Questions Tabled on Fri 29 Jun 2018
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Published: Monday 2 July 2018 Questions tabled on Friday 29 June 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 Monday 2 July Questions for Written Answer 1 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for The Home Department, if he will publish the list of countries that received visas to enter the UK for their public officials to attend the Undersea Defence Technology Fair held in Glasgow from 26 to 28 June 2018. [Transferred] (158210) 2 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the effects of bank overdraft fees on the mental well-being of people borrowing money. [Transferred] (158159) 3 Jim McMahon (Oldham West and Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding, in real terms, has been allocated from the public purse to transport infrastructure in the north of England in each year since 1993. [Transferred] (158790) Questions for Answer on Tuesday 3 July Questions for Written Answer 1 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to Answer of 28 June 2018 to Question 146800 on Cabinet Office: Procurement, how many of those contracts were advertised publicly prior to the appointment of personnel. (158954) 2 Published: Monday 2 July 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON FRIDAY 29 JUNE 2018 2 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the memorandum of understanding on communications between the Government Communication Service and the Government of Dubai will involve any financial compensation for the UK Government. (158955) 3 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the scope is of the recently signed memorandum of understanding on communications between the Government Communication Service and the Government of Dubai. (158956) 4 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether UK civil servants will be seconded to the Government of Dubai as part of the memorandum of understanding on communications between that Government and the Government Communication Service. (158957) 5 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government made an assessment of human rights abuses before signing the memorandum of understanding on communications between the Government Communication Service and the Government of Dubai. (158958) 6 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether those UK civil servants who participate under the terms of the memorandum of understanding on communications between the Government Communication Service and the Government of Dubai will transfer to the payroll of that Government. (158959) 7 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government Communication Service staff are on secondment to international governments. (158960) 8 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many UK civil servants are on secondment to international governments. (158961) 9 Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support manufacturing jobs in North East England. (158964) 10 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) quality of, (b) availability of and (c) adequacy of funding for social care services for disabled children. (158974) 11 Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans hold discussions with the National Deaf Children’s Society on changes to funding for deaf children’s education. (158979) 12 Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are eligible for 30 hours free childcare in (a) York and (b) the York Outer constituency. (158991) Published: Monday 2 July 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON FRIDAY 29 JUNE 2018 3 13 Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to support (a) private, (b) voluntary and (c) independent nurseries with the recruitment and retention of high-quality practitioners. (158992) 14 N Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the brewing industry has an adequate supply of CO2 to service (a) pubs and (b) retail outlets with (i) beer and (ii) cider in the next three months. [Transferred] (158792) 15 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what safeguards are in place to ensure that the UK does not export plastic waste to countries where child labour is used in the process of processing and recycling that waste. (158980) 16 Thelma Walker (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department’s targets are for household waste recycling after the UK leaves the EU. (159059) 17 Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what steps he is taking to support manufacturing jobs in North East England in his negations with the European Union for when the UK leaves the EU. (158965) 18 Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what recent discussions he has had with ports in the North East of England; and what was discussed in those meetings. (158966) 19 Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps her Department has taken to review and monitor the content of textbooks in states throughout Pakistan for material which is biased and discriminatory towards religious minorities. (158943) 20 Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to address biased or hate material in textbooks and curricula as part of her Department's sponsored education support programmes in Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces in Pakistan. (158944) 21 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to support internally displaced people in Yemen. (158951) 22 Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reasons are for the time taken to establish the traffic office in Wales intended to support the Traffic Commissioner for Wales. (158988) 23 Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the proposed traffic office in Wales to support the Traffic Commissioner for Walesn is planned to provide the same level of service and resources to Wales as the equivalent office in Edinburgh does for Scotland. (158989) 4 Published: Monday 2 July 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON FRIDAY 29 JUNE 2018 24 Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that public transport (a) infrastructure and (b) vehicles in the North East are accessible to people with disabilities. (158967) 25 Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that their proposed plans to construct a third runway at Heathrow Airport benefits North East England. (158968) 26 Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mandatory reconsideration cases in-relation to (a) social security and (b) child support claims have taken place in Inverclyde constituency in each of the last five years. (159026) 27 Paul Girvan (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost is to her Department of an application for personal independence payment by stage of application. (159055) 28 Imran Hussain (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many female offenders were sanctioned for welfare claims within 3 months of release in each year from 2010. (159015) 29 Lesley Laird (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to proactively (a) contact and (b) advise people affected by the introduction of personal independence payment; and what advice her Department provides to those people. (159061) 30 Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Maintenance claims are currently in dispute. (158993) 31 Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is provided to staff of the Child Maintenance Service on legislation applicable to their area of responsibility. (158994) 32 Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long on average it takes to resolve a disputed case with the Child Maintenance Service in the most recent period for which figures are available. (158995) 33 Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in waiting times for disabled children to access health and social care services in each of the last five years. (159052) 34 Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding available to provide (a) equipment and (b) treatment for disabled children.