Published: Thursday 29 March 2018

Questions tabled on Wednesday 28 March 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 March

Questions for Written Answer

1 N Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Department for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2017 to Question 115476 on Department for Exiting the European Union: Brexit, how many Departmental EU exit-related workstreams have been established. [Transferred] (134319)

2 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many women have been diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in each of the last five years. [Transferred] (134430)

3 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were diagnosed with brain tumours in each of the last five years. [Transferred] (134433)

4 Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that HM Land Registry completes new registrations within the 25 day turnaround period. [Transferred] (134567)

5 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to support the removal of graffiti tagging to clean up (a) towns and (b) cities in the UK. [Transferred] (134586) 2 Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018

6 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of UK aid to Pakistan that has been lost to corruption in each of the last five years. [Transferred] (134576)

7 Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with representatives of the devolved administrations on the work of the European Reference Networks after the UK leaves the EU. [Transferred] (134395)

8 N Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the UK is providing to victims of sexual violence by Daesh. [Transferred] (134280)

9 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve conditions for prisoners with mental health problems in prisons in England. [Transferred] (134512)

10 Alex Chalk (Cheltenham): To ask the Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to ensure (a) retailers and (b) consumers are aware of (i) the ITunes HMRC and (ii) other scams. [Transferred] (134376)

11 Vicky Ford (Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contribution the UK has made to the European Union's Global Satellite Navigation System to date. [Transferred] (134453)

12 Vicky Ford (Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contribution the UK has made to the Copernicus Programme to date. [Transferred] (134463)

13 (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department takes to ensure that those with facial disfigurements are not subject to discrimination on the basis of their appearance and emotional well-being; and if she will make a statement. [Transferred] (134377)

Questions for Answer on Monday 16 April

Questions for Written Answer

1 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2018 to Question 123531, on Attorney General: Procurement, if he will list (a) the suppliers of and (b) the purpose of the (i) the Government Legal Department's contracts with the eight strategic suppliers (ii) the CPS's six contracts with strategic suppliers, (iii) the Serious Fraud Office's three contracts with strategic suppliers and (iv) Her Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate's contracts with which two strategic suppliers. (134646) Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018 3

2 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 17 of the National Security Capabilities Review what estimate he has made of the minimum size of the Armed Forces required to deliver Joint Force 2025. (134875)

3 Lucy Allan (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of business start- ups in (a) the Telford constituency, (b) Telford and Wrekin borough, (c) Shropshire and (d) the West Midlands in each year since 2010. (134731)

4 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how his Department proposes to develop a regional approach to implementing the recommendations of the Life Sciences Industrial Strategy, as outlined in the White Paper, Industrial Strategy: Building a Britain fit for the future, published on 27 November 2017. (134745)

5 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to ensure the regions of the UK receive a proportional allocation of investments as part of the Government’s delivery of the Industrial Strategy: Life Sciences Sector Deal, published on 6 December 2017. (134746)

6 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the White Paper Industrial Strategy: Building a Britain fit for the future, published on 27 November 2017, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the equality of health outcomes between the north and south of England. (134850)

7 N David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2018 to question 128954, what assessment he has made of whether as a result of increased interconnection (a) net employment in the GB electricity generating sector will increase or decrease and (b) UK GDP contribution from the GB electricity generating sector will increase or decrease in real terms. (134744)

8 Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that recalled electrical goods are not offered for sale; and if he will make a statement. (134649)

9 Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Consumer Affairs Act 2015 on the regulation of private sales online between private individuals. (134650)

10 N Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the forthcoming consumer green paper takes steps to protect customers within the telecoms sector. (134675) 4 Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018

11 Stephen Kerr (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to make it easier for people living in properties with shared responsibilities, such as blocks of flats, to access the grant support available for installing individual electric vehicle charging points. (134729)

12 N Lesley Laird (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on government support for Burntisland Fabrications ltd. (134663)

13 N Lesley Laird (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he last discussed Burntisland Fabrications ltd with the Scottish Government. (134664)

14 N Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will make an estimate of the average (a) hourly and (b) weekly wages of (i) agency workers and (ii) directly employed staff working comparable (A) jobs and (B) sectors. (134857)

15 N Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of agency workers have been employed on pay between assignment contracts under regulation 10 of the Agency Worker Regulations 2010 in the last 12 months. (134858)

16 N Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of Regulation 10 of the Agency Worker Regulations 2010 on the pay of agency workers. (134859)

17 N Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of Part 5 of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 on pay rates for agency workers. (134860)

18 N Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to update its anaerobic digestion action and strategy plan. (134689)

19 N Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people have undertaken unpaid work periods within his Department since 2016; and how many of those people were not subsequently offered a full-time work position. (134737)

20 Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the safety of propped bottle feeder products. (134656)

21 Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate they have made of the number of shale oil wells that will be in place by (a) 2025 and (b) 2030. (134792) Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018 5

22 Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential for offshore wind to deliver significant electricity system cost reductions by 2030. (134798)

23 Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to enable onshore wind and solar developers to compete for low cost power contracts in areas where communities accept such developments. (134799)

24 N Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the timescale is for the appointment of a trade union representative to the Creative Industries Council. (134901)

25 Luke Graham (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's timescale is for eliminating mobile phone not-spots on motorways. (134700)

26 Luke Graham (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's timescale is for eliminating mobile phone not-spots on A and B roads in Scotland. (134701)

27 Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government plans to publish the report relating to the funding of Welsh language channel S4C. (134693)

28 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what his policy is on companies that sell personal data to third parties. (134673)

29 Thelma Walker (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of banning gambling adverts on television shown prior to the watershed of 9pm. (134902)

30 Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans next to meet the Press Recognition Panel. (134906)

31 N Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether non-UK EU students starting university courses in the UK in academic year 2019-20 will be charged home student fees for the full duration of their course. (134686)

32 N Tracy Brabin (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to announce the funding rate for the early years level 3 apprenticeship. (134915)

33 David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students from each socio-economic group achieved three or more A* or A grades at A level in each of the last five years. (134787) 6 Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018

34 David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to improve the quality of further education. (134788)

35 Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the equity of the procurement process for funding new apprenticeship training schemes in colleges and schools. (134657)

36 N Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the recommendation of the Centre for Mental Health's report of July 2017 entitled Against the Odds, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a Concordat for Black and Minority Ethnic Mental Health to ensure that schools prioritise young people’s mental health and well-being. (134851)

37 N Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have support mechanisms available for young people from Black and Minority Ethnic groups that are being considered for exclusion. (134852)

38 Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if the Government will expand the review into the educational outcomes of children in need of help or support to include the (a) employment, (b) housing and (c) health outcomes of that group of children. (134841)

39 Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the current level of employer demand for apprenticeships at (a) higher and (ii) degree level; and if he will make a statement. (134797)

40 Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Institute for Apprenticeship's policy document of February 2018, Faster and better: Transforming the development of quality apprenticeship standards, what steps he will take to help prospective applicants to degree apprenticeships and their advisers understand which programmes offer a degree qualification. (134814)

41 N Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department has had with (a) universities, (b) further education colleges and (c) Local Enterprise Partnerships on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and accessing such funding after the UK leaves the EU. (134912)

42 N Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions the Universities Minister has had with the Chair of the Office for Students on future representation for further education colleges and students on the Board of the Office for Students and the general governance of that Board. (134913) Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018 7

43 N Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to appoint a new permanent chief executive of the Student Loans Company. (134914)

44 N Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much from and what proportion of the adult education budget was spent on ESOL in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18. (134917)

45 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department’s policies of the Children’s Commissioner's report, Growing Up North, Look North: A generation of children await the powerhouse promise, published on 26 March 2018. (134741)

46 N Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, further his oral contribution of 26 March 2018, Official Report, column 505, when his Department plans to publish the evidential basis on which 50,000 more children would be eligible for free school meals. (134677)

47 N Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timetable is for him to appoint the chair of the Social Mobility Commission. (134926)

48 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to introduce a right for parents to send their children to the same school. (134671)

49 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of children who were fostered in 2017. (134672)

50 N (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of fraudulent dissertation-writing services for university students; and what plans he has to address that practice. (134695)

51 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the extent to which SACREs and Agreed Syllabus Conferences are fulfilling their statutory responsibilities. (134696)

52 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department takes when it learns that an individual SACRE or Agreed Syllabus Conference is experiencing difficulties in fulfilling its statutory duties; and if he will make a statement. (134697)

53 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many SACREs there are; and how many of those SACREs have no representation from humanism or other non-religious beliefs. (134698) 8 Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018

54 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for how many local authorities the agreed religious education standard is provided (a) by the local authority's own Agreed Religious Education Syllabus Conference, (b) by another local authority's Agreed Religious Education Syllabus Conference and (c) on a standard basis by RE Today. (134699)

55 N Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of potential changes in trading opportunities for British beet sugar after the UK leaves the EU. [R] (134867)

56 N Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure British farmers remain internationally competitive. [R] (134868)

57 Steve Double (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to consult on reforming the Packaging Recovery Note system. (134676)

58 N Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government plans to undertake a review of its waste prevention programmes in compliance with the Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC). (134687)

59 N Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with the representatives of the devolved administrations on shared principles for environmental protection after the UK leaves the EU. (134690)

60 John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase UK fishing quotas after the UK leaves the EU. (134655)

61 Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has plans reduce the size of the guide for the mid-tier manual and supplements. (134916)

62 N Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether UK representatives will be able to (a) attend and (b) participate in meetings of the (i) European Aviation Safety Authority, (ii) European Medicines Agency and (iii) the European Chemicals Agency after 1 April 2019. (134685)

63 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the Government's policy is on adapting domestic law in the case of changes to existing EU regulations that will come into force after the UK has left the EU. (134896)

64 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what his policy is on implementing EU regulations which have implementation acts set to be drafted after the UK has left the EU. (134897) Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018 9

65 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what his policy is on adopting future EU regulations after the UK has left the EU. (134898)

66 Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions has he had with (a) pharmaceutical and (b) aerospace industry representatives in Northern Ireland on licencing in trade talks with the EU. (134780)

67 N Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the Government plans to make an economic analysis of its final deal on leaving the EU available to Members before a decision on it is taken in Parliament; and if he will make a statement. (134796)

68 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment the Department has made of the link between its recruitment and performance reward practices and its gender pay gap. (134644)

69 Sir Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the openness to trade in UK (a) goods and (b) services of developing countries in receipt of UK aid broken down by recipient country. (134882)

70 Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has (a) made and (b) received representations from the charitable sector on the effectiveness of people- to-people or coexistence projects. (134884)

71 Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what consultation her Department had prior to the announcement of the People For Peaceful Change project in Israel. (134885)

72 Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate she has made of the number of Rohingya refugees crossing the Bangladesh-Burma border; and what assessment she has made of the capacity of refugee camps in Bangladesh to cope with the number of refugees entering that country. (134895)

73 Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the UK's gross national income which has been invested in overseas aid in each of the last 10 years; and what comparative estimate her Department has made of those proportions and the proportions spent by other EU countries. (134783)

74 N Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the delivery and distribution of aid, including food, to Yemen through the ports. (134881) 10 Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018

75 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking directly through local organisations based inside Syria to support civilians evacuating from Eastern Ghouta to Idlib; and what funding her Department (a) has made and (b) plans to make available to those organisations. (134702)

76 Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the merits of the proposed transfer of Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char Island. (134863)

77 Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has made an assessment of the viability of Bhasan Char Island the relocation of Rohingya refugees. (134864)

78 Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has received assurances from her counterpart in the Bangladesh Government on the adequacy of food, water and other resources for Rohingya refugees relocated to Bhasan Char Island. (134865)

79 Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to contribute to the relocation of Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char Island. (134866)

80 Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what information the Government holds on the proportion of outward trade flows from UK ports which represents goods which originated from outside the UK in each of the last five years; and if he will publish that information by (a) country of origin and (b) sector. (134781)

81 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in South Africa on that country's proposal to impose higher tariffs on British poultry products. (134708)

82 N Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of the ML4 rated arms licenses issued for export to Saudi Arabia was utilised in the period (a) 1 March 2013 to 28 February 2015 and (b) and 1 March 2015 to 30 June 2017. [Transferred] (134551)

83 N Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for which periods since 2010, members of the the Gulf Cooperation Council received a green rating for each of the 22 groups of military items on the UK Strategic Export Control Lists. (134889)

84 N Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, by what methodology the RAG ratings used by desk officers within the Export Control Joint Unit are determined. (134891) Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018 11

85 N Ms (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support and encourage aviation companies to research and develop new aircraft and engine technologies to reduce noise emissions. (134753)

86 N Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 23 January 2017 to Question 60536, what plans his Department has to record the level of aircraft noise in Camberwell and Peckham; and what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the addition of a third runway at Heathrow Airport on noise levels in Camberwell and Peckham. (134755)

87 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department provides to community transport providers in (a) Newcastle, (b) the North East of England and (c) England. (134734)

88 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support community transport initiatives in the North East of England. (134736)

89 Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on introducing a part-time season ticket for rail. (134790)

90 Lee Rowley (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on securing funding for a third New Stations Fund. (134735)

91 N Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the second remedial plan for Govia Thameslink Railway will be published. (134861)

92 Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of dualling and upgrading the A1237 in York. (134854)

93 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether HS2 Ltd has made an assessment of the area that would potentially be affected by debris in the event of a high-speed incident at the point where HS2 will pass through Crofton. (134647)

94 Tom Tugendhat (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what targets his Department sets to measure the performance of the Southeastern rail franchise. (134721)

95 Thelma Walker (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to review The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989,1989 No. 1796, PART III, Regulation 27; what assessment his Department has made of the effect of brighter car headlamps on other road users; and if he will make a statement. (134899) 12 Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018

96 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to universal credit claimants who have deductions in their standard allowance in Part 4 of their monthly award letters, excluding managed payments to landlords, how many and what proportion of claimants of universal credit have been subject to a deduction in their standard allowance in each of the past twelve months. (134870)

97 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to universal credit claimants who have deductions in their standard allowance in Part 4 of their monthly award letters, excluding managed payments to landlords, how many and what proportion of claimants of monthly awards for universal credit have had greater than 40 per cent of the standard allowance taken in deductions and recoveries during the last 12 months for which information is available. (134871)

98 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to universal credit claimants who have deductions in their standard allowance in Part 4 of their monthly award letters, excluding managed payments to landlords, how many and what proportion of claimants have had 40 per cent or more of their standard allowance deducted in (a) one and (b) more than one month, in the last 12 months for which information is available. (134872)

99 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to universal credit claimants who have deductions in their standard allowance in Part 4 of their monthly award letters, excluding managed payments to landlords, how many and what proportion of claimants have had (a) 20 per cent and (b) more than 20 per cent of their standard allowance taken off in (i) one and (ii) more than one month in the last 12 months for which information is available. (134873)

100 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit deductions for (a) rent and (b) service charges have been taken at the (i) 20 per cent higher rate, (ii) between 10 per cent and 20 per cent and (iii) the 10 per cent lower rate in the last 12 months for which information is available. (134874)

101 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the average rate was of deductions from universal credit for (a) rent and (b) service charges in the last 12 months for which information is available. (134876)

102 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit deductions for (a) fines and (b) compensation orders are taken (i) £108.35, (ii) a rate between 5 percent of standard allowance and £108.35 and (iii) 5 per cent of standard allowance in the last 12 months for which information is available. (134877) Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018 13

103 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average rate was at which deductions from universal credit were made to pay (a) fines and (b) compensation orders in the last 12 months for which information is available. (134878)

104 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to universal credit claimants who have deductions in their standard allowance in Part 4 of their monthly award letters, excluding managed payments to landlords, what the average proportion of claimants’ standard allowance was in the last 12 months for which information is available. (134879)

105 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to universal credit claimants who have deductions in their standard allowance in Part 4 of their monthly award letters, excluding managed payments to landlords, what the average amount taken was from a claimants standard allowance in the last 12 months for which information is available. (134880)

106 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): 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. [Transferred] (134457)

107 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households remain to be contacted with respect to the change in Support for Mortgage Interest. (134890)

108 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working-age households have been contacted with respect to the change in Support for Mortgage Interest. (134892)

109 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in receipt of pension credit and support for mortgage interest have applied for the replacement loan when support for mortgage interest ends in April 2018. (134893)

110 N Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department provides to job clubs run by Christians Against Poverty; what the nature of that support is; and at which locations those job clubs are based. (134658)

111 N Lesley Laird (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants have been successful on appeal at tribunal against decisions to reject those claims in (a) Scotland and (b) Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency in each of the last three years. (134662) 14 Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018

112 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of trends in the level businesses terminating employment contracts temporarily during building work in those businesses. (134638)

113 Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the use of electronic vaping devices on smoker mortality levels. (134903)

114 N Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement of 28 March 2018 that Halton Hospital within Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, was unsuccessful in its bid to receive Sustainability and Transformation Partnership capital funding, whether he plans to allocate additional funding for (a) capital investment and (b) health provision to that area. (134855)

115 N Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of his Department's decision of 28 March 2018, not fund a new Hospital at Halton though sustainability and transformation partnership capital funding on the provision of health services in Halton and Warrington NHS Trust area. (134856)

116 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average autism diagnosis waiting time for children under the age of 18 has been for each year since 2010. (134709)

117 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the longest autism diagnosis waiting time for children under the age of 18 has been for each year since 2010. (134710)

118 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average autism diagnosis waiting time for adults was in each year since 2010. (134711)

119 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the longest autism diagnosis waiting time for adults was in each year since 2010. (134712)

120 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children aged (a) four to five and (b) 10 to 11 years were recorded as obese in (i) England, (ii) London, (iii) each primary care trust in London and (iv) each London borough in 2016-17. (134714)

121 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information is provided to new mothers on spotting the signs and symptoms of sepsis in young children and infants. (134715)

122 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children had scalded skin syndrome in each of the last five years. (134716) Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018 15

123 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children (a) contracted and (b) died of meningitis B in each of the last five years for which figures are available. (134717)

124 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of rickets among children and young people there were in each of the last 10 years. (134718)

125 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the public health responsibility deal on obesity rates among (a) adults and (b) children. (134719)

126 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his Cabinet colleagues on measures to protect children from junk food marketing. (134720)

127 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings have taken place between NHS Improvement and NHS trusts to agree plans to improve their financial position since 2010; which providers have had such meetings with NHS Improvement; and when each such meeting took place. (134722)

128 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total annual cost to the NHS was of hospital contract funerals under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 in each year between 2010 and 2017. (134723)

129 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many companies which comprised a single person were paid for services by NHS trusts since 2010. (134724)

130 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many deaths were recorded of (a) patients awaiting the arrival of an ambulance and (b) patients in an ambulance by each ambulance service in each year since 2010. (134725)

131 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the (a) number and (b) proportion of junior doctors who work on average more than (i) 48, (ii) 56, (iii) 72 and (iv) 91 hours a week. (134726)

132 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the nurse vacancy rate was on 1 December in each year since 2010. (134727)

133 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average monthly occupancy level was for adult acute admission wards in each year since 2010. (134728) 16 Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018

134 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS trusts do not have buildings insurance cover in excess of £5 million. (134730)

135 Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the trends in the (a) availability of sexual health clinics and (b) waiting times for appointments to see clinicians in those clinics. (134883)

136 N Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on the application of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to private healthcare providers in respect of information they hold on behalf of the NHS. (134862)

137 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): 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. (134789)

138 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): 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. (134791)

139 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): 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. (134793)

140 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on the decision to disband its specialist team focused on combating female genital mutilation. (134817)

141 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on how strategic planning to combat female genital mutilation will take place after the decision was taken to disband the specialist team focused on that issue. (134818)

142 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on ensuring that there is co-ordination between local (a) NHS trusts, (b) police forces and (c) police and crime commissioners as a result of the decision to disband the specialist team in NHS England focused on such co-ordination. (134819)

143 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on ensuring NHS staff are appropriately trained in how to detect and report female genital mutilation (FGM) and support patients who have been subjected to FGM after the decision was taken to disband the specialist FGM team. (134820) Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018 17

144 Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that children can access mental health care. (134840)

145 Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for children's mental health services. (134842)

146 N Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what range of dental treatment was available on the NHS free of charge for people on low incomes in each of the last seven years. (134767)

147 Mrs (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of places in the PrEP Impact Trial are currently filled. (134785)

148 Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for all sites participating in the PrEP Impact Trial to be live. (134786)

149 Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2018 to Question 129467, if he will take steps to encourage podiatrists to seek leadership positions in foot protection services. (134811)

150 Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2018 to Question 129467, if he will mandate that the 2018 National Diabetes Footcare Audit commissioner survey includes questions on adherence to each aspect of NICE Clinical Guidance 19. (134812)

151 Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2018 to Question 129469, what assessment he has made of the level of variation in practice since the publication of the NICE guideline of August 2015, Diabetic foot problems: prevention and management. (134813)

152 N Darren Jones (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish its green paper on older people's social care. (134678)

153 Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many accident and emergency visits there were for minor ailments in each clinical commissioning group in each year since 2012-13. (134846)

154 Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of calls made to NHS 111 resulted in a referral to pharmacy in (a) England and (b) each clinical commissioning group in each year since 2012- 13. (134847) 18 Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018

155 Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the monitoring of individual Quality Statement measures in the NICE Quality Standard on Spondyloarthritis, to be published in June 2018. (134742)

156 Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the publication of the Rheumatoid and Early Inflammatory Arthritis Annual Report; and whether that report will include additional data collection for spondyloarthritis patients. (134743)

157 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2018 to Question 129509, on Chiropody, what the name of the NHS Digital healthcare workforce information working group will be. (134837)

158 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March to Question 129509, on Chiropody, what plans the NHS Digital healthcare workforce information working group has to consult (a) external organisations and (b) professional bodies. (134838)

159 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 5 March to Question 129509, on Chiropody, what the timetable is for the NHS Digital healthcare workforce information working group to report. (134839)

160 Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of IVF cycles in 2013 in which at least 20 eggs were collected. (134756)

161 Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of IVF cycles in 2014 in which at least 20 eggs were collected. (134759)

162 Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of IVF cycles in 2015 in which at least 20 eggs were collected. (134761)

163 Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of IVF cycles in 2016 in which at least 20 eggs were collected. (134762)

164 Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of IVF cycles in 2017 in which at least 20 eggs were collected. (134764)

165 Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of IVF cycles in which more than 30 eggs were collected in the last five years. (134765) Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018 19

166 Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of IVF cycles in which more than 40 eggs were collected in the last five years. (134766)

167 Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of IVF cycles in which more than 50 eggs were collected in the last five years. (134768)

168 Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of IVF cycles in which more than 60 eggs were collected in the last five years. (134769)

169 Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of IVF cycles in which more than 70 eggs were collected in the last five years. (134770)

170 Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of egg donor cycles in 2013 in which at least 20 eggs were collected. (134771)

171 Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of egg donor cycles in 2013 in which at least 20 eggs were collected. (134772)

172 Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of IVF cycles in 2015 in which at least 20 eggs were collected. (134773)

173 Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of IVF cycles in 2016 in which at least 20 eggs were collected. (134774)

174 Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of IVF cycles in 2017 in which at least 20 eggs were collected. (134775)

175 Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority places limitations on the number of times an egg donor can be stimulated with drugs to donate eggs in each year. (134776)

176 Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority places limitations on the number of times an egg donor can be stimulated with drugs to donate eggs in her lifetime. (134777) 20 Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018

177 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer to 21 March 2018 to Question 133791, what the outcome was of recent discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence with reference to access to Orkambi for people with cystic fibrosis. (134738)

178 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2018 to Question 133793 on Cystic Fibrosis, what information his Department holds on the geographical spread in England of those people. (134739)

179 Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time people with Parkinson’s disease to (a) be assessed for deep brain stimulation and (b) receive deep brain stimulation treatment, in each of the last three years. (134648)

180 (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to improve out-of-school mental health support for children and young people. (134848)

181 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to establish waiting time targets for (a) elective surgery and (b) A&E waiting times. (134849)

182 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department provides guidance to NHS trusts on establishing one-stop shops for people with multiple medical conditions; and if he will make a statement. (134654)

183 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will fund the air ambulance in Northern Ireland. (134669)

184 N Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with Public Health England to raise awareness of group B Strep; and how that work will feature in his Department's sepsis awareness campaign. (134750)

185 N Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the sleep-in back pay liability for providers in Hampshire. (134928)

186 N Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions Halton Clinical Commissioning Group has had with local hospitals on winter pressures; and at what level of the organisation those discussions took place. (134661)

187 N Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many elective surgery cases for patients living in Halton constituency were cancelled between October 2017 and February 2018; and which procedures were so cancelled. (134747) Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018 21

188 N Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in Halton constituency were detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in each year since 2012. (134749)

189 Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of putting in place a single management team to run the Halton Clinical Commissioning Group and Warrington Clinical Commissioning Group. (134918)

190 Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2018 to Question 132573 on Halton Clinical Commissioning Group, how many additional hours the interim Chief Officer for that Clinical Commissioning Group works each week. (134935)

191 Thelma Walker (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government's mandate to NHS England for 2018-19, published on 20 March 2018, for reasons the elective surgery waiting time of 18 weeks and the emergency waiting time of 4 hours will not be met until 2020. (134904)

192 Thelma Walker (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government's mandate to NHS England for 2018-19, published on 20 March 2018, what plans his Department has to ensure that the elective surgery and emergency waiting times will be maintained at levels set out in previous years' mandates to NHS England. (134905)

193 Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that all homosexual citizens in British Overseas Territories have access to the institution of marriage. (134938)

194 Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department work on (a) the preventing sexual violence initiative and (b) the preventing sexual violence team of experts; and of those staff, how many of are deployed overseas. (134888)

195 Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of levels of violence and displacement in Rakhine State. (134894)

196 Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the political situation in Malaysia in the run-up to general elections this year. (134834)

197 Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of proposed electoral boundary changes in Malaysia on the veracity of the general election in that country. (134835) 22 Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018

198 Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to his counterpart in the Malaysian Government on the potential effect of proposed legislation to criminalise fake news on freedom of speech in that country. (134836)

199 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): 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. (134794)

200 Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in Uzbekistan on freedom of religion. (134784)

201 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on ensuring access for Christians to churches in Jerusalem. (134713)

202 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress has been made on the Khartoum process in relation to human trafficking in the Mediterranean. (134740)

203 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the US administration on the sanctions regime affecting Sudan. (134748)

204 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role the Government is playing in ensuring that oil revenues are distributed fairly and according to international agreement between the Governments of Sudan and South Sudan. (134752)

205 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Government in Turkey on ending the attacks on the Christian community in Syria. (134900)

206 N Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the UK Government is taking to (a) support UN Resolution 2401 on the humanitarian crisis in Syria, and (b) collect evidence of (i) violations of international humanitarian law and (ii) crimes against humanity. (134833)

207 N Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative experts have been deployed to Bangladesh to work with Rohingya refugees. (134703)

208 N Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department is planning to send election observers to the upcoming Colombian election. (134704) Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018 23

209 N Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department is planning to send election observers to the upcoming Mexican election. (134705)

210 N Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department is planning to send election observers to the upcoming Brazilian election. (134706)

211 Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps is his Department taking to improve the effectiveness of the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism for Yemen. (134674)

212 Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the extent to which the appointment of Professor Dr Martin Selmayr as Secretary General of the European Commission followed professionally approved procedures; and if he will make a statement. (134810)

213 N Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of changes in the level of violence in northern Iraq; and what recent reports he has received of deaths of civilians and security personnel caused by Islamic State in that region. (134805)

214 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has held with his counterpart in Burundi on (a) human rights and (b) the rule of law in Burundi; and if he will make a statement. (134911)

215 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he made any representations to the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or to the Government of the People's Republic of China as a result of the findings of the Tenth Report of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Session 2014-15, The UK's relations with Hong Kong: 30 years after the Joint Declaration, HC 649. (134653)

216 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he discussed the cases of UK citizens facing execution in Saudi Arabia during his recent meetings with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. (134640)

217 N Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the US administration on the maintenance of the presidential policy guidance on use of drone strikes issued under President Obama; and if he will make a statement. (134642)

218 N Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated net cost to the public purse in England is of gun licensing and certification. (134807) 24 Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018

219 Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on ensuring that the costs to the public purse of gun licensing and certification are covered by the fees charged to the public for those licenses and certificates. (134808)

220 N Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken to conclude a visa application was in each of the last seven years; and steps her Department is taking to reduce the time it takes to process such applications. (134758)

221 N Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on tackling knife crime in each of the last seven years. (134763)

222 Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received reports of disciplinary action initiated against Special Branch officers communicating with organisations or individuals that blacklisted construction workers. [R] (134821)

223 Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she and her predecessors were briefed by the Metropolitan Police Commissioner on Special Branch officers communicating with organisations or individuals that blacklisted construction workers. [R] (134909)

224 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation her Department undertook on the definition of torture set out in The Detention Centre (Amendment) Rules 2018 and the Immigration Act 2016: Revised Guidance on adults at risk in immigration detention published on 21st March, S.I No. 411/2018, published on 21 March 2018. (134809)

225 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to introduce the new route to Indefinite Leave for Remain (IDR) for self-employed Turkish business people in the UK under the European Community Association Agreement with Turkey (Ankara Agreement) Business Persons visa category; what principles her Department will apply in designing the new route to ILR; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the new route complies with the UK’s obligations under the Ankara Agreement. (134853)

226 N Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 1.8 of the Migration Advisory Committee’s report of 27 March 2018, EEA-workers in the UK labour market: Interim Update, what steps he plans to take to address employers' concerns that without employing migrants, they would not be able to address the skill shortages they are currently facing. [Transferred] (134610) Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018 25

227 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will increase funding for accredited English language teaching for refugees. (134707)

228 N (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to three related letters from the hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich dated 21 August 2017, 22 November 2017 and 22 January 2018 regarding his constituent’s enquiry on the performance of UK Visas and Immigration. (134694)

229 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what step her Department is taking support (a) child and (b) young adult migrants on arrival in the UK. (134641)

230 N Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were employed in (a) Halton constituency and (b) Cheshire in each year since 2010. (134751)

231 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Commonwealth-born citizens were detained by UK immigration services between January 2015 and January 2018. (134826)

232 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that U.K Visas and Immigration have adequate resources to meet an increase in applications before the 2020 cut- off date for non-UK EU nationals. (134919)

233 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to establish a comprehensive register of non-UK EU citizens in the UK. (134920)

234 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time is for UK Visas and Immigration to process a visa application. (134921)

235 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unprocessed visa applications there are and what steps she is taking to reduce that number. (134922)

236 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many family reunion visa applications were processed within service standards in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017. (134923)

237 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many notifications that require no further action are sent on average to applicants for Tier 4 visas. (134924)

238 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to simplify the process of applying for a tier 4 visa. (134925) 26 Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018

239 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken since the first quarter of 2016 to reduce fraud in the English language testing system. (134927)

240 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken to improve the speed at which outstanding asylum applications are completed. (134930)

241 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of all new and outstanding asylum applications were completed in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c)2017. (134932)

242 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were repatriated to countries her Department considered to be unsafe at the time of their repatriation in 2017. (134933)

243 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees from Syria had their application for refugee status granted in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017. (134934)

244 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government projects that the target of accepting 20,000 Syrian refugees will be met by 2020. (134936)

245 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied child asylum seekers have been resettled in the UK since the first quarter of 2016. (134937)

246 N Dr Philippa Whitford (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many tier 2 visa applications for positions in Scotland were accepted, declined or deferred in each month from September 2016 to March 2018. (134800)

247 N Dr Philippa Whitford (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many tier 2 visa applications for positions in Wales were accepted, declined or deferred in each month from September 2016 to March 2018. (134801)

248 N Dr Philippa Whitford (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many tier 2 visa applications for positions in Northern Ireland were accepted, declined or deferred in each month from September 2016 to March 2018. (134802)

249 N Dr Philippa Whitford (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many tier 2 visa applications for positions in England were accepted, declined or deferred in each month from September 2016 to March 2018. (134803) Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018 27

250 N Dr Philippa Whitford (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many tier 2 visa applications for positions in the NHS were accepted, declined or deferred in each month from September 2016 to March 2018. (134804)

251 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Prime Minister of 28 March 2018, whether the £600 million for the Dreadnought program has been allocated from the centrally held £0.8 billion contingency for nuclear projects. (134829)

252 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 17 of the National Security Capability Review, when his Department plans to bring forward proposals for changes to the compensation paid to (a) injured personnel and (b) families of those killed on operations. (134869)

253 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 31 of the National Security Capabilities Review, published in July 2017, which countries have taken part in International Defence Training courses; and how many nationals of those countries have taken part in each such course since 2015. (134910)

254 N Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to counter resurgence of Islamic State in northern Iraq. (134806)

255 N Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2018 to Question 132489, on what basis he plans to decide to run an open tender competition to replace the RAF's airborne early warning aircraft; and if he will make a statement. (134754)

256 N Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2018 to Question 132489, on AWACS, if he will identify in the tender process the long-term (a) support and (b) maintenance costs in the value for money assessment; and if he will make a statement. (134778)

257 N Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2018 to Question 132489, on AWACS, whether he has allocated an out of service date for the current RAF airborne early warning aircraft; and if he will make a statement. (134779)

258 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money his Department spent (a) on each website and (b) in total on those websites on which apprenticeship advertisements aimed at people aged between 16–19 years-old in each of the last three financial years. [Transferred] (134416) 28 Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018

259 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's total spend was on advertisements for apprenticeship schemes aimed at people between 16 and 19 years-old was on (a) Facebook and (b) Twitter in each of the last three financial years. [Transferred] (134417)

260 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many residents in Service Family Accommodation are paying (a) reduced and (b) no rent as a result of the standard of accommodation in each of the last three years. (134636)

261 Lucy Allan (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people have purchased a property through the Help to Buy scheme in (a) the Telford constituency, (b) Telford and Wrekin borough, (c) Shropshire, (d) the West Midlands and (e) the UK since the inception of that scheme. (134732)

262 Lucy Allan (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many properties purchased through the Help to Buy scheme in (a) Telford constituency, (b) Telford and Wrekin borough and (c) England were purchased by (i) leasehold and (ii) freehold in each year since the inception of that scheme. (134733)

263 N Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how he has allocated new burdens funding to local authorities to fulfil the provisions of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 during the first two years of its implementation. (134665)

264 N Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on how much each local authority has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on temporary accommodation in the last three years; and if he will make a statement. (134666)

265 N Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government, what plans he has to allocate funding to fulfil the provisions of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 after 2019-20. (134667)

266 N (Kensington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason households in the area surrounding Grenfell Tower which were made homeless by the Grenfell Tower fire are excluded from statistics on the rehousing process for survivors of that fire. (134823)

267 N Emma Dent Coad (Kensington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will ensure that all households made homeless by the Grenfell Tower fire regardless of whether they lived in that tower are offered secure tenancies when they are rehoused. (134824) Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018 29

268 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to parish councils on compliance the General Data Protection Regulation; and if he will make a statement. (134815)

269 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance has been provided in respect of parish meetings on compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation; and if he will make a statement. (134816)

270 Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the level of housing benefit (a) fraud and and (b) overpayments in each region of England and Wales in each year since 2015. (134782)

271 Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing funding for accredited English language teaching for all refugees. (134844)

272 Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding the Government has provided for accredited English language teaching for refugees in each of the last 10 years. (134845)

273 N John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer 26 March 2018 to Question 133275 on Right to Buy Scheme, if he will set out the data that he has refused to publish for the reason that it quickly falls out of date in each year since 2010. (134651)

274 N Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the practice of local authorities charging residents to dispose of DIY household waste. (134886)

275 N Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 20 of his Department's Litter Strategy for England, published in April 2017, what definition his Department uses for household waste; and if he will make a statement. (134887)

276 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the proposal by inspection report on Northamptonshire County Council to create two unitary councils in Northamptonshire on shared services between South Northamptonshire District Council and Cherwell District Council in Oxfordshire; and if he will make a statement. (134825) 30 Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018

277 N Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has provided funding to (a) local authorities, (b) combined authorities and (c) elected mayors for contingency planning for the UK leaving the EU. (134929)

278 Sir Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the merits of the UK continuing to send representatives to sit on the Committee of the Regions. (134831)

279 Sir Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of sending UK representatives to the Committee of the Regions in each of the last three years for which data is available. (134832)

280 Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2018 to Question 130480 on Housing: Construction, in the event that (a) a local authority does not have enough brownfield land left to meet their objectively assessed need and (b) neighbouring authorities cannot meet their unmet need would a Local Plan that does not meet objectively assessed housing need be passed by a Planning Inspector. (134643)

281 Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the unduly lenient sentence scheme to certain cases tried at Magistrates Courts. (134692)

282 Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask Secretary of State for Justice, how many Albanian nationals are in the prison population in England and Wales; and what proportion of the total prison population that number represents. (134795)

283 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Government's press release, Sentences for animal cruelty to increase tenfold to five years, published on 30 September 2017, what progress his Department has made on bringing forward legislative proposals to increase sentences for animal cruelty in the agriculture industry. (134637)

284 Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many students took a GCSE in Agriculture and Land Use in each of the last three years. (134659)

285 Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many schools offered a GCSE in Agriculture and Land Use in 2017. (134660)

286 N Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the target audience was for his Department's Exporting is GREAT Facebook campaign. (134679) Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018 31

287 N Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, for what reason his Department's Facebook advertising campaign entitled Budget 2017 was targeted at people interested in issues connected to the armed forces. (134680)

288 Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to encourage financial technology firms to relocate to the UK. (134757)

289 Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to review money laundering regulations to take into account the effect of cryptocurrencies. (134760)

290 N Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2018 to Question 130922, what the funding methodology was for the allocation of rail funding to the Scottish Government for Control Period 5. (134827)

291 N Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2018 to Question 130922, on Railways: Scotland, if he will publish the (a) criteria and (b) methodology for the Barnett Consequential element of the Control Period 6 rail funding allocation to the Scottish Government. (134828)

292 N Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the funding methodology is for the allocation of rail funding within England and Wales for Control Period 6. (134830)

293 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2018 to Question 133309, how much income tax was paid by people who fall under the jurisdiction of HMRC’s high net worth unit in each year between 2000 and 2009. (134822)

294 Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA's) Final Notice on the mis- selling by Vanquis Bank of its repayment option plan, whether other banks are being investigated by the FCA for potentially mis-selling similar products. (134681)

295 Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he is aware of any potential cases of banks mis-selling debt (a) waiver and (b) freeze products on a scale similar to that of Vanquis Bank. (134682)

296 Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) he and (b) the Financial Conduct Authority plan to investigate the potential mis-selling of debt waiver or debt freeze products by other banks similar to those produced by Vanquis Bank. (134683) 32 Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 March 2018

297 Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Financial Conduct Authority's Final Notice on Vanquis Bank, what assessment (a) he and (b) the FCA have made of the potential merits of updating the Financial Services Authority and Office of Fair Trading's 2013 joint guidance on the conduct of firms selling and administering payment protection products. (134684)

298 Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to promote community banking facilities. (134691)

299 David Linden (Glasgow East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff employed by HMRC are working on the development of the Customs Declaration Service due for roll-out in August 2018. (134688)

300 Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Education of 13 March 2018, Official Report, Column 802, on what date in October 2018 the childcare vouchers scheme will close to new applicants. (134931)

301 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the sovereignty and independence of states of high levels of debt. (134668)

302 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the contribution of the discussion paper from the FCA published on Monday 12 March 2018 entitled Transforming culture in financing services to addressing the issues raised by failures in the banking and finance sector over the last 10-15 years. (134652)

303 N Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average number of calls has been to the HMRC Childcare system hotline per day since that hotline was established; and what the average length of each call has been. (134907)

304 N Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of people using HMRC's online service for tax-free childcare have experienced technical problems; and how many accounts remain unresolved. (134908)

305 N Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the technical issues which are affecting the Childcare service; and what the timetable is for those issues to be resolved. (134639)

306 (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the effect the proposed reforms to supported housing on the financial sustainability of women’s refuges. (134843)

307 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what her policy is on salary equality between male and female staff carrying out the same role. (134670)