Daily Report Tuesday, 12 January 2021 CONTENTS
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Daily Report Tuesday, 12 January 2021 This report shows written answers and statements provided on 12 January 2021 and the information is correct at the time of publication (07:16 P.M., 12 January 2021). For the latest information on written questions and answers, ministerial corrections, and written statements, please visit: http://www.parliament.uk/writtenanswers/ CONTENTS ANSWERS 6 Children: Social Services 16 BUSINESS, ENERGY AND Coronavirus: Students 17 INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY 6 Educational Institutions: Carbon Emissions 6 Coronavirus 17 Electricity Generation 7 Further Education 18 Green Homes Grant Scheme 8 Higher Education: Fees and Green Homes Grant Scheme: Charges 18 Coronavirus 9 Pre-school Education: Hospitality Industry and Retail Coronavirus 19 Trade: Greater London 9 Remote Education 22 Hydrogen: Environment Schools: Discipline 24 Protection 10 Sikhs: Curriculum 24 Wind Power 10 Teachers: Absenteeism and Wind Power: Seas and Sick Leave 25 Oceans 11 FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH CABINET OFFICE 12 AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE 27 Port Infrastructure Fund 12 Developing Countries: UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Coronavirus 27 Agreement: Equality 13 India: Agriculture 27 DEFENCE 14 India: Religious Freedom 28 Armed Forces: Trees 14 Overseas Aid: Malaria 28 Members: Correspondence 15 Soft Power and External DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND Affairs Department: Finance 29 SPORT 15 Sri Lanka: Religious Freedom 29 Culture: Greater London 15 HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE 30 EDUCATION 15 Abortion 30 Children: Day Care 15 Abortion: Side Effects 31 Aspartame 31 Eating Disorders: Children and Blood Cancer: Diagnosis 31 Young People 49 Breast Cancer 32 Electronic Cigarettes 50 Care Homes: Coronavirus 32 Fires: Air Pollution 50 Care Homes: Screening 33 Foetal Tissue 51 Cervical Cancer: Screening 33 Genito-urinary Medicine 52 Chronic Obstructive Health Services: Reciprocal Pulmonary Disease: Arrangements 52 Coronavirus 34 Heart Diseases: Health Clinical Trials 34 Services 52 Contact Tracing: Computer Hospices: Coronavirus 53 Software 34 Hospitals 53 Coronavirus 35 Hospitals: Coronavirus 54 Coronavirus: Bexley 35 Hospitals: East Midlands 54 Coronavirus: Brighton and Independent Medicines and Hove 35 Medical Devices Safety Coronavirus: Contact Tracing 36 Review 54 Coronavirus: Disease Control 37 Kettering Hospital 55 Coronavirus: Golf 38 Malnutrition 55 Coronavirus: Home Care Maternity Services: Yorkshire Services 40 and the Humber 55 Coronavirus: Laboratories 40 Members: Correspondence 55 Coronavirus: Learning Mental Health Act 1983 Disability 41 Independent Review 56 Coronavirus: Leisure 41 Mental Health Services 56 Coronavirus: Passive Smoking 42 Mental Health Services: Children 56 Coronavirus: Pupils 42 Mental Health Services: Coronavirus: Quarantine 42 Coronavirus 57 Coronavirus: Screening 43 Mental Health Services: Coronavirus: Staffordshire 44 Finance 57 Coronavirus: Theatres 45 Mental Health Services: Coronavirus: Travel 45 Internet 58 Coronavirus: Vaccination 46 Mental Health Services: Staffordshire 58 Disease Control 48 Mental Health Services: Doctors: Sussex 49 Waiting Lists 59 Neonatal Herpes: Health Immigration: Coronavirus 73 Education 59 Immigration: EEA Nationals 73 NHS Test and Trace 59 Immigration: EU Nationals 73 NHS: Migrant Workers 60 Immigration: Windrush NHS: Recruitment 60 Generation 74 NHS: Weather 60 Migrant Workers 74 Nurses: Protective Clothing 61 Migrant Workers: Coronavirus 74 Nurses: Students 61 Migrant Workers: Visas 75 Obesity: Health Services 62 New Businesses: Visas 75 Obesity: Surgery 62 Overseas Students: Visas 75 Parents: Coronavirus 63 Seasonal Agricultural Workers' Period Poverty 64 Scheme 76 Physiotherapy: Dudley North 64 UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services 76 Prescription Drugs 64 UK Visa and Citizenship Rare Cancers 65 Application Services: Self-employment Income Coronavirus 77 Support Scheme 65 Visas: LGBT People 77 Social Services: Coronavirus 65 Windrush Lessons Learned Strokes: Health Services 66 Review 79 Stronger Towns Fund 66 HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND Suicide 66 LOCAL GOVERNMENT 79 Surgery: Coronavirus 66 Free Zones 79 Test and Trace Support Local Government 80 Payment 67 Local Government: Debt Tobacco: Sales 69 Collection 81 UK Lighthouse Labs Network: Local Government: Procurement 70 Sustainable Development 81 Vitamin D 70 Neighbourhood Development Plans: Horden 81 HOME OFFICE 71 Road Signs and Markings 82 Agriculture: Seasonal Workers 71 UK Shared Prosperity Fund: British Nationality: Applications 71 Research 82 Death Certificates 71 INTERNATIONAL TRADE 83 Entry Clearances: Overseas Soya Beans: Imports 83 Students 72 Immigrants: Sleeping Rough 72 JUSTICE 83 Holiday Accommodation: Rape: Police Cautions 83 Coronavirus 98 LEADER OF THE HOUSE 84 Hospitality Industry: Coronavirus 99 Divisions: Electronic Voting 84 Levelling Up Fund 100 NORTHERN IRELAND 85 Local Restrictions Support Northern Ireland Government 85 Grant 100 TRANSPORT 86 Mortgages: Coronavirus 101 Bus Services: Exhaust Pay 101 Emissions 86 Personal Care Services: Department for Transport: Coronavirus 102 Public Inquiries 86 Service Industries: Driving Tests: Coronavirus 86 Coronavirus 102 Motor Vehicles: Sales 87 Travel Agents: Coronavirus 103 Motor Vehicles: UK Trade with UK Trade with EU: Financial EU 87 Services 104 Motorcycles: Training 88 WORK AND PENSIONS 105 Roads: Accidents 88 Carers: Coronavirus 105 UK Trade with EU: Customs 89 Disability: Coronavirus 106 TREASURY 89 Social Security Benefits: Air Pollution 89 Coronavirus 107 Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties 90 WRITTEN STATEMENTS 109 Aviation: Coronavirus 90 DEFENCE 109 Beer and Public Houses: Equipment Plan 109 Coronavirus 91 Supply at No Cost of Lightly Bus Services: Coronavirus 91 Armoured Patrol Vehicles to Business: Coronavirus 91 the Lebanese Armed Forces 110 Climate Change 93 HOME OFFICE 110 Eat Out to Help Out Scheme 93 Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (1 Events Industry: Coronavirus 94 September 2020 to 30 Exports: VAT 95 November 2020) 110 Financial Services 96 NORTHERN IRELAND 111 Financial Services: UK Trade The Second Report on the with EU 97 Use of the Petition of Concern Government Assistance 98 Mechanism in the Northern Ireland Assembly 111 TRANSPORT 112 TREASURY 115 International Travel Update 112 Public Service Pension Transport Update 114 Scheme Indexation and Revaluation 2021 115 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 BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY Carbon Emissions Martyn Day: [133055] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the net zero strategy will be published; and whether that strategy will include reductions in emissions necessary for meeting the UK’s 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution. Anne-Marie Trevelyan: [Holding answer 11 January 2021]: We will publish the Net Zero Strategy ahead of COP26. We will build on my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan and the Energy White Paper, as well as upcoming plans in key sectors such as the Transport Decarbonisation Plan and Heat and Buildings Strategy. The UK’s Nationally Determined Contribution is ambitious and demonstrates our continued leadership in tackling climate change. Our Net Zero Strategy will be a comprehensive plan for decarbonising sectors across the economy, both to reach net zero emissions by 2050 and meet our interim targets, making the most of new growth and employment opportunities across the UK. We are building on the strong foundations we have established in decarbonising our economy; our ambitious manifesto commitments; and announcements from the Prime Minister and my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer of measures to cut emissions as we build back better in our economic recovery from COVID-19. Richard Burgon: [133069] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the net zero strategy will be published; and whether that strategy will include plans on the emissions reductions required to meet the UK’s 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution of reducing emissions by 68 per cent by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. Anne-Marie Trevelyan: [Holding answer 11 January 2021]: We will publish the Net Zero Strategy ahead of COP26. We will build on my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan and the Energy White Paper, as well as upcoming plans in key sectors such as the Transport Decarbonisation Plan and Heat and Buildings Strategy. The UK’s Nationally Determined Contribution is ambitious and demonstrates our continued leadership in tackling climate change. Our Net Zero Strategy will be a comprehensive plan for decarbonising sectors across the economy, both to reach net zero emissions by 2050 and meet our interim targets, making the most of new growth and employment opportunities across the UK. We are building on the strong foundations we have established in decarbonising our economy; our ambitious manifesto commitments; and announcements from the Prime Minister and my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer of measures to cut emissions as we build back better in our economic recovery from COVID-19. Dan Carden: [133138] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the net zero strategy; and whether that strategy will include plans to meet the UK’s 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution of reducing