Published: Monday 15 January 2018
Questions tabled on Friday 12 January 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 15 January
Questions for Written Answer
1 Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Stragety, when the Government plans to respond to the First Minister of Wales' request for a statement on the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon and the Hendry Report. [Transferred] (122153)
2 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the effect on food price inflation in (a) 2019-2020, (b) 2020-2021 and (c) 2021-2022 of (i) the UK leaving the EU customs territory on 29 March 2019 and (ii) the UK leaving the EU customs territory on 29 March 2019 and levying most-favoured nation tariffs on foodstuffs imported from the EU after that date. [Transferred] (122143)
3 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the distributional effect per income decile of the population of food price inflation in (a) 2019-2020, (b) 2020-2021 and (c) 2021-2022 in the event that (i) the UK leaves the EU customs territory on 29 March 2019 and (ii) the UK leaves the EU customs territory on 29 March 2019 and levies most-favoured nation tariffs on foodstuffs imported from the EU after that date. [Transferred] (122144)
4 Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2018 to Question 120545, whether the Government provides funding for the salaries of teachers at (a) the Dalal Mughrabi Elementary School in Beit Awwa, near Hebron, (b) the Dalal 2 Published: Monday 15 January 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 12 January 2018
Mughrabi Elementary School for Girls in Al-Shuyoukh, Hebron, (c) the Dalal Mughrabi High School for Girls in Al-Shuyoukh, Hebron or (d) the Dalal Mughrabi Elementary School for Boys and Girls, Jenin. [Transferred] (122185)
5 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the age of service vehicles in (a) London and (b) England and Wales. [Transferred] (122114)
6 Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve the UK's diplomatic response following sexually violent incidents resulting from the current, ongoing Rohingya crisis. [Transferred] (122119)
7 Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the residence rights of the EU family members of UK nationals who have derived those rights under Ruiz Zambrano case law are; and whether they are covered by the Phase 1 agreement with the EU. [Transferred] (122301)
8 Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of provision of emergency accommodation for refugees in Calais. [Transferred] (122210)
9 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will offer assistance across the whole of the UK. [Transferred] (122001)
10 N Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the Government's plans are for the development of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. [Transferred] (121762)
Questions for Answer on Tuesday 16 January
Questions for Written Answer
1 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric and (b) ultra-low emission. (122424)
2 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles. (122477)
3 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how does his Department plans to replace European Investment Bank (EIB) investment in the UK after the UK has left the EU; and what assessment his Department has made of the effect of EIB funding on the UK's green industry. (122491) Published: Monday 15 January 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 12 January 2018 3
4 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with the First Minister of Wales on proposed investment by the Welsh Government in respect of the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. (122417)
5 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether an estimate been made of the extent to which companies are not complying with regulations on preventing nuisance calls for telephone users who subscribe to the Telephone Preference Service. [Transferred] (122268)
6 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles. (122486)
7 N Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether UK businesses will be required to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) after 25 May 2018. [Transferred] (122309)
8 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles. (122474)
9 Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) primary school and (b) secondary school children who are eligible for free school meals in (i) Nottinghamshire and (ii) England attend a school rated good and outstanding by Ofsted. (122467)
10 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what due diligence was carried out during the appointment process for board members for the Office for Students. (122409)
11 Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what future plans he has for Broadfield House, Crawley now that the TBAP Trust has ceased educational use at the site. (122439)
12 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent large supermarkets exceeding 400 sq metres of food waste as recommended by the report of the Government Chief Scientific Advisor, From Waste to Resource Productivity: Evidence and Case Studies, published on 14 December 2017. (122415)
13 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether as part of the implementation of A Green Future: Our 25 Year Plan to Improve the Environment, published on 11 January 2018, he plans to take steps to ensure that no food waste is incinerated; and if he will make a statement. (122438) 4 Published: Monday 15 January 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 12 January 2018
14 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles. (122475)
15 Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether any journalist has been given access to non-public Market Access reports pertaining to the UK’s withdrawal from the EU by his Department. (122410)
16 Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will list the titles of all assessments undertaken by his Department's Market Access team on the UK leaving the EU. (122490)
17 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many vehicles in her Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles. (122476)
18 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra- low emission vehicles. (122485)
19 Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will make it a precondition for any increase in trade between the UK and Iran that the Government of Iran adheres to international human rights norms by allowing peaceful demonstrations and protests against its policies. (122388)
20 Alex Chalk (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress is being made on his Department's work leading a glare group as part of the UN expert group on vehicle lighting. (122441)
21 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles. (122480)
22 Jared O'Mara (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the draft accessibility action plan for private hire vehicle passengers with assistance dogs. (122411)
23 Jared O'Mara (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department's working group on taxi and private hire licensing plans to include in its remit disability equality training for drivers. (122413)
24 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether British ports will be designated as Free Ports after the UK leaves the EU. (122487)
25 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many vehicles in her Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra- low emission vehicles. (122479) Published: Monday 15 January 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 12 January 2018 5
26 Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment has been made of the effect of benefits sanctions on the mental wellbeing of claimants. (122425)
27 Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants have been sanctioned in each jobcentre in each year since 2012. (122428)
28 Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of of claimants have successfully appealed a jobseeker's allowance sanction by jobcentre in each year since 2012. (122431)
29 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra- low emission vehicles. (122478)
30 Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England on commissioning the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey (a) in 2018 and (b) beyond 2018. (122421)
31 Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2017 to Question 117917, when his Department plans to publish the first evaluation of the effect of the GP at Hand service. (122454)
32 Dr Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure adequate resources for health services in (a) Suffolk and (b) England to deal with additional winter pressures in 2017-2018. (122414)
33 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many non-UK EU nationals were employed by the NHS in children’s services in each of the last three years. (122406)
34 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to integrate health and social care policy. (122397)
35 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles. (122472)
36 Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of religious freedom in Laos and what steps the Government is taking to promote the right to freedom of religion or belief in that country. (122419)
37 Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on Iran's use of Shahab-3 medium-range ballistic missiles in Syria. (122437) 6 Published: Monday 15 January 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 12 January 2018
38 Victoria Prentis (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of religious freedom in Azerbaijan; and what steps the Government is taking to promote and protect the right to freedom of religion or belief in that country. (122435)
39 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles. (122470)
40 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made on encouraging companies to take up the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. (122488)
41 Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made by his Department on its proposed consultation on off-payroll working rules in the private sector; and if he will make a statement. (122381)
42 Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to review entitlement to employee benefits as part of his Department's proposed consultation on off-payroll working rules in the private sector. (122382)
43 Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that his Department's proposed consultation on off-payroll working rules in the private sector includes proactive consultation with UK businesses and people and organisations directly affected by those rules. (122383)
44 Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will prioritise a review of the accuracy of the IR35 Digital Tool known as CEST as part of his Department's proposed consultation on off-payroll working rules in the private sector. (122384)
45 Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of low productivity growth since 2010. (122395)
46 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2018 to Question 120608, on Minimum Wage, how many employers HMRC initiated civil action against in pursuit of unpaid minimum wage arrears in each year since 2010; and what the total sum of unpaid minimum wage arrears recovered through civil action is. (122436)
47 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many civil penalties were issued for the evasion of (a) Customs Duty, (b) Community Import Duty, (c) Import VAT, (d) Customs Duty of a preferential tariff country in the 2017 calendar year. [Transferred] (122302)
48 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vehicles in her Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra- low emission vehicles. (122471) Published: Monday 15 January 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 12 January 2018 7
49 Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to run a consultation on the proposed domestic violence and abuse Bill. (122386)
50 Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the findings of the recent report from the Higher Education Policy Institute on the financial contribution of overseas students and staff and if she will review the classification of students in immigration statistics as a result of those findings. (122387)
51 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of hate crimes that have been reported to police in each of the last five years. (122385)
52 Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether holders of a biometric residence permit can have special characters such as an apostrophe in their name recorded in those documents as is already permitted with passports. (122401)
53 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles. (122473)
54 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles. (122481)
55 N Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, given the UK’s commitment to participate in the EU’s multilateral financial framework 2014-2020, when the Government plans to make funding available from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. [Transferred] (122380)
56 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the metro-mayor system from 2010 to date. (122389)
57 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will set out all meetings held by (a) Ministers in his Department and (b) officials in his Department with representatives from Northamptonshire County Council from 1 January 2017 to date. (122447)
58 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when and by whom he was first informed of the financial difficulties at Northamptonshire County Council. (122449)
59 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Health Secretary on the effect of changes in public health grants on council budgets. (122452) 8 Published: Monday 15 January 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 12 January 2018
60 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what meetings (a) Ministers in his Department and (b) officials in his Department have had with Public Health England on the public health grant in the last 12 months. (122455)
61 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on local government pension funds being used to invest in fossil fuels; and if he will make a statement. (122457)
62 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) county and (b) district councils which have overspent on their budgets in each of the last three financial years. (122458)
63 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department's ability to deliver its functions was last assessed. (122459)
64 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many adult abuse concerns were reported to local authorities in each of the last 12 months; and how many of those cases were escalated to become safeguarding issues. (122460)
65 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many incidents of alleged child abuse were reported to local authorities and of those reports how many escalated to become safeguarding issues in each of the last 12 months. (122461)
66 Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to prevent rises in leasehold ground rents. (122448)
67 Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information he holds on the number of houses sold in Leigh with leaseholds in each of the last 10 years. (122450)
68 Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assistance his Department is offering to residents facing substantial rises in their annual leasehold payments. (122451)
69 Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to cap rises in leasehold payments for homeowners. (122453)
70 Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received from (a) the Burial and Cremation Advisory Group and (b) other stakeholders on the reuse of graves; and whether his Department plans to continue to review the matter of such reuse. (122416) Published: Monday 15 January 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 12 January 2018 9
71 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions in the last 12 months have prison staff from prisons in England had to cover staff shortages at HMP Swansea. (122390)
72 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions in the last 12 months have prison staff from prisons in England had to cover staff shortages at HMP Cardiff. (122391)
73 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions in the last 12 months have prison staff from prisons in England had to cover staff shortages at HMP Parc. (122392)
74 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions in the last 12 months have prison staff from prisons in England had to cover staff shortages at HMP Usk/Prescoed. (122393)
75 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions since opening have prison staff from prisons in England had to cover staff shortages at HMP Berwyn. (122394)
76 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many vehicles in her Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles. (122484)
77 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles. (122482)
78 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles. (122483)
Questions for Answer on Wednesday 17 January
Questions for Written Answer
1 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will widen the scope of the commissioned annual independent evaluation of the National Citizen Service (NCS) in order to make comparisons with other youth programmes with similar aims to NCS. (122464)
2 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will enable other youth programmes to make use of the control group of non-National Citizen Service (NCS) participants secured for the annual independent evaluation of the NCS programme. (122465) 10 Published: Monday 15 January 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 12 January 2018
3 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) value for money of the National Citizen Service in comparison to other youth programmes with similar aims. (122466)
4 N Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what percentage of children in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) England who are (i) eligible and (ii) not eligible for free school meals have achieved school readiness standards at the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage in each year since 2015. (122462)
5 N Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary age children in (i) Nottinghamshire and (ii) England that attend a school rated (A) outstanding and (B) good by Ofsted. (122463)
6 N Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children in (a) Ashfield, (b) Rushcliffe and (c) Mansfield who are (i) eligible and (ii) not eligible for free school meals reached the expected standard in (A) reading, (B) writing, (C) maths and (D) all of those subjects at the end of Key Stage 2 in 2017. (122468)
7 N Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average Attainment 8 score is per pupil who is (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals in (i) Ashfield, (ii) Mansfield, (iii) Rushcliffe and (iv) England in 2016 and 2017. (122469)
8 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the roles and responsibilities of the Parliamentary Under- Secretary of States in his Department are. (122422)
9 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities' children’s services departments are now (a) independent trusts and (b) community interest companies; and what the associated costs were of setting each one up. (122430)
10 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish a list of the organisations and people who responded to his Departments consultation on fostering stocktake. (122434)
11 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many authorised pupil absences for illness were there in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each (i) spring term and (ii) autumn term in each year since 2010. (122400)
12 N Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what cooperation programmes his Department has with the Government of Israel for research and trade in the agricultural sector and what assessment he has made of the potential for future collaboration in that sector after the UK leaves the EU. (122398) Published: Monday 15 January 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 12 January 2018 11
13 N Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to stop the sale of drinks in disposable plastic bottles in its offices. (122456)
14 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to include a measure on household food insecurity in the new harmonised living costs and living conditions survey. (122433)
15 N Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the amount of funding from her Department allocated to plastic recycling projects, including the location of each such project in each year since 2015. (122418)
16 N Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on passengers living outside of East Anglia of the advertising the new 26-30 railcard on train booking websites while that scheme is in the trial period. (122396)
17 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the six week postnatal GP appointment for new mothers is a full check on the mother's physical and mental health in addition to a separate appointment on the health of the newborn child. (122399)
18 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many non-UK EU nationals were employed by the NHS in cardiology in each of the last three years. (122402)
19 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many non-UK EU nationals were employed by the NHS in dermatology in each of the last three years. (122403)
20 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many non-UK EU nationals were employed by the NHS in neurology in each of the last three years. (122404)
21 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many non-UK EU nationals were employed by the NHS in gynaecology in each of the last three years. (122405)
22 N Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much land he has declared as surplus to NHS needs in (a) West Sussex and (b) the Coast to Capital local enterprise partnership area. (122440)
23 N Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of religious freedom in Brunei; and what steps the Government is taking to promote and protect the right to freedom of religion or belief in that country. (122420) 12 Published: Monday 15 January 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 12 January 2018
24 N Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the evidence used to calculate the minimum threshold for pooling assets under the local government pension scheme. (122443)
25 N Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the scale criteria of £25 billion for pooling local government pension scheme assets has been dropped; and what evidence was used to inform the lowering of the threshold. (122444)
26 N Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse of establishing each local government pension scheme pool has been to date; and what costs to the public purse his Department has forecast for each local government pension scheme pool in each year until 2020. (122445)
27 N Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the (a) pay and (b) other benefits of the (i) chair, (ii) vice chair, (iii) non-executive and (i) executive directors of each Local Government Pension Scheme pool. (122446)
28 N Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average monthly amount is that (a) parents and (b) the Government has paid into tax free childcare accounts since those account were introduced. (122407)
29 N Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families with disabled children have registered for a tax free childcare account. (122408)
30 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2018 to Question 121442 on Armed Forces: Recruitment, (a) when those system defects will be fixed and (b) what assessment he has made of the effect of those defects on recruitment. (122442)
31 N Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities to discuss their statutory responsibilities for children with disabilities. (122423)
32 N Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on outcomes for looked-after children. (122426)
33 N Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of residential and care home closures on the ability of local authorities to fulfil their statutory obligations to provide care. (122427)
34 N Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that adult social care is adequately funded. (122429) Published: Monday 15 January 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 12 January 2018 13
35 N Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the local government finance settlement on the ability of local authorities to meet their statutory responsibilities. (122432)
36 N Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the travel costs for his Department have been in each quarter since May 2015, by (a) mode of travel and (b) Minister or Official. (122412)
Questions for Answer on Thursday 18 January
Questions for Written Answer
1 N Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to update the advice of The Pensions Regulator when the Financial Reporting Council publishes its reviewed UK Stewardship Code in 2018. (122489)