Questions Tabled on Wed 28 Nov 2018
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Published: Thursday 29 November 2018 Questions tabled on Wednesday 28 November 2018 Includes questions tabled on earlier days which have been transferred. T Indicates a topical oral question. Members are selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question. † Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. N Indicates a question for written answer on a named day under S.O. No. 22(4). [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. Questions for Answer on Thursday 29 November Questions for Written Answer 1 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) discussions he held and (b) advice he sought from Honours committees in advance of the (i) knighthood and (ii) Privy Council appointments announced by his office on 23 November 2018. [Transferred] (195644) 2 N Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent steps the Church of England has taken at parish level to support the needs of local communities. (907925) 3 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2018 to Question 168999, if he will expedite the completion and publication of the investigation into the collapse of Carillon by the Official Receiver. [Transferred] (196121) 4 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on UK academic publishing exports of UK Research and Innovation signing up to Science Europe’s Open Access Coalition Plan S. [Transferred] (196279) 5 Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits for the Government's policies of the recommendations made by the Isle of Man Tynwald Select Committee on Public Service Media in their November 2018 report; and if he will make a statement. [Transferred] (196196) 2 Published: Thursday 29 November 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON WEDNESDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2018 6 Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to respond to the Isle of Man Tynwald Select Committee on Public Service Media's November 2018 report; and if he will make a statement. [Transferred] (196197) 7 Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the implications for the independence of the media of the recommendations of the Isle of Man Tynwald Select Committee on Public Service Media's November 2018 report . [Transferred] (196198) 8 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to establish a regulatory body for foster agencies. [Transferred] (196161) 9 N Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate he has made of the (a) contribution to the public purse from defence exports and (b) the relative contribution of those exports to the defence sector in each year since 1988. [Transferred] (195680) 10 N Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the British armed forces have been (a) subject to service discipline at any level, (b) dismissed and (c) prosecuted for having links to far-right extremist groups or proscribed organisations. [Transferred] (195602) 11 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment has he made on the effect of the tax-free childcare scheme on levels of employer engagement. [Transferred] (196283) Questions for Answer on Monday 3 December Questions for Written Answer 1 Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much money from the public purse was spent (a) producing and (b) promoting the Facebook advertisement entitled The Brexit Deal explained. (196829) 2 Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what other platforms the Facebook advertisement entitled The Brexit Deal explained was run. (196830) 3 Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what audience targeting filters were used for the Facebook advertisement entitled The Brexit Deal explained. (196831) 4 Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, or what reason the Facebook advertisement entitled The Brexit Deal explained does not appear in Facebook Ad Library as a political advertisement. (196836) Published: Thursday 29 November 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON WEDNESDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2018 3 5 N Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the (a) legislative requirements and (b) timetable required to hold a second referendum on the UK leaving the EU. (196652) 6 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data- gathering methodologies his Department uses to count the number of people arriving in the UK from (a) the EU, (b) the EEA and (c) other countries. [Transferred] (196214) 7 N Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 27 November to Question 192869 on Buckingham Palace: Honours, which organisations are contracted to (a) create and (b) sell the items; and when each of the tendering processes took place for those contracts. (196743) 8 N Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 27 November to Question 192869 on Buckingham Palace: Honours, in which of the three categories of items listed in the Income section of the table on Page 53 of the Annual Report and Accounts of the Sovereign Grant 2017-18 is the income deriving from the contract to create and sell the items. (196744) 9 N Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November to Question 192869, what other sources of income are included in the same category of items listed in the Income section of the table on Page 53 of the Annual Report and Accounts of the Sovereign Grant 2017-18 as the income deriving from the contract to create and sell the items mentioned in that answer; and where not constrained by commercial sensitivity, how much income was derived from each of those other sources in 2017-18. (196745) 10 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent staff (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) Number 10 Downing Street employ whose responsibilities include the (i) photography and filming of official events and (ii) production of official photographs and films. (196746) 11 N Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the combined annual salaries of all full-time equivalent staff of (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) Number 10 Downing Street whose responsibilities include (i) the photography and filming of official events and (ii) the production of official photographs and films in 2017-18. (196747) 12 N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release New 'Social Value' contracts to revolutionise government procurement published on 19 November 2018, what steps is the Crown Commercial Service taking to obtain from Interserve the key organisational information that he said could have smoothed the management of the liquidation of Carillion. (196714) 4 Published: Thursday 29 November 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON WEDNESDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2018 13 N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the written evidence submitted by Interserve to the Public Accounts Committee on 6 June 2018, Strategic Suppliers SSU0003, whether Crown Representatives are able to discuss issues relating to contracts not yet awarded with strategic suppliers. (196748) 14 N Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has (a) funded, (b) awarded contracts to and (c) procured the services of the Integrity Initiative in each financial year since 2015-16. (196816) 15 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to progress a tourism sector deal to support tourist resorts hosting major events. (196711) 16 N Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Office for Product Safety and Standards has plans to undertake an investigation into the safety of Whirlpool tumble dryers; and if he will make a statement. (196875) 17 N Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that skilled workers in the offshore oil and gas sector can train to work in the offshore wind sector without incurring unreasonable extra cost or duplicate qualifications. (196842) 18 N Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to improve the enforcement of the national minimum wage for seafarers working on merchant ships operating between UK ports and offshore energy installations on the UK continental shelf. (196843) 19 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2018 to Question 194759 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Brexit and the Answer of 19 November 2018 to Question 190945 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Brexit, for what reason his Department is unable to provide that information.