closely with them to understand the potential impact and opportunities presented by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>On the 27 March 2018 the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union met with the Mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority, Andy Street.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 16/04/2018 10:06:05 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

872548

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
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	Unemployment: 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 assessment she has made of the reasons for the change in the level of unemployment in (a) Coventry South constituency, (b) Coventry and (c) the West Midlands in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	134362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The level of unemployment in Coventry Local Authority District, estimated using the Annual Population Survey, stood at 9,100 in the year to September 2017 - down from 13,700 in the year to September 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The level of unemployment in the West Midlands, estimated using the Labour Force Survey, stood at 141,000 in the quarter to January 2018 – down from 160,000 in the same period a year ago, and from 247,000 before the 2010 election (the quarter to April 2010).</p><p> </p><p>This is consistent with the continuing improvements in the wider economy. The UK’s unemployment rate is currently 4.3% and has not been lower since 1975. The employment rate in the UK stands at a joint record high of 75.3% and there are a near record 816,000 vacancies throughout the economy.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Note:</strong></p><p> </p><p>The sub-regional data is estimated by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), using the Annual Population Survey. The regional data is estimated from the ONS Labour Force Survey.</p><p> </p><p>The level of unemployment in Coventry South Parliamentary Constituency Area was estimated at 3,300 in the year to September 2017. This figure is subject to a high degree of statistical uncertainty due to very small sample sizes upon which this estimate is based. This means we cannot make a reliable comparison to the year to September 2016 estimate.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 16/04/2018 10:45:34 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

872549

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electricity Generation: Profits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with OFGEM on Distribution Network Operator margins and profits; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	134363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Energy network price controls are a matter for Ofgem as the independent regulator and, by law, must be set independently of Government. Government welcomes Ofgem’s recent proposals for the next set of price controls (due to start in 2021) which Ofgem estimates will save customers £5 billion over 5 years. Government expects network companies to act in the best interests of consumers and welcomes the voluntary returns that have been made by some network companies in this price control. Ofgem estimates that these will benefit customers by more than £650 million. We expect the remaining companies to follow suit.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/04/2018 14:36:24 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

872643

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
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	Personal Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average net weekly household income was for people in (a) Coventry South constituency, (b) the West Midlands, (c) London, (d) the South East, (e) England and (f) the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	134457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>National statistics on the number of people living in in-work relative low income are set out in the annual &quot;Households Below Average Income&quot; publication. Average incomes are not available at constituency or ward level in this publication because the survey sample sizes are too small to support the production of robust estimates at this geography. However figures at a regional level are available as a three year rolling average. National figures are available for individual years.</p><p> </p><p>Figures on average incomes by region and for England can be found in the link below, in table 2.5ts, and sets out median and mean incomes before housing costs (BHC) and after housing costs (AHC). Figures for the UK can be found in table 2.1ts, which shows UK income deciles but also the median and mean incomes, both before and after housing costs.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/691966/income-values-and-inequality-measures-hbai-1994-95-2016-17-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/691966/income-values-and-inequality-measures-hbai-1994-95-2016-17-tables.ods</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 16/04/2018 11:19:32 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham