Published: Thursday 27 June 2019
Questions tabled on Wednesday 26 June 2019
Includes questions tabled on earlier days which have been transferred. T Indicates a topical oral question. Members are selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question. † Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. N Indicates a question for written answer on a named day under S.O. No. 22(4). [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
Questions for Answer on Thursday 27 June
Questions for Written Answer
1 N Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many companies previously registered as non- resident for corporation tax purposes in countries other than Luxembourg provided an address in Luxembourg to the Land Registry in May 2019. [Transferred] (268475)
2 Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps the Government has taken to ensure that (a) mothers and (b) people with primary care responsibilities have access to flexible working. [Transferred] (269051)
3 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Research and analysis entitled, Supporting mental health in schools and colleges conducted by his Department, what steps the Government has taken to increase the provision of counselling services in schools. [Transferred] (269133)
4 Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that veterans with mental health problems receive the treatment they need. [Transferred] (269084)
5 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the provision of healthcare for UK citizens in the EU of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. [Transferred] (269017) 2 Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019
6 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on intelligence sharing between the UK and EU of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. [Transferred] (269016)
Questions for Answer on Monday 1 July
Questions for Written Answer
1 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions he has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions on ensuring more effective prosecutions of cases involving individuals supporting terrorism abroad. (269685)
2 Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, if the Commissioners will make an estimate of the number of thefts of lead from church buildings in (a) the diocese of St Albans and (b) England in (i) 2018 and (ii) 2019 to date. (269594)
3 Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that second-hand electrical products sold online meet the relevant safety standards. (269803)
4 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making an employer legally liable if they fail to protect their staff from sexual harassment at work. (269629)
5 Ruth Jones (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of joint and muscle ill health on the construction industry. (269753)
6 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many staff in his Department are working primarily on (a) fossil fuels, (b) renewables, (c) energy efficiency and (d) nuclear energy. (269698)
7 Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to reform the process of registering an artist or band’s name with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) so that evidence is required before an artist or band name can be formally registered. (269691)
8 Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to prevent individuals and companies from fraudulently registering trademarks with the Intellectual Property Office. (269692) Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019 3
9 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce trends in the number of pubs closing each year. (269679)
10 Giles Watling (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made on the merits of private sector ownership of electricity networks. (269795)
11 Giles Watling (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the re-nationalisation of electricity networks on the level of personal pensions. (269796)
12 Giles Watling (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of investment in carbon capture usage and storage to help reach the Government's net zero by 2050. (269797)
13 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to regulate online activity to bring it into line with activity that would be considered to be illegal if it were conducted offline. (269750)
14 Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the BBC on proposals to reduce the availability of BBC 3 and BBC 4 television channels for people living outside the UK. (269602)
15 N Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives from social media companies to tackle hate speech against transgender people on their platforms. (269695)
16 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has plans to establish a statutory greyhound race betting levy to improve the welfare of racing greyhounds. (269673)
17 Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to improve tourist information facilities at Gatwick airport and other entry points to the UK. (269711)
18 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of schoolgirls aged between 11 and 18 participated in at least 30 minutes of sport at least once a week in 2018. [Transferred] (269076)
19 N Mr Paul Sweeney (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that people over 75 who cannot afford to pay for a TV licence will be able to access democracy and keep informed of current affairs from June 2020. (269764) 4 Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019
20 N Mr Paul Sweeney (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that people over 75 who do not use the internet are not digitally excluded and will receive the necessary support to pay for a TV licence from June 2020. (269765)
21 N Mr Paul Sweeney (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take to ensure that people over 75 whose level of income is above the threshold of eligibility for pension credit are able to pay for a TV licence from June 2020. (269766)
22 N Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has received reports of alleged price fixing and collusion among mobile phone operators; and whether he plans to ask the relevant authorities to investigate the alleged competition offences that have taken place. (269688)
23 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) children and (b) schools have covered the Battle of Cable Street at Key Stage 3 in the 2018-19 academic year. (269714)
24 N Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2019 to Question 262315 on Wakefield City Academies Trust: Deloitte and Touche, what services were provided by Deloitte LLP under its contract in relation to the closure of Wakefield City Academies Trust. (269696)
25 Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference the June 2019 report of the Children’s Commissioner, We need to talk: access to speech and language therapy, if he will meet with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to discuss the implications for his Department's policies of the findings of that report. (269600)
26 Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of living in poverty on the school attendance record of students. (269736)
27 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department holds data on pupil absence in primary schools in England which is cross-tabulated by school week, year group and reason for absence. (269836)
28 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department holds data on teacher sickness absence in primary schools in England in each school week. (269837)
29 N Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time first degree undergraduates his Department estimates will be studying in higher education institutions in England in (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2020-21, (iii) 2021-22, (iv) 2022-23 and (v) 2023-24. (269745) Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019 5
30 N Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has spent or plans to spend on converting schools to academies in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21, (e) 2021- 22, (f) 2022-23 and (g) 2023-24. (269833)
31 N Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2019 to Question 267289, which programmes have been funded within the budget lines provided in that Answer; and how much funding has been (a) allocated to and (b) spent by each programme. (269834)
32 N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools are allocated to each of the teaching school alliance hubs. (269621)
33 N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria his Department used to decide the regions that are pilots for the new teaching school alliance hubs; and if he will make a statement. (269622)
34 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is steps his Department is taking to ensure that pupils are aware of the non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust. (269678)
35 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle plagiarism among students at university. (269680)
36 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to encourage more school leavers to pursue a career in the technology sector. (269682)
37 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to encourage more school leavers to pursue a career in the maritime industry. (269683)
38 Giles Watling (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of women taking up careers in STEM. (269798)
39 N Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in London studied physical education to (a) GCSE and (b) A level in each year since 2012. (269687)
40 N Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the quantity of UK plastic waste that has been returned from countries overseas; what steps he is taking to dispose of that waste; and if he will make a statement. (269660)
41 N Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has with Cabinet colleagues on requiring schools to be energy independent. (269661) 6 Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019
42 N Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the findings of OFWAT's recent investigation into whether Southern Water breached its statutory duties and licence obligations, what assessment he has made of the safety of the water supply in Southern Water supplied areas. (269772)
43 Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has for a peer-reviewed analysis of the effectiveness of badger culling in reducing the incidence of Bovine Tuberculosis in cattle herds in areas where badger culling schemes has been running for three years or more. (269824)
44 Sandy Martin (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to implement the EU Single-Use Plastics directive in full which includes measures on oxo-degradable plastics; and what plans he has to extend that legislation to include oxo-biodegradable plastics. (269776)
45 N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of veterinary research funded by the Horserace Betting Levy Board on the welfare of horses since 2000. [R] (269623)
46 N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Horse Welfare Board in improving the standards of welfare in horseracing. [R] (269624)
47 N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) the Animal Plant and Health Agency have made of the effectiveness of the measures taken by the British Horseracing Authority in countering and containing the ongoing outbreak of equine influenza in the UK. [R] (269625)
48 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Second report of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee of Session 2015–16, Greyhound welfare published on 10 February 2016 and its recommendation that regulations should be extended beyond racetracks to cover standards at trainers’ kennels, if he will amend the Welfare of Racing Greyhound Regulations 2010. (269675)
49 N Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to promote cross-departmental collaboration on adopting World Health Organisation standards for fine particulate matter. [Transferred] (269049) Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019 7
50 Ruth Jones (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what progress he has made in discussions with the Home Secretary on a two-year, multi-entry touring visa for UK musicians in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (269789)
51 Ruth Jones (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what progress he has made in negotiations with the European Commission on ensuring that musicians’ (a) instruments and (b) equipment can move freely between the UK and the EU when the UK leaves the EU. (269790)
52 Ruth Jones (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on ensuring the maintenance of the European Health Insurance Card for UK citizens when the UK leaves the EU. (269791)
53 N Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what plans the Government has to bring forward legislative proposals before the summer recess to maintain the rights of EU citizens living in the UK; and what recent discussions he has had with the European Commission on maintaining the rights of UK citizens rights in the EU. (269729)
54 N Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what recent steps he has taken with the European Commission to ensure that there is not a hard border on the island of Ireland in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (269730)
55 Sir William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of his Department’s response to the allegations of sexual misconduct within the International Planned Parenthood Federation. (269626)
56 George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of work to support the distribution of snake anti-venom products in developing countries; and whether his Department supports any such project. (269701)
57 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with representatives of the World Food Programme on the suspension of aid in Sana’a and other areas where aid is at risk of diversion. (269632)
58 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support he is providing to the World Food Programme to (a) import equipment into Yemen and (b) secure visas for that country its staff without delay. (269633) 8 Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019
59 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department is providing to the World Food Programme to operate in Government-controlled areas in Yemen. (269634)
60 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to prevent pollution from the transport of barrels of oil along the coast of Hodeidah. (269635)
61 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the level of bureaucracy that impedes the operations of UN agencies and other international organisations in Yemen. (269636)
62 N Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the implications for his Department's policy on the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia are of the Court of Appeal ruling on 20 June 2019 in R (on the application of Campaign Against Arms Trade) v. The Secretary of State for International Trade. (269653)
63 N Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the implications of the Court of Appeal ruling on 20 June 2019 in R (on the application of Campaign Against Arms Trade) v. The Secretary of State for International Trade are for his Department's policy on existing licences to export arms to Saudi Arabia. (269654)
64 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Open Individual Export Licences for crowd control equipment to the Hong Kong SAR issued on (a) 27 July 2015, (b) 15 January 2016, (c) 15 April 2016 and (d) 9 May 2016 are extant. (269699)
65 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the suspension mechanism that applies to (a) extant and (b) pending licences is applicable to licences for Hong Kong. (269700)
66 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he has taken to enhance UK trade with Montenegro after the UK leaves the EU. (269670)
67 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress he has made on ensuring transitional arrangements for the UK to replace the EU's trade agreement with Georgia; and whether he has plans to enhance that agreement after the UK leaves the EU. (269674)
68 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he has taken to negotiate a free trade deal with Grenada after the UK leaves the EU. (269676)
69 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) pedestrians, (b) cyclists, and (c) motorcyclists have been fatally injured on English roads in each of the last five years for which figures are available. (269619) Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019 9
70 N Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of local authorities franchising of bus services. (269657)
71 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times his Department has issued a Certificate of Lawfulness to Network Rail for entry to a tenanted railway arch under section 14 of the Railway Regulation Act 1842 in the last five years in (a) London and (b) England. (269827)
72 N Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support the Government provides to vehicle rental companies to transition their fleet to electric vehicles. (269801)
73 N Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there are plans to introduce a Sunday rail service for Moses Gate, Farnworth and Kearsley stations. (269697)
74 N Mr Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the level of greenhouse gas emissions of the decision to exclude electrification from the scope of the Western Phase of the East West Rail project. (269713)
75 N Hannah Bardell (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of providing free TV licences to people over the age of 75 for qualifying residents in the (a) Livingston constituency and (b) West Lothian local authority area in (i) 2017-18 and (ii) 2018-19. (269762)
76 Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training and guidance her Department provides to Jobcentre Plus Work Coaches and other staff in her Department on (a) the specific vulnerabilities of women at risk of, or experiencing, sexual exploitation and (b) specialist services that staff may refer to that support women to exit prostitution. (269825)
77 Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to commission specialist services that aim to support women to exit prostitution and enter the workplace. (269826)
78 N Sir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what processes he has in place to enable relatives with lasting power of attorney registered with the Public Guardian to apply for pension credit on behalf of those for whom they are responsible; and if he will make a statement. (269612)
79 Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that everyone who is entitled to pension credit receives it. (269767)
80 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that all pensioners claim all of the pension credit they are entitled to. (269631) 10 Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019
81 George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for the personal independence payment were refused on the first assessment in 2018; and how many of those applications that were refused were subsequently (a) considered again and (b) granted under Mandatory Reconsideration. (269702)
82 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the median advance payment awarded to people awaiting their first payment of universal credit. (269644)
83 Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the median repayment period for advance payments awarded to people awaiting their first payment of universal credit. (269645)
84 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of repayment schedules for advance payments awarded to people awaiting their first universal credit claim have been timetabled to (a) one to three months, (b) four to six months, (c) seven to nine months and (d) 10-12 months by Jobcentre Plus district in the most recent period for which figures are available. (269646)
85 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) disability and (b) work capability assessments were carried out with a home visit in 2018-19 in each DWP Region. (269649)
86 N Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Written Statement of 20 December 2018, HCWS1224, what progress she has made on the introduction of light touch reviews for people with long-term health conditions who are in receipt of personal independence payment. (269799)
87 N Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2019 to Question 267343 on Universal Credit, if her Department will (a) investigate the practice of loansharks applying on behalf of an individual for a universal credit advance payment which is then issued as a loan to the individual and (b) review the application process for universal credit advance payments to tackle such practices. (269775)
88 Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners are entitled to pension credit but do not receive it in (a) the North East region and (b) Berwick upon Tweed constituency. (269768)
89 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of Medical Directors responsible for neuroscience units designed to deliver mechanical thrombectomy. (269593) Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019 11
90 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England Private Board meeting papers, whether it remains NHS England’s policy to publish the agenda and papers from NHS England Private Board meetings one year after the meeting; and for what reasons NHS England have not published any Private Board papers since March 2015. (269740)
91 N Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 30 January 2019 to Question 214478 and of 26 February to Question 223137, if he will (a) discuss that difference in clinical practice with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and (b) ask that college to review its clinical guidelines. (269708)
92 N Sir Vince Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of adult male suicides. (269603)
93 N Sir Vince Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the suicide risk among (a) immigrants and (b) each ethnic minority group. (269605)
94 N Sir Vince Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information the Department holds on the number of NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups that follow the NICE 2017 guideline, NG77, on cataract surgery. (269606)
95 N Sir Vince Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to promote best practice across Clinical Commissioning Groups on the NICE 2017 guideline, NG77, on cataract surgery. (269607)
96 N Sir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of (a) the decision by NICE in May 2019 to enable people with spinal muscular atrophy to access new drugs and (b) enabling all people with relevant conditions to access those drugs; and if he will make a statement. (269609)
97 N Sir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people with spinal muscular atrophy will be eligible for access to NHS drugs for treatment following the 15 May 2019 announcement by NICE; what his policy is on people who have been excluded from that access; and if he will make a statement. (269610)
98 N Sir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the announcement by NICE on 15 May 2019 that it would facilitate access by people with spinal muscular atrophy to a new drug for prescription on the NHS was followed several weeks later by an announcement that the drug would be available only to a specific group of those people; and if he will make a statement. (269611) 12 Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019
99 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of undocumented immigrants who have died after they were denied care because they were unable to pay the costs upfront. (269628)
100 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the final NHS people plan will be published. (269718)
101 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who will hold responsibility for adding new tests to the National Genomic Test Directory. (269720)
102 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost is of a single whole genome sequencing test for (a) blood cancers and (b) other cancer types. (269721)
103 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role will genomic multi-disciplinary teams play in whole genome sequencing. (269722)
104 Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference the June 2019 report of the Children’s Commissioner, We need to talk: access to speech and language therapy, if he will meet with NHS Clinical Commissioners to discuss the implications for his Department's policies of the findings of that report. (269601)
105 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has undertaken (a) directly, (b) through research councils and (c) with international partners on antimicrobial resistance. (269618)
106 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to introduce the NICE guidelines on hearing loss across all Clinical Commissioning Groups. (269620)
107 N Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that constituents with learning disabilities or autism, in Newcastle-under-Lyme, are able to access inpatient facilities close to home. (269659)
108 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2019 to Question 254153 on prescriptions: universal credit, when the new NHS prescription form will be introduced; and whether the new form will be used throughout the UK. (269647)
109 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to allow a wider range of support workers to distribute and sign parents' application forms to increase the take-up of healthy start vouchers. (269648) Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019 13
110 N Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh and Wickford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the pay band is of the joint chief executive of the mid-Essex Broomfield, Basildon and Southend hospitals. (269663)
111 N Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh and Wickford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) ambulances, (b) doctors, (c) paramedics and (d) emergency medical technicians were operationally available for the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust on the latest date for which figures are available. (269664)
112 N Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh and Wickford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GPs are operating at One Riverside Medical Centre Practice in Hullbridge, Essex; and how many patients are registered at that practice. (269665)
113 N Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh and Wickford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the pay is of the managing directors of (a) mid-Essex Broomfield hospital, (b) Basildon hospital and (c) Southend hospital. (269666)
114 N Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh and Wickford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to additional blue light emergency patient transfers between hospitals proposed in the mid/south Essex sustainability and transformation plan, what estimate has been made of the number of additional emergency transfers each day; in which financial year the contract for those transfers is due to be let; which element of the NHS will fund that contract; whether the contract will be let competitively; and whether the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust has the capacity to service that contract. (269667)
115 N Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for treatment for transgender people (a) under 18 years old and (b) over 18 years to transition in each of the last 12 months for which information is available. (269693)
116 N Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to treatment for people that reach the age of 18 while on the waiting list to transition gender. (269694)
117 Jess Phillips (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role he plans Genomics England to play in the NHS Genomic Medicine Service after the completion of the 100,000 Genomes Project. (269786)
118 Jess Phillips (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which organisation Genomics England is accountable to. (269787)
119 Jess Phillips (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to evaluate the 100,000 Genomes Project. (269788) 14 Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019
120 Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS long-term plan, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on healthcare delivery of reducing the number of clinical commissioning groups to match the number of sustainability and transformation partnerships. (269781)
121 Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS long-term plan, what assessment he has made of the potential (a) merits and (b) demerits of reducing the number of clinical commissioning groups to match the number of sustainability and transformation partnerships. (269782)
122 Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS long-term plan, what consultation his Department has conducted on the potential merits of reducing the number of clinical commissioning groups to match the number of sustainability and transformation partnerships. (269783)
123 Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS long-term plan, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on local accountability in planning and commissioning health services of reducing the number of clinical commissioning groups to match the number of sustainability and transformation partnerships. (269784)
124 Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to (a) monitor and (b) evaluate the merit of mergers between clinical commissioning groups. (269785)
125 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the level of alcohol-related mortality rates in each National Statistics Socio economic classification in the most recent period for which figures are available. (269652)
126 Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to provide training for NHS staff on whole genome sequencing. (269709)
127 Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional NHS staff will be required to provide the Genomic Medicine Service. (269710)
128 N Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the vacancy rate is for nurses in (a) the NHS in England and (b) social care. (269596)
129 Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current staffing levels in the NHS. (269597) Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019 15
130 N Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government will recognise July as International Group B Strep Awareness Month; and what progress has been made on improving (a) prevention and (b) awareness of group B streptococcus . (269598)
131 Mohammad Yasin (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the recruitment of doctors from overseas through the Medical Training Initiative. (269778)
132 Mohammad Yasin (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the speciality staff workforce in the NHS (a) throughout the UK and (b) in regions with high vacancy rates. (269779)
133 Mohammad Yasin (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase the number of medical school places to help create a sustainable workforce. (269780)
134 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will write to the UN Secretary General highlighting the recent Open Doors report on the persecution of Christians worldwide. (269655)
135 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Moroccan counterpart on independence for Western Sahara. (269615)
136 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that MINURSO systematically monitor human rights violations in the occupied territories of the Western Sahara and that those reports are given directly to the UN Security Council. (269616)
137 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterparts in (a) Saudi Arabia and (b) the United Arab Emirates on ceasing funding the current regime in the Sudan. (269617)
138 N Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the Council of Europe’s decision allowing Russia to return to the human rights watchdog. (269658)
139 N Eddie Hughes (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he has made with his Indian counterpart on securing the release of Jagtar Singh Johal. (269756)
140 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government plans to discuss human rights issues in Hong Kong at the next G20 meeting. (269677) 16 Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019
141 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the recommendation of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to establish a fact-finding mission to (a) monitor, (b) verify and (c) report on the situation in Sudan. (269731)
142 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that people guilty of human rights violations and abuses in relation to peaceful demonstrations in Sudan are held accountable for their actions. (269732)
143 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for bilaterial relations of the report of the people's tribunal into forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China. (269733)
144 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the Quebec Government on Bill 21 on the wearing of religious symbols by public officials at work. (269734)
145 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent an escalation of violence in al-Hodeidah Governorate. (269637)
146 N Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate has he made of the number of (a) Tazidis and (b) Christians from Iraq that have been granted asylum in the UK since 2014. (269707)
147 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that BAME women receive the specialist help they need after suffering domestic abuse. (269630)
148 Chris Elmore (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services report entitled Fraud: Time to Choose: An inspection of the police response to fraud published in April 2019, what steps he has taken in response to the recommendations in that report on improving the police response to fraud. (269769)
149 Chris Elmore (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional funding he has made available to the City of London Police in their capacity as the national lead for fraud to support a cohesive response to fraud across the UK. (269770)
150 Chris Elmore (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what change there has been in the number of nuisance calls being reported since the banning of cold calls from personal injury firms and pension providers. (269771)
151 Chris Elmore (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to open more economic crime victim care units. (269773) Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019 17
152 Chris Elmore (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding he has allocated for the National Trading Standards local multi- agency hubs. (269774)
153 David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2019 to Written Question 230648, Airguns: Reviews, when his Department plans to publish its response to the review on the regulation of air weapons which was launched on 10 October 2017. (269650)
154 Ruth Jones (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to change the minimum earnings limit for physiotherapists renewing a work visa to increase the number of physiotherapists working in the NHS. (269751)
155 Ruth Jones (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of working days lost in police forces in England and Wales as a result of musculoskeletal conditions. (269752)
156 Mr Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests were made for hate crimes against people with learning disabilities in (a) 2018 and (b) 2017. (269642)
157 N Ian C. Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with Police and Crime Commissioners in England and Wales on the use of algorithms in the criminal justice system. (269690)
158 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who identify at Yezidi have been granted asylum under the Syrian Refugee Programme. (269712)
159 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is (a) taking and (b) plans to take to help tackle the number of extreme lslamists operating on (a) Twitter and (b) other social media platforms. (269681)
160 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions on ensuring more effective prosecutions of cases involving violent criminals. (269684)
161 N Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support his Department provides to local councils to ensure that young refugees are protected by an adequate level of safeguarding. (269802)
162 N Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Government has paid in compensation and settlement to persons wrongfully held in immigration detention in each of the past five years. (269746) 18 Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019
163 N Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the operating cost of the immigration detention estate has been in each of the last five years. (269747)
164 N Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Government has paid in legal costs in cases relating to wrongful immigration detention in each of the last five years. (269748)
165 Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ships and submarines of each type are in service in each branch of the armed forces; and where each ship and submarine is based. (269749)
166 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether her Department has had discussions with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the UK Steel charter. (269724)
167 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if she will sign her Department up to the UK Steel charter. (269725)
168 Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training her Department provides on the operation of weapons systems. (269703)
169 Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the training available to Army personnel. (269704)
170 Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of cyber security training in the armed forces. (269705)
171 Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the training available to those working in the arms industry. (269706)
172 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what restrictions cover flights by United States Air Force planes over south Lincolnshire to protect residents against disturbance caused by (a) noise and (b) vibrations. (269638)
173 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what safety measures have been implemented to protect (a) pilots and (b) local residents when United States Air Force planes fly over south Lincolnshire. (269639)
174 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the United States Air Force is accountable for accidents caused by its planes in UK airspace. (269640) Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019 19
175 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to facilitate a dialogue between the United States Air Force and local residents on the frequency of flights over south Lincolnshire. (269641)
176 Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if her Department will review the right to preserved pensions for members of the armed forces who retired before the introduction of the armed forces pension scheme 1975. (269737)
177 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on screening new recruits to identify the risk of sudden cardiac death. (269662)
178 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to deter foreign military vessels from entering UK territorial waters. (269668)
179 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Poseidon MRA Mk1 (P-8A) will be operational. (269669)
180 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to minimise the time taken to dispose of retired nuclear submarines. (269672)
181 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking as part of the loneliness strategy to ensure that community cohesion is considered in the assessment process for prospective Garden Communities. (269717)
182 Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference the June 2019 report of the Children’s Commissioner, We need to talk: access to speech and language therapy, if he will meet with the Local Government Association to discuss the implications for his Department's policies of the findings of that report. (269599)
183 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to improve the quality of planning advice made available to the neighbourhood planning process. (269613)
184 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding is available to communities wishing to undertake a neighbourhood plan. (269614)
185 N Eddie Hughes (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 30 April 2018, HCWS657 on Carbon Monoxide Detection and Safety, when the review of the requirements and the evidence base for improving carbon monoxide detection and safety will be concluded; and if he will make a statement. (269761) 20 Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019
186 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timeline is for the proposed leasehold reform as set out in the Written Statement entitled Housing Policy Update published 2 July 2018, Official Report HCWS818. (269822)
187 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is aware of any large-scale fire tests carried out in other EU Member States on High Pressure Laminate cladding since June 2017. (269830)
188 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has asked private manufacturers to disclose the large-scale fire tests they have carried out on High Pressure Laminate cladding since June 2017. (269831)
189 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has asked manufacturers of High Pressure Laminate cladding to disclose the result of large- scale fire tests they have carried out on High-Pressure Laminate cladding since 2005. (269832)
190 N Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the Government's policy is on planning permission for the creation of additional opencast coal mines. (269800)
191 N Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of disregarding restrictive covenants or planning conditions intended to prevent a domestic residence from operating a business from that premises when taking a decision to transfer a domestic dwelling from council tax to Uniform Business Rate. (269727)
192 N Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has provided to the Valuation Office Agency on dealing with restrictive covenants or planning conditions which apply to domestic dwellings and are intended to prevent any business from operating from such a domestic dwelling when making decisions regarding the transfer of a domestic dwelling from council tax to Uniform Business Rate lists. (269728)
193 N Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the status is of the Government's response to each recommendation in the Lammy Review. (269804)
194 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2019 to Question 262421 on prisoners: education, how his Department assesses the range of courses that should be delivered without collecting information on the courses the Parole Board recommends prisoners complete. (269805) Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019 21
195 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2019 to Question 264474 on prisons: private sector, how he defines funded posts. (269806)
196 N Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2019 to Question 265568 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Staff, if he will publish the information by staff band. (269807)
197 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2019 to Question 263817 on Courts and Probation: ICT, if he will publish the cost to the public purse of the IT systems failures in probation services and the courts in January 2019 once those discussions with suppliers have concluded. (269808)
198 N Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2019 to Question 264468 on courts: staff, whether his Department holds data relating to the staff service length prior to 2011. (269809)
199 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2019 to Question 264474 on Prisons: Private Sector, how many sufficiently trained and experienced (a) prison custody officers and (b) other staff have contractors at each establishment told the Government they require to maintain safe and decent prisons. (269810)
200 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2019 to Question 259342 on Prisons: Contracts, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of HMP Altcourse’s innovative approach to violence reduction on levels of (a) prison-on-prisoner assaults, (b) prisoner-on-staff assaults, (c) serious prison-on-prisoner assaults and (d) serious prisoner-on-staff assaults between 2010 and 2018. (269811)
201 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answers of 18 June 2019 to Question 264474 on Prisons: Private Sector and of 11 June 2019 to Question 259342 on Prisons: Contracts, whether HMPPS Controllers are required to keep a record of the number of prison custody officers certified to act as such at establishments for which they have responsibility. (269812)
202 N Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children were recorded as being of no fixed abode on arrival in custody in each custodial institution that holds children in each year since 2010. (269813)
203 N Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women were recorded as being of no fixed abode on arrival in custody in each custodial institution that holds women in each year since 2010. (269814)
204 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2019 to Question 256426 on Prisons: Crimes of Violence, how many (a) assailants, (b) suspected assailants and (c) victims there have been in respect of such incidents in each year for which information is available. (269815) 22 Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019
205 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have died in custody while under an imprisonment for public protection sentence with an initial tariff of less than five years. (269816)
206 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2019 to Question 251425 on Prisons: Contracts, what the shortfall in staffing levels was at HMP Rye Hill that required the issuing of a Rectification Notice in March 2010. (269817)
207 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2019 to Question 251425 on Prisons: Contracts, what increases were made to staffing levels at HMP Doncaster to enable the closure of the Rectification Notice in July 2017. (269818)
208 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2019 to Question 251425 on Prisons: Contracts, what the staffing levels were at HMP Doncaster at the time the contractual improvement notice of March 2015 was issued. (269819)
209 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2019 to Question 251425 on Prisons: Contracts, what increase in staffing levels was required as part of the contractual improvement notice issued in March 2015 at HMP Doncaster. (269820)
210 N Sir Vince Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on immigrants who have died by suicide within the first three years of moving to the UK. (269604)
211 N Sir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information he holds on when probate will be granted in the case of Carol Rosalind Green who died on 24 September 2018; and if he will make an assessment of the effect the time taken to grant probate on the ability of the executors to complete the sale of the deceased person's property. (269608)
212 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many criminal convictions there have been of promoters of loan schemes subject to the 2019 Loan Charge. (269723)
213 Mr Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for hate crimes against people with learning disabilities in (i) 2018 and (ii) 2017. (269643)
214 N Ian C. Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) community rehabilitation companies and (b) the Probation Service on the use of algorithms in the probation system. (269689)
215 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of protection available to prison officers who are not trained in the use of PAVA spray. (269686) Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019 23
216 N Mr Paul Sweeney (Glasgow North East): To ask the Minister for Justice, what support he plans to provide to the courts service to deal with the potential increase in non-payment prosecution for TV licences by vulnerable defendants over the age of 75 who do not pay for a TV licence from June 2020. (269760)
217 N Mr Paul Sweeney (Glasgow North East): To ask the Minister for Justice, whether he has made an estimate of the potential increase in the number of prosecutions there will be of people over 75 who have not paid for a TV licence from June 2020. (269763)
218 N Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she has taken to ensure that Northern Ireland has good governance in the absence of a devolved Administration. (269671)
219 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Prime Minister, whether she had discussions at the EU Council on 20-21 June 2019 with her EU27 counterparts on the evidence to the European Parliament's Brexit Steering Group submitted by the campaign group New Europeans in respect of the 2019 European elections; and if she will make a statement. (269835)
220 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to undertake a review of IR35 legislation ahead of the introduction of Off-Payroll tax. (269715)
221 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to tackle stakeholders' concerns on the Check Employment Status for Tax tool ahead of the introduction of the Off-Payroll tax. (269716)
222 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2019 to Question 267306 on Immigration: EU Nationals, what estimate he has made of the number of applicants for whom tax credit records would be relevant. (269726)
223 Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish a response to the consultation on Off-payroll working rules from April 2020. (269595)
224 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Northern Ireland Borders Steering Group, run by the Borders Delivery Group has met since 7 December 2018. (269656)
225 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the adequacy of central government funding for schools. (269627)
226 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals with closed tax years are affected by the 2019 Loan Charge. (269719) 24 Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019
227 N Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role the chief executives of Barclays Bank, Lloyds Bank and Santander will play in determining the UK’s policy response to economic crime. (269755)
228 N Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has (a) received and (b) responded to objections on the representation on the Economic Crime Strategy Board; and if he will publish any such responses. (269757)
229 N Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the date and agenda for the next meeting of the Economic Crime Strategy Board. (269758)
230 N Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the minutes of the Economic Crime Strategy Board meetings will be published. (269759)
231 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to launch a three-year spending review before the summer recess; and if he will make a statement. (269828)
232 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for financial planning by local authorities of the uncertainty of the timing of the next spending review. (269829)
233 Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the adequacy of central government funding for schools. (269735)
234 Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has carried out an impact assessment of the effect of reduced access to cash among vulnerable groups including (a) disabled people, (b) BAME people and (c) people on low incomes. (269741)
235 Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has carried out an impact assessment of regional disparities in access to cash. (269742)
236 Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has conducted an impact assessment of the effect of reduced access to cash on small businesses. (269743)
237 Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he is having with fin tech providers on delivery of financial services to people and businesses affected by lack of access to cash. (269821)
238 Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to increase access to cash in areas without ATMs. (269823)
239 Faisal Rashid (Warrington South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase funding for Sure Start in the next Budget. (269754) Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019 25
240 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of trends in the Sovereign Grant and Sovereign Grant Reserve over the last three years. (269777)
241 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue forgone to the public purse from the recalculation of the Sovereign Grant from 15 per cent to 25 per cent of the Crown Estate profits for the financial years 2017-18 to 2027-28. (269792)
242 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the difference between the expenditure of the Royal Household and the amount of the Sovereign Grant allocated in each year since its introduction. (269793)
243 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the £37.8 million spent by the Sovereign on property maintenance was spent on (a) Buckingham Palace, (b) St James's Palace, (c) Windsor Castle, (d) Hampton Court Mews, (e) Windsor Home Park and (f) Kensington Palace. (269794)
244 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish a response to the consultation paper entitled, Infrastructure Finance Review, published by his Department in March 2019. (269744)
245 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to the funding package announced for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, what assessment he has made of the Barnett consequential for Wales. (269651)
246 Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that employers meet their legal obligations to pregnant employees. (269738)
247 Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what action will be taken against employers who do not meet their legal obligations to pregnant employees. (269739)
Questions for Answer on Tuesday 2 July
Oral Questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
1 Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the adequacy of social security spending in tackling poverty throughout the UK. (911674)
2 Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the economic effect on Scotland of the UK leaving the EU.(911675) 26 Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019
3 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): What progress the Government has made on establishing a shared prosperity fund. (911676)
4 Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): What fiscal steps the Government is taking to support the Northern Powerhouse. (911677)
5 Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): What progress the Government has made on establishing a shared prosperity fund. (911678)
6 Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): What estimate the Government has made of the number of promoters of loan schemes subject to the 2019 Loan Charge who have been convicted; and if he will make a statement. (911679)
7 Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): What steps his Department is taking to tackle stakeholders' concerns on the roll-out of the off-payroll working rules to the private sector. (911680)
8 Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): What recent representations he has received from the Secretary of State for Education on the level of Government funding for early years education. (911681)
9 Mark Menzies (Fylde): What fiscal steps he is taking to support the high street. (911682)
10 Kirstene Hair (Angus): What steps he is taking to maintain access to cash. (911683)
11 Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): What assessment he has made of the effect of the 2019 Loan Charge on people working in the (a) public and (b) private sector. (911684)
12 Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): What discussions he has had with the high street banking sector on closures of the last bank in (a) Staveley, Derbyshire and (b) towns throughout the UK. (911685)
13 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): Whether he plans to launch a three-year spending review before the summer recess; and if he will make a statement. (911686)
14 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): What recent assessment he has made of the effect of his fiscal policy on living standards. (911687)
15 Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): What steps his Department is taking to help ensure that charities are able to claim timely VAT refunds. (911688)
16 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): What estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the proposals announced by the Prime Minister since 23 May 2019. (911689)
17 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): What recent assessment his Department has made of the short-term economic effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (911690)
18 Royston Smith (Southampton, Itchen): What fiscal steps he is taking to increase (a) jobs and (b) economic growth. (911691) Published: Thursday 27 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 26 June 2019 27
19 Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): What steps he is taking to increase incentives for people to save. (911692)
20 Eddie Hughes (Walsall North): What fiscal steps he is taking to grow the digital economy. (911693)
21 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the Government's plans to publish the results of that Department's consultation on corporate liability for economic crime. (911694)
22 Peter Aldous (Waveney): What steps he is taking to maintain access to cash. (911695)
23 Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the economic effect on Scotland of the UK leaving the EU. (911696)
24 Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central): What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on extending the national living wage to people under the age of 25. (911697)
25 Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich): What representations his Department has received on the implications for financial planning by local authorities of the timing of the spending review. (911698)
Topical Questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
T 1 Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (911699)
T 2 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): (911700)
T 3 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): (911701)
T 4 Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): (911702)
T 5 James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): (911703)
T 6 Julian Sturdy (York Outer): (911704)
T 7 Colin Clark (Gordon): (911705)
T 8 Mrs Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): (911706)
T 9 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): (911707)
T 10 Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): (911708)