Published: Friday 22 March 2019

Questions tabled on Thursday 21 March 2019

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 Friday 22 March

Questions for Written Answer

1 Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children are unaccompanied asylum seeking children in each local authority area. [Transferred] (234854)

2 Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the number of electric taxi and private hire vehicles to improve air quality in cities. [Transferred] (234789)

3 Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding from the public purse has been allocated to the promotion of cycling in (a) each borough in central London and (b) Portsmouth. [Transferred] (234790)

4 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has issued to schools on the potential adverse effects of emergency contraception being provided to girls under the age of 16 (a) by school staff and (b) on school premises. [Transferred] (234643)

5 N Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to (a) stop goods subject to tariffs flowing freely from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland and (b) stop those goods being smuggled into the rest of the UK in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. [Transferred] (234071) 2 Published: Friday 22 March 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 21 March 2019

Questions for Answer on Monday 25 March

Questions for Written Answer

1 N Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to implement shared parental pay and paternity pay as a right for all employees from their first day of employment. [Transferred] (234862)

2 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much financial support the British Business Bank start-up loans programme has provided to businesses in each constituency since it was launched in 2012. (235375)

3 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the funding UK Community Foundation and Women’s Aid Federation of England were given from the 2017-2018 Tampon Tax Fund has been used for their own administration of those grants. [Transferred] (234844)

4 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the criterion for the Tampon Tax Fund that the value of the grant requested in each financial year must not represent more than 50 per cent of the applicant organisation’s annual income was introduced. [Transferred] (234845)

5 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he publish the names of schools that allow emergency contraception to be distributed to children at that school without parental knowledge or consent. (235221)

6 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure that girls aged under 16 years old are properly supervised when taking emergency contraception; and if he will make a statement. (235222)

7 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has provided to schools since 2010 on the potential liability of schools governors in the event of (a) a fatality, (b) stroke and (c) other adverse reaction to a pupil aged under 16 years as a direct consequence of taking the emergency hormonal contraceptive pill (i) where the drug has been supplied on school premises with the sanction of the governors, (ii) where the drug has been supplied on school premises without the sanction of the governors and (iii) where the drug has been supplied off school premises but as a result of a referral by a school nurse on school premises without the sanction of the governors. (235223)

8 (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total spend has been on (a) level 2 (b) level 3 and (c) above level 3 apprenticeships in each of the last three financial years; and if he will make a statement. (235337) Published: Friday 22 March 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 21 March 2019 3

9 Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans Ofsted has to ensure that descriptors of high-quality education in new inspection handbooks for (a) early years, (b) schools and (c) further education emphasise the importance of pupils developing language and communication skills. (235357)

10 Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Education and Skills Funding Agency plans to revise its apprenticeship funding rules for training providers and employers to include training for communication skills development in the list of items that can be funded; and if he will make a statement. (235358)

11 Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children and young people in contact with Pupil Referral Units have speech, language and communication needs. (235359)

12 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department provides financial support to schools for student counselling following incidents of a tragic nature. (235325)

13 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers in UK schools are EU nationals. (235326)

14 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that teachers feel safe from violence at their schools. (235327)

15 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to update feral pig code in England. (235242)

16 Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) maintain and (b) increase animal welfare standards in battery hen farms. (235260)

17 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to enforcement at Sites of Special Scientific Interest, how many (a) warning letters have been issued, (b) civil sanctions have been delivered and (c) prosecutions have been carried out in each year since 2013. (235391)

18 Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department has provided to Sri Lankan authorities to provide medical treatment for people affected by poor water quality in Valikamam in Northern Sri Lanka. (235389)

19 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment her Department has made of the extent of sex trafficking between Myanmar and China; and if she will make a statement. (235249) 4 Published: Friday 22 March 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 21 March 2019

20 Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a child marker scheme to track the money that her Department spends on interventions targeted at children; and if she will make a statement. (235227)

21 Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will conduct a review into the efficiency of the new rail ombudsman. (235348)

22 Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the safety of self- driving cars. (235352)

23 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many hours his (a) officials and (b) Ministers have spent on the Seaborne Freight contract. (235397)

24 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) the time spent by his Department’s officials, (b) outside contractor’s advice and (c) any legal advice on the Seaborne Freight contract. (235398)

25 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was of dredging Ramsgate port for ferry access in relation to the failed Seaborne freight contract; and who paid for the dredging. (235399)

26 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Local Government Association on encouraging councils to use City Region Deals to increase access to cycling and walking routes. (235309)

27 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to secure less profitable rural bus routes and prevent an increase in rural isolation. (235310)

28 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the number of global routes to smaller airports in Belfast and Cardiff and other essential hubs. (235311)

29 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Impact Assessment on Review of language support provided for driving tests, whether the policy change that withdrew the availability of language support from UK driving test candidates was reviewed in January 2019 as indicated on the impact assessment; and if he will make a statement. (235303)

30 Emma Dent Coad (Kensington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the proportion of (a) employment and support allowance, (b) jobseekers allowance and (c) universal Published: Friday 22 March 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 21 March 2019 5

credit claimants who have (i) accepted and (ii) not accepted that her Department has taken into account their personal circumstances when deciding upon the claimant commitments which apply to their claim. (235366)

31 N Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to allocate more funding towards Access to Work. [Transferred] (234861)

32 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are taken to monitor and review the performance of health assessors whose decisions are often reviewed or appealed successfully. (235243)

33 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payment assessment decisions were appealed in 2017-18. (235244)

34 Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the process of awarding of the Health and Work Programme contract to Working Links (Employment) Ltd. (235318)

35 Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to increase the capacity of the Voluntary and Charitable Sector to (a) bid for and (b) operate as sub-contractors for her Department's contracts. (235319)

36 Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what due diligence her Department undertook in advance of Fedcap Employment taking over contracts held by Working Links (Employment) Ltd. (235320)

37 Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Department's contract with Fedcap Employment included provisions to pay money owed to Working Link (Employment) Ltd sub-contractors for services provided on behalf of her Department. (235321)

38 Stephanie Peacock ( East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the mean average wait for a mandatory reconsideration after a personal independence payment assessment was in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire, and (c) nationally in each of the last 12 months. (235382)

39 Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the mean wait for a mandatory reconsideration after a personal independence payment assessment was in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) nationally in each of the last five years for which data is available. (235383)

40 Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the mean average wait for a mandatory reconsideration of a universal credit assessment was in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) nationally in each of the last 12 months. (235384) 6 Published: Friday 22 March 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 21 March 2019

41 Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the mean average wait for a mandatory reconsideration of a universal credit assessment was in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) nationally in each of the last five years for which data is available. (235385)

42 Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS spending is allocated to drug and alcohol rehabilitation services. (235390)

43 Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists on the training of approved mental capacity professionals; and what plans he has for further such discussions. (235354)

44 Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to consult on which groups of professionals are able to train to be approved mental capacity professionals. (235355)

45 Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve the identification of speech, language and communication needs among children and young people who are in contact with specialist NHS children and young people’s mental health services. (235356)

46 Mr (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on the proportion of dental patients who receive (a) NHS and (b) private treatment. (235252)

47 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of new patients whom dentists registered were NHS patients in each of the last three years. (235255)

48 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to manage risks to safety in compounding facilities in (a) NHS organisations and (b) commercial aseptic pharmacies. (235304)

49 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much capital funding has been spent on (a) pharmacy services, (b) aseptic pharmacy services and (c) compounding pharmacy services in each of the last five years. (235305)

50 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of workforce pressures in compounding pharmacies operated by (a) NHS organisations and (b) non-NHS organisations; and whether the pharmacy workforce will be included in the forthcoming NHS workforce plan. (235306) Published: Friday 22 March 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 21 March 2019 7

51 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on aseptic compounding pharmacies operated by (a) NHS organisations and (b) non-NHS organisations of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (235307)

52 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Tackling antimicrobial resistance 2019–2024: The UK’s five-year national action plan published on 24 January 2019, what plans he has to fund the (a) design and (b) testing of a new economic model for antibiotics. (235308)

53 Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings were held between (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department and Alexander Nix of Cambridge Analytica in December 2016. (235339)

54 Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many members of staff of his Department have been seconded to other government departments to work on preparations for the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. (235286)

55 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the Chinese Government on human rights abuses in detention camps in Xinjiang. (235276)

56 Ian C. Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department plans on taking to reduce the number of disruptive passenger incidents (a) at airports and (b) onboard commercial airlines. (235250)

57 Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of burglary investigations in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) nationally were closed without identifying a suspect in each year since 2010. (235386)

58 Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of theft investigations in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) nationally were closed without identifying a suspect in each year since 2010. (235387)

59 Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of trespass investigations in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) nationally were closed without identifying a suspect in each year since 2010. (235388)

60 Will Quince (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of number of offences involving an imitation firearm in the latest period for which figures are available. (235340)

61 Will Quince (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many imitation firearms have been seized by police forces in the latest period for which figures are available. (235341) 8 Published: Friday 22 March 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 21 March 2019

62 Will Quince (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the availability of imitation firearms. (235342)

63 Will Quince (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the use of imitation firearms in criminal offences. (235343)

64 Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the independent review of drugs led by Professor Dame Carol Black will make an assessment of drug use and access to treatment for marginalised groups, including people sleeping rough. (235275)

65 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to place an order for littoral strike vessels; how much he expects each vessel to cost; and when he expects those vessels to be operational. (235393)

66 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to designate the littoral strike vessels as complex warships in order that only British shipyards may bid for their construction. (235394)

67 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the new Littoral Strike vessels will be based in Devonport. (235395)

68 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Fleet Auxiliary and (c) Royal Marines he expects to allocate to each Littoral Strike Vessel. (235396)

69 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Point Class Ro-Ro ferries the Ministry of Defence has available and at what readiness. (235400)

70 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on using Point Class ferries to manage pressures at UK ports after the UK leaves the EU. (235401)

71 Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to lower business rates. (235353)

72 Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of people sleeping rough have a co-occurring mental health and substance use problem. (235272)

73 Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of drug and alcohol treatment services for people sleeping rough. (235273) Published: Friday 22 March 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 21 March 2019 9

74 Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to improve access to drug and alcohol treatment services for people sleeping rough. (235274)

75 Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the £3 million committed to the Litigants in Person Support Strategy is additional funding for his Department or will be taken from his existing Departmental budget. (235332)

76 Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of litigants in person who will access the new funding for the Litigants in Person Support Strategy in the next two years. (235333)

77 Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many litigants in person have accessed funding from the Litigants in Person Support Strategy in each year since it was established. (235335)

78 Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding has been provided by the Litigants in Person Support Strategy in each year since it was established. (235338)

79 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to his Department has been of personal independence payment appeals in each year since 2015. (235248)

80 Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to develop guidance for youth offending teams on how best to (a) support and (b) meet the needs of young people with speech, language and communication needs; and if he will make a statement. (235361)

81 Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the 55p per minute cost of the telephone helpline established to provide advice on how to use online court services on the effectiveness of that helpline. (235313)

82 Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to improve data on religion within the criminal justice system since the publication of the report Tackling Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice System: 2018 Update. (235324)

83 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people aged under 18 are in youth detention facilities. (235328)

84 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people under the age of 18 were charged with common assault in 2018. (235329)

85 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many restraining orders were issued in each of the last three years. (235330) 10 Published: Friday 22 March 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 21 March 2019

86 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many alleged breaches of the Special Advisers’ Code of Conduct by his Department's Special Advisers have been investigated by the Minister responsible for the appointment in the last 12 months. (235368)

Questions for Answer on Tuesday 26 March

Questions for Written Answer

1 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Minister for the , how many alleged breaches of the Special Advisors’ Code of Conduct by his Department's Special Advisers have been investigated by the Ministers responsible for their appointment in the last 12 months. (235367)

2 N Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to recommendation two of the Government’s Capability Review of the Cross Government Funds, published on 28 March 2018, what progress his Department has made on making public the versions of national security strategies for priority countries. (235239)

3 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the oral contribution of 20 March 2019 of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Kelly Tolhurst to the Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee on the Draft International Accounting Standards and European Public Limited-Liability Company (amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, Official Report, column 8, who will carry out the work that the endorsement board will be responsible for until that body is constituted. (235296)

4 N Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the role of biomanufacturing in supporting the Government's Clean Growth Strategy. (235254)

5 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total amount of solar energy captured in the UK is for each of the last five years. (235404)

6 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of social media on young people’s mental health; and what plans his Department has to ensure that social media companies protect vulnerable young people. (235350) Published: Friday 22 March 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 21 March 2019 11

7 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) social media companies and (b) online news platforms ban and remove harmful and extremist content. (235351)

8 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the number of applications that UK Community Foundations has received for its onward grants of using Tampon Tax Fund money. (235283)

9 N Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the source of funding is for the £10 million brand refresh for the National Citizen Service; and if he can confirm that no government funding will be spent on this contract. (235376)

10 N Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department provides to schools on the liability of (a) school governors, (b) teachers, (c) head teachers and (d) other school staff if there are adverse consequences from emergency contraception which has been provided to girls under the age of 16 years by school staff on school premises without the consent of parents; and if he will make a statement. (235224)

11 N Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many girls in England have been given emergency contraception by school nurses in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by the age of the girl. (235225)

12 N Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times school nurses have issued emergency contraception in each of the last five years for which figures are available. (235226)

13 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of legislation relating to the unauthorised absence of students from school. (235237)

14 N Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the information gathered by the annual Destinations of Leavers of Higher Education survey; and if he will make a statement. (235334)

15 N Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of universities collecting destination routes of all students beyond the current annual survey of graduate destinations; and if he will make a statement. (235336) 12 Published: Friday 22 March 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 21 March 2019

16 N Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to reports that Egremont Primary School in Wallasey will be making 18 members of staff redundant, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of that loss of staff on the level of education children attending that school will receive. (235268)

17 N Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to reports that Egremont Primary School in Wallasey will be making 18 members of staff redundant, what assessment he has made of the financial stability of the Oak Trees Multi Academy Trust in Wirral. (235269)

18 N Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the financial stability of the Oak Trees Multi Academy Trust in Wirral. (235270)

19 N Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total cost to the public purse has been of converting local authority schools to academy schools in Wirral since 2010. (235271)

20 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish updated sex education guidelines; and what steps is his Department is taking to ensure that those guidelines reflect diverse needs particularly for girls and LGBT+ young people. (235349)

21 N Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department (a) has taken since September 2015 and (b) plans to take up to 2030 to achieve sustainable development goal four, target seven on education for sustainable development and global citizenship. (235297)

22 N Dr Paul Williams (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of care and support offered to care leavers. (235360)

23 N Dr Paul Williams (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of care leavers that have (a) been homeless, (b) had diagnosed mental health needs, and (c) entered the criminal justice system in each of the last five years. (235362)

24 N Dr Paul Williams (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the (a) homeless and (b) prison populations that are care leavers. (235363)

25 N Dr Paul Williams (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of care leavers aged 16-24 that are not in education, employment or training. (235364)

26 N Dr Paul Williams (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of post-18 care and support provided to young people with special educational needs. (235365) Published: Friday 22 March 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 21 March 2019 13

27 N (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times the UK has requested a quicker action on a chemical restriction, including additional rapid phase-out deadlines, that have been blocked by (a) other Member States and (b) the European Chemicals Agency. (235265)

28 N Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions the UK has opposed the restriction of a chemical by (a) another Member State and (b) the European Chemicals Agency. (235266)

29 N Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times the UK has objected to a substance being named as a substance of very high concern by the European Chemicals Agency. (235267)

30 N Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on its wildfires review. (235405)

31 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the number of race horses that have (a) died during races and (b) died due to racing-related injuries in each of the last five years. (235344)

32 N Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to prohibit the export of livestock for (a) slaughter and (b) fattening after the UK leaves the EU. (235233)

33 N Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many consultants his Department has hired since 2016; and at what cost to the taxpayer. (235288)

34 N Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what arrangements are in place for Spanish citizens working in Gibraltar after the UK leaves the EU. (235284)

35 N Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what protections are being offered to EU frontier workers in the UK after the UK leaves the EU. (235285)

36 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many alleged breaches of the Special Advisers’ Code of Conduct by his Department's Special Advisers have been investigated by the Minister responsible for the appointment in the last 12 months. (235369)

37 N Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the level of humanitarian need in the Chimanimani area of Zimbabwe following Cyclone Idai. (235251) 14 Published: Friday 22 March 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 21 March 2019

38 N Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to efforts to reopen roads and bridges between (a) Bulawayo, (b) Harare, and (c) the Chimanimani area of Zimbabwe following Cyclone Idai. (235298)

39 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make representations at the UN on (a) the increasing level of malnutrition among (i) young children and (ii) other people in North Korea and (b) reports that about 40 per cent of the population of that country are at risk of that condition. (235253)

40 N Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many consultants her Department has hired since 2016; and at what cost to the taxpayer. (235290)

41 N Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the UK’s aid spending on Yemen is allocated directly to Yemeni NGOs. (235238)

42 N Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to support women’s peacebuilding projects in Yemen. (235240)

43 N Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to provide financial support to the International Financing Facility for Education. (235245)

44 N Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to encourage the Government of Turkey to improve (a) working conditions, (b) safety standards and (c) pay for Syrian refugees employed in garment factories in Turkey. (235246)

45 N Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many consultants his Department has hired since 2016; and at what cost to the taxpayer. (235291)

46 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many alleged breaches of the Special Advisers’ Code of Conduct by his Department's Special Advisers have been investigated by the Minister responsible for the appointment in the last 12 months. (235370)

47 N Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many consultants his Department has hired since 2016; and at what cost to the taxpayer. (235287)

48 N (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on (a) scoping and (b) commissioning further feasibility work on whether the restoration of the Skipton to Colne link would generate enough freight and passenger traffic to be affordable. (235280) Published: Friday 22 March 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 21 March 2019 15

49 N Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of airport capacity outside the South East. (235293)

50 N John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 21 March 2019 to Question 909949, Official Report, what engagement his Department's officials had in the awarding of that contract to Siemens by Transport for London and London Underground. (235261)

51 N Margaret Greenwood (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) widows, (b) widowers and (c) bereaved civil partners have been refused the (a) lower rate of Bereavement Support Payment and (b) higher rate of Bereavement Support Payment as a result of a (i) spouse and (ii) civil partner not having made sufficient National Insurance contributions. (235322)

52 N John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many workers will receive an increase in wages as a result of the rise in the national living wage on 1 April 2019 in each Scottish parliamentary constituency. (235373)

53 N Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to introduce a dedicated universal credit hotline for Members and their staff. (235282)

54 N Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with representatives from the voluntary and charitable sector on the financial effect of the collapse of Working Links (Employment) Ltd. (235316)

55 N Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much is owed to sub-contractors providing Health and Work Programme services as a result of the collapse of Working Links (Employment) Ltd. (235317)

56 N Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what impact assessment her Department has undertaken on the recent reform of pension credit; and if she will publish that impact assessment. (235295)

57 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many alleged breaches of the Special Advisers’ Code of Conduct by his Department's Special Advisers have been investigated by the Minister responsible for the appointment in the last 12 months. (235371)

58 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) conducting tribunal cases on personal independence payments and (b) providing legal representation at tribunal cases on personal independence payments in the most recent 12-month period for which data is available. (235345) 16 Published: Friday 22 March 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 21 March 2019

59 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to (a) publicise forthcoming changes to pension credit for mixed-age couples and (b) encourage people to make a claim for that benefit before 15 May 2019. (235228)

60 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of mixed-age couples claiming (a) pension credit or (b) pension age housing benefit on 14 May who will lose entitlement due to a change in circumstance in each of the next five years. (235229)

61 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the approximately 60,000 mixed-age couples who will be affected by the change in the entitlement rules for pension credit by 2023-24 live in each region of the UK. (235230)

62 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether mixed-age couples will continue to be able to claim council tax support under the default scheme when changes to their entitlement to pension credit take effect from 15 May 2019; and if he will make a statement. (235231)

63 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of trainee nurses in England. (235235)

64 N Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the information available to women on (a) mesh implants, (b) traditional mesh surgery, (c) physiotherapy and (d) other alternatives to mesh implants. (235263)

65 N Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of gestational diabetes and the risk of late stillbirth: a case–control study from England published on 19 March 2019 in the International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. (235264)

66 N Gillian Keegan (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the level of misdiagnosis by NHS employees and locums in hospital pathology departments. (910031)

67 N Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of ring-fencing the Children’s Hospice Grant for children’s hospices over the lifespan of the NHS Long-Term Plan. (235379)

68 N Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he has made in ensuring Israel's investigations into deaths at the Gaza border in 2018 are (a) independent, (b) transparent, (c) balanced, (d) inclusive of international members and (e) published in a timely manner. (235241) Published: Friday 22 March 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 21 March 2019 17

69 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the current political and security situation in Libya, and if he will make a statement. (235234)

70 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives fro the Palestinian Authority on human rights in Gaza, and if he will make a statement. (235236)

71 N Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many consultants his Department has hired since 2016; and at what cost to the taxpayer. (235289)

72 N Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Guardian's decision to use Kyiv rather than Kiev, whether his Department has plans to make the same change. (235278)

73 N Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the proposed reforms of the (a) National Reconciliation Law and (b) NGO Law in Guatemala; and if he will make a statement. (235277)

74 N Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2019 to Question 233007 on Ilois: Finance, on what dates were the visits organised by the British Indian Ocean Territory Administration between 2000 and 2016 to allow Chagossians access to their homeland; and how many Chagossians participated in each of those visits. (235302)

75 N (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2019 to Question 231997, how many of the 77 potential victims of trafficking that were detained were not released as a result of a positive reasonable grounds decision. (235299)

76 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2019 to Question 231999 on Detention Centres: Training, which (a) organisation provides the training to his Department's supplier staff on identifying adults at risk in immigration detention; whether that training is compulsory; how many hours are required to complete the training; and how often staff are required to retake the training during the course of their employment. (235300)

77 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2019 to Question 232000 on UK Visas and Immigration: Training, how many hours are required to complete that training; and how often is that training is refreshed. (235301) 18 Published: Friday 22 March 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 21 March 2019

78 N Sir Vince Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with his French counterpart on plans that country has for a centralised biometric database when processing UK business travellers. (235247)

79 N Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress his Department has made on the implementation of a public health approach to tackling violence. [Transferred] (910037)

80 N Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he last reviewed the application form for Leave to Remain under the five-year partner rote. (235374)

81 N Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment his Department has made of potential links between serious violence, in particular knife crime, and school exclusions. (235323)

82 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the guidance given to his Department's decision- makers on refusal of an asylum claim on the basis of religion. (235380)

83 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refusals of asylum claims have included quotations from religious texts in each of the last five years. (235381)

84 N Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of homeless foreign nationals detained by Immigration Compliance and Enforcement teams in each of the previous years for which figures are available. (235392)

85 N Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on police numbers in the West Midlands of the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of West Midlands Police officers that will be deployed to other forces under police Mutual Aid arrangements. (235292)

86 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to estimate the number of people in the UK who are entitled to British citizenship but have not yet been naturalised. (235402)

87 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many M1N1 application forms have been submitted in each of the last three years; and what proportion were (a) refused and (b) withdrawn. (235403)

88 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments has considered applications from former senior Army officers to take up appointments at Capita in each of the last five years. (235256) Published: Friday 22 March 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 21 March 2019 19

89 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions did the Adjutant General meet with representatives from Capita Plc between December 2009 and July 2012. (235257)

90 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions the Adjutant General met with staff from (a) Director General Army Recruitment and Training and (b) Recruiting Group to discuss contracts related to Capita Plc between December 2009 and July 2012. (235258)

91 N Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the findings of the 2018 research by Buffel, Phillipson, Scharf entitled, Ageing in urban environments: Developing age-friendly Cities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the planning of cities caters for the needs of older people. (235259)

92 N John Grogan (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria the proposals for One Yorkshire devolution failed to meet. (235279)

93 N John Grogan (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish his Department's analysis of the case presented to Ministers for One Yorkshire devolution by local authority leaders. (235281)

94 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of March 2019 research by Generation Rent which found that local authorities surveyed had issued improvement notices to private landlords in only 5 per cent of cases where a tenant had complained in 2017-18; and if he will make a statement. (235346)

95 N Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the Government plans to publish the outcome of its consultation entitled Planning reform: supporting the high street and increasing the delivery of new homes. (235331)

96 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2019 to Question 229147 on Buildings: Insulation, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of other test facilities with available test rigs for the referenced test to take place. (235312)

97 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant the Answer of 4 February 2019 to Question 214560 on Buildings: Insulation, whether the further testing to check the fire safety of building materials that his Department is commissioning with the Building Research Establishment has started. (235314) 20 Published: Friday 22 March 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 21 March 2019

98 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant the Answer of 4 February 2019 to Question 214560 on Buildings: Insulation, whether videos of the further testing to check the fire safety of building materials that his Department is commissioning with the Building Research Establishment will be made public. (235315)

99 N Sandy Martin (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to allocate additional resources to reduce the waiting time for a tribunal hearing for employment and support allowance in Ipswich. (235347)

100 N Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment the Legal Aid Agency makes of the ability to pay of people it takes enforcement action against to recover debt. (235406)

101 N Tony Lloyd (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what her planned timeframe is for the next British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference. (235262)

102 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Prime Minister, how many alleged breaches of the Special Advisers’ Code of Conduct by his Department's Special Advisers have been investigated in the last 12 months. (235372)

103 N Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department has made to the EU on behalf of Bermuda on its inclusion on the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. (235377)

104 N Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has provided assistance to Bermuda to help it fulfil its commitment to comply with required good governance criterion on substance requirements for zero-tax countries of the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. (235378)

105 N Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of a second runway at Birmingham Airport on regional growth in the West Midlands. (235294)

106 N Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will compensate investors for losses at London Capital and Finance. (235232)

Questions for Answer on Wednesday 27 March

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

1 Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): If she will list her official engagements for Wednesday 27 March. (910057) Published: Friday 22 March 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 21 March 2019 21

2 Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): (910058)

3 Maggie Throup (Erewash): (910059)

4 Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): (910060)

5 Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke): (910061)

6 Chris Elmore (Ogmore): (910062)

7 Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): (910063)

8 Carol Monaghan (Glasgow North West): (910064)

9 Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): (910065)

10 (Kingston upon Hull North): (910066)

11 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): (910067)

12 Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Berwick-upon-Tweed): (910068)

13 Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): (910069)

14 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): (910070)

15 Jim Shannon (Strangford): (910071)