Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018
Questions tabled on Tuesday 19 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 Wednesday 20 June
Questions for Written Answer
1 Judith Cummins (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on children of providing care to a family member. [Transferred] (154730)
2 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the enforcement of employment rights for seafarers employed on merchant ships working between the UK and the Republic of Ireland. [Transferred] (154688)
3 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to tackle stress in the workplace. [Transferred] (154714)
Questions for Answer on Thursday 21 June
Questions for Written Answer
1 N Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of systems to maintain ethical standards for people who hold public office. [Transferred] (154641) 2 Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018
2 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of the additional jobs in the UK labour market have been filled by (a) UK nationals and (b) non-UK nationals since 2010. [Transferred] (154608)
3 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the number of additional jobs, by income quintile, created in the UK labour market in each year since 2010. [Transferred] (154609)
4 Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government’s plans to move Civil Nuclear Constabulary officers onto the Alpha Pensions Scheme from April 2019. (155365)
5 Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners who do not receive the Warm Home Discount as a result of being customers of a supplier with less than 250,000 customers; and whether the Department will extend the obligation to provide that discount to smaller energy suppliers. (155175)
6 Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of fracking supply chains on the level of manufacture of non-degradable plastics. (155323)
7 N Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason emissions from agricultural farming in the greenhouse gas national inventory report does not include emissions from (a) feed produced overseas, (b) transportation, (c) cooking, (d) food waste, (e) refrigeration, (f) air conditioning, (g) waste disposal and (h) soils treated with nitrogen fertilisers. [Transferred] (154635)
8 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what priority has been accorded to the policy areas of (a) energy security, (b) action on climate change and (c) renewable energy since his Department took on responsibilities from the Department for Energy and Climate Change; and if he will make a statement. (155263)
9 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many meetings has he had with the Federation of Small Businesses Northern Ireland since the referendum on the UK leaving the EU. (155245)
10 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities in in Northern Ireland on city deals. (155246)
11 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had any meetings with Invest Northern Ireland on the challenges which face Northern Ireland after the UK leaves the EU. (155247) Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018 3
12 N Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has plans to prioritise free- roaming for consumers in trade deals after the UK leaves the EU. [Transferred] (154795)
13 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to prevent harm to vulnerable people until the £2 stake reduction for fixed-odds betting terminals is introduced. (155335)
14 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons the implementation period for the B2 stake reduction is now expected to take longer than the 9 to 12 months set out in the Impact Assessment published alongside the Government’s recent consultation response on proposals to changes to Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility Measures. (155337)
15 Ben Lake (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of revising sections 104 and 105 of the Broadcasting Act 1990 to enable Ofcom to have regard to a Welsh language criteria when awarding local commercial radio licences. (155370)
16 Ben Lake (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what representations the Welsh Government has made to his Department on the criteria Ofcom uses when deciding on the award of local commercial radio licences. (155371)
17 Ben Lake (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Language Commissioner on Ofcom’s compliance with the Welsh Language Standards. (155372)
18 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has had any discussions with (a) UEFA and (b) the Football Association on the transfer of players from non-UK teams to UK teams after the UK leaves the EU. (155248)
19 Royston Smith (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of rail seating at football stadiums. (155324)
20 N Judith Cummins (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to ensure that children who provide care to a family member receive adequate support. [Transferred] (154731)
21 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the extent to which healthy start vouchers cover the cost of powdered baby milk products. (155392) 4 Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018
22 Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have enrolled in international higher education programmes in each of the past five years. (155200)
23 Sir David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people from (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) Bexley Borough went to university in each of the last five years. (155192)
24 Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities in Jarrow constituency are adequately funded to deliver effective special educational needs. (155187)
25 Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made on the suitability of the criteria given to Ofsted inspectors when reviewing (a) special educational needs schools and (b) special educational needs bases in mainstream schools. [R] (155294)
26 Scott Mann (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional funding his Department provides to schools to support students in low income households in (a) North Cornwall constituency and b) London. (155353)
27 Scott Mann (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will assess the potential merits of including cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the student curriculum. (155354)
28 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2018 to Question 147900 on the Education and Skills Funding Agency, (a) what the budget was for administrating the schools system and (b) how many staff were employed by the Education and Skills Funding Agency to administer that system in each of the last three financial years. (155300)
29 Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the level of fee income to higher education providers arising from the tuition fees of students of Indian nationality in each financial year since 2012-13. (155308)
30 Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has assessed the asbestos management plans for academies for which Carillion was previously responsible; and if he will make a statement. (155267)
31 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assistance his Department gives to people just above the threshold for repayment of their student loans. (155286)
32 Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to bring forward legislation requiring academies to have an asbestos management plan that is audited annually; and if he will make a statement. (155380) Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018 5
33 Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will encourage Ofsted to encourage schools to accept knife arches and other anti- knife crime measures on their premises to help dissuade children from carrying weapons for self-defence or other purposes; and if he will make a statement. (155169)
34 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of sites of special scientific interest that have had no condition assessments undertaken in the last six years; and if he will publish the names of those sites. (155250)
35 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to replace the packaging recovery note scheme with a fee-based system that takes account of the end of life costs of plastic materials. (155251)
36 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to ensure that extended producer responsibility covers 100 per cent of the collection and disposal costs of packaging. (155252)
37 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of plastic waste exported from the UK. (155253)
38 Scott Mann (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he is having with representatives of the fishing industry on the future implications of the discard ban and its effects on local fishermen’s income. (155351)
39 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Litter Strategy for England, issued in Aril 2017. (155262)
40 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to accord priority to the UK meeting World Health Organisation air quality guidelines during negotiations on the UK leaving the EU. (155183)
41 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to facilitate increased uptake of (a) ultra-low emission vehicles and (b) active travel. (155184)
42 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has a strategy to prevent large quantities of food waste; and if he will make a statement. (155240)
43 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs entered the UK in 2017. (155241) 6 Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018
44 Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans for Clause 1 and Clause 2 of the draft Animal Welfare Bill to be introduced as separate pieces of primary legislation. (155256)
45 Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of local authorities in reducing incidents of fly-tipping; and if he will make a statement. (155375)
46 Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of local authorities in reducing incidents of noise pollution; and if he will make a statement. (155377)
47 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of its fulfilment of the Public Sector Equality Duty on potential new customs arrangements. (155385)
48 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department gives to Madagascar in respect of its agricultural development. (155287)
49 Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many European-owned businesses there are in each of the constituent part of the UK. (155197)
50 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the age at which each issuing local authority offers older person's bus passes for (a) women and (b) men. [Transferred] (154581)
51 Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2018 to Question 144821, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of cable theft incidents on railway infrastructure on the Tyne and Wear Metro. (155185)
52 Scott Mann (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of public transport links in North Cornwall. (155350)
53 Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 15 May 2003 to Question 113237 on rail strikes, whether any payment has been made to any rail operator in the last year to reimburse the company for revenues lost as a result of official industrial action. (155259)
54 Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 15 May 2003 to Question 113237 on rail strikes, whether Arriva Northern has made an application in the last year to reimburse the company for revenues lost as a result of official industrial action. (155260) Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018 7
55 Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 15 May 2003 to Question 113237 on rail strikes, whether he or his officials have had discussions with Arriva Northern in the last year on reimbursing Arriva Northern for revenues lost as a result of official industrial action. (155261)
56 Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of bus services in England are community-run. (155381)
57 N Anna Turley (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the strength of the steel industry of the commitment by Heathrow Airport Limited to follow public sector procurement rules on steel purchasing as part of its expansion programme. [Transferred] (154748)
58 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2018 to Question 152138, on shipping: pay, whether his Department monitors the effect of agreements reached in that sub- committee on (a) seafarers and (b) shipowners in the UK. (155265)
59 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2018 to Question 152138, on shipping: pay, who the UK representatives of (a) seafarers and (b) shipowners are who have attended meetings of the bi-partite sub-committee since 2010. (155266)
60 Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the (a) salary (b) bonuses (c) car allowance and (d) other benefits received by the Chief Executive of Network Rail in each of the last three years. (155207)
61 Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many days leave was taken by the Chief Executive of Network Rail in each of the last three years. (155208)
62 Emma Dent Coad (Kensington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date the Government’s Legal Service cleared the revised wording of the ESA65B letters to claimants’ doctors prior to the Cabinet Secretary’s decision to issue a Ministerial Requirement. (155401)
63 Emma Dent Coad (Kensington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 30 May 2018 to Question 146987 on Employment and Support Allowance, who attened the meetings between officials in his Departmental and the (a) British Medical Association and (b) Royal College of General Practitioners on the revised wording of the ESA65B; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of those meetings. (155402)
64 Emma Dent Coad (Kensington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2018 to Question 146989 on Independent Case Examiner, whether his Department has performance measures 8 Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018
for the time taken to conclude investigations into complaints escalated to the Independent Case Examiner (ICE); and what steps are being taken to reduce the time taken for the ICE to make a decision. (155403)
65 Sir David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have a work-place pension as a result of auto-enrolment in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency (b) London Borough of Bexley and (c) London. (155194)
66 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of universal credit claimants living in social housing in (a) the North East of England and (b) England are currently in rent arrears. [Transferred] (154700)
67 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on ensuring coordination between NHS trusts and Local Safeguarding Children Boards after the decision was taken to disband the specialist team focused on female genital mutilation. (155395)
68 Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent representations he has received on the application of VAT to defibrillators. (155198)
69 Sir David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for an individual to receive a GP appointment in the London Borough of Bexley. (155193)
70 Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to make access available to drugs for children with rare diseases. (155186)
71 Mike Hill (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve cohesion between NHS Trust areas to ensure that patients who move to different NHS Trust areas do not lose access to services they previously received in other areas. (155373)
72 Scott Mann (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money has been spent from the public purse on children's cardiology in (a) Cornwall and (b) North Cornwall constituency in each of the last five years. (155352)
73 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of the health effects of air pollution on the (a) heart and (b) cardiovascular system. (155182)
74 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to raise awareness among expectant mothers of postnatal depression. (155242) Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018 9
75 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has any plans to carry out research on treatments for epilepsy patients. (155243)
76 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to reduce waiting times for autism assessments for children. (155244)
77 Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to provide patients in the north of England with palliative care. (155376)
78 Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the relevant Clinical Reference Group plans to make its decision in relation to NICE guidance on testing for Lynch syndrome. (155379)
79 Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Palestinian Authority on the actions of Palestinian security forces during the demonstrations in Ramallah on 13 June 2018; and if he will make a statement. (155172)
80 Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Palestinian Authority on the detention and treatment of Amnesty International staff member Laith Abu Zeya by Palestinian Authority security forces; and if he will make a statement. (155173)
81 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the UN Children's Fund report entitled Children in Israeli Military Detention: Observations and Recommendations, what representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart following the publication (a) of that report and (b) update bulletins which have followed that report's publication. (155397)
82 Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) protocols, (b) agreements and (c) understandings are in place on visits by Ministers of other countries to the UK for official purposes. (155195)
83 Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken in response to actions taken by the Government of Egypt against the LGBT community. (155209)
84 Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the Government of Egypt on its actions taken against the LGBT community in that country since the April 2018 elections. (155210) 10 Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018
85 Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to support the work and safety of human rights and LGBT rights groups in Egypt. (155211)
86 Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to engage with the Egyptian Medical Syndicate and other key stakeholders to end forced anal examinations in Egypt. (155212)
87 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports his Department has received on the extent of the damage caused to farmland in Israel by fire kites being launched from Gaza. (155264)
88 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that women refugees are protected and helped to feel secure in camps overseas. (155284)
89 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department and the Department for International Development have had with the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on ebola; and what assistance the Government has given to international aid agencies to provide vaccines to tackle ebola. (155285)
90 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will include literacy in the right to freedom of religion or belief in his Department's fast-track induction training. (155288)
91 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of establishing bespoke training on freedom of religion or belief for his Department's staff on a country-by-country basis. (155289)
92 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with the Secretary of State for International Development the introduction and implementation of strategies to protect the right to freedom of religion or belief in countries which have severe societal or governmental restrictions on that right. (155290)
93 Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands marine protected area is legally designated as a fully no-take area. (155231)
94 Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many kilometres of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands marine protected area are legally designated as fully no-take areas. (155232) Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018 11
95 Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands marine protected area is permanently closed to krill fishing. (155233)
96 Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many kilometres of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands marine protected area is permanently closed to krill fishing. (155234)
97 Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any commercial fishing for krill has taken place within the South Sandwich Islands Exclusive Economic Zone in the last 25 years. (155235)
98 Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of biodiversity in the South Sandwich Islands. (155236)
99 Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands' total annual revenues came from commercial fishing operations licensed to operate within the (a) South Georgia and (b) South Sandwich Islands Exclusive Economic Zone in the last three years. (155237)
100 Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets his Department sets for the length of time it takes to process a Security Industry Authority application; and if he will make a statement. (155205)
101 Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long his Department has taken on average to process Security Industry Authority applications for people in Orkney and Shetland constituency in each of the last three years. (155206)
102 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department will take steps to ensure that the National and International Capital Cities Grant funding meets all London's policing needs. (155310)
103 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to learn the lessons from the emergency planning exercise undertaken at Prestwick on the transport of nuclear materials. (155389)
104 Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many NCA-led arrests there have been in each country of the UK in each year since 2015. (155196) 12 Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018
105 Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted of driving whilst using a mobile phone in each of the last 5 years. (155199)
106 Rosie Duffield (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the equity of the £18,600 minimum income requirement for spousal visas where the potential income of the incoming spouse would enable a family to meet that threshold. (155367)
107 Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were released from immigration detention on the basis of Rule 35(1) and Rule 35(3) reports at each Immigration Removal Centre in (a) 2017 and (b) 2016. (155280)
108 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help reduce demand for commercial sexual exploitation. (155330)
109 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to combat organised sexual exploitation. (155331)
110 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to tackle commercial websites that facilitate sexual exploitation. (155332)
111 Darren Jones (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on the number of people who were convicted of an offence of impersonating a police officer while riding a motorcycle in 2017. (155369)
112 Stephen Kerr (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are in place for police forces in England to certificate blue light driving for volunteers in charities. (155359)
113 Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the nationality is of each person referred to the Windrush Taskforce since its establishment in April 2018. (155249)
114 Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has a timetable for reopening the Vulnerable Faith Institution Scheme to enable bids from places of worship to improve their security measures; and if he will make a statement. (155374)
115 Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many health professionals have been refused visas in the last 12 months; and what the timetable is for the cap on skilled health workers to be removed. (155378) Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018 13
116 N Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment the Government has made of the potential explosive risk from the US store of ammunition and other explosives on (a) the island of Diego Garcia and (b) in ships in the lagoon. [Transferred] (154747)
117 Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2018 to Question 151105 on Veterans: Social Security Benefits, what training is offered by his Department to staff of the Department for Work and Pensions to increase their understanding of veterans' mental health. (155220)
118 Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2018 to Question 151105 on Veterans: Social Security Benefits, what information his Department provides to the Department for Work and Pensions to increase the understanding of their staff of the transferable skills that veterans have acquired in the military. (155221)
119 Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2018 to Question 151105 on Veterans: Social Security Benefits, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that qualifications acquired in the military are (a) transferable and (b) equivalent to civilian qualifications. (155222)
120 Derek Thomas (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging serving military personnel coming to the end of their military service to take up careers in the scaffolding industry. (155358)
121 Emma Dent Coad (Kensington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason the Vice-Chair of the Regulation Committee at the Homes & Communities Agency was appointed as the Interim Chair for a period of 12 months instead of recruiting a permanent appointee. (155404)
122 Emma Dent Coad (Kensington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) Job Description and (b) Person Specification for the role of Chair of the Regulation Committee of the Homes and Communities Agency. (155405)
123 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the review by Eric Ollerenshaw entitled Three Years On: An Independent Review of Local Council Tax Support Schemes, published in 2016 whether his Department has issued guidance to local authorities to collect data on the effect of their local council tax support schemes as by that review. (155396)
124 Scott Mann (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that assistance and accommodation is in place for homeless people in Cornwall. (155355) 14 Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018
125 Scott Mann (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support the building of new social housing in the South West. (155356)
126 Scott Mann (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to deliver more new homes to rural areas. (155357)
127 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many immigration law legal aid providers held a legal aid contract to provide such work in January 2018 by (a) procurement area and (b) access point. (155344)
128 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2018 to Question 148950 on Courts: ICT, how many (a) victims and (b) witnesses the Government plans to consult with when undertaking its research into the effect of its digital courts reform programme on victims and witnesses. (155347)
129 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2018 to Question 148950 on Courts: ICT, when the Government plans to begin research on the effect of its digital courts reform programme on victims and witnesses; and what budget he plan to allocate to that research. (155348)
130 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2018 to Question 148950, on Courts: ICT, what form the research will take that the Government plans to undertake into the effect of its digital courts reform programme on victims and witnesses. (155349)
131 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is for an appeal on decisions relating to (a) personal independence payment, (b) employment support allowance and (c) universal credit was at the Newcastle Social Security Tribunal in each of the last three years. [Transferred] (154703)
132 Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason the Government classified up-skirting as a sex offence. (155218)
133 Royston Smith (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of increasing the small claims track from £1,000 to £5,000 for soft tissue injury on claimants' access to justice. (155325)
134 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether she has had discussions with political leaders in Northern Ireland and Scotland on proposals for a bridge being built between Northern Ireland and Scotland. (155238) Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018 15
135 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in how many Northern Ireland parliamentary constituencies she has had engagements since her appointment to that office. (155239)
136 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when compliance yield started to be reported by HMRC; and to what extent the different components counting towards the calculation of that yield have varied since compliance yield started to be reported. (155386)
137 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HMRC monthly performance update: January 2018, published on 1 March 2018, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for (a) the reduction in post turnaround speed between 2013-14 and 2015-16, and (b) the improvement in post turnaround speed 2016-17. (155387)
138 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, where redacted versions of opinions by the General Anti-Abuse Rule Advisory Panel are publicly available. (155388)
139 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the price elasticity of spirits and the appropriate rate of duty on them. (155390)
140 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on the use of the Excise Movement and Control System (a) during and (b) after the transition period. (155391)
141 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the financial savings which will arise from the Building Our Future programme. (155393)
142 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases referred by HMRC to prosecuting authorities relating to serious and complex tax crime by corporations have been taken up by those authorities in every year since 2010. (155394)
143 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many actions for failure to notify under the disclosure of tax avoidance schemes legislation have been taken by HMRC against firms using the employment allowance avoidance scheme described by HMRC's guidance of the 29th June 2015. (155398)
144 Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal plans he has to support the building of new integrated community services. (155322)
145 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Government has made of the costs to the public purse arising from the harm caused by fixed-odds betting terminals in each of the last three years. (155336) 16 Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018
146 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons his Department decided not to implement the reduction on category B2 machines until April 2020; and if he will make a statement. (155338)
147 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with bookmakers on the implementation period for reducing the stake on B2 machines. (155339)
148 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with machine manufacturers on the implementation period for reducing the stake on B2 gaming machines. (155340)
149 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue accrued to the public purse from category B2 machines in each of the last three financial years; and what estimate his Department has made of the sum that will accrue to the public purse from such machines in 2018-19. (155341)
150 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the revenue that will accrue to the public purse from category B2 machines between July 2018 and April 2020. (155342)
151 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has undertaken a comparative assessment of the levels of remote gaming duty in other European countries; and if he will make a statement. (155343)
152 Emma Little Pengelly (Belfast South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families have paid into a Tax-Free Childcare accounts as of 11 June 2018. (155360)
153 Emma Little Pengelly (Belfast South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families have had money paid out of a Tax-Free Childcare account to a childcare provider as of 11 June 2018. (155361)
154 Emma Little Pengelly (Belfast South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent from the public purse on call centre staff for Tax Free Childcare; and whether that expenditure is in addition to the funding allocated to pay ATOS for the administration of the Childcare Choices website. (155362)
155 Emma Little Pengelly (Belfast South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the evidential basis for the claim in the oral contribution of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to the Treasury Select Committee on 31 January that only half of UK employees work for employers that offer childcare vouchers. (155363)
156 Emma Little Pengelly (Belfast South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of replacing the Tax Free Childcare online service with an alternative online service as a result of the technical problems with the existing service. (155364)
157 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to ensure that the future process for gender recognition removes the possibility for spousal veto. (155326) Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018 17
158 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how the Government plans to ensure that the future process for gender recognition is available to people regardless of their financial means or ability. (155327)
159 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of permitting access to the gender recognition process for 16 and 17 year olds. (155328)
160 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the views of non-binary people are taken into account in its forthcoming consultation on changes to the Gender Recognition Act 2004. (155329)
161 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help reduce demand for prostitution. (155333)
162 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what support the Government provides to women wanting to exit prostitution. (155334)
Questions for Answer on Monday 25 June
Questions for Written Answer
1 N Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the oral evidence of the Permanent Secretary of HMRC of 23 May and 5 June 2018 to the Treasury Committee, which Government departments had seen prior to the publication of the estimated figures of £17 billion to £20 billion for the cost of the maximum facilitation model in a letter to that Committee, dated 5 June 2018, (a) submissions and (b) briefing papers on those figures. (155291)
2 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Freedom of Information requests have been made to Government Departments in each of the last five years. (155203)
3 N Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2018 to Question 151432 on Tidal Power: Solway Firth, what the timetable is for the UK Government's response to the strategic case for tidal lagoons. (155321)
4 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to commission an investigation on the newspaper supply chain to examine the effect of wholesaler dominance on the newspaper industry. (155170) 18 Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018
5 N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page eight of the the Government response to Women and Equality Select Committee Report on Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination, published in January 2017, what progress is being made to consider and bring forward proposals to ensure that employment protections are sufficient for those who are pregnant or returning from maternity leave. (155213)
6 N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate the Government has made of the number of women who could be experiencing discrimination at work whilst (a) pregnant, (b) on maternity leave and (c) returning from maternity leave; and what plans the Government has to regularly update those figures. (155214)
7 N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of cases of maternity discrimination that have been taken to Employment Tribunals in each of the past five years. (155215)
8 N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of Employment Tribunal cases that have successfully been brought beyond the three-month court time limit. (155216)
9 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assesment his Department has made of trends in retail sales over the last three years. (155314)
10 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress has been made on developing an industrial strategy for the maritime sector in (a) Wales and (b) the UK since the publication of the Green Paper entitled Building our Industrial Strategy in January 2017. (155317)
11 N Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government plans to sign up to the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. (155255)
12 N Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the timetable is for the implementation of a £2 limit on fixed-odds betting terminals. (155167)
13 N Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how his Department monitors compliance by English local authorities with requirements prescribed in section 1 of the Childcare Act 2006. (155281)
14 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of reforms to the GCSE grading system on pupil well-being; and if he will make a statement. (155178) Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018 19
15 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to introduce measures to ensure the parity of special educational needs provision between the North and the South. [R] (155292)
16 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the mandatory introduction of a special educational needs school in each local authority to cater for young people who struggle in mainstream education. [R] (155293)
17 N Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2018 to Question 150684 on Academies, if he will publish a list of each regional schools commissioners’ risk ratings of the multi academy trusts in their regions. (155301)
18 N Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2018 to Question 150684 on academies, how many schools Ofsted decided warranted an earlier inspection due to the inadequate rating of another school in the multi academy trust in the last twelve months. (155302)
19 N Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of students of Indian nationality who were studying at English higher education providers in each academic year since 2010-11. (155307)
20 N Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on allowing grammar schools to use the Condition Improvement Fund to fund their expansion, and if he will make a statement. (155309)
21 N Graham P Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to encourage the collection, storage and use of rainwater in (a) commercial and (b) residential properties. (155258)
22 N Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will add swifts to (a) Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the (b) UK Biodiversity Action Plan list of priority species. (155224)
23 N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to increase the number of bridleways. (155171)
24 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many single farm payments with a value of (a) £500,000- £1,000,000 and (b) over £1,000,000 were delivered via the Common Agricultural Policy in each of the last ten years in each (i) constituent part and (ii) region of the UK. (155189) 20 Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018
25 N Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures he is taking to prevent (a) African Horse sickness and (b) West Nile Disease from entering the UK; and if he will make a statement. (155166)
26 N Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to ban the export of livestock for fattening; and if he will make a statement. (155257)
27 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what his policy is on retaining the trade pillar of the current EU Central America Trade Agreement. (155274)
28 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans he has to promote trade and exports between the UK and Panama. (155275)
29 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many trade promotion officers (a) are currently active and (b) have been active in each of the last five years in (i) Panama and (ii) Central America. (155276)
30 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to promote regional exports to (a) Central America and (b) Panama. (155277)
31 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many trade missions have taken place to (a) Central America and (b) Panama in each of the last five years. (155278)
32 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to tackle trespassing on trainlines in the West Midlands. (155179)
33 N Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what government targets are in place for spending on research and development in (a) automotive, (b) aviation and (c) rail technologies. (155303)
34 N Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was of the Midland Mainline speed improvements carried out under the 2010-2015 Government; and what the average train time from Sheffield to London was (a) before and (b) after those improvements. (155304)
35 N Conor McGinn (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2018 to Question 146923 on M6, whether transport infrastructure improvements to Junction 23 of the M6 Motorway is planned to be included in the Road investment Strategy 2 to be delivered between 2020-2025. (155319) Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018 21
36 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to develop a maritime sector deal to increase (a) employment, (b) training and (c) economic activity in the (i) ports and (ii) shipping industries of (A) Wales and (B) the UK. (155318)
37 N Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that falsified mileage records are correcting in the DVLA database; and if he will make a statement. (155168)
38 N Dan Carden (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that young cancer patients who are claiming personal independence payments can access financial support backdated to the date of diagnosis following the completion of the three-month qualifying period. (155383)
39 N Dan Carden (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effect of stopping personal independence payments for young people with cancer who are hospital in-patients for more than 28 days. (155384)
40 N Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the National Audit Office report entitled Rolling out universal credit, published on 15 June 2018, whether the Government has any plans to review the operation of the system of universal credit to address the findings detailed in that report. (155254)
41 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of PIP claimants with multiple sclerosis who have had their claims (a) accepted, and (b) rejected since the introduction of PIP. (155188)
42 N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many data breaches her Department has reported to the Information Commissioner's Office since the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation. (155181)
43 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the (a) Resources Department Expenditure Limit (RDEL), (b) Capital Department Expenditure Limit and (c) Total Department Expenditure Limit (TDEL) for his Department in (a) 2017- 18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21, (e) 2021-22, (f) 2022-23, and (g) 2023-24. (155295)
44 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Prime Minister’s of 18 June 2018 on the NHS, what (a) baseline year and (b) baseline NHS England budget was used to calculate that NHS England’s budget would be £394m a week higher in real terms by 2023- 24. (155296) 22 Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018
45 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Prime Minister’s speech of 18 June 2018 on the NHS, whether revenue dedicated to the Better Care Fund was included in NHS England’s budget in the baseline year for the purposes of calculating that NHS England’s budget would be £394m a week higher in real terms by 2023-24. (155297)
46 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral statement of 18 June 2018 on NHS Long-Term Plan, Official Report, column 51, on what date he plans to place in the Library details of the NHS funding settlement. (155298)
47 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate (a) his Department and (b) HM Treasury have made of the cost to (i) his Department's Departmental Expenditure Limit and (ii) NHS organisations of the recently announced NHS pay deal; and whether that cost was included in the baseline NHS England budget used to calculate that the NHS England’s budget would be £394m a week higher in real terms by 2023-24. (155299)
48 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money has been spent from the public purse per mother per year to support breastfeeding in (a) Wavertree constituency, (b) Liverpool, (c) the North West, and (d) England in each of the last five years. (155268)
49 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2018 to Question 140061 on Stress: Employment, in what way information has been collected on the cost to the NHS of treating people with work-related stress in each of the last three years. (155269)
50 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the NHS budget was spent commissioning (a) beds and (b) services from the private sector in each year since 2012. (155270)
51 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many self-inflicted deaths there were of former (a) women and (b) male prisoners in England in each of the last five years. (155271)
52 N Judith Cummins (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's publication, Carers Action Plan 2018-2020, published June 2018, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on providing employment rights to unpaid carers. (155311)
53 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding will be allocated to services in Coventry in each of the next five years as a result of the five-year NHS funding plan announced by the Government on 18 June 2018. (155176) Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018 23
54 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that A&E targets are met by the University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust. (155177)
55 N Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) cash sum and (b) real terms increase in NHS funding is planned to be for (i) 2018-2019, (ii) 2019-2020, (iii) 2020-2021, (iv) 2021-2022 and (v) 2022-2023. (155219)
56 N Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Lord O’Shaughnessy’s statement on the BBC Daily Politics on 18 June 2018 that the scheduled £22bn of NHS efficiency savings are on target, if he will place in the Library (a) an assessment of efficiency savings made by the NHS since 2015 and (b) an estimate of the total value of efficiency savings made by the NHS since 2015. (155313)
57 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent on social care in each local authority in England in each year since 2010. (155283)
58 N Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Inequalities of 19 February 2018, Official Report, whether his Department is still planning to provide a formal response to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse's report on Child Migrant Programmes published on 1 March 2018 which is separate to the planned response from the Prime Minister to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse's Interim Report which was published on 25 April 2018. (155279)
59 N Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 3 May 2018 to Questions 139593 and 139592, for what reasons (a) neonatal herpes has not yet been considered for categorisation as a notifiable disease and (b) no information on the incidence of that disease is held centrally. (155366)
60 N Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the timescale is for re-opening the British Embassy in Libya. (155320)
61 N Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of President Mnangagwa’s first six months in office in Zimbabwe on relations with UK. (155228)
62 N Judith Cummins (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on Palestinian communities of Israel’s plans for demolition of buildings in the village of Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank; and what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on this issue. (155312) 24 Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018
63 N Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the status of the Kingdom of Morocco in Western Sahara. (155190)
64 N Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government holds the status of Western Sahara to be that of a non-self-governing territory. (155191)
65 N Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make urgent representations to the US Administration on the separation of children from their parents in immigration detention in that country. (155174)
66 N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has plans for overseas travel on departmental business on 25-28 June, 2018; and if he will make a statement. (155230)
67 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made on encouraging other members of the Antarctic Commission to accept an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary in the Weddell Sea. (155315)
68 N Thelma Walker (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with his US counterpart on the detention of unaccompanied children on the USA-Mexico border. (155382)
69 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people detained under section 13 of the Mental Health Act 1983 were held in police cells in (a) the Merseyside police force area and (b) England in each of the last two years. (155272)
70 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has undertaken a risk analysis of the Settled Status scheme; and if he will make a statement. (155273)
71 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of people living illegally in the UK in each of the last five years. (155202)
72 N Darren Jones (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on the destruction of records relating to indefinite leave to remain. (155368)
73 N Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) prosecuted and (b) cautioned for cannabis possession offences in each police authority area in each of the last three years. (155204) Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018 25
74 N Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria his Department used to determine which countries qualified for the recent relaxation of Tier 4 visa requirements for overseas students. (155305)
75 N Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria were considered by his Department which led to the decision not to relax Tier 4 visa requirements for overseas students from India. (155306)
76 N Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Aspen cards issued to asylum seekers have failed to work since their introduction in 2017. (155399)
77 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many households had to move National Asylum Support Service accommodation whilst waiting for their asylum claims to be processed in 2017. (155316)
78 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for Defence Procurement of 14 June 2018, Official Report, column 1083, whether its planned for a UK equivalent to the Galileo system to be paid for out of funding for his Department; and if he will make a statement. (155229)
79 N Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement of 18 June 2018, on contingent liability, HCWS770, for what reasons his Department decided that a contingent liability should be given to Capita Business Services for working capital for the contract for the Defence Fire and Rescue Project. (155223)
80 N Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the National Planning Policy Framework will require local plans to include biodiversity protection. (155225)
81 N Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require Swift bricks to be incorporated into (a) new build properties and (b) restoration and renewal building projects. (155226)
82 N Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what he is taking to ensure that (a) builders and (b) homeowners receive guidance on legislation relating to (a) nesting birds and (b) the protection of nests during the breeding season. (155227)
83 N Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officer work days have been lost to sickness as a result of an injury sustained in a workplace assault in each year since 2010. (155345)
84 N Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers required hospital treatment as a result of an assault at work in each year since 2010. (155346) 26 Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018
85 N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of reclassifying the offence of posting explicit or sexual images online without permission as a sex offence; and if he will make a statement. (155217)
86 N Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2018 to Question 152673, what the planned publication date is for the detailed consultative report on the impact of VAT and APD on tourism in Northern Ireland. (155201)
87 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list what assessments his Department has conducted since the Government announced its extension of Childcare Vouchers that determine whether low-income families will benefit more from either Childcare Vouchers or Tax-Free Childcare. (155282)
88 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to encourage equal pay across genders in private corporations. (155180)
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
1 Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): What steps he is taking to ensure that children with special educational needs are able to access support services that are close to home. (906000)
2 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What steps he is taking to ensure that all children have continuing opportunities to develop academic and practical skills. (906001)
3 Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): What progress his Department has made on strengthening the social work profession. (906002)
4 Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the recommendations for his Department in the Family Rights Group report, Care Crisis Review: options for change, published in June 2018; and what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on that report. (906003)
5 Dan Carden (Liverpool, Walton): What assessment he has made of the effect of the Government's policy on funded childcare on the financial viability of childcare settings. (906004)
6 Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): Whether he plans to include mandatory teaching on cold water shock as part of compulsory swimming and water lessons. (906005)
7 Mr Marcus Fysh (Yeovil): What progress his Department has made on the introduction of T-levels. (906006) Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018 27
8 James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): What steps his Department is taking to ensure that children educated in all settings are safe and receive a good education. (906007)
9 Imran Hussain (Bradford East): What steps he has taken to implement the recommendations set out in the Northern Powerhouse Schools Strategy: An independent review by Sir Nick Weller, published in November 2016. (906008)
10 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): What estimate he has made of the number of schools that will have a cash terms reduction in their budget in 2018-19 compared with 2017-18. (906009)
11 Edward Argar (Charnwood): What progress his Department has made on strengthening the social work profession. (906010)
12 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): What steps he is taking to respond to poorly performing academy trusts. (906011)
13 Mr Paul Sweeney (Glasgow North East): What steps his Department is taking to improve the learning experience for neurodiverse people. (906012)
14 Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): What steps his Department is taking to ensure that children educated in all settings are safe and receive a good education. (906013)
15 Colin Clark (Gordon): What steps his Department has taken to increase the take-up of STEM subjects. (906014)
16 Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): Whether he plans to include mandatory teaching on cold water shock as part of compulsory swimming and water lessons. (906015)
17 Mr Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire): What assessment he has made of the effect of the free school and academy programmes on GCSE results. (906016)
18 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): What his policy is on the eligibility of EU students starting courses in English higher education institutions in 2019-20 and 2020-21 for home fee status and student loans and grants. (906017)
19 Sir Robert Syms (Poole): What progress his Department has made on the introduction of T-levels. (906018)
20 Dr Philippa Whitford (Central Ayrshire): What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the effect on universities of the UK leaving the EU. (906019)
21 Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): What steps he is taking to improve social mobility in post-16 education. (906020)
22 Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the 2014 SEND reforms. (906021)
23 Sandy Martin (Ipswich): What recent assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness of children’s centres and (b) ability of families to access those centres. (906022) 28 Published: Wednesday 20 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 19 June 2018
24 Frank Field (Birkenhead): What assessment he has made of the effect of the new national funding formula on schools in (a) Birkenhead constituency and (b) England. (906023)
25 Mary Robinson (Cheadle): What progress his Department has made on the introduction of T-levels. (906024)
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
T 1 Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (906025)
T 2 Neil O'Brien (Harborough): (906026)
T 3 Jeremy Quin (Horsham): (906027)
T 4 Mary Robinson (Cheadle): (906028)
T 5 Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): (906029)
T 6 Robert Courts (Witney): (906030)
T 7 Wes Streeting (Ilford North): (906031)
T 8 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): (906032)
T 9 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): (906033)
T 10 Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Saffron Walden): (906034)
Questions for Answer on Tuesday 3 July
Questions for Written Answer
1 N Karen Lee (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to implement a helpline number for hon. Members' constituency offices for casework inquiries relating to Universal Credit. (155400)