Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018

Questions tabled on Wednesday 28 February 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 1 March

Questions for Written Answer

1 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding the Government plans to provide to support care providers in funding the (a) historical capital costs and (b) ongoing revenue costs of complying with the recent tribunal ruling on sleep-in payments and the national minimum wage. [Transferred] (130144)

2 N Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what guidance his Department provides to postgraduate funding bodies which have no standard policy on paid sick leave for PhD students. [Transferred] (129595)

3 Ged Killen (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2018 to Question 125135, on Housing: Broadband, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of that brokered agreement. [Transferred] (130108)

4 Ged Killen (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2018 to Question 125135, on Housing: Broadband, if she will make initial reports on the effectiveness of the Government's brokered agreement available to (a) the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee and (b) the Scottish Affairs Select Committee inquiry into digital connectivity in Scotland. [Transferred] (130109) 2 Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018

5 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount spent by local authorities in the UK on Smoke Control Area enforcement in each year since 1992 up to the latest year for which data is available; and if he will make a statement. [Transferred] (130053)

6 Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to European Commission's recent decision to register imports of new and retreaded tyres imported from China, what guidance his Department is providing to UK companies importing such tyres from China. [Transferred] (129950)

7 Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of the National Maritime Single Window pilot exercise. [Transferred] (130134)

8 N Ian Austin ( North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the proposed transfer of staff employed by HMRC at its Waterfront offices in Dudley to the Department for Work and Pensions has been cancelled. [Transferred] (129590)

9 Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, whether the Government plans to attend the UN High- Level Conference on Nuclear Disarmament in May. [Transferred] (130189)

10 Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, what steps the Government is taking to support gradual multilateral nuclear disarmament. [Transferred] (130190)

11 Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, what steps she is taking to improve awareness of cyber fraud amongst the public. [Transferred] (130001)

12 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, how many cases were referred to the Trafficking Victim Support Scheme in each year since 2010; and which organisation made each such referral. [Transferred] (130255)

13 Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will assess the health and economic benefits of legalising cannabis for medical use. [Transferred] (130113)

14 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Deptartment, what the Government's policy is on the destruction of security service files on the political activities of private individuals. [Transferred] (130171)

15 Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of applying the new technology developed to detect jihadi content online to the tackling of republican terrorism in Northern Ireland. [Transferred] (129949) Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018 3

16 Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of RegTech's potential effect on reducing the administrative burden of regulation. [Transferred] (129986)

Questions for Answer on Monday 5 March

Questions for Written Answer

1 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed on (a) short-term contracts and (b) in temporary positions in all sectors of the economy in each of the last three months. (130370)

2 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the year-on-year changes to average weekly incomes in each constituency in each of the last 5 years. [Transferred] (130062)

3 (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2018 to Question 128318, on the One Public Estate Programme, how many of those submitted applications included partnerships with government departments. (130360)

4 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2018 to Question 128095, on Government Departments: Procurement, whether any payment was made to that third party. (130363)

5 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2018 to Question 128092, whether it is his policy that contracts would be assessed to be of sufficient risk that Open Book Contract Management would be used in cases where the supplier of such contracts is a strategic supplier who has triggered one of the high risk criteria in the Strategic Suppliers Risk Management Policy. (130364)

6 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2018 to Question 128315, on One Public Estate Programme, how many such grants have been offered; to whom those grants have been awarded; and how much money each offeree has received. (130372)

7 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2018 to Question 128318, on One Public Estate Programme, if he will provide that same data by whether those bids were successful. (130378) 4 Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018

8 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of fuel poverty in (a) Coventry and (b) the . [Transferred] (130016)

9 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support the wave and tidal energy sector in the South West. (130272)

10 James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Secretary of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support the UK hospitality industry’s job growth target of employing an additional 19,000 jobs in the sector by 2020. (130336)

11 James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to support the hospitality industry’s upcoming campaign entitled Hospitality Works; and if he will make a statement. (130337)

12 James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations his Department has received on the potential effect on the hospitality sector of the proposed merger between the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers and the British Hospitality Association. (130338)

13 Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential (a) merits and (b) costs of introducing a cap of £5,000 rather than £2,500 on landlord contributions to domestic private rented sector energy efficiency schemes. (130523)

14 N Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the British intellectual property sector and the businesses that rely upon that sector. (130361)

15 Stephen Kerr (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to inform consumers of (a) the limitations on the interoperability of first generation meters when changing energy supplier and (b) how those limitations will be tackled through the roll-out of second generation meters. (130269)

16 Stephen Kerr (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to take steps to encourage companies to improve the health and well-being of their employees. (130270)

17 Stephen Kerr (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, What discussions his Department has held with the devolved administrations on the Government's response to the Matthew Taylor review of modern working practices; and what the outcomes of those discussions were. (130415) Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018 5

18 Stephen Kerr (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Government on (a) the Productivity Leadership Group and (b) the scope of that group's activities with Scottish businesses. (130416)

19 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2018 to Question 128441, Fracking: Wells, what the evidential basis is for statement that the estimate that there could be 155 fracking wells by around 2025 is considered out of date. (130433)

20 N Ms Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support job creation schemes in St Helens South and Whiston constituency; and how much Regional Growth Fund money has been allocated to (a) that constituency and (b) the North West.. (130284)

21 N John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, by what year the Office for Nuclear Regulation is planning to deliver a Euratom-equivalent UK State System for Accountability for and Control of nuclear material. (130468)

22 N John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many candidates have (a) applied, (b) been successful and (c) been rejected for positions in the new nuclear Safeguards Inspectorate in the Office for Nuclear Regulation. (130469)

23 N John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the value is of the spending commitments that the Office for Nuclear Regulation has been authorised to make as part of the project to establish a UK State System for Accountability and Control of nuclear material. (130470)

24 Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Government has invested in the roll-out of superfast broadband in the South West. (130276)

25 Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Government has invested in the roll-out of superfast broadband in South Gloucestershire. (130277)

26 Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Government has invested in the roll-out of superfast broadband in the Thornbury and Yate constituency. (130278)

27 Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many homes have been connected to superfast broadband in the South West. (130279) 6 Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018

28 Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many homes have been connected to superfast broadband in South Gloucestershire. (130280)

29 Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many homes have been connected to superfast broadband in the Thornbury and Yate constituency. (130281)

30 Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to increase access to full fibre-to-the-property broadband in rural areas. (130282)

31 Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that internet service providers supply customers with the internet speeds that they have advertised. (130283)

32 Scott Mann (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much National Lottery funding (a) North Cornwall and (b) Cornwall has received in each year since 2010. (130503)

33 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which members of his Department's board are responsible for ensuring the proper application of the business appointment rules for former Ministers and senior civil servants. (130299)

34 N Tracy Brabin (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) he, (b) his predecessor, (c) current or former Ministers of his Department and (d) officials of his Department held meetings with contractors who had been encouraged to apply to carry out work relating to the incoming early years baseline assessment in which that assessment was discussed and before details of the contracts were made public. (130322)

35 N Tracy Brabin (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to begin collecting information on the proportion of children accessing 30 hours of free childcare from (a) single and (b) two parent households. (130533)

36 N Tracy Brabin (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to include the performance management of teachers in the early years baseline assessment. (130534)

37 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of school leavers have participated in higher education in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry in each year since 2010. (130373)

38 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contingency plans his Department has made to manage the teachers' pensions scheme in the event that Capita being unable to fulfil its contractual obligations. (130271) Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018 7

39 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of safeguarding checks that are in place for home schooled children. (130349)

40 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of whether there is an attainment gap between home schooled children and children in formal education. (130350)

41 Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the regulations that are in place to protect home schooled children from abuse, extremism and radicalisation. (130351)

42 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what regulations are in place to ensure that parents are suitably qualified to teach their home schooled children. (130352)

43 Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to close the attainment gap between boys who are eligible for free school meals and other pupils in Birkenhead. (130383)

44 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department provides to the NSPCC's Childline. (130466)

45 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations his Department has received on funding for the NSPCC's Childline. (130467)

46 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department provides for a child whose parent enters a women's refuge in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) . (130484)

47 N Peter Kyle (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2018 to Question 128612, whether the proposed Sharia- compliant alternative student finance product will be available for students applying for university in the 2018-19 academic year. (130353)

48 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for how long the e-forum for SENCOs was unavailable; and what steps he is taking to ensure that that e-forum remains fully operational after its recent recovery. (130318)

49 Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidence was produced by the Narey Review of Foster Care to support the recommendation to abolish Reviewing Office. (130540)

50 Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many places were available in secure children's homes in each of the last 10 years; and what has been the annual average occupancy rates in that same period. (130541) 8 Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018

51 Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many adoption placements were completed in each of the last 10 years. (130542)

52 Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many adoptions have been disrupted in each of the last 10 years. (130543)

53 Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish its formal response to the Narey review of fostering. (130544)

54 Scott Mann (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of people undertaking paid apprenticeships in North Cornwall. (130505)

55 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 42 of the Careers Strategy, whether his Department plans to widen the intention to improve the accessibility and transparency of data regarding gender disparities in STEM subject choices at age 16-19 to include other characteristics such as ethnicity, disability and socio- economic inequality. (130506)

56 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the £60 million allocated in the Industrial Strategy White Paper to support apprenticeship take up by young people and poorer families from disadvantaged areas will be used. (130507)

57 N Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department next plans to publish information on the capital costs of individual free schools. (130397)

58 N Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what capital funding his Department has provided towards building the Route 39 free school in North Devon. (130488)

59 Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was of the capital funding provided for the Southwark Free School. (130491)

60 Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was of the capital funding provided for the Royal Greenwich Trust School Academy. (130492)

61 Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was of the capital funding provided for the Stockport Technical School . (130493) Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018 9

62 Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was of the capital funding provided for the Durham Free School . (130498)

63 Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what capital funding has been provided from the public purse for the Bolton Wanderers Free School. (130524)

64 Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what capital funding was provided from the public purse for the Dawes Lane Academy, North Lincolnshire. (130527)

65 Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of students who have graduated with a degree in video game art and animation in each of the last three years. (130453)

66 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which members of his Department's board are responsible for ensuring the proper application of the business appointment rules for former Ministers and senior civil servants. (130303)

67 N Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to stimulate demand for recycled material. [Transferred] (130135)

68 Peter Heaton-Jones (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure continued funding for the South West Coastal Path national trail. (130535)

69 N Ged Killen (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment on the consequences of the UK changing its regulatory standard away from the REACH chemical use and transport regulations for chemicals produced or imported into the UK once the UK leaves the EU. [Transferred] (130111)

70 N Ged Killen (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to adopt the REACH chemical use and transport regulations for chemicals produced and imported into the UK after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement. [Transferred] (130112)

71 Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to set a target for recycling disposable coffee cups. (130354)

72 Scott Mann (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the quantity of plastics washed up on UK beaches in each year since 2015. (130508) 10 Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018

73 N Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to make funding available for local authorities to monitor particulate matter PM2.5 and PM10. (130286)

74 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which members of his Department's board are responsible for ensuring the proper application of the business appointment rules for former Ministers and senior civil servants. (130298)

75 N Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the Government's command paper, Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit, Cm. 9577, published on 27 February 2018, does not reference the role of agricultural policy in supporting public health and tackling diet-related disease. (130329)

76 Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether he plans to publish the Computable General Equilibrium model estimates of the economic effect of the UK leaving the EU on other EU member states which are currently being undertaken. (130291)

77 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what his Department's policy is on maintaining the rights and entitlements of children under the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights after the UK has left the EU. (130274)

78 Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2018 to Question 127136 and Answer of 23 February 2018 to Question 128683, what classification was given by his Department to the document EU exit analysis-Cross Whitehall briefing. (130285)

79 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance is being made available to Palestinian refugees affected by the conflict in Syria. (130386)

80 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to widen participation in her Department's volunteer programmes, particularly by people from low income backgrounds. (130327)

81 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which members of her Department's board are responsible for ensuring the proper application of the business appointment rules for former Ministers and senior civil servants. (130304)

82 Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the value was of trade deals agreed by Scottish-based businesses which took part in the January 2018 trade visit to China by the Prime Minister. (130275) Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018 11

83 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which members of his Department's board are responsible for ensuring the proper application of the business appointment rules for former Ministers and senior civil servants. (130305)

84 N Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Transport of 27 February 2018, Official Report, column 794, what methodology is used to allocate revenue raised from vehicle excise duty to (a) road construction projects and (b) roads maintenance; and if he will make a statement. (130335)

85 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of local bus services in (a) Coventry South constituency, (b) Coventry and the (c) the West Midlands since 2010. (130375)

86 N Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Government has made of the implications for its policies on the East Coast mainline of the findings of a Populus poll in 2017 that 76 per cent of the UK population favour returning railways to public ownership. (130323)

87 N Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Transport of 27 February 2018, Official Report, column 793, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of trains in the north of England which will be (a) replaced and (b) refurbished by 2020. (130371)

88 Scott Mann (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how funding has been allocated by his Department for repairing potholes in (a) North Cornwall, and (b) Cornwall. (130520)

89 Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will discuss with (a) HM Treasury, (b) the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, (c) the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and (d) other key stakeholders steps to establish the funding necessary to the deliver the key strategic rail infrastructure improvements identified by the Great Eastern Main Line Rail Task Force. (130428)

90 Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of the (a) A12 widening scheme and (b) the dualling and upgrading the A120 between Braintree and Marks Tey. (130429)

91 N Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to update national design guidance on cycling and walking infrastructure. (130509) 12 Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018

92 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which members of his Department's board are responsible for ensuring the proper application of the business appointment rules for former Ministers and senior civil servants. (130308)

93 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2018 to Question 128316, on Network Rail: Property, what the (a) proceeds and (b) costs were in each of those years. (130384)

94 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost is of the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme to date; and how many people have used that scheme. (130426)

95 N Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential roles that staff employed by HMRC at the Waterfront offices in Dudley could play in her Department, in particular with the work associated with the introduction and administration of universal credit. (130457)

96 Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of job centres make available accessibility software to assist blind and partially sighted people to claim universal credit; what assessment her Department has made of geographical variations in that provision; and what other support is made available to assist people with sensory impairments who cannot access the internet with applying for universal credit. (130462)

97 N Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on how many disabled people have found work as a direct result of the Disability Confident campaign. (130481)

98 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that recipients of employment support allowance with the severe disability premium do not have payments reduced when they move to an area where universal credit has been implemented. (130297)

99 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will place a copy of the routine oral questions asked during face-to-face medical assessments for (a) personal independence payment and (b) employment and support allowance in the Library. (130381)

100 Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that low-paid workers on zero- hours contracts are aware of their entitlement to universal credit. (130473)

101 N Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to introduce a tapered income for entitlement to free school meals under universal credit in order to incentivise being in employment. (130328) Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018 13

102 Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce the length of time that unemployed people spend out of work. (130396)

103 Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of unemployment in the Thornbury and Yate constituency since 2010. (130398)

104 Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she made of trends in the level of unemployment in South Gloucestershire since 2010. (130399)

105 Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has she made of trends in the level of unemployment in the South West since 2010. (130400)

106 Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has she made of trends in the level of female unemployment in the Thornbury and Yate constituency since 2010. (130401)

107 Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has she made of trends in the level of female unemployment in South Gloucestershire since 2010. (130402)

108 Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of female unemployment in the South West since 2010. (130403)

109 Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of youth unemployment in the Thornbury and Yate constituency since 2010. (130404)

110 Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has she made of trends in the level of youth unemployment in South Gloucestershire since 2010. (130405)

111 Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has she made of trends in the level of youth unemployment in the South West since 2010. (130406)

112 N John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Support for Mortgage Interest caseload was by (a) local authority area and (b) parliamentary constituency for the most recent twelve months for which data is available. (130312)

113 N Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there are plans to reduce the amount of debt that a child maintenance paying parent owes before an application for a Liability Order can be made. (130458) 14 Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018

114 Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department takes to ensure that child maintenance payments are paid by non-resident parents; and what steps her Department takes to support the resident parent. (130459)

115 Stephen Kerr (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Service's collect and pay system. (130288)

116 Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2018 to Question 126937, what target her Department sets for the completion of Stage 2 complaints relating to the Independent Assessment Service. (130314)

117 Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals amend s 1.3 of the Children Act 1989 to better define the classification of disability as incapacity to parent. (130478)

118 Scott Mann (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in (a) North Cornwall, and (b) Cornwall, were living below the poverty line in each year since 2015. (130521)

119 N Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect of pensions auto-enrolment on the income of low-paid workers. (130382)

120 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many suspected benefit fraud reports from the public have been (a) received and (b) led to action by her Department in each of the last five years. (130510)

121 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken has been to process suspected benefit fraud reports from the public in each of the last five years. (130511)

122 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether members of the public who submit reports to her Department on potential benefit fraud receive updates on the development of such cases. (130517)

123 N Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which method her Department used to estimate the number of current SMI recipients who have access to funds and therefore would not need to use the new loan system. (130292)

124 N Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the effectiveness of Serco in informing Support for Mortgage Interest recipients about the transition to loans; what estimate her Department has made of the number of people not Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018 15

yet informed on that transition; and what representations her Department has received on the adequacy of the service provided by Serco in providing comprehensive information on that transition. (130293)

125 N Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value is of Serco's contract to undertake Support for Mortgage Interest replacement loans work; and what terms that contract contains on performance- related pay. (130294)

126 N Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of take-up for the new loan product that will replace Support for Mortgage Interest in April 2018 is people currently in receipt of that benefit. (130441)

127 N Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2018 to Question 127702, whether all of the recipients of support for mortgage interest have now been contacted regarding the cessation of that benefit. (130443)

128 N Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on ensuring that all people with pre-payment meters who are eligible for the winter fuel payment have that payment applied automatically. (130430)

129 N Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department takes to retrospectively pay winter fuel payments to eligible recipients with pre-paid meters who have not had that payment applied by their energy supplier. (130431)

130 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proposals he has to improve the accuracy and comprehensiveness of medical evidence supplied to Work Capability Assessments. (130319)

131 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people diagnosed with Parkinson's disease are in the employment and support allowance work related activity group. (130463)

132 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with Parkinson's disease have been placed in the (a) support group and (b) work-related activity group with a prognosis statement of (i) three months, (ii) six months, (iii) 12 months, (iv) 18 months, (v) two years and (vi) more than two years at work capability assessments in each year since the introduction of employment and support allowance in 2008. (130471)

133 N Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints the Independent Case Examiner is considering from Halton constituency relating to the equalisation of the state pension age; and how many such complaints from Halton constituency that examiner has resolved since 2 October 2017. (130479) 16 Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018

134 N Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in how many medical negligence claims against the NHS which were settled in 2016-2017 legal proceedings were issued; and in how many such claims damages payments were made by the NHS. (130355)

135 N Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many medical negligence claims against the NHS were taken to trial in 2016-2017; and in how many such trials damages were awarded. (130356)

136 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken since the broadcast of the C4 Dispatches investigation on 19 February 2018 to investigate whether any staff in mental health units have used violent restraint on patients in their care. (130526)

137 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what further steps he has taken since the broadcast of the C4 Dispatches programme of 19 February 2018 to ensure patient safety in all mental health units. (130529)

138 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that (a) secure doors are fully functional, (b) access to areas containing pharmaceuticals are secure from patients and (c) staff have working personal alarms on their person at all times in (i) the Dene Hospital and (ii) other secure mental health hopsitals. (130530)

139 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money his Department paid to the Priory Group for mental health services in each of the past seven years; and if he will make a statement. (130531)

140 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has take to ensure that staff with patients living with severe mental illness have (a) proper training and appropriate qualifications, and (b) salaries commensurate with the specialist nature of the job. (130532)

141 N (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of sexual assaults on NHS emergency workers in each of the last five years. (130525)

142 N Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2018 to Question 127288 on prisons: health services, in what format information on the funding of healthcare in prisons is held. (130389)

143 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the efficiency of ambulance services in the West Midlands. (130374) Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018 17

144 Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many operations at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have been (a) postponed and (b) cancelled in the most recent three months for which data is available. (130424)

145 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients by type of operation are currently on a waiting list for an operation at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. (130425)

146 N Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the NICE appraisal of Spinraza for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy. (130464)

147 N Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress NHS England and Biogenon have made in discussions on a managed access agreement for the use of Spinraza for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy. (130465)

148 Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients stayed at an NHS hospital in England for 14 days or longer in 2017. (130339)

149 Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients stayed at an NHS hospital in England for 30 days or longer in 2017. (130340)

150 Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS hospitals in England charge visitors of inpatients to park. (130341)

151 Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS hospitals in England charge staff to park. (130342)

152 Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS hospitals in England have introduced (a) free parking and (b) concessionary rates for blue badge holders since 2014. (130343)

153 Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS hospitals in England have introduced (a) free parking and (b) concessionary rates for frequent outpatient attenders since 2014. (130344)

154 Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS hospitals in England have introduced (a) free parking and (b) concessionary rates for (i) visitors with relatives who are gravely ill and (ii) carers of such people since 2014. (130345)

155 Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS hospitals in England have introduced (a) free parking and (b) concessionary rates for (i) visitors of relatives who have an extended stay in hospital and (ii) carers of such people since 2014. (130346) 18 Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018

156 Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS hospitals in England have introduced (a) free parking and (b) concessionary rates for staff working shifts that prevent the use of public transport since 2014. (130347)

157 Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS hospitals in England have introduced (a) free parking and (b) concessionary rates for volunteers since 2014. (130348)

158 Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to collect data on the number of women who have had vaginal mesh surgery who experienced (a) pain, (b) a reduction in the quality of sex life, (c) constant urinary infections and (d) a reduction in the quality of life. (130435)

159 Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of banning vaginal mesh for (a) pelvic organ prolapse and (b) stress urinary incontinence; what steps his Department is taking to improve surgical training those procedures; and if he will make a statement. (130436)

160 Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of surgical mesh implants have shrunk after being inserted. (130437)

161 N Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 24 February 2017 to Question 63667 and the Answer of 22 February 2018 to Question, on what date NHS Protect's investigation into Phil Morley began. (130485)

162 N Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Care Quality Commission inspections of supported housing assess the extent to which providers (a) engage with wider communities living near supported housing, (b) encourage residents of supported housing to help their local community and (c) prevent drug use and alcohol abuse by supported housing residents. (130499)

163 N Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many inspections of supported housing providers have been carried out by the Care Quality Commission in each year since 2009-10, and how many of those inspections resulted in an overall rating of (a) good, (b) inadequate and (c) requires improvement. (130500)

164 N Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many supported housing providers are registered with the Care Quality Commission; and how many of those providers have received an overall rating of (a) good, (b) inadequate and (c) requires improvement in their latest inspection. (130501) Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018 19

165 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many supported housing providers have de-registered from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in each year since 2009-10, broken down by the latest overall CQC rating. (130502)

166 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many supported housing providers were closed due to poor Care Quality Commission ratings in each year since 2009-10. (130504)

167 N Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many social care deferred payments were agreed by local authorities in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18. [Transferred] (129904)

168 Julia Lopez (Hornchurch and Upminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the total sleep­‐in back pay liability is estimated to be for providers in (a) Hornchurch and Upminster constituency and (b) Borough of Havering Council. (130522)

169 Scott Mann (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds records on the amount of money spent in (a) Cornwall, and (b) North Cornwall constituency on children’s mental health services. (130512)

170 Scott Mann (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of money spent on research into Rhabdomyosarcoma in each of the last five years. (130513)

171 Scott Mann (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of money spent on research into childhood cancers in each of the last five years. (130514)

172 Scott Mann (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who have Rhabdomyosarcoma. (130515)

173 Scott Mann (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who are aged over 18 and have cancer in (a) North Cornwall constituency and (b) Cornwall. (130516)

174 Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that there is sufficient workforce capacity to deliver the Faecal Immunochemical Test. (130447)

175 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people with mental health difficulties who experience a financial crisis. (130368) 20 Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018

176 Mr Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of GPs who are co-operating with the system of placing a marker on the medical notes of a person who has shotgun and firearm certificates. (130408)

177 Mr Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the level of charges that GPs pass on to applicants for medical reports required for new or renewed shotgun and firearms certificates. (130412)

178 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which members of his Department's board are responsible for ensuring the proper application of the business appointment rules for former Ministers and senior civil servants. (130301)

179 N Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to make a decision on the allocation of funding for the proposed Health and Wellbeing campus at the Halton hospital site. (130475)

180 Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the financial sustainability of Halton Clinical Commissioning Group. (130486)

181 N Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timescale is for appointing a new chief officer to Halton Clinical Commissioning Group. (130487)

182 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of GP practices offer a six week postnatal check-up; and what information his Department holds on the take-up of such checks at such practices. (130296)

183 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met his counterpart in Estonia and what issues were discussed at that meeting. (130376)

184 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met his counterpart in Latvia and what issues were discussed at that meeting. (130377)

185 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has received reports that Sudanese nationals returning from Belgium to Sudan were (a) detained, (b) interrogated and (c) tortured in Sudan. (130330)

186 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Indian counterpart on the treatment of Christians in India. (130385) Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018 21

187 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to help stop the supply of arms to al-Shaabab in Somalia and Kenya. (130387)

188 Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage all parties to abide by the Minsk agreements. (130320)

189 Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the recent enactment of the Donbass Reintegration law by the Ukrainian Parliament on the implementation of the Minsk agreements. (130321)

190 Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2018 to Question 129007 on Asa Hutchinson, if he will publish the ministerial-level meetings where the case has been discussed; and whether the case was raised at the bi-annual UK-UAE Taskforce meeting of 28 February 2018. (130434)

191 Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what further steps the Government is taking to secure a UN resolution condemning persecution in Myanmar and calling for the return of refugees’ citizenship. (130316)

192 N John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether chlorine gas is prohibited as a weapon under the 1993 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction. (130472)

193 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that rape crisis centres are adequately funded. (130289)

194 Leo Docherty (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of equipping more police officers with Taser non-lethal weapons, and if she will make a statement. (130537)

195 N Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the independent review by David Anderson QC entitled Attacks in London and Manchester, published in December 2017, what assessment her Department has made of ending the operational use of the terms domestic extremism and international counter-terrorism. (130313)

196 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve the visibility of police officers in local communities. (130325) 22 Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018

197 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve (a) trust and (b) confidence between police and local communities. (130326)

198 Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to regulate the activities of private detectives. (130391)

199 Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2018 to Question 128880, how much further (a) funding and (b) FTE staffing her Department has deployed to the MPAM team. (130461)

200 (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending police pensions to life-long payments in the event of an officer's death. (130454)

201 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has issued instructions to police authorities to build up reserves. (130380)

202 Stuart C. McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of ending the Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) visa on the ability of businesses to recruit people with the necessary skills. (130331)

203 Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals convicted of sex offences in the UK are awaiting deportation in (a) custody and (b) the community; and how many foreign nationals convicted of sex offences in the UK were deported in each of the last ten years. (130432)

204 Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the qualification requirements are for access to her Department's knife crime community fund. (130427)

205 Mr Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of shotgun and firearms certificates that have been granted where the applicant's doctor has not participated in the licensing process in the last three years. (130407)

206 Mr Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of GPs in each police constabulary area who are not participating in the firearms licensing process. (130410)

207 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to provide extra funding to the Metropolitan Police to tackle knife crime. (130438) Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018 23

208 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to publish a knife crime strategy in response to recent fatalities in London. (130439)

209 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community support police officers there were in each London borough in each of the last five years. (130440)

210 N Sir (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she bring forward legislative proposals to enable medicines derived from cannabis to be available on prescription. (130538)

211 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which members of her Department's board are responsible for ensuring the proper application of the business appointment rules for former Ministers and senior civil servants. (130302)

212 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 123796, which joint exercises with South Korea he plans the UK to participate in over the next two years. (130418)

213 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 123796, which joint exercises with the US he plans the UK to participate in over the next two years. (130419)

214 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 123796, which joint exercises with Japan he plans the UK to participate in over the next two years. (130420)

215 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 123796, how many personnel from the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force are planned to participate in joint exercises with South Korea over the next two years. (130421)

216 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 123796, how many personnel from the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force are planned to participate in joint exercises with the US over the next two years. (130422)

217 Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 123796, how many personnel from the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force are planned to participate in joint exercises with Japan over the next two years. (130423)

218 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date his Department issued a request for information to industry in respect of a deployable long-range air defence radar for use overseas. (130496) 24 Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018

219 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the difference was in each of the last five years between the amount paid by his Department to Annington Homes and the amount of Service Family Accommodation personnel charges collected by his Department for (a) each property owned by Annington homes and (b) in total. (130536)

220 Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has received representations from the Government of Poland on displaying a Supermarine Spitfire in Poland to commemorate the Polish contribution to the Battle of Britain. (130295)

221 Stephen Kerr (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training members of the armed forces receive in respect of the initiative on the prevention of sexual violence in conflict. (130409)

222 Stephen Kerr (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with Babcock Defence Support Group on the future use of the Forthside estate in Stirling. (130411)

223 Stephen Kerr (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions have taken place between his Department and Stirling Council on the future use of his Department's Forthside estate in Stirling. (130413)

224 Stephen Kerr (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions have taken place between his Department and Babcock DSG on (a) the future of that company's operations in Scotland and (b) the location of a mobile base of operation in Scotland. (130414)

225 Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ensure all tyres for military vehicles are capable of being remanufactured. (130528)

226 N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates (a) each of the remaining Trafalgar class submarines are planned to leave service and (b) each of the Astute class are planned to enter service with the Royal Navy; and if he will make a statement. (130332)

227 N Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the suitability of using desktop studies to assess the flammability of cladding on buildings. (130489)

228 N Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2018 to Question 128437, on High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention, for what reasons that Answer does not indicate whether (a) class 0 (national class) and (b) class B-s3, d2 must be composed only of materials that are of limited combustibility. (130519) Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018 25

229 N Sir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 26 February 2018 HCWS486 on Local Government Policy, what estimate he has made of the potential savings; and if he will place a copy of the cost-benefit analysis in the Library. (130545)

230 N Sir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 26 February HCWS486 on Local Government Policy, if he will set out the planning and housing challenges in respect of which he is satisfied that a more strategic and holistic approach will be facilitated. (130546)

231 N Sir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, by what means and on what date he was informed by (a) Poole Borough Council and (b) Bournemouth Borough Council that those councils did not consent to a new unitary authority comprising Poole and Bournemouth unless Christchurch Borough Council were included; and what reasons were given for the refusal to consent. (130547)

232 Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2018 to Question 127503, if he will take additional steps to promote to local authorities the availability of funding for Traveller pitches. (130362)

233 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received on changes to payments of housing benefit to women's refuges. (130452)

234 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that refuge services that are in receipt of Government funding in (a) England and (b) Greater Manchester do not close at the end of the (i) 2017-18 and (ii) 2018-19 financial years. (130460)

235 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what joint initiatives his Department has with the Department for Education on supporting a child whose parent enters a women's refuge. (130483)

236 Scott Mann (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to encourage local authorities to avoid raising council tax. (130518)

237 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has issued instructions to local authorities to build up reserves. (130379) 26 Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018

238 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which members of his Department's board are responsible for ensuring the proper application of the business appointment rules for former Ministers and senior civil servants. (130300)

239 N Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to oral contribution of the Minister for Housing on 6 February 2018, Official Report, column 1461, whether a local authority with (a) no brownfield land to build on and (b) heavily contaminated land is classified as exceptional circumstances for enabling housebuilding on greenbelt land. (130476)

240 N Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for Housing on 6 February 2018, Official Report, column 1461, whether he has to empower local authorities to prevent developers from building on greenbelt when allocated brownfield sites have not been developed. (130480)

241 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many members of his Department's staff have been paid an incorrect wage in each month since January 2010. (130324)

242 N Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women are serving sentences in prison for each (a) offence category used in his Department's offender management statistics and (b) Home Office offence code where appropriate. (130365)

243 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2018 to Question 127599, on Courts: Buildings, how much was spent on the modernisation of each of those courts in the 12 months prior to being closed. (130366)

244 N Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2018 to question 127068, how much of those financial remedies incurred by G4S was in relation to each contract that company has held with his Department; and for what reasons each such financial remedy was imposed. (130388)

245 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2018 to Question 129249, on victim support schemes, what estimate his Department made of the cost of providing the information sought. (130390)

246 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2018 to Question 129247, on victim support schemes, what estimate his Department made of the cost of providing the information sought. (130392) Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018 27

247 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2018 to Question 129250, on victim support schemes, what estimate his Department made of the cost of providing the information sought. (130393)

248 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2017 to Question 127066, on Ministry of Justice: Public Opinion, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost of collecting data on focus groups and opinion polling conducted by his Department. (130394)

249 N Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2018 to Question 126350, whether prison governors will be empowered to bring prison maintenance back in house. (130395)

250 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2018 to Question 126793, on Ministry of Justice: consultants, what estimate his Department made of the cost of providing the information sought. (130444)

251 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2018 to Question 127038, on courts: video conferencing, what estimate his Department made of the cost of providing the information sought. (130445)

252 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2018 to Question 127040, on courts: video conferencing, what estimate his Department made of the cost of providing the information sought. (130446)

253 N Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2018, to Question 126333, on Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, whether her Department plans to publish the list of organisations and experts it plans to invite to submit evidence to the post-implementation review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 once that list has been determined. (130448)

254 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of key performance indicators in contracts signed by his Department since 2010 have been met in each year since 2010. (130449)

255 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many key performance indicators in each contract signed by his Department since 2010 have (a) been met and (b) not been met in each year since 2010. (130450) 28 Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018

256 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what financial deductions have been made under each contract signed by his Department since 2010 which contain key performance indicators in each year since 2010; and for what reason those deductions were made in that same period. (130451)

257 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of key performance indicators were met by Amey in contracts that company held with his Department in each year since the first contract was signed. (130494)

258 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have won an appeal against the withdrawal of their disability living allowance at a tribunal in each year since 2010. (130495)

259 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of unpaid work have been handed down by the courts as part of community orders in each year since 2010. (130497)

260 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve the system of evidence disclosure in criminal justice cases. (130290)

261 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support his Department provides to women who engage with the criminal justice system as a result of domestic abuse in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) England. (130482)

262 Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders are subject to multi-agency public protection arrangements. (130417)

263 N Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether services according to the rites of the Church of England are held at HMP Brixton; and if he will make a statement. (130539)

264 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which members of his Department's board are responsible for ensuring the proper application of the business appointment rules for former Ministers and senior civil servants. (130306)

265 N Ged Killen (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what her policy is on the recognition in Northern Ireland of same sex marriages performed in the UK. (130315)

266 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which members of her Department's board are responsible for ensuring the proper application of the business appointment rules for former Ministers and senior civil servants. (130307) Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018 29

267 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which members of his Department's board are responsible for ensuring the proper application of the business appointment rules for former Ministers and senior civil servants. (130309)

268 N Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government about office space at the Waterfront in Dudley. (130287)

269 N Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the transfer of staff employed by HMRC at the Waterfront offices in Dudley. (130455)

270 N Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the proposed transfer of staff employed by HMRC at the Waterfront offices in Dudley to the Department of Work and Pensions has been cancelled. (130456)

271 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how much would be saved on an annual basis if tax relief on personal pension contributions was capped at the basic rate, based on the total amount of personal pension contributions in 2016-17. (130317)

272 Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the level of Air Passenger Duty on the UK’s global aviation connectivity (a) nationally and (b) by region compared to other European countries. (130357)

273 Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the rate of Air Passenger Duty on trade links after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement. (130358)

274 Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of Air Passenger Duty rates on the development of new routes from UK airports compared with such development from other EU airports; and if he will make a statement. (130359)

275 Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of reducing Air Passenger Duty by 50 per cent on the number of passenger journeys and (b) air routes. (130490)

276 N Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of LINK's decision on interchange fees on the ability of UK consumers to freely access cash. [Transferred] (130140)

277 N Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department has made to LINK on its decision to change the interchange fee mechanisms paid by banks to ATM operators. [Transferred] (130142) 30 Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018

278 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer on 8 January 2018 to Question 120804, what recent assessment he has made of the annual cost to the Exchequer of providing intermediary relief to those claiming it under existing Stamp Duty Reserve Tax rules. (130367)

279 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of high frequency trading strategies on the resilience of UK financial markets. (130369)

280 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2018 to Question 126730, what the total cost to the Exchequer is of the tax-free childcare scheme not including the cost of 30 hours free childcare. (130442)

281 Ruth Smeeth (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2018 to Question 128648 on Treasury: Tableware, which subcontractors supply his Department with its tableware. (130477)

282 N Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has plans to for HMRC to stop promoting an 0843 premium rate customer service number on its website instead of the local rate 0300 number. (130273)

283 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which members of his Department's board are responsible for ensuring the proper application of the business appointment rules for former Ministers and senior civil servants. (130310)

284 N John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what are the eligibility criteria is for a person to qualify for a bonus with a Help to Buy ISA. (130474)

285 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which members of his Department's board are responsible for ensuring the proper application of the business appointment rules for former Ministers and senior civil servants. (130311)

Questions for Answer on Tuesday 6 March

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

1 Ruth George (High Peak): What recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of court closures on access to justice. (904186)

2 Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Berwick-upon-Tweed): What steps his Department is taking to empower prison governors. (904187)

3 Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): What recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of court closures on access to justice. (904188) Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018 31

4 Tony Lloyd (Rochdale): What assessment his Department has made of the time taken to bring to court criminal cases involving vulnerable witnesses. (904189)

5 Alan Mak (Havant): What steps his Department is taking to improve the court experience for victims and witnesses. (904190)

6 Philip Davies (Shipley): If he will extend the range of offences that can be appealed for being unduly lenient. (904191)

7 Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): What progress his Department has made on recruiting 2,500 new prison officers. (904192)

8 John Mann (Bassetlaw): How many prisoners have undertaken work experience before release in the last 12 months. (904193)

9 Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon): What assessment he has made of the potential merits of building a new prison in Port Talbot. (904194)

10 Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke): What steps the Government is taking to prevent the use of drones over prisons. (904195)

11 Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): What assessment his Department has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the operation of the legal system in each jurisdiction of the UK. (904196)

12 Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): What plans the Government has to ensure that the UK legal system operates effectively after the UK leaves the EU. (904197)

13 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): What recent assessment he has made of the performance of private sector probation companies. (904198)

14 Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): Whether he has discussed with the Home Secretary the implications for Government policies of the Supreme Court judgment on Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis v DSD and another. (904199)

15 Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of creating a specific offence of attacking service animals. (904200)

16 Chris Green (Bolton West): What progress his Department has made on recruiting 2,500 new prison officers. (904201)

17 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of mental health services in prisons. (904202)

18 Tracy Brabin (Batley and Spen): What recent assessment he has made of trends in the levels of violence and self-harm in prisons. (904203)

19 Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): What research his Department has conducted on the cost effectiveness of providing legal aid for early legal help. (904204)

20 Maria Caulfield (Lewes): What recent steps his Department has taken to increase family contact for prisoners. (904205) 32 Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018

21 Drew Hendry (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): What his Department's policy is on the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in the UK after the UK leaves the EU. (904206)

22 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): What plans the Government has to ensure that the UK legal system operates effectively after the UK leaves the EU. (904207)

23 Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): What plans the Government has to ensure that the UK legal system operates effectively after the UK leaves the EU. (904208)

24 Vicky Ford (Chelmsford): What steps his Department is taking to empower prison governors. (904209)

25 Tom Pursglove (Corby): What steps his Department is taking to recruit prison officers. (904210)

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

T 1 Priti Patel (Witham): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (904211)

T 2 Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): (904212)

T 3 Kevin Foster (Torbay): (904213)

T 4 Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): (904214)

T 5 Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon): (904215)

T 6 Alan Mak (Havant): (904216)

T 7 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): (904217)

T 8 Maria Caulfield (Lewes): (904218)

T 9 Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): (904219)

T 10 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): (904220)

Questions for Answer on Monday 12 March

Questions for Written Answer

1 N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans for seven Astute class submarines to be constructed; and what name is planned for the seventh boat. (130333) Published: Wednesday 28 February 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 28 February 2018 33

2 N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how long HMS Ambush remained out of service as a result of her collision with a surface vessel in July 2016. (130334)