Daily Report Monday, 4 February 2019 CONTENTS
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Daily Report Monday, 4 February 2019 This report shows written answers and statements provided on 4 February 2019 and the information is correct at the time of publication (07:00 P.M., 04 February 2019). For the latest information on written questions and answers, ministerial corrections, and written statements, please visit: http://www.parliament.uk/writtenanswers/ CONTENTS ANSWERS 7 Cabinet Office: Written ATTORNEY GENERAL 7 Questions 13 Attorney General: Trade Census: Sikhs 13 Associations 7 Cybercrime 14 Crown Prosecution Service: Cybercrime: EU Countries 14 Staff 7 Interserve 14 Crown Prosecution Service: Interserve: Living Wage 15 West Midlands 7 Reducing Regulation Road Traffic Offences: Committee 15 Prosecutions 8 DEFENCE 15 BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY 9 Arctic: Defence 15 Climate Change Convention 9 Armed Forces: Doctors 15 Companies: National Security 9 Armed Forces: Professional Organisations 16 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Army: Deployment 16 Brexit 10 Army: Officers 16 Energy: Subsidies 10 Chinook Helicopters: Innovation and Science 11 Accidents 17 Insolvency 11 Ecuador: Military Aid 17 Iron and Steel 12 European Fighter Aircraft: Safety Measures 17 Telecommunications: National Security 12 General Electric: Rugby 18 CABINET OFFICE 13 HMS Mersey: English Channel 18 Cabinet Office: Trade Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft: Associations 13 Safety Measures 18 Ministry of Defence: Brexit 19 Ministry of Defence: Public Free School Meals: Newcastle Expenditure 19 Upon Tyne Central 36 Royal Tank Regiment: Death 20 GCSE: English Language and Service Complaints Mathematics 36 Ombudsman 20 Headteachers 37 Veterans: Charities 21 Literacy: Teaching Methods 38 DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND Members: Correspondence 38 SPORT 22 Overseas Students: 5G: West Midlands Combined Employment 38 Authority 22 Pre-school Education: Centre for Ageing Better 23 Standards 39 Culture: Finance 23 Pre-school Education: Digital Technology: Older Teachers 39 People 23 Schools: Discipline 40 European Network and Special Educational Needs: Information Security Agency 24 Barnsley 40 Third Sector 25 Special Educational Needs: Video Games 26 West Sussex 41 EDUCATION 27 Teachers: Standards 42 Academies: Insolvency 27 Vocational Education 42 Apprentices 27 ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS 42 Apprentices: Standards 28 African Swine Fever 42 Children 28 Agriculture: Finance 43 Children in Care 28 Air Pollution 43 Children: Day Care 29 Beverage Containers: Children: Social Services 29 Recycling 44 Curriculum: Sports 32 Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Department for Education: Control 45 Trade Associations 33 Department for Environment, Disabled Students Allowances 33 Food and Rural Affairs: Brexit 45 Education: Exports 33 Department for Environment, Education: Finance 34 Food and Rural Affairs: Statutory Instruments 45 Education: Standards 35 Early Day Motions 46 Education: Trade Agreements 35 Food: Waste Disposal 47 Erasmus+ Programme 35 Incinerators 51 Nappies: Health Hazards 51 Saudi Arabia: Political Nappies: Recycling 52 Prisoners 61 Nappies: Waste Disposal 52 Uganda: Armed Conflict 62 Natural England: Finance 52 Yemen: Humanitarian Aid 62 Plastics 53 Zimbabwe: Detainees 63 EXITING THE EUROPEAN Zimbabwe: Politics and UNION 54 Government 63 Brexit: Northern Ireland 54 Zimbabwe: Violence 63 Department for Exiting the HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE 64 European Union: Trade Air pollution: Health Hazards 64 Associations 54 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: European Union (Withdrawal) Research 64 Act 2018 55 Dementia 65 FOREIGN AND Department of Health and COMMONWEALTH OFFICE 55 Social Care: Brexit 66 Canada: China 55 Department of Health and Christianity: Oppression 55 Social Care: Sick Leave 66 Eritrea: Ethiopia 56 Gloucestershire Hospitals Eritrea: Political Prisoners 56 NHS Foundation Trust: Tomography 66 Evan Mawarire 56 Health Services: Recruitment 67 Gary Spedding 57 Hepatitis 67 Hebron: Israel 57 Hospices 68 International Criminal Court 57 Learning Disability: Restraint Israel: Immigration Controls 58 Techniques 68 Palestinians: Politics and Lipoedema 69 Government 58 Mental Health and Employers Papua: Politics and Independent Review 69 Government 58 Mental Health Services: Russia: Human Rights 59 Children 70 Russia: Human Rights and Mental Health Services: Journalism 59 Expenditure 70 Russia: Human Rights and Mental Health Services: Third Sector 60 Nurses 70 Russia: Journalism 60 Mental Illness: Children 72 Sanctions: Saudi Arabia 60 Mental Illness: Restraint Saudi Arabia: Females 61 Techniques 72 NHS: Disclosure of Information 73 Community Housing Fund 86 NHS: Expenditure 74 Council Tax 87 NHS: Finance 74 Domestic Abuse: Victim NHS: Training 75 Support Schemes 87 NHS: Vacancies 75 Homelessness: Domestic Abuse 88 Nurses: Training 76 Housing: Domestic Abuse 88 Prisoners: Mental Illness 76 Ministry of Housing, Royal Liverpool Hospital 76 Communities and Local Self-harm: West Midlands 77 Government: Brexit 90 Suicide 78 New Monks Farm: Suicide: Bereavement Construction 90 Counselling 78 Non-domestic Rates 91 Yorkshire Ambulance Service Private Rented Housing: NHS Trust 79 Housing Benefit 91 HOME OFFICE 79 Regeneration: Finance 91 Asylum: Children 79 UK Shared Prosperity Fund 92 British Nationality and Visas: INTERNATIONAL Oldham 80 DEVELOPMENT 92 Deportation: English Language 80 Brazil: Humanitarian Aid 92 Fire and Rescue Services: Department for International Pensions 80 Development: Living Wage 92 Home Office: Brexit 81 Department for International Home Office: Complaints 81 Development: Trade Associations 93 Immigrants: Detainees 81 International Assistance: Immigration: Computer Security 93 Software 82 Overseas Aid 93 Immigration: EU Nationals 82 Venezuela: Humanitarian Aid 94 Overseas Students 83 Venezuela: Reconstruction 94 Police: Finance 84 Yemen: Overseas Aid 94 Sex and Relationship Education 84 Zimbabwe: Overseas Aid 95 Visas: Russia 84 INTERNATIONAL TRADE 96 HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND Department for International LOCAL GOVERNMENT 85 Trade: Brexit 96 Buildings: Insulation 85 Department for International Trade: Sikhs 96 Food: Scotland 96 PRIME MINISTER 109 Iron and Steel: EU External 10 Downing Street: Flags 109 Trade 97 TRANSPORT 109 Overseas Trade 98 Bus Services: Disability 109 Saudi Arabia: Arms Trade 98 Crossrail Line 110 Trade Agreements 99 Cycling and Motorcycles: Trade Agreements: USA 99 Accidents 110 JUSTICE 100 Department for Transport: Arms Length Bodies: Brexit 110 Consultants 100 Fuels 111 Child Arrangement Orders: Irish Sea: Pollution 112 Grandparents 100 Mid-Cheshire Railway Line 112 Coroners 100 Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Designated Public Places Emissions 112 Orders: Prosecutions 101 Network Rail: Correspondence 113 Immigration: EU Nationals 101 Railway Stations: Lancashire 113 Ministry of Justice: Brexit 102 Railways: North of England 114 Ministry of Justice: Contracts 102 Road Traffic Control: West Prison Sentences 103 Sussex 114 Prisoners' Release 103 Roads: Freight 115 Prisoners' Release: Sexual Transport: Infrastructure 115 Offences 104 Unmanned Air Vehicles: Prisoners: Drugs 104 Regulation 117 Prisoners: Sexual Offences 105 Virgin Trains: Compensation 118 Prisons 106 West Coast Main Line: Prisons: CCTV 106 Compensation 119 Sentencing 107 Wolverhampton Station: Safety 119 LEADER OF THE HOUSE 108 TREASURY 119 Early Day Motions 108 Child Benefit 119 NORTHERN IRELAND 108 Child Tax Credit: Refugees 120 Northern Ireland Assembly: Members 108 Children: Poverty 120 Northern Ireland Office: Brexit 108 Credit: Interest Rates 121 Political Parties: Northern Customs Declaration Services Ireland 109 Programme 121 Erasmus+ Programme 121 Social Security Benefits 132 EU budget: Northern Ireland State Retirement Pensions: and Republic of Ireland 122 Females 132 Import Duties 122 Universal Credit 133 Small Businesses: Exports 122 Universal Credit: Telephone Tax Avoidance 123 Services 134 WALES 123 Work Capability Assessment: Slavery 135 Wales Office: Brexit 123 MINISTERIAL CORRECTIONS 136 Wales Office: Staff 124 HOME OFFICE 136 Wales Office: Trade Associations 124 British Nationality and Visas: Oldham 136 WOMEN AND EQUALITIES 124 WRITTEN STATEMENTS 137 Civil Partnerships: Heterosexuality 124 EDUCATION 137 Government Equalities Office: Race Disparity Audit 137 Trade Associations 125 INTERNATIONAL WORK AND PENSIONS 125 DEVELOPMENT 138 Children: Day Care 125 Update on DFID’s work on safeguarding 138 Children: Maintenance 125 INTERNATIONAL TRADE 140 Department for Work and Pensions: Members' EU-Japan Economic Constituency Work 126 Partnership Agreement 140 Independent Case Examiner 126 JUSTICE 141 Personal Independence Parole Board Update 141 Payment 126 TRANSPORT 143 Personal Independence Light Dues 2019/2020 143 Payment: Appeals 131 Notes: Questions marked thus [R] indicate that a relevant interest has been declared. Questions with identification numbers of 900000 or greater indicate that the question was originally tabled as an oral question and has since been unstarred. ANSWERS ATTORNEY GENERAL Attorney General: Trade Associations Gareth Thomas: [213172] To ask the Attorney General, which regulatory functions imposed by legislation for which his Department has responsibility are currently undertaken by trade associations; and if he will make a statement. Robert Buckland: The Law Officers’ Departments do not have any regulatory functions imposed by legislation that are currently undertaken by trade associations. Crown Prosecution Service: Staff Steve McCabe: [213937] To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made