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Daily Report Thursday, 26 April 2018 CONTENTS Daily Report Thursday, 26 April 2018 This report shows written answers and statements provided on 26 April 2018 and the information is correct at the time of publication (06:30 P.M., 26 April 2018). For the latest information on written questions and answers, ministerial corrections, and written statements, please visit: http://www.parliament.uk/writtenanswers/ CONTENTS ANSWERS 5 Government Departments: ATTORNEY GENERAL 5 Procurement 12 Attorney General: Cleaning Mass Media: Services 5 Misrepresentation 13 Attorney General: ICT 5 Public Sector: Employment 13 Attorney General: Written Serco 14 Questions 6 DEFENCE 14 BUSINESS, ENERGY AND Armed Forces: Children 14 INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY 6 Defence Science and Carillion: Insolvency 6 Technology Laboratory: Digital Technology: UK Trade Finance 14 with EU 7 Guided Weapons 15 Gratuities: Public Consultation 7 Jordan: Military Aid 15 Heating: Housing 8 Military Intelligence: Staff 15 Horizon 2020 8 Type 31 Frigates: Guided Parental Leave 8 Weapons 16 Research: EU Grants and DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND Loans 8 SPORT 16 Timesharing 10 Elections 16 CABINET OFFICE 11 Football: Sportsgrounds 16 Cabinet Office: Cybercrime 11 Internet: Children 17 Cabinet Office: ICT 11 Public Libraries: Closures 18 Capita 11 Sports: Disadvantaged 18 Ethnic Groups: Kirklees 12 Theatre 19 G4S 12 EDUCATION 19 Apprentices 19 Apprentices: Finance 19 Brunei: Religious Freedom 32 Apprentices: Taxation 20 Falkland Islands: Carers: Learning Disability 20 Environmental Impact Assessment 33 Children: Day Care 21 Falkland Islands: Pollution 33 Disabled Students' Allowances 22 Foreign and Commonwealth Educational Visits: Office: EU Law 33 Countryside 24 Foreign and Commonwealth GCE A-level 25 Office: Pay 34 STEM Subjects: Apprentices 25 India: Religious Freedom 34 Students: Loans 26 Iraq: Religious Freedom 35 Teachers: Mental Health Martin Selmayr 35 Services 26 Middle East: Nuclear Teachers: North East 27 Disarmament 35 Teachers: Training 27 Nuclear Disarmament 36 ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND Pakistan: Blasphemy 36 RURAL AFFAIRS 28 Russia: Council of Europe 37 Farmers: Bankruptcy 28 Russia: Natural Gas 37 Food: Production 28 Somaliland: Diplomatic Livestock: Exports 29 Service 37 Members: Correspondence 29 Syria: Overseas Aid 38 Plastics: Waste Disposal 29 Treaty On the Prohibition of Rights of Way 30 Nuclear Weapons 38 Sheep: Diseases 30 UN High-level Conference On Water Companies 30 Nuclear Disarmament 38 EXITING THE EUROPEAN Yemen: Military Intervention 39 UNION 31 Zimbabwe: Visits Abroad 39 Department for Exiting the HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE 40 European Union: EU Law 31 Accident and Emergency Department for Exiting the Departments: Closures 40 European Union: Pay 31 Clinical Trials 40 FOREIGN AND Clinical Trials: EU Law 41 COMMONWEALTH OFFICE 31 Coagadex 42 British Nationals Abroad: Offences against Children 31 Dental Services: Fees and Charges 42 British Overseas Territories: Biodiversity 32 Department of Health and Rent to Buy Scheme 56 Social Care: Local INTERNATIONAL Government 43 DEVELOPMENT 56 Drugs 43 Bangladesh: Rohingya 56 Drugs: Prices 44 Caribbean: Overseas Aid 57 European Medicines Agency 45 Commonwealth: Overseas Aid 58 Health: Finance 45 Developing Countries: HIV Infection: Drugs 46 Renewable Energy 59 Influenza: Vaccination 47 Israel: Palestinians 60 Neuromusclular Disorders 47 Nigeria: Boko Haram 60 NHS: Employment 48 Overseas Aid 61 Prescriptions: Fees and Pakistan: Education 61 Charges 49 Somaliland: Overseas Aid 62 Relationship and Sex Syria: Humanitarian Aid 62 Education 49 INTERNATIONAL TRADE 63 Royal Liverpool Hospital 50 Department for International Surgery 50 Trade: ICT 63 HOME OFFICE 51 Department for International Construction: Undocumented Trade: Pay 63 Workers 51 Legatum Institute 63 Immigration: Bank Services 52 Trade Agreements 64 Knives: Delivery Services 53 JUSTICE 64 Pakistan: Immigration 53 Drugs: Halton 64 Police 53 Legal Aid Scheme 65 UK Border Agency: Northern Prison Service: Dismissal 66 Ireland 54 Security Guards 67 UK Border Agency: Staff 54 NORTHERN IRELAND 67 Undocumented Workers: Fines 55 City Deals: Londonderry 67 Universal Credit: Females 55 SCOTLAND 68 Visas 55 Food Banks: Scotland 68 HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND Scotland Office: Freedom of LOCAL GOVERNMENT 56 Information 68 Ministry of Housing, SPEAKER'S COMMITTEE ON Communities and Local THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION 69 Government: Brexit 56 Councillors: Local Government 69 General Election 2017 69 Immigrants: Caribbean 79 TRANSPORT 69 Immigrants: Commonwealth 79 Department for Transport: EU Industrial Injuries Disablement Law 69 Benefit 80 East Anglia Railway Line 70 Members: Correspondence 80 European Aviation Safety Parents: Counselling 81 Authority 70 Personal Independence Great Western Railway Line 71 Payment 81 Railways: West Midlands 71 Personal Independence Roads: Shrewsbury 71 Payment: Appeals 82 Shared Spaces: Disability 72 Sick Pay 82 West Coast Railway Line 73 Social Security Benefits: Hearing Impairment 82 TREASURY 73 Support for Mortgage Interest 83 Apprentices: Taxation 73 Universal Credit 83 Bank Services: Small Businesses 74 Universal Credit: Equality 84 Children: Poverty 74 Universal Credit: Scotland 84 Climate Change Levy 75 Work Capability Assessment 85 Credit Cards: Interest Rates 75 WRITTEN STATEMENTS 86 Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties 75 DEFENCE 86 Public Expenditure 76 Service Complaints Ombudsman - Annual Report WALES 76 2017 86 Severn River Crossing 76 ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND WORK AND PENSIONS 77 RURAL AFFAIRS 86 Department for Work and April Agriculture and Fisheries Pensions: EU Law 77 Council 86 Department for Work and TREASURY 87 Pensions: Surveys 77 Contingent Liability Notification 87 Employment: Harassment 78 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. ANSWERS ATTORNEY GENERAL Attorney General: Cleaning Services Catherine West: [132843] To ask the Attorney General, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department. Jeremy Wright: [Holding answer 29 March 2018]: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not directly employ cleaning staff. Cleaning services in buildings managed by the Department are outsourced. The suppliers pay, as a minimum, the National Living Wage. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) pays for cleaning services as part of its service charge. The contracted cleaners are paid at least the minimum wage. The Government Legal Department (GLD) and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) contract out their cleaning services; the providers have committed to pay a minimum of the London living wage to the staff who clean GLD’s London offices. The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) contracts out its cleaning services. The contracted cleaners are paid the National Living Wage. Attorney General: ICT Jon Trickett: [136124] To ask the Attorney General, how many IT systems which his Department uses are more than (a) three, (b) five and (c) eight years old; and what steps he is taking to ensure that all his Department's IT systems are updated promptly. Robert Buckland: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is responsible for the IT systems of CPS, Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and Her Majesty’s CPS Inspectorate (HMCPSI). Of their eight core corporate IT systems, six were launched more than eight years ago – however, the component parts thereof are replaced and upgraded regularly. Both the hardware and the software have been updated and refreshed throughout their lifetime to make them fit for continued use into the future. One of the other systems is approximately 5 years old, and the same applies; the remaining system is new. Where these systems are supplied by external providers, a requirement for prompt updating is part of the supplier contract. Where they are managed in-house, this is part of the internal service agreement with the relevant team. Our internal Service Management team monitors adherence to these commitments in all cases. The Government Legal Department (GLD) uses a number IT systems, most of which are regularly updated by applying the suppliers recommended patches and version updates, after appropriate testing. Specifically: (a) GLD has one system (Solcase) over three years old. It was last updated in 2014 and the next upgrade is due in May 2018. (b) GLD has two systems (RKYV and Windows 7) that are over 8 years old. The RKYV document management system, used by only a few individuals, is currently being decommissioned. This system was last updated in 2008. The desktop operating system is Windows 7, which was released in 2009. Configuration of a new Windows 10 build is in progress, and GLD is aiming to roll this out in the next month. The answers to the specific questions in relation to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) are a) 8; b) 2 and c) 3. This information relates only to IT Business System Applications, which enable work to be processed, and not supporting infrastructure and operating systems. The calculated age of the SFO’s IT systems is based on the last upgrade or install date. Projects are already underway to replace or decommission a number of the systems that currently fall into the 8, 5 and 3 year old categories. Attorney General: Written Questions Catherine West: [137093] To ask the Attorney General, when he plans to answer Question 132843. Jeremy Wright: I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 26 April 2018 to her Question 132843.
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