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Published: Thursday 12 July 2018 Questions tabled on Wednesday 11 July 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 Thursday 12 July Questions for Written Answer 1 Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the five most common cancer diagnoses were among (a) men and (b) women in (i) 2007 and (ii) 2017. [Transferred] (162495) 2 Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of high street store closures throughout the UK in 2018; and if he will make a statement. [Transferred] (162480) 3 Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the cumulative effect on local economies of the closures of high street stores in (a) the North East and (b) the UK in 2018. [Transferred] (162481) 4 Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of bank branch closures in the North East; and if he will make a statement. [Transferred] (162482) 5 Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to help keep fuel prices for motorists low. [Transferred] (162580) 2 Published: Thursday 12 July 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON WEDNESDAY 11 JULY 2018 Questions for Answer on Monday 16 July Questions for Written Answer 1 Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of civil service staff on the civil service pay guidance 2018-19, published on 25 June 2018. (162999) 2 N Dame Margaret Hodge (Barking): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has plans to change the constitutional arrangements between the UK and the British Overseas Territories. (162949) 3 N Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans further cyber security training for the Secretary of State for Defence; and whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on cyber security. (163090) 4 N Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what cyber security training has been undertaken by the Secretary of State for Defence. (163091) 5 Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress has been made on the oil and gas sector deal. (163175) 6 N Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take account of the Royal Society's update of its report of June 2012 on shale gas extraction before continuing his plans to extract such gas. (163047) 7 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding his Department has allocated to businesses in Coventry to support the recruitment of apprentices in each of the last eight years. (162984) 8 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the amount of funding allocated from the public purse to businesses in Coventry to encourage (a) economic growth and (b) employment. (162985) 9 N Dame Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of pay between assignment (PBA) contracts on equal pay; what the average length of time workers have been on PBA contracts in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. (163002) 10 Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Government plans to publish its response to the recent consultation on employment status, which closed on 1 June 2018. (163000) Published: Thursday 12 July 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON WEDNESDAY 11 JULY 2018 3 11 N Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the terms of reference of the Independent Review of the Financial Reporting Council 2018, if he will publish summary meeting notes for all meetings of that review. (163124) 12 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what figures his Department collects on high street bank closures. (163126) 13 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of job losses as a result of high street bank closures in the last five years. (163127) 14 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support manufacturing jobs in (a) Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency, (b) the North West and (c) the UK. (163128) 15 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate has he made of the number of workers in the (a) hospitality and (b) retail sectors who are paid less than the (i) national living wage and (ii) national minimum wage as a result of being required to work beyond the end of their shift. (163129) 16 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the prevalence of short-notice shift cancellation in the (a) retail and (b) hospitality sectors whereby employees arrive at work and are told they are not needed or are sent home before the end of their shift. (163130) 17 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress his Department has been made on producing guidance for people who have undertaken unpaid work trials. (163131) 18 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government’s response to the Taylor Review, published on 7 February 2018, when his Department plans to update the pregnancy and maternity discrimination pages on gov.uk. (163132) 19 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government’s response to the Taylor Review, published on 7 February 2018, when he plans to update public guidance for employers and workers on the rules for paying interns. (163133) 4 Published: Thursday 12 July 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON WEDNESDAY 11 JULY 2018 20 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of a rail sector deal to the North East. (163100) 21 N Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the (a) cost and (b) liabilities to the public purse of developing a UK alternative to the EU Galileo satellite navigation system. [Transferred] (162553) 22 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he is taking to secure investment in the Aerospace sector. (163029) 23 Paul Scully (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of congestion on London’s international competitiveness. (163125) 24 N Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much money was spent on advertising the activity of touring in England to the UK market in each year since 2010. (163017) 25 N Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will respond to the letter of the hon. Member of 26 April 2018, reference PG4747. (163138) 26 N Darren Jones (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that viewers can easily find public service content outside of the main electronic programming guide. (163181) 27 Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2018 to Question 135849 on National Citizen Service Trust, whether around £9,781,587 has been written off by the Government for places that were not filled in 2016 for the National Citizen Service. (163141) 28 Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2018 to Question 135849, whether a delivery partner of the National Citizen Service programme is permitted to profit from their service delivery contracts. (163142) 29 Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the National Citizen Service Trust has plans to collaborate with the Parliament Education Service in the summer of 2018 to increase citizenship and democratic engagement.
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