Daily Report Wednesday, 9 September 2020 CONTENTS
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Daily Report Wednesday, 9 September 2020 This report shows written answers and statements provided on 9 September 2020 and the information is correct at the time of publication (06:30 P.M., 09 September 2020). For the latest information on written questions and answers, ministerial corrections, and written statements, please visit: http://www.parliament.uk/writtenanswers/ CONTENTS ANSWERS 6 DEFENCE 13 BUSINESS, ENERGY AND Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft 13 INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY 6 Military Aid 13 Biofuels 6 Ministry of Defence: Biofuels: Imports 6 Disclosure of Information 13 Community Centres: Energy 7 Type 26 Frigates: Coronavirus Job Retention Procurement 14 Scheme 7 DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND Department for Business, SPORT 15 Energy and Industrial Strategy: Arts: Coronavirus 15 Staff 8 BBC: Local Broadcasting 15 Green Homes Grant Scheme: Broadband 16 Certification 8 Cinemas: Grants 16 Hunterston B Power Station: Closures 9 Data Protection: EU Law 17 Hydrogen 9 Housing: Construction 18 Innovation Expert Group: Mass Media: Coronavirus 18 Public Appointments 10 Mobile Phones: Rural Areas 19 OneWeb 10 Newspaper Press: Internet 19 Research: Coronavirus 10 Television Licences: Older Research: Equality 11 People 20 Constituencies 11 USA: Data Protection 20 Coronavirus: Disease Control 11 EDUCATION 21 House of Lords: Location 12 Babies and Children 21 Industrial Relations: Scotland 12 Breakfast Clubs 22 Sovereignty: Scotland 12 Carers: Children 22 2 Wednesday, 9 September 2020 Daily Report Free School Meals: Primary FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH Education 23 AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE 36 Further Education and Anoosheh Ashoori 36 Schools: Finance 23 Arab States: Israel 37 GCE A-level: Assessments 24 Bahrain: Legal Profession 37 Higher Education: Finance 24 British Overseas Territories: Medicine: Higher Education 25 Companies 38 Remote Education: Pre-school British Overseas Territories: Education 26 Coronavirus 38 Special Educational Needs: Caribbean: Overseas Aid 39 Coronavirus 26 China: Human Rights 40 Students: Loans 27 Developing Countries: Universities: Admissions 27 Coronavirus 40 Universities: Disadvantaged 28 Foreign, Commonwealth and Universities: Freedom of Development Office: Religion 41 Expression 29 Foreign, Commonwealth and ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND Development Office: South RURAL AFFAIRS 30 America 41 Animal Experiments: Georgia: Overseas Aid 42 Chemicals 30 Independent Commission for Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Aid Impact 42 Control 30 Iran: Arms Trade 43 Bovine Tuberculosis: Iran: Coronavirus 43 Vaccination 31 Israel: United Arab Emirates 44 Department for Environment, Maira Shahbaz 44 Food and Rural Affairs: Staff 31 Malnutrition: International Dogs: Imports 32 Assistance 45 Farmers: Coronavirus 32 Mauritius: Oil 45 Hare Coursing: Fines 33 Mediterranean Region: Politics Hen Harriers 33 and Government 46 Hen Harriers: Conservation 34 Overseas Aid: Coronavirus 46 Livestock: Transport 35 Pakistan: Religious Freedom 47 Pesticides: Regulation 35 Palestinians: Curriculum 47 Seals 35 Palestinians: Recognition of Sheep Meat: Wales 36 States 48 Qatar: Saudi Arabia 48 Wednesday, 9 September 2020 Daily Report 3 Riot Control Weapons: USA 48 HOME OFFICE 63 Russia: Syria 49 Action Fraud 63 USA: International Criminal Hezbollah 64 Court 50 Home: Staff 64 Yemen: Armed Conflict 50 Immigration: EU Nationals 65 Yemen: Peace Negotiations 50 Islamic Resistance Support HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE 51 Organization 65 Care Homes 51 Rape: Victims 65 Care Homes: Coronavirus 51 HOUSE OF COMMONS Care Homes: Palliative Care 52 COMMISSION 66 Care Quality Commission: Kickstart Scheme 66 Publicity 53 HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND Coronavirus: Disease Control 53 LOCAL GOVERNMENT 66 Coronavirus: Food 55 Affordable Housing: Construction 66 Coronavirus: Leicester 55 Construction: Wool 67 Coronavirus: Prisons 55 Future High Streets Fund: Department of Health and Congleton 67 Social Care: Staff 56 Green Belt 67 Disability: Social Services 56 Help to Buy Scheme: Food: Procurement 57 Coronavirus 68 GP Surgeries: Coronavirus 57 High Rise Flats: Insulation 69 Health Professions: Devolution 58 High Streets Task Force 70 Health Services 58 Housing: Carbon Emissions 71 Health Services: Stoke-on- Housing: Construction 72 Trent 59 Housing: Older People 72 Health Services: Waiting Lists 59 Ministry of Housing, Medical Treatments: Communities and Local Coronavirus 60 Government: Ministerial NHS Trusts: Influenza 60 Powers 73 Out-patients 61 Ministry of Housing, Personal Care Services: Communities and Local Leicester 61 Government: Staff 73 Pregnancy: Screening 62 Planning Permission 73 Surgery: Coronavirus 62 Planning: Archaeology and Cultural Heritage 74 4 Wednesday, 9 September 2020 Daily Report Private Rented Housing: Remand in Custody: Coronavirus 74 Coronavirus 92 Private Rented Housing: Remand in Custody: Visits 92 Evictions 75 Television Licences: Older Reopening High Streets Safely People 93 Fund: Congleton 75 SCOTLAND 93 Tourism: Congleton 75 Coronavirus: Screening 93 Towns Fund: Congleton 76 Fisheries: Scotland 94 INTERNATIONAL TRADE 76 TRANSPORT 94 Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia 76 Aviation: Coronavirus 94 Department for International British Airways 94 Trade: Staff 79 Department for Transport: Energy: Exports 80 Buildings 95 Export Duties 81 Department for Transport: Foreign Investment in UK 82 Staff 95 Free Zones 82 Free Zones: Infrastructure 95 Hydrogen: Exports 82 High Speed 2 Railway Line 96 Institute of Economic Affairs: Level Crossings: Accidents 96 Meetings 83 Official Cars: Electric Vehicles 97 Trade Agreements: Pesticides 83 Oxford-Hereford Railway Line 97 Trade Agreements: USA 83 Railways: Coastal Areas 97 JUSTICE 84 Railways: EU Countries 98 Courts: Criminal Proceedings 84 Railways: Landslips 98 Courts: Video Conferencing 85 Railways: Season Tickets 99 Employment Tribunals Roads: Tree Planting 99 Service: Applications 86 Travel: Coronavirus 100 HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Video Conferencing 88 TREASURY 100 Pets: Theft 88 Bank Services: Fraud 100 Police Custody: Coronavirus 88 Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme 101 Prisons and Probation: Veterans 88 Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Fraud 101 Probate 90 Customs 102 Probation and Remand in Custody: Veterans 91 Eat Out to Help Out Scheme 102 Wednesday, 9 September 2020 Daily Report 5 Financial Services Universal Credit 109 Compensation Scheme 102 MINISTERIAL CORRECTIONS 110 Free Zones: Foyle 103 JUSTICE 110 Hydrogen: Investment 103 Prisoners' Release: National Savings and Homelessness 110 Investments 104 WRITTEN STATEMENTS 111 Protective Clothing: VAT 104 BUSINESS, ENERGY AND Self-employed: Coronavirus 105 INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY 111 Social Enterprises: Tax Business Update 111 Allowances 105 DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND Sunscreens: VAT 106 SPORT 112 WORK AND PENSIONS 106 National Data Strategy 112 Department for Work and FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH Pensions: Staff 106 AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE 113 Hygiene: Products 106 UK Commonwealth Chair-In- Industrial Accidents: Death 107 Office Report 2018-2020 113 Jobcentres: Staff 108 HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 115 Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses 108 Building Safety Update 115 State Retirement Pensions 108 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. 6 Daily Report Wednesday, 9 September 2020 ANSWERS ANSWERS BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY Biofuels Helen Hayes: [83888] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the use of biomass fuel for electricity. Kwasi Kwarteng: All Ministerial meetings gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings are published quarterly. Details of meetings from January to March can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel- and-meetings-january-to-march-2020. Data for April to June 2020 will be published in due course. Biofuels: Imports Helen Hayes: [83886] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what criteria his Department uses to measure and calculate the impact on (a) biodiversity and (b) ecosystems of biomass sourced and imported into the UK from overseas forests. Kwasi Kwarteng: The UK only supports biomass for electricity generation which complies with strict sustainability criteria, and generating stations utilising biomass only receive subsidies in respect of compliant biomass. These criteria take into account social, economic and environmental issues including protecting biodiversity and ecosystems, land use rights, sustainable harvesting and regeneration rates. They ensure that the carbon stock of the forest from which the pellets are derived is not decreased by requiring that biomass fuels are derived from forest waste wood and residues and that the forest owner adheres to relevant legal requirements to protect biodiversity and the environment. Helen Hayes: [83887] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the methodology it uses to measure the impact of UK biomass imports on the forests from which those imports are sourced; and what plans his Department has to review that methodology. Kwasi Kwarteng: The criteria used to ensure that only sustainably sourced biomass is used within our power sector is effective in protecting biodiversity and