Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018

Questions tabled on Tuesday 15 May 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 Wednesday 16 May

Questions for Written Answer

1 Paul Girvan (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to establish a statutory period of parental leave for bereaved parents whose children have experienced birth complications or post-natal incidents. [Transferred] (143854)

2 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the inter-ministerial group on healthy living has held its first meeting. [Transferred] (143776)

3 Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) powered rescue boats, (b) non-powered rescue boats, (c) wading teams, (d) water incident managers, and (e) high volume pumps have been purchased by fire services in England through Government grants in each of the last 10 years. [Transferred] (143681)

4 Luke Graham (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to prepare for the merger of the Scottish Division of British Transport Police with Police Scotland. [Transferred] (143844)

5 Hugh Gaffney (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the proposed closures of jobcentres on local communities in Scotland. [Transferred] (143836) 2 Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018

6 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what methods a prisoner who is either serving a sentence or on remand in a private sector jail in (a) England and (b) Wales can complain about their health treatment. [Transferred] (143813)

7 Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to promote the consumption of UK (a) fruit and (b) vegetables. [Transferred] (143817)

8 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support his Department provides to micro businesses to manage their business rates. [Transferred] (143668)

9 Jim McMahon (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he Department is taking to increase the number of female councillors in England. [Transferred] (143818)

10 Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in (a) UK, (b) Wales, and (c) Aberavon constituency are subject to the high income child benefit tax charge. [Transferred] (143795)

11 Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the high income child benefit tax charge. [Transferred] (143796)

12 Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has accrued to the public purse under the child benefit tax charge. [Transferred] (143797)

Questions for Answer on Thursday 17 May

Questions for Written Answer

1 Rosie Duffield (Canterbury): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions the Prime Minister has had with the Turkish President on that country's involvement in the humanitarian crisis in Kurdish Northern Syria. (144397)

2 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many male staff of his Department have taken shared parental leave; and what the average length of that leave was. (144319)

3 Jim McMahon (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many electors were registered for each year since 2010. (144376) Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018 3

4 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to groups (a) 871, (b) 872, (c) 873 and (d) 874, Division 87 (Residential Care Activities), (e) 881, Division 88 (Social Work Activities Without Accommodation), Section Q, Table A1c of the Insolvency Service dataset Insolvency statistics January to March 2018 industry breakdown, published on 27 April 2018, what this date is by NUTS 1 region. (144244)

5 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many male staff of his Department have taken shared parental leave; and what the average length of that leave was. (144327)

6 Jim McMahon (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support his Department makes available for new community energy co-operatives. (144374)

7 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2018 to Question 121787, whether the Government has made a potential assessment of the merits of issuing guidance or bringing forward proposals on banning or restricting the sale of high caffeine energy drinks in supermarkets. (144274)

8 Anna Soubry (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent progress the Government has made on implementation of the recommendations Julie Deane MBE's Self Employment Review; and if he will make a statement. (144252)

9 Edward Argar (Charnwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the gross value added to the (a) UK and (b) East Midlands economy of (i) international and (ii) county-level cricket in the most recent year for which data is available. (144315)

10 Edward Argar (Charnwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what new models of financing the repair and maintenance of church buildings are being considered by the Government as part of the pilot scheme under the Taylor Review on the sustainability of English churches and cathedrals. (144316)

11 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much money raised from the tampon tax has been allocated to BAME women's organisations since 2016. [Transferred] (143654)

12 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many male staff of his Department have taken shared paternal leave; and the average length of that leave was. (144334)

13 Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has plans to improve the safety of white collar boxing events; and if he will make a statement. (144408) 4 Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018

14 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for sixth-form colleges to provide careers advice. (144191)

15 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for sixth-form colleges to provide mental health support. (144192)

16 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for sixth-form colleges to provide extra-curricular activities to develop employability skills. (144193)

17 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support the Government provides to help children with disabilities get to and from school. (144160)

18 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) modern languages and (b) art teachers have left the teaching profession (i) through retirement and (ii) for other reasons in each of the last five years. (144161)

19 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what policies her Department has in place to ensure that refugees face no (a) language and (b) other barriers in the education system. (144162)

20 Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a diagnosis of cancer automatically requiring an education, health and care plan. (144205)

21 James Frith (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing transition support for children in need. [R] (144402)

22 Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the recommendations made in the report Crumbling Futures, published by Children’s Society in March 2018. (144403)

23 Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) educational and (b) career outcomes for children in need. (144404)

24 Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) educational and (b) career outcomes for children in need. (144405)

25 Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support provided to children in need in the transition from childhood to adulthood. (144406) Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018 5

26 Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the introduction of transitional support for children in need as they reach adulthood. (144407)

27 Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he is taking steps to ensure that University Academy Warrington is effectively managed as a result of reports of its financial problems from the University of Chester Academies Trust; and if he will make a statement. (144175)

28 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many male staff of his Department have taken shared parental leave; and what the average length of that leave was. (144330)

29 David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Lancashire Director of Children's Services to discuss early intervention, resourcing and identified or non funding pressures. (144277)

30 David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what reports of concern have been submitted to the Lancashire Children's Safeguarding Board on (a) Morecambe Bay Primary School and (b) West End Primary School in the past three years; and if he will make a statement. (144279)

31 Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications for 30 hours of free childcare have been processed in Barnsley in each of the last 12 months for which information is available. (144392)

32 Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the most recent average point score per entry was for students of (a) A-levels and (b) equivalent qualifications in (i) Barnsley East constituency, (ii) Barnsley and (iii) England who were (A) eligible and (B) not eligible for free school meals when they were 15 years of age. (144393)

33 Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the UK Government is able to provide additional funding to the match funding contribution of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund projects. (144265)

34 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many male staff of his Department have taken shared parental leave; and what the average length of that leave was. (144331)

35 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with animal welfare organisations since the closure of the consultation on the Draft Animal Welfare Bill. (144225) 6 Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018

36 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the removal of sea weed from beaches on the eco-diversity of the beach habitat. (144276)

37 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department’s procurement policy takes account of the use of secondary materials in the purchasing of new products; and if he will he make a statement. (144166)

38 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote sustainable procurement throughout government; and if he will make a statement. (144167)

39 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to review the potential merits of alternatives to weight based recycling targets as part of his Department’s future resources and waste strategy; and if he will make a statement. (144168)

40 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on adopting the future EU circular economy package; and if he will make a statement. (144169)

41 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has discussed with Cabinet colleagues the waste and energy requirements for new housing developments; and if he will make a statement. (144170)

42 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many male staff of his Department have taken shared parental leave; and what the average length of that leave was. (144323)

43 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the merits of using drones to drop emergency aid into Syria; and if he will make a statement. (144164)

44 Rosie Duffield (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans the Government has made to support a potential increase in Palestinian refugees across the Middle East following the recent violence in Gaza. (144394)

45 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many male staff in her Department have taken shared paternity leave in the last twelve months; and what the length of each such leave was. (144335)

46 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of medical provision in Gaza following the casualties among Palestinian protesters. (144371) Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018 7

47 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to allocate addition funding for medical services in Gaza. (144372)

48 Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will rescind all export licences allowing the export of arms to Israel as a matter of urgency. (144399)

49 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many male staff of his Department have taken shared parental leave; and what the average length of that leave was. (144329)

50 N Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that UK businesses trading with Iran are protected from the imposition of US extraterritorial sanctions in relation to that country. [Transferred] (143840)

51 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Northern has been fined for cancellations and partial cancellations since Arriva took over that franchise. (144180)

52 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Network Rail has given to Northern in compensation for cancellations since Arriva took over that franchise. (144181)

53 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings he has had with trades union representatives in respect of the ongoing Northern industrial dispute. (144182)

54 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Northern services have been cancelled due to staffing issues in each month since Arriva took over that franchise. (144183)

55 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many male staff of his Department have taken shared parental leave; and what the average length of that leave was. (144332)

56 Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers of his Department and (c) officials of his Department have had with the Department of Health and Social Care on driving and new technology for blood glucose monitoring of drivers with diabetes. (144309)

57 Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has requested updated advice from the Medical Advisory Panel on Driving and Visual Disorders on whether or not to allow glucose monitors that measure interstitial fluid rather than blood; and whether his Department has received advice on a minimum accuracy standard for such monitors. (144310) 8 Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018

58 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) the roll-out of broadband fibre to (i) households and (ii) other buildings, (b) electric vehicle charging points and (c) major housebuilding programmes will be exempt from lane rental scheme charges. (144411)

59 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department uses to approve a local authority’s application for a lane rental scheme. (144412)

60 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there is a cap on lane rental scheme charges for major works to (a) install and (b) replace apparatus. (144413)

61 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) discounts and (c) fee waivers from lane rental schemes are available for joint works; and what definition his Department uses for joint works. (144414)

62 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether lane rental scheme charges will apply to street works undertaken by the Highways Agency. (144415)

63 Matt Rodda (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish an evaluation of the Total Transport pilot schemes. (144409)

64 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether use of the new Find a Job website will be compulsory for claimants of (a) jobseekers allowance and (b) universal credit. (144177)

65 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provision his Department has made available for claimants to share their feedback on the new Find a Job website. (144178)

66 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Find a Job website will clearly display whether an advertised position is full time, part time, flexible hours or a zero-hours contract. (144179)

67 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sanctions have been imposed on (a) jobseekers allowance and (b) universal credit claimants who are experiencing mental health problems in the most recent 12 months for which figures are available. (144190)

68 Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what transitional protections are in place to ensure that claimants of employment and support allowance retain their severe disability premium when they move on to universal credit. (144203) Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018 9

69 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the viability of enabling men to contribute to the pension of their spouse on the same basis as the contribution that they make to their own and with the same tax advantages. (144341)

70 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many male staff of her Department have taken shared parental leave; and what the average length of that leave was. (144333)

71 David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress her Department has made on rolling out a programme of placing an officer of her Department into local food banks to assist with benefits (a) access and (b) problems as first piloted in Morecambe. (144278)

72 Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will write to women affected by changes to the state pension age to alert them to the effects of the changes. (144153)

73 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the size of the cancer nursing workforce. (144283)

74 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure a consistent increase in the uptake of cancer screening throughout all parts of the country. (144284)

75 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average distance was that a patient travelled from their home to an A&E in each region of England in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. (144285)

76 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, over what dates the most recent deep clean of each NHS hospital took place; and if he will make a statement. (144286)

77 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has watched any part of series three of the BBC Two television programme Hospital, episodes first broadcast on 26 March 2018, 3 April 2018, 10 April 2018, 17 April 2018, 24 April 2018 and 1 May 2018. (144258)

78 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients who were left waiting in ambulances for at least 30 minutes before being admitted to hospital in (a) Scunthorpe County Constituency, (b) North Lincolnshire and (c) England and Wales in each year from 2008 to 2017. (144262)

79 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that clinical commissioning groups implement the NICE DG27 guidance, Molecular testing strategies for Lynch syndrome in people with colorectal cancer. (144152) 10 Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018

80 James Frith (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to review the value and safety of the regulations under the 1967 Abortion Act relating to the home use of misoprostol for women who are having an early medical abortion. (144401)

81 Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make it mandatory for health professions to adhere to (a) NICE Clinical Guideline on nutritional support in adults, CG32 and (b) NICE Quality Standard QS24. (144342)

82 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 5.5 on page 47 of Budget 2017, what proportion of funding allocated for (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 201920 is allocated for (i) funding care packages for more people, (ii) supporting social care providers and (iii) relieving pressure on the NHS locally by local authority and NUTS 1 region. (144231)

83 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2017 to Question 902945, how much of the share of the £2 billion allocated to the social care sector in 2017-18 has been spent on attracting and retaining talented staff; and how many local authorities receiving that funding saw staff numbers (i) increase and (ii) decrease in 2017-18. (144232)

84 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2018 to Question 128062, how much of the share of the £2 billion funding for (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20 the Government estimates will be used to fund meeting National Minimum Wage requirements for sleep-in shifts. (144233)

85 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2018 to Question 125600, what proportion of (a) the additional £9.25 billion social care funding and (b) all other social care funding in (i) 2017-18, (ii) 2018-19 and (iii) 2019-20 is ring- fenced and can only be spent on social care. (144234)

86 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement in Budget 2017 of an additional £2 billion of funding for social care, whether all of that allocated funding is ring-fenced exclusively for providing social care support and reducing pressure on the NHS; and whether such a ring-fencing requirement is set out as a condition for the grant to local authorities. (144235)

87 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Figure 2 on page 7 of NHS Digital’s report, Adult Social Care Activity and Finance: England 2016-17, published on 25 October 2017, what those figures are in real terms; and whether social care funding rose in real terms in every NUTS 1 region in 2016-17 compared to 2015-16. (144236) Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018 11

88 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement in Budget 2017 of an additional £2 billion of funding for social care, how many and which local authorities have had their share of the funding in (a) 2017-18 and (b) 2018-19 withheld due to a failure to meet grant conditions. (144237)

89 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement in Budget 2017 of an additional £2 billion of funding for social care, how many and which (a) health and wellbeing boards, (b) local authorities and (c) clinical commissioning groups have yet to sign off plans for the use of their respective local authorities' share of the funding for (i) 2018-19 and (ii) 2019-2020. (144238)

90 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement in Budget 2017 of an additional £2 billion of funding for social care, how long it took on average for (a) health and wellbeing boards, (b) local authorities and (c) clinical commissioning groups to sign-off plans for the use of their respective local authorities' share of the funding for 2017-18. (144239)

91 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to social care providers nationally of (a) paying the National Living Wage and (b) meeting historical and future National Minimum Wage requirements for sleep-in shifts in (i) 2017-18, (ii) 2018-19 and (iii) 2019-20. (144241)

92 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement in Budget 2017 of an additional £2 billion of funding for social care, whether any of the additional funding (a) for 2017-18 has been used and (b) for 2018-19 or 2019-20 is planned to be used to meet social care providers' (i) historical back-dated costs or (ii) ongoing costs of complying with the tribunal ruling on sleep-in payments and the National Minimum Wage. (144242)

93 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many agency workers were employed in the care home sector in each year since 2009-10; and what the cost to the public purse was of that employment in each of those years. (144243)

94 Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date the study on incinerators by the Small Area Health Statistics Unit is planned to be published. (144246)

95 Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make mandatory the reporting of all early deaths of people with learning disabilities. (144249) 12 Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018

96 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many requests for very senior manager salaries above £142,500 have been (a) made by NHS trusts and (b) approved in each of the last three years. (144318)

97 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many male staff of his Department have taken shared parental leave; and what the average length of that leave was. (144326)

98 Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of geographic variations in the level of access to prevention education on diabetes potentially becoming a disease of deprivation. (144307)

99 Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the uptake of new diagnostic devices of the lack of mandatory requirement for clinical commissioning groups to provide funding for such devices following approval by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. (144308)

100 Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2017 to Question 6370 on Incinerators: Health Hazards, what conclusions Public Health England has drawn from its review of evidence on the health effects of waste incinerators published in peer review journals; and what the timetable is for the papers from the study on emissions from waste incinerators commissioned by Public Health England to be published. (144226)

101 Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to accelerate the use of adaptive trials for brain tumour patients. (144266)

102 Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to increase public and health professionals' awareness of the signs and symptoms of brain tumours. (144267)

103 Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of advertised consultant posts in hospitals (a) nationally, (b) in South Yorkshire and (c) in Barnsley were not appointed to. (144387)

104 Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of consultants currently working in hospitals in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) nationally are expected to reach the planned average age of retirement over the next decade. (144388)

105 Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to replace consultant workforce gaps caused by retirement over the next decade. (144389) Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018 13

106 Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to support doctors who want to continue working after reaching retirement age. (144390)

107 Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to ensure dementia training is provided to all health and social care professionals. (144391)

108 Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will seek urgently the establishment of a UN-led investigation in to the recent actions of the Israeli Government towards protesters in Palestine. (144400)

109 Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussion he has had with his Swedish counterpart on future defence and security cooperation in the Baltic region. (144379)

110 Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage closer cooperation between Sweden and NATO; and whether he has held discussions with his Swedish counterpart on that county's potential membership of NATO. (144380)

111 Rosie Duffield (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure an independent inquiry into recent civilian deaths on the Gaza border. (144396)

112 Rosie Duffield (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of allegations that the Kurdish population in Northern Syria are being displaced from their homes by forces loyal to the Turkish Government. (144398)

113 Sir Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Chilean counterpart on Martin Pickett, a constituent of the Rt hon Member for Sevenoaks, to help him re-establish contact with his children who are living in Chile. (144146)

114 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many male staff of his Department have taken shared parental leave; and what the average length of that leave was. (144322)

115 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Government of Nigeria on reports of the armed forces' participation in acts of ethnic cleansing in the riverine states of that country undertaken by the Fulani militia. (144272) 14 Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018

116 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the requirement for government and public bodies to reflect the federal character of the county under its constitution, what reports he has received on the ethnic and religious diversity in the (a) leadership and (b) general personnel of the security forces of Nigeria. (144273)

117 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Government of Venezuela on safeguards to ensure that the forthcoming elections in that country are free, fair and transparent. (144275)

118 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is Department's policy is on the instigation of a UN-led investigation into the recent deaths of Palestinian protesters. (144367)

119 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) his Israeli counterpart and (b) his Palestinian counterpart on the recent violence in Gaza. (144368)

120 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on that country's commitment to the Oslo Peace accords. (144369)

121 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information the Government holds on whether Hamas has encouraged Palestinian protesters to use violence against Israeli military forces along the border of Gaza. (144370)

122 Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2018 to Question 128965 on Sri Lanka: Diplomatic Service, what discussions he has had with his Sri Lankan counterpart since the return of the that country's Defence Attaché to Colombo. (144215)

123 Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has received from Amnesty International and other NGOs on reports of actions taken by the Iranian authorities to destroy the mass graves of people who were massacred in 1998. (144250)

124 Rosie Duffield (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to support Palestinian refugees seeking to enter the UK as a result of recent violence in Gaza. (144395)

125 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many male staff of his Department have taken shared parental leave; and what the average length of that leave was. (144321) Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018 15

126 Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress his Department has made on producing a formal response the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse's report on Child Migration Programmes. (144268)

127 Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessments he has made of (a) the quality of big data which his Department collects and b) the effectiveness of big data in his Department's policy formulation processes. (144211)

128 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to extend the remit of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority into social care. [Transferred] (143622)

129 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual in-year costs for operating the UK Military Flying Training System have been in each of the last seven years. (144221)

130 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF Sentinel R1 aircraft were serviceable on the first day of each month of 2017. (144222)

131 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the UK maintains the ability to build combat aircraft and that such capability is not outsourced to foreign powers. (144223)

132 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many male staff of his Department have taken shared parental leave; and what the average length of that leave was. (144324)

133 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the amount of money spent by local authorities in the North West on sports and leisure in each of the last five financial years. (144187)

134 Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has received representations from local authorities on their capacity to implement the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017. (144204)

135 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the hourly rate of pay was which local authorities set for care providers in (a) residential care and (b) community-based care (i) as a national average and (ii) for each local authority. (144240) 16 Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018

136 Dr Caroline Johnson (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of new-build properties purchased by (a) owner- occupiers and (b) buy-to-let landlords in the last 12 months for which figures are available. (144378)

137 Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on which UK organisations are in receipt of funding from the EU Rights Equality and Citizenship Programme. (144302)

138 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many male staff of his Department have taken shared parental leave; and what the average length of that leave was. (144328)

139 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2018 to Question 133149, how much funding his Department allocated on the preparation for piloting digital capabilities in each of the other sites listed in that question. (144343)

140 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Independent Monitoring Board (a) members and (b) vacancies there have been in each year since 2010. (144344)

141 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time spent on remand pending trial by people facing triable either way offences was in the last twelve months for which data is available. (144348)

142 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time spent on remand pending trial by people facing indictable-only offences was in the last twelve months for which data is available. (144349)

143 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people who were remanded on their first appearance appeared in court from police custody in the last twelve months for which data is available. (144350)

144 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information the Government holds on the effect of remand decisions in cases where the defendant appears on video either from the police station or from prison. (144351)

145 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the proportion of remanded prisoners who receive support from bail information services. (144352)

146 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what monitoring his Department carries out on the extent and quality of bail information services in prison. (144353) Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018 17

147 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the business case for the planned digital courts reform programme redacted as necessary. (144355)

148 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department has undertaken or commissioned on the views of victims of crime in respect of the planned digital courts reform programme. (144356)

149 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department has undertaken or commissioned on the views of witnesses in respect of the planned digital courts reform programme. (144357)

150 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 May 2018 to Question 139567, what estimate his Department made of the cost to the public purse of answering that question. (144358)

151 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was to the public purse of severance packages paid to prison officers who took voluntary early departure in 2012 and were subsequently re-recruited. (144360)

152 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was to the public purse of severance packages paid to prison officers who took voluntary early departure in 2013 and were subsequently re-recruited. (144361)

153 Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 14 May 2018 to Question 141024, on Young Offender Institutions, if he will publish that same information (a) per young person and (b) by age. (144301)

154 Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual cost to the public purse is for a place in a (a) Young Offenders Institution, (b) Secure Treatment Centre and (c) Secure Children’s Home. (144303)

155 Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there is a difference in the cost to the public purse of a child placed in a secure residential accommodation (a) on remand and (b) for other reasons. (144304)

156 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many male staff of his Department have taken shared parental leave; and what the average length of that leave was. (144325)

157 Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the success rate for appeals against decisions on employment and support allowance entitlement has been in Barnsley in the most recent 12-month period for which data is available. (144383)

158 Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the success rate for appeals against decisions on personal independence payment entitlement has been in Barnsley in the most recent 12-month period for which data is available. (144384) 18 Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018

159 Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time for an employment support allowance appeal hearing was in (a) Barnsley and (b) nationally in (i) each of the last 12 months and (ii) the last 12 months overall in the most recent period for which data is available. (144385)

160 Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time for personal independence payment appeal hearing was in (a) Barnsley and (b) nationally in (a) Barnsley and (b) nationally in (i) each of the last 12 months and (ii) the last 12 months overall in the most recent period for which data is available. (144386)

161 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the longest waiting time recorded from the lodging of a personal independence payment appeal to the confirmation of a date for the appeal tribunal, in each region of the UK in each year since its inception. [Transferred] (143685)

162 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many male staff of his Department have taken shared parental leave; and what the average length of that leave was. (144336)

163 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps his Department has taken to (a) publicise and (b) support debt advice services. (144184)

164 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve and promote access to credit unions. (144185)

165 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department overpaid in tax credit claims in the last financial year; and what the estimated cost is of recovering those overpayments. (144186)

166 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of unclaimed entitlement to tax credits in the last financial year. (144188)

167 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to improve access to financial education. (144189)

168 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made in its review into the Panama Papers; and if he will make a statement. (144163)

169 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK domestic lending by banks to UK businesses. (144165) Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018 19

170 Steve Double (St Austell and Newquay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to conduct a review of the effect of air passenger duty on tourism in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales. (144337)

171 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many male staff of his Department have taken shared parental leave; and what the average length of that leave was. (144320)

172 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on consumers in England of (a) recent and (b) forthcoming RBS bank branch closures. [Transferred] (143764)

173 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money from the public purse was spent on tax-free childcare in 2017-18. (144292)

174 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on tax-free childcare in the financial year 2018-19 to date. (144293)

175 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, (a) how much his Department has allocated to spend on and (b) what recent estimate his Department has made of its total spending on tax-free childcare for the financial year 2018-19. (144294)

176 Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Welsh Government on the decision by Virgin Media to consult on the closure of its Swansea site. (144311)

177 Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with Virgin Media on the decision to consult on the closure of its Swansea site. (144312)

178 Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he is taking to help ensure Virgin Media operations in Swansea remain open. (144313)

179 Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he is taking to support the workforce affected by the decision by Virgin Media to consult on the closure of its Swansea site. (144314) 20 Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018

Questions for Answer on Monday 21 May

Questions for Written Answer

1 N Jim McMahon (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many polling stations were operational in elections for each relevant year since 2010. (144375)

2 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2018 to Question 137479 on UK Membership of EU: Referendums, and with reference to the oral evidence of the Chief Executive of the Electoral Commission to the Committee for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on Fake News on 15 May 2018, Q 2618 and Q2619, HC 363, what recent discussions he has had with the Electoral Commission on the merits of increasing the level at which the Electoral Commission's can levy fines. (144210)

3 N Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to raise the minimum legal safety requirements for for (a) fridges and (b) freezers. (144214)

4 N Antoinette Sandbach (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of rules of origin under the proposed maximum facilitation model on the manufacturing sector. (144365)

5 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children designated as in need achieved (a) five A* to C grades at GCSE including English and mathematics and (b) no A* to C grades at GCSE excluding equivalents in (i) Coventry and (ii) the West Midlands from 2008 to the most recent year for which figures are available. (144159)

6 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to collect data on the number of pupils in England who are eligible for free school meals on the ground of household income but are not registered for such meals; and if he will make a statement. (144200)

7 N Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether emergency funding has been provided by the Education and Skills Funding Agency to the University of Chester Academies Trust; and if he will make a statement. (144173)

8 N Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the management performance of the University of Chester Academies Trust as a result of its reporting a financial deficit; and if he will make a statement. (144174)

9 N Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria were applied when deciding which schools within the University of Chester Academies Trust should be rebrokered. (144317) Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018 21

10 N Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government plans to introduce significantly discounted bus and train travel for apprentices. (144194)

11 N Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has he made of the propensity of students living and studying in rural areas to take up T levels. (144195)

12 N Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to inform further education providers on whether they will be delivering T-levels. (144196)

13 N Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Oral Answer of the Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills of 14 May 2018, Official Report, column 6, on Sixth-Form Colleges: Funding, whether funding for 16 and 17 year olds will be included in the Government's post-18 review. (144197)

14 N David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the reasons why Morecambe Bay Primary School failed to meet the threshold to retain the support of a social worker team to reduce the number of children on child protection plans to zero. (144280)

15 N Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2018 to Question 137063, what other diversity monitoring data was collected from applicants for the position of Chair of the Social Mobility Commission. (144382)

16 N Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when Ofsted plans to publish its final report of its 21 and 22 March 2018 inspection of The John Roan secondary school in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. (144366)

17 N Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timetable is for the publication of the next statistical set on early years provision for children under five years in the local-authority-maintained, private, voluntary and independent sectors in England. (144291)

18 N Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the A Green Future: Our 25 Year Plan to Improve the Environment, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the proposed Bradley open-cast coal mine in Pont Valley, County Durham on the Government’s commitment to restore the natural environment. (144251)

19 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department is providing to agencies in Palestine to help with medical aid. (144156) 22 Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018

20 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to Rohingya refugees; and if she will make a statement. (144158)

21 N Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Government overseas development assistance expenditure has been spent (a) directly and (b) indirectly on low-fee for profit private schools since 2015; and which countries are the top ten recipients of such assistance. (144381)

22 N Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mental health care programmes her Department is funding for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. (144227)

23 N Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of exports to (a) the USA and (b) the EU since 2011. (144247)

24 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Treasury about staff changes for his Department. (144270)

25 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of any decrease in staffing on its ability to carry out its remit. (144271)

26 N Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the structural integrity of the UK rail infrastructure’s (a) track and (b) signalling in (i) Control Period 6, (ii) Control Period 7 and (iii) Control Period 8. (144299)

27 N Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contingency plans he has in place in the event of a rail freight operator entering insolvency. (144300)

28 N Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the DVSA is taking to monitor the (a) safety during the driving test and (b) effectiveness of the new sat nav element of the driving test. (144255)

29 N Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from (a) the Local Government Association and (b) local authorities on the allocation of additional funding from central government to tackle potholes. (144363)

30 N Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated to the London Borough of Redbridge to tackle potholes in each year since 2010. (144364) Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018 23

31 N Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of self-employed claimants on universal credit full service who have remained self-employed once the Minimum Income Floor is applied at the end of their first 12 months of trading.(144410)

32 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average duration of mandatory reconsideration is for people who following an initial decision on their employment and support allowance claim (a) do and (b) do not set up a new claim for universal credit while awaiting the outcome of that reconsideration. (144198)

33 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether guidance is provided to departmental staff and contractors on communicating to claimants how they can establish a source of income during the mandatory reconsideration of their benefit claim; and if she will make a statement. (144199)

34 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the accuracy of the Real Time Information system in calculating the universal credit that is awarded to low-paid workers. (144201)

35 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) complaints and (b) inquiries that her Department has received from or on behalf of universal credit claimants in employment have been prompted by inaccurate earnings data from the Real Time Information system. (144202)

36 N Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the financial effect of the three-month waiting period for personal independence payment on people who have received a cancer diagnosis. (144155)

37 N Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the causes of the changes in the number of claimants aged between 18 and 24-year-olds in Great Grimsby constituency between April 2017 and April 2018. (144339)

38 N Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the causes of the changes in the number of claimants aged between 16 and 64-years-old in Great Grimsby constituency between April 2017 and April 2018. (144340)

39 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the value of (a) average backdated benefits and (b) total backdated benefits for PIP claimants who won PIP appeal tribunals in each of the last five years. (144208) 24 Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018

40 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of waiting times for PIP appeal tribunal dates on (a) the physical health and (b) the mental health of claimants. (144209)

41 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Health and Safety Executive earned through selling consultancy services in each of the last five years. (144150)

42 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish correspondence by Ministers with external bodies from the period between January 2018 and 2 May 2018 relating to the breast cancer screening failure. (144281)

43 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish updated information on the number of women since 2010 who have failed to receive breast cancer screening as a result of the recent breast cancer screening failure. (144282)

44 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England is legally required to ring fence any part of its allocation to Clinical Commissioning Groups to ensure it is used for Better Care Fund schemes which are classified as social care. (144287)

45 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure NHS England achieves the objectives set out in the Mandate for 2018-19. (144288)

46 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) sanctions and (b) penalties his Department can be apply to NHS England in the event that it fails to meet the objectives established in its mandate for 2018-19. (144289)

47 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the effect is of the non-renewal of the annual mandate under section 13A of the National Health Service Act 2006 on the requirement for compliance by the Board of NHS England with its responsibilities and delegated authorities as set out in the Framework Agreement between the Department of Health and NHS England and Managing Public Money. (144290)

48 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what change has been recorded in rates of childhood obesity in each year from 2011 to 2017. (144216)

49 N Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS trust has not met the target for 95 percent of patients entering A&E to be treated or admitted in 4 hours since September 2015; how many discussions he has had with that trust to understand why they have not achieved that target for 30 continuous months; Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018 25

what steps he has taken over the past 12 months to support A&E services within that trust in meeting that target; and what steps he plans to take to support that trust in meeting that target. (144259)

50 N Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS trust has had a 6 per cent reduction over the past 12 months away from the target for 85 per cent of patients to begin treatment within 62 days of urgent GP referral; how many discussions he has had with Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS trust to understand for what reasons they have not achieved that target for 18 continuous months; what steps he has taken over the past 12 months to support cancer services within Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS trust; and what steps he plans to take to support that trust in meeting that target. (144260)

51 N Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS trust has had a 13.2 per cent reduction over the past 12 months away from the target of ensuring that 92 per cent of patients are waiting less than 18 weeks for planned operations and care; how many discussions he has had with Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS trust to understand for what reasons they (a) rank 127th out of 127 NHS trusts for that target and (b) have not achieved that target for 27 continuous months; what steps he has taken over the past 12 months to support such planned treatments within Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS trust; and what steps he plans to take to support that trust in meeting that target. (144261)

52 N Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS Trusts in England offered (a) one (b) two (c) three and (d) more than three courses of IVF treatment as a routine service to eligible women in each of the years between 2010 and 2018. (144263)

53 N Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on the number of NHS Trusts which implemented in full NICE guidelines for the provision of IVF treatment in each year between 2010 and 2018 to date. (144264)

54 N Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to extend the Learning Disability Mortality Review programme beyond 2019. (144248)

55 N Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to fully fund the proposed pay award for Agenda For Change NHS Staff for all affected organisations; and if he will make a statement. (144305)

56 N Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the level of (a) access to and (b) uptake of diabetes prevention (i) methods and (ii) programmes in each clinical commissioning group area; and if he will make a statement. (144306) 26 Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018

57 N Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of prisoners with a history of opioid misuse were provided with Naloxone when released from prison in the latest year for which information is available; and from which prisons those prisoners were released. (144253)

58 N Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make the supply of the opioid-overdose antidote Naloxone to all at-risk prisoners upon their release a mandatory requirement for prisons. (144254)

59 N Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of approving the home as a place for pregnant women to take misoprostol. (144257)

60 N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to ensure NHS England provides funding for Ibrutinib for chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients. (144154)

61 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on the treatment of (a) acid attack victims, (b) knife attack victims and (c) victims of violent crime in each year since 2010. (144148)

62 N Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his oral contribution of 2 May 2018, Official Report, column 325, when plans to provide a detailed answer to the question from the hon. Member for Halton. (144172)

63 N Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to investigate allegations of Israel’s contravention of UK national arms licensing criteria. (144212)

64 N Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the use of live ammunition against Palestinian protesters. (144213)

65 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the international community to work together to speed up the process of peace between Palestine and Israel and develop a two state solution. (144157)

66 N Conor McGinn (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the rules governing people with (a) indefinite leave to remain and (b) refugee status to (i) leave and then return to Northern Ireland and (ii) to travel to the Republic of Ireland are. (144338) Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018 27

67 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his officials have raised concerns over potentially wrongful deportation of highly skilled migrants under section 322(5) of the Immigration Act (2016) in the last twelve months. (144295)

68 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department first became aware that some highly skilled migrants could potentially face wrongful deportation under section 322(5) of the Immigration Act (2016). (144296)

69 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his ministerial team were made aware of concerns over wrongful deportation of highly skilled migrants under section 322(5) of the Immigration Act (2016) on appointment. (144297)

70 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has paid in compensation for (a) wrongful detentions and (b) wrongful deportations in each year since 2010. (144298)

71 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent by police forces on handling (a) acid attacks, (b) knife attacks and (c) violent crimes in each year since 2010. (144149)

72 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2018 to Question 142744 on the Educational Testing Service, how many people whose results were marked as questionable were given the opportunity to (a) re-sit a test with another provider and (b) attend an interview; and of those people how many were subsequently refused immigration leave. (144151)

73 N Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on whether any G4S staff at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre received charges for unacceptable use of force against detainees. (144373)

74 N Gerald Jones (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of (a) armed forces and (b) his Department's personnel work for the Joint Cyber Unit in (i) Corsham and (ii) Cheltenham. (144362)

75 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the out-of-service dates are for each of the Royal Navy's active weapons systems. (144219)

76 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has plans to replenish Royal Navy stocks of Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles. (144220) 28 Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018

77 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government has made an assessment of the export potential of operational RAF-manned ISTAR aircraft manufactured in part or entirely in the UK. (144224)

78 N Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to improve internet connectivity for the personal use of serving UK military personnel in the Falkland Islands. (144256)

79 N Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to legislate to prevent unreasonable increases in ground rents on existing leasehold properties. (144171)

80 N Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to sell the Help to Buy loan book to outside financial organisations; and if he will make a statement. (144206)

81 N Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households that lived in (a) Grenfell Tower and (b) Grenfell Walk have accepted offers of (i) temporary and (ii) permanent accommodation since the Grenfell Tower fire. (144228)

82 N Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households that lived in (a) Grenfell Tower and (b) Grenfell Walk have moved out of (i) temporary and (ii) permanent accommodation into permanent accommodation since the Grenfell Tower fire. (144229)

83 N Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many of the 41 local authorities that have contacted his Department regarding fire safety in buildings since the Grenfell Tower fire have been provided financial support by his Department. (144230)

84 N Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will issue guidance to providers of social housing on how they should deal with and respond to enquiries from hon. Members. (144176)

85 N Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any Independent Monitoring Boards have fewer than three members as of 1 May 2018. (144345)

86 N Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse has been of expenses for his Department's staff by grade in each year since 2010. (144346)

87 N Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time spent on remand pending trial was for people facing summary offences in the last twelve months for which data is available. (144347) Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018 29

88 N Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has put in place to ensure that members of the public and journalists are able to access information about cases to at least the same extent that they can at present after the planned extension of digital court hearings. (144354)

89 N Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was to the public purse of severance packages paid to prison officers who took voluntary early departure in 2011 and were subsequently re-recruited. (144359)

90 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on incarcerating the perpetrators of (a) acid attacks, (b) knife attacks and (c) violent crimes; in each year since 2010. (144147)

91 N Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the implications of the High Court judgment of 14 May 2018 on the Mallusk incinerator plant for her policies on ministerial decision-making; and if she will make a statement. (144217)

92 N Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will confirm that she has no plans to seek a border poll in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement. (144218)

93 N Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been of made the cost to the public purse of the (a) total and (b) additional staffing costs of the Windrush compensation programme. (144377)

94 N Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to sell the Help to Buy loan book; and if he will make a statement. (144207)

95 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what implications there are for his policy of the report Care workers, challenges of the tax and benefits system, published on 2 May 2018 by the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group; and whether his Department has made an assessment of potential risks of care workers being paid less than the minimum wage. (144269)

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

1 Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): What steps he is taking to implement the 2017 Budget changes to universal credit. (905434)

2 Liz Twist (Blaydon): What estimate she has made of the number of families affected by the two-child limit for child tax credits and universal credit since April 2017. (905435)

3 Douglas Ross (Moray): What recent assessment the Government has made of trends in youth employment. (905436) 30 Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018

4 Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): What assessment her Department has made of recent trends in the average level of household debt of people receiving universal credit. (905437)

5 Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): What assessment she has made of the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on the number of evictions in the private rented sector. (905438)

6 Peter Grant (Glenrothes): What progress her Department has made on processing back-payments for personal independence payment claims. (905439)

7 Tom Pursglove (Corby): What steps the Government is taking to help young disabled people into work. (905440)

8 Priti Patel (Witham): What steps her Department is taking to improve social mobility. (905441)

9 Jo Platt (Leigh): What assessment her Department has made of the effect of the introduction of universal credit on the ability of victims of domestic violence to claim benefits. (905442)

10 Mary Robinson (Cheadle): What progress is being made on automatic enrolment for employees in Cheadle constituency. (905443)

11 Adam Afriyie (Windsor): What progress is being made on increasing private pension provision in Windsor constituency. (905444)

12 Graham P Jones (Hyndburn): What assessment she has made of the appropriateness of the eligibility criteria for attendance allowance. (905445)

13 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): What mental health awareness training her Department provides for personal independence payment assessors. (905446)

14 Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): What recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of fees and charges applied by asset managers to the investments made by defined contribution and defined benefit pension schemes. (905447)

15 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): What recent estimate his Department has made of the effect on the public purse of the Government’s plans to lower corporation tax to 17 per cent from 2020. (905448)

16 Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole): What steps her Department is taking to support people furthest from the labour market. (905449)

17 Robert Halfon (Harlow): What financial support is available for disabled people who incur costs relating to their condition which welfare payments are not designed to meet. (905450)

18 Scott Mann (North Cornwall): What steps he is taking to ensure that universal credit supports people to increase their earnings and progress in their jobs. (905451) Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018 31

19 Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): When she last visited a personal independence payment assessment centre. (905452)

20 Ged Killen (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): What assessment her Department has made of trends in the number of people signposted or referred to food banks in areas where full service universal credit has been rolled out. (905453)

21 Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire): What plans the Government has to increase compliance with child maintenance responsibilities. (905454)

22 Victoria Prentis (Banbury): What steps the Government is taking to support families with the cost of living. (905455)

23 Ruth Smeeth (Stoke-on-Trent North): What records her Department keeps on the allocation of crisis and budgeting loans. (905456)

24 Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): What steps she is taking to ensure that support is provided for former Carillion employees whose pensions will not be covered by the Pension Protection Fund. (905457)

25 Kirstene Hair (Angus): What recent assessment she has made of trends in long- term unemployment. (905458)

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

T 1 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. (905459)

T 2 Liz Twist (Blaydon): (905460)

T 3 Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington): (905461)

T 4 Stephen Kerr (Stirling): (905462)

T 5 Paula Sherriff (Dewsbury): (905463)

T 6 Henry Smith (Crawley): (905464)

T 7 Damien Moore (Southport): (905465)

T 8 Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): (905466)

T 9 Robert Halfon (Harlow): (905467)

T 10 Vicky Ford (Chelmsford): (905468) 32 Published: Wednesday 16 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 15 May 2018

Questions for Answer on Monday 4 June

Questions for Written Answer

1 N Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Oral Answer of 17 April 2018, Official Report, column 179, what progress HMRC is making on reaching an agreement with the Roadchef Employee Benefit Trust on the outstanding tax issues. (144245)