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Daily Report Friday, 19 February 2021 This report shows written answers and statements provided on 19 February 2021 and the information is correct at the time of publication (03:32 P.M., 19 February 2021). For the latest information on written questions and answers, ministerial corrections, and written statements, please visit: http://www.parliament.uk/writtenanswers/ CONTENTS ANSWERS 8 Ofgem 17 BUSINESS, ENERGY AND Parental Leave 18 INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY 8 Paternity Leave 18 Additional Restrictions Grant: Post Office: Finance 19 Harlow 8 Post Office: Subsidies 19 Boilers 8 Renewable Energy 20 Business: Carbon Emissions 9 Small Businesses 21 Business: Coronavirus 10 UK Emissions Trading Coal: Cumbria 10 Scheme 21 Conditions of Employment: Warm Home Discount Coronavirus 11 Scheme: Coronavirus 22 Coronavirus: Vaccination 11 Weddings: Coronavirus 22 Delivery Services: Industrial CABINET OFFICE 23 Health and Safety 11 Cabinet Office: Public Employment 12 Appointments 23 Environment Protection 12 Coronavirus: Disease Control 24 Flexible Working 13 Government Departments: Fracking 13 Procurement 25 Government Assistance 14 Knives: Crime 25 Green Homes Grant Scheme 14 Travel: Coronavirus 25 Industrial Health and Safety: UK Relations with EU: Coronavirus 15 Parliamentary Scrutiny 26 Intellectual Property 15 Weddings: Coronavirus 26 Iron and Steel: Manufacturing CHURCH COMMISSIONERS 27 Industries 16 Church Commissioners: Local Restrictions Support Carbon Emissions 27 Grant 16 Church Schools: Coronavirus 28 Television Licences: Fees and Churches: Coronavirus 28 Charges 44 Churches: Fees and Charges 29 Travel Information 44 Churches: Greenhouse Gas Young People: Coronavirus 45 Emissions 29 Youth Centres: Closures 45 Coronavirus: Disease Control 30 EDUCATION 46 English Churches and Adoption Support Fund 46 Cathedrals Sustainability Children: Day Care 46 Review 31 Department for Education: Ministers of Religion: Hospitals 31 Data Protection 47 Religious Freedom 31 Education: Coronavirus 47 DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND Educational Visits: SPORT 32 Coronavirus 48 Boxing: Regulation 32 Free School Meals: Voucher Broadband: Scotland and Schemes 48 Wales 33 Harlow College: Finance 49 Cultural Heritage 34 Higher Education: Greater Cultural Heritage: Wales 35 London 49 Culture Recovery Fund 35 Pupils: Coronavirus 51 Festival UK* 2022 36 Remote Education 52 Festival UK* 2022: Tickets 36 Remote Education: Computer Gambling: Internet 36 Software 53 Gaming: Coronavirus 37 Remote Education: Greater London 55 Internet: Safety 37 Remote Education: ICT 56 Local Press: Coronavirus 38 Remote Education: Southwark 60 National League: Coronavirus 39 Schools: Cambridgeshire 60 Press: Coronavirus 40 Schools: Coronavirus 61 Public Libraries 40 Schools: Harlow 62 Social Media: Antisemitism 41 Students: Coronavirus 63 Social Media: Crime 41 Universities: Greater London 65 Social Media: Hate Crime 42 ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND Social Media: Racial RURAL AFFAIRS 67 Discrimination 42 Agriculture: Subsidies 67 Telecommunications Systems 43 Air Pollution 67 Animal and Plant Health Coronavirus: Disease Control 82 Agency 68 Coronavirus: Vaccination 83 Aquariums and Zoos: International Court of Justice 83 Coronavirus 69 Myanmar: CDC 83 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and National Parks: Overseas Aid 84 Public Appointments 69 Palestinians: Remote Bees: Imports 70 Education 84 Biodiversity 71 Selehattin Demirtas 85 Electrical Control Equipment: South Sudan: Elections 85 Sulphur Hexafluoride 72 South Sudan: Overseas Aid 86 Forests: Environment South Sudan: Politics and Protection 72 Government 87 Game: Birds 72 Tigray: Peace Negotiations 88 Greenhouse Gas Emissions 74 West Bank: Demolition 88 Honey: Sales 74 Western Sahara: Politics and Horses: Animal Welfare 75 Government 89 Nappies: Recycling 75 Western Sahara: Trade Agreements 89 Pest Control: Advisory Services and Research 75 HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE 89 Pesticides: Health Hazards 76 Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs: Rehabilitation 89 Sewage: Seas and Oceans 77 Alzheimer's Disease: Sites of Special Scientific Diagnosis 90 Interest 78 Autism and Learning Disability 90 Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Environment Breast Cancer: Protection 78 Complementary Medicine 90 Sites of Special Scientific Cancer: Health Services 91 Interest: Nature Conservation 79 Cancer: Medical Treatments 91 Water: Meters 80 Care Homes: Closures 91 Zoo Animals Fund 80 Care Homes: Coronavirus 92 FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH Care Homes: Inspections 93 AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE 81 Care Homes: Protective Belarus: Press Freedom and Clothing 94 Human Rights 81 Care Homes: Vaccination 94 British Nationals Abroad: Care Homes: Visits 95 Travel Restrictions 81 Care Homes: Wansbeck 97 Electronic Cigarettes 126 Coronavirus: Casinos 97 Gambling: Females 126 Coronavirus: Cornwall 97 Gambling: Rehabilitation 126 Coronavirus: Death 98 General Practitioners: Coronavirus: Disease Control 98 Yorkshire and the Humber 127 Coronavirus: Ethnic Groups 100 Health Services: Children 127 Coronavirus: Funerals 100 Health Services: Yorkshire and the Humber 127 Coronavirus: Gyms 100 Hormone Replacement Coronavirus: Health Services Therapy: Shortages 128 and Vaccination 101 Influenza: Vaccination 128 Coronavirus: Households 102 Joint Biosecurity Centre 129 Coronavirus: Ilford North and Redbridge 102 Medical Records: Immigrants 129 Coronavirus: Industrial Health Mental Health Services 129 and Safety 102 Mental Health Services: Coronavirus: Learning Accident and Emergency Disability 102 Departments 130 Coronavirus: Liverpool City Mental Health Services: Region 103 Coronavirus 130 Coronavirus: Protective Mental Health: Coronavirus 130 Clothing 104 Mental Illness: Children 131 Coronavirus: Quarantine 105 Midwives and Nurses: Coronavirus: Research 105 Students 131 Coronavirus: Screening 105 National Cancer Screening Programmes in England Coronavirus: Students 106 Review 132 Coronavirus: Supported NHS: Drugs 132 Housing 107 NHS: Durham 133 Coronavirus: Vaccination 107 NHS: Protective Clothing 133 Dementia: Drugs 123 NHS: Staff 134 Dementia: Medical Treatments 124 NHS: Surgery 135 Dental Services: Contracts 124 Obesity: Surgery 135 Department of Health and Social Care: Staff 124 Ozanimod 135 Drugs: UK Trade with EU 125 Pancreatic Cancer 135 Eating Disorders: Mental Primary Health Care: Prisons 136 Health Services 125 Protective Clothing: Standards 136 Screening: Staff 136 Offences against Children: Sewage and Waste Disposal 137 Convictions 154 Social Services: Coronavirus 137 Official Secrets 155 Social Services: Finance and Palace of Westminster: Police 156 Reform 138 Police: Harlow 156 Social Services: Vacancies 138 HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND Sodium Valproate 139 LOCAL GOVERNMENT 157 Special Educational Needs: Buildings: Insulation 157 Coronavirus 139 Community Infrastructure Supported Housing: Levy: Coronavirus 157 Coronavirus 139 Construction: Coronavirus 158 Surgery: Coronavirus 140 Evictions and Repossession Surgical Mesh Implants 140 Orders: Coronavirus 158 Telecommunications Systems: Evictions: Coronavirus 158 Alarms 141 Harlow Council: Local TRIPS Agreement 141 Government Finance 159 Vaccination: Expenditure 141 Home Ownership 159 Vaccination: Standards 142 Local Government: Private Finance Initiative 159 Vitamin D 142 Planning 160 HOME OFFICE 143 Planning: Urban Areas 160 Asylum: Coronavirus 143 INTERNATIONAL TRADE 161 Asylum: Homelessness 143 Fossil Fuels 161 Batteries: Safety 144 Fossil Fuels: Finance 162 Biometric Residence Permits 145 International Trade: Trade British Nationality: Applications 146 Promotion 162 Burglary 147 Overseas Trade: Israel 163 Dogs: Theft 147 Trade Agreements: Japan 163 Domestic Abuse 148 TRIPS Agreement 164 Gambling: Crime 148 JUSTICE 164 Home Office: Amazon Web Juries: Key Workers 164 Services 149 Magistrates' Courts: Urban Housing: Insulation 150 Areas 165 Human Trafficking 151 Offenders and Prisoners: Immigration: EU Nationals 152 Gambling 165 Offences against Children 153 Offenders: Rehabilitation 166 Prisoners: Radicalism 167 Financial Services Prisons: Sexual Offences 168 Compensation Scheme: Credit 177 Reoffenders 168 Job Retention Bonus 178 NORTHERN IRELAND 169 Local Press: Non-domestic Rates 178 Prescriptions: ICT 169 Museums and Galleries: Tax TRANSPORT 169 Allowances 179 Assignation Statement National Insurance: Cost of (Prescribed Information) Living 179 (Scotland) Regulations 1991 169 Non-domestic Rates: Aviation: Coronavirus 169 Coronavirus 180 Driving Licences: France 170 Personal Care Services: VAT 180 Driving Tests: Urban Areas 170 Protective Clothing: VAT 180 Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Revenue and Customs: Facilities 170 Offices 181 M11: Construction 171 Self-employment Income Taxis: Slough 171 Support Scheme 181 Travel: Coronavirus 172 State Retirement Pensions 182 Travel: Quarantine 173 Taxation: Self-assessment 182 TREASURY 173 UK Trade with EU: VAT 182 Advertising: Tax Allowances 173 Video Games: Tax Allowances 183 Aviation: Coronavirus Job Weddings: Coronavirus 183 Retention Scheme 174 Weddings: Insurance 184 Business: Insurance 174 WORK AND PENSIONS 184 Child Benefit: Coronavirus 174 Coronavirus: Prohibition Coronavirus Job Retention Notices 184 Scheme 175 Kickstart Scheme 187 Coronavirus: Government Kickstart Scheme: Scottish Assistance 175 Borders 187 Cost of Living 175 Universal Credit 187 Credit Unions: Corporation MINISTERIAL CORRECTIONS 188 Tax 176 FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH Customs: Northern Ireland 176 AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE 188 Devolution: Finance 176 Palestinians: Remote Directors: Coronavirus 177 Education 188 HEALTH AND SOCIAL
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