Published: Thursday 23 July 2020
Questions tabled on Wednesday 22 July 2020
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 Tuesday 1 September
Questions for Written Answer
1 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for assaulting an emergency worker have related to assaults against (a) police officers, (b) NHS staff, (c) prison officers, (d) firefighters and (e) other emergency workers since the offence was introduced. (78585)
2 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Attorney General, what estimate she has made of the proportion of assaults on shop workers that were prosecuted in each of the last three years. (78588)
3 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Attorney General, what recent sentences she has extended through the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme. (78506)
4 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to reclaim powers from judges. (78507)
5 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to ensure that the judiciary are held to account by (a) elected politicians and (b) voters. (78508)
6 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Attorney General, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of electing judges. (78509)
7 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people (a) under 50 years old, (b) aged 51 to 65, (c) aged 66 to 75, and (d) aged 76 have (i) tested positive for and (ii) died as a result of covid- 2 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
19 in (A) Edgbaston constituency, (B) Birmingham City Council area and (C) West Midlands Combined Authority area, by (1) gender, (2) ethnicity, (3) religion, (4) socio-economic group and (5) occupation. (78813)
8 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to carry out further testing of Operation Brock following (a) the announcement to remove the Operation Brock barrier of 10 January 2020 and (b) the potential use of the Smart Freight System outlined on page 134 of his Department's document entitled, Border Operating Model, published on 13 July 2020. (78765)
9 N Owen Thompson (Midlothian): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made on the Defending Democracy programme announced on 22 July 2019; and what plans he has to publish a report on that programme. (78735)
10 N Owen Thompson (Midlothian): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 22 July 2019, Cabinet Office update, HCWS1772, what consultation the Government has undertaken on electoral integrity as part of the Defending Democracy programme; and which stakeholders that programme has engaged with. (78736)
11 N Owen Thompson (Midlothian): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to respond to the final report from the Law Commission and Scottish Law Commision on Electoral Law, published on 17 March 2020. (78737)
12 N Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with representatives of the National Grid on its capacity to store and supply electricity to support the planned increase in the number of electric cars. (78823)
13 Scott Benton (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of introducing a compulsory registration scheme for hairdressers, operating from both salons and people's homes, to ensure that customers can have confidence during the covid-19 outbreak that they are operating responsibly and in accordance with the law. (78889)
14 Scott Benton (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of additional regulation in the hairdressing industry to allow only those with formal qualifications in the industry to operate both from salons and in people's homes. (78890)
15 Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to (a) support retailers that have sought to close stores during the covid-19 outbreak in (i) East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow constituency and (ii) other areas of the UK and (b) enable anchor stores to remain open. (78712) Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 3
16 N Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support his Department is providing to (a) Rolls-Royce, (b) Bombardier and (c) other such companies located in the East Midlands; and if he will make a statement. (78484)
17 N Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential timescale for all UK internal flights to be able to be powered through (a) electric-battery, (b) hydrogen and (c) other such sustainable sources of energy; and if he will make a statement. (78485)
18 Chris Elmore (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the timeframe is for the Trade Credit Reinsurance Scheme to start accepting applications from Scottish food and drink wholesale businesses. [Transferred] (77740)
19 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what guidance and support he has provided to businesses to ensure that (a) they are covid-safe and (b) staff who are shielding can return to work safely on 1 August 2020. (78740)
20 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the announcement that the Government has secured access to 90 million doses of promising coronavirus vaccine candidates, published on 20 July 2020 on gov.uk, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that that access does not effect the availability of global vaccine stocks available for vulnerable groups in lower income countries. [Transferred] (77764)
21 N Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing retrospective claims for the green homes grant scheme to support businesses that will have work delayed until the scheme comes in. (78623)
22 Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had on (a) the creation of a Hydrogen Advisory Council and (b) a UK-wide hydrogen strategy. (78803)
23 Anthony Mangnall (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the reliance on China for (a) pharmaceuticals, (b) microchips and (c) cobalt batteries. [Transferred] (77814)
24 Anne McLaughlin (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what time targets his Department has for acknowledging complaints from people about Green Deal mis-selling. [R] (78726) 4 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
25 Anne McLaughlin (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the average response time is from the Green Deal Ombudsman on a complaint about Green Deal mis-selling once an acknowledgement has been received. [R] (78727)
26 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK deal to purchase 90 million potential covid-19 vaccine doses complements global efforts to co-ordinate vaccine supplies and ensure priority groups in every country are vaccinated first. [Transferred] (77780)
27 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will ensure that the 90 million doses of potential covid-19 vaccines which the UK has purchased are allocated according to the WHO Equitable Allocation Framework. [Transferred] (77781)
28 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July to Question 66860, what discussions his Department has had with Airbus on its plans to continue to manufacture OneWeb satellites at its Florida plant; and whether he is taking steps to encourage the transfer of OneWeb manufacturing jobs to the UK. (78657)
29 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support is available for early career researchers who are unable to finish their research projects before the extension for UKRI-funded PhD students expires. (78658)
30 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support the Government makes available to help post-doctoral researchers who have left research return to the profession. (78659)
31 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2020 to Question 75291 on Charities: Research, what recent assessment the Government has made of the (a) effectiveness of the contributions of the Charity Research Support Fund and (b) effect of the covid-19 outbreak on its level of funding. (78660)
32 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the 22 July 2020 Wellcome Trust proposals on aspects of UK participation in Horizon Europe. (78661)
33 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Foreign Secretary and (b) Chancellor of the Exchequer on the effect of covid-19 on the budget for the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF). (78662) Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 5
34 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to support Global Challenges Research Fund funding projects which have had to halt research projects due to the covid-19 outbreak. (78663)
35 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to support the research priorities of SMEs. (78664)
36 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on how many occasions he has issued a Ministerial direction to his Department in the last 5 years. (78668)
37 Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to monitor compliance with his 11 May 2020 guidance to employers on not acting in ways that may discriminate against people with caring responsibilities. (78818)
38 Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to enforce compliance with his 11 May 2020 guidance to employers on not discriminating against people with caring responsibilities. (78819)
39 N Gavin Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with representatives of Easyjet on that company's redundancy proposals. (78687)
40 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the economic effect of continued covid-19 lockdown restrictions being imposed on (a) business conferences and (b) other large scale events. (78535)
41 Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what additional support he plans to make available to businesses that remain closed as a result of covid-19 lockdown restrictions. (78649)
42 Matt Vickers (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the introduction of E10 on UK (a) carbon emissions and (b) air pollution. (78907)
43 Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with sporting bodies on their monitoring of equality and diversity. (78825)
44 Judith Cummins (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate he has made of the value of dormant (a) stocks, (b) shares, (c) bonds and (d) insurance policies available for transfer to the Dormant Assets Distribution Fund. [Transferred] (77672) 6 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
45 Judith Cummins (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the value of the dormant assets that are planned to be transferred to the Dormant Assets Distribution Fund from dormant bank accounts in (a) financial year 2020-21 and (b) the next four financial years. [Transferred] (77673)
46 Judith Cummins (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the current value is of un-allocated funds in the Dormant Assets Distribution Fund. [Transferred] (77674)
47 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the loss of income to freelance photographers as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. (78487)
48 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with (a) UK Sport and (b) British Gymnastics on recent allegations of physical and mental abuse of gymnasts; and if he will make a statement. (78488)
49 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to work with the football authorities to help tackle racist abuse of players (a) in person and (b) online; and if he will make a statement. (78489)
50 N Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the level of access among young people to online gambling through video games via the loot box mechanism. (78669)
51 N Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals on online gambling and young people. (78670)
52 N Florence Eshalomi (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans the Government has to provide additional support to freelance workers in the media during the covid-19 outbreak. (78945)
53 Nick Fletcher (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that martial arts clubs are able to reopen as lockdown restrictions are eased during the covid-19 outbreak. (78904)
54 Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that the arts support package is fairly distributed to (a) smaller organisations, (b) arts practitioners and (c) art support workers, including the (i) smaller-scale theatre and live performance sector, (ii) smaller year-round independent venues, (iii) community- based organisations and (vi) freelancers. (78830) Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 7
55 Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support Edinburgh Festival Fringe venue producers and production companies, who are unable to access support from either Scottish or English funding sources as they are registered in one nation of the UK but operate in another. (78831)
56 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much money his Department has spent on digital inclusion for adults in response to the covid-19 outbreak. (78655)
57 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of Vodafone's evidence to the Science and Technology Committee on 9 July 2020, HC450, on the cost of removing Huawei from its network; and what assessment he has made of the implications for his polices of Vodafone's answer to question 145 in evidence to the Science and Science and Technology Committee on 9 July 2020, HC450. (78665)
58 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2020 to Question 74566 on Telecommunications, what role local authorities will play the removal of Huawei from the 5G network; and what plans he has to engage with them on that removal. (78666)
59 Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government plans to enable outdoor fitness classes of more than six people as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased. (78782)
60 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects to issue guidance on when amateur choirs can (a) rehearse together and (b) perform in person as covid-19 restrictions are lifted. (78852)
61 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the level of transmission of covid-19 between individuals in (a) professional and (b) amateur choirs that requires them to be dealt with differently in guidance. (78853)
62 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions he has met with representatives of the British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions, to discuss (a) regulations and (b) potential reopening dates during the covid-19 outbreak. (78536)
63 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to protect jobs in cultural industries. (78523) 8 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
64 Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans the Government has to increase accessibility to files held by the National Archives for people living outside London. (78650)
65 Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support he will make available to parents of children with special educational needs over the summer holidays 2020. (78873)
66 Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to deliver equivalents to holiday play schemes for children with special educational needs. (78874)
67 Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to allocate additional resources to local councils for the provision of support for families with SEND children. (78875)
68 Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to make available additional online learning resources for children during the 2020 summer holiday. (78877)
69 Anthony Browne (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding each university in the UK has received from (a) the Chinese Government, (b) other Chinese state authorities and (c) companies based in China. [R] (78893)
70 N Margaret Greenwood (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government’s Guidance for full opening: schools, what assessment he has made of the additional cost to parents of equipment such as pencils and pens identified in the guidance that individual pupils should have when schools open in full. (78698)
71 N Margaret Greenwood (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government’s Guidance for full opening: schools, how many covid-19 home testing kits will be provided to (a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and by what date they will be provided. (78699)
72 N Margaret Greenwood (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government’s Guidance for full opening: schools, what assessment he has made of the effect on teacher workload of the need for schools to regularly monitor and review their preventative and protective covid-19 measures. (78700)
73 N Margaret Greenwood (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of information on new infections provided to schools to aid local decision making. (78701)
74 N Margaret Greenwood (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the cost of reducing average primary school class sizes from 27 to the European average of 20. (78702) Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 9
75 Margaret Greenwood (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the optimum amount of learning time that pupils should spend on (a) the Internet and (b) screen-based devices daily according to age. (78703)
76 Margaret Greenwood (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of pupils who require assistive technologies to access online material. (78704)
77 Margaret Greenwood (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of organisations with the level of expertise required to specify assistive technologies for pupils who require such assistance. (78705)
78 Margaret Greenwood (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools originally chose to be early adopters of the Early Years Foundation Stage reforms when first invited on 20 January 2020; how many of those schools have since decided not to be early adopters; and how many schools will be early adopters in September 2020. (78707)
79 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are in relative or friend foster care placements as of 31 March 2019 by (a) ethnicity and (b) age of the child. (78768)
80 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are in relative or friend foster care placements as of 31 March 2019 by local authority. (78769)
81 Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the quality of education pupils receiving remote (a) online and (b) paper-based tuition during the covid-19 outbreak. (78548)
82 Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of education provided to school pupils during the period of school closures during the covid-19 outbreak. (78549)
83 Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of wholly paper-based tuition in meeting the (a) education and (b) emotional needs of pupils during the covid-19 outbreak. (78550)
84 Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what powers OFSTED will have after undertaking visits to schools in the period September 2020 to January 2021 to enforce standards in remote learning. (78551)
85 Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how Ofsted visits to schools from September 2020 to January 2021 will differ from formal inspections; and what effect this will have on their ability to (a) target failing schools (b) tackle any inadequacies in remote learning provision. (78552) 10 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
86 Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department plans to take to reduce the gap in educational provision between state and private schools in Kent after the covid-19 outbreak. (78553)
87 Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been allocated to schools in Gravesham for (a) online tuition and (b) teaching materials. (78554)
88 Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many disadvantaged pupils in Gravesham have been provided with technological support by the Government during the covid-19 outbreak. (78555)
89 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much money his Department has spent on digital inclusion for adults in response to the covid-19 outbreak. (78656)
90 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department is providing to Further Education colleges in Newcastle to expand their retraining capacity. (78667)
91 John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress is being made on the roll out of the National Retraining Scheme; how many people (a) that scheme has been rolled out and (b) have taken up that scheme; and what locations that scheme has been rolled out to. (78593)
92 John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to extend the National Retraining Scheme. (78594)
93 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of forming a cross- party parliamentary task force to return young people safely to schools in September 2020. (78520)
94 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing funding for maintained nursery schools to support the implementation of the recent pay rise for public sector workers. (78781)
95 Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether sports clubs outside schools will be allowed to operate in September. (78931)
96 Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Equality and Human Rights Commission's report entitled, Tackling racial harassment: Universities challenged, published in October 2019, what progress he has made on tackling racial disparities in employment at universities. (78934) Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 11
97 Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, ith reference to the Equality and Human Rights Commission's report entitled, Tackling racial harassment: Universities challenged, published in October 2019, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of racial harassment of staff in employment by universities. (78935)
98 N Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the funding required to enable schools to (a) build and (b) rent additional teaching space during the covid-19 outbreak. (78939)
99 N Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to support schools that require additional teaching space in response to the covid-19 outbreak. (78940)
100 N Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2020 to Written Question 60862, if he will commit to undertaking an impact assessment on the decision to require import certificates on wine from 1 January 2021 on (a) UK wine exporters, (b) UK wine importers, (c) UK wine consumers and (d) the hospitality industry. (78691)
101 N Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of air pollution on (a) BAME communities and (b) women. [Transferred] (77491)
102 Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Total Allowable Catches set at the Agrifish Council in December 2019. (78767)
103 Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been raised by the plastic bag levy in each year since that scheme was introduced. (78798)
104 Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many single-use plastic bags have been sold in each year since the levy on plastic bags was introduced. (78799)
105 Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many plastic bags for life have been sold in each year since the introduction of the plastic bag levy in 2015. (78800)
106 Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timeframe is for the introduction of the Deposit Return Scheme in England. (78801)
107 Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much additional funding his Department has providing for the clean up of beaches and local beauty spots since the lockdown restrictions were put in place due to the covid-19 outbreak. (78802) 12 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
108 Joy Morrissey (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will include a target date for implementing WHO air quality standards in the Environment Bill. (78861)
109 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals on making (a) possession and (b) consumption of dog meat an offence in the UK. (78532)
110 Christian Wakeford (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to review the potential merits of a ban on fur in response to evidence from Spain that mink fur farms can act as a reservoir for covid-19. (78947)
111 N Fleur Anderson (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the £50 million in funding from her Department matched with funding from Unilever, has been disbursed to date. (78869)
112 N Fleur Anderson (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) people have been advised on the importance of hygiene and (b) products have been distributed through the Hygiene, Handwashing and Behaviour Change covid-19 response programme. (78870)
113 N Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure the current DFID funding model is retained during the merger with the FCO. (78675)
114 N Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that ODA's achieve better value than cash transfers during the next three financial years. (78676)
115 Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to help ensure that the proceeds of corruption in developing countries are do not enter the UK financial system. (78677)
116 N Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on levels of hunger across the globe; and what steps she is taking to prevent hunger levels rising. (78678)
117 N Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with G20 colleagues on the (a) funding and (b) distribution of emergency cash transfers to tackle malnutrition. (78679)
118 N Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will maintain her Department's commitment to more than double its use of cash and vouchers by 2025 to 32 per cent. (78680) Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 13
119 Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking along with other G20 countries to ensure that the G20 covid-19 action plan includes a dedicated strategy for economic recovery in countries affected by fragility, crisis, and displacement. (78681)
120 N Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the carbon footprint of the Mozambique gas project funded by UKEF; and whether that carbon footprint meets the the UK"s commitments under the 2015 Paris Climate Commitment and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. (78468)
121 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when the Government plans to make its pledge of funding for Nutrition for Growth post-2020. (78805)
122 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department have made of the effect of the debt levels of lower-income countries on their ability to tackle the covid19 pandemic. (78806)
123 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her priorities for the GAVI board meeting to discuss the COVAX facility are. (78807)
124 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to Maltese and Italian authorities to help deter and prevent boats carrying illegal migrants from reaching Europe. (78499)
125 Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to ensure the Global Fund’s allocation of resources in response to the covid-19 pandemic does not effect resources for (a) HIV, (b) TB and (c) malaria. (78832)
126 Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding the CDC Group has invested in Wonderchef to date. (78894)
127 Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding has been in invested by the CDC Group in Azalai Hotels Group to date. (78895)
128 Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding the CDC Group has invested in ONOMO Hotels to date. (78896)
129 Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what investments the CDC Group has made since 2010. (78897) 14 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
130 Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of CDC Group investments in luxury brands and hotel chains with its mission statement to make a lasting difference to people’s lives in some of the world’s poorest places. (78898)
131 N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the food security situation in Ethiopia; and if she will make a statement. (78490)
132 N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will allocate additional funding to the World Food Programme to enable it to increase assistance to East African countries; and if she will make a statement. (78491)
133 N Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with UK trade partners on maintaining International Labour Organisation standards in future trade agreements. (78469)
134 N Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with UK trade partners on maintaining environmental protection standards in trade agreements. (78470)
135 N Chris Elmore (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what meetings she has had with representatives from (a) Facebook and (b) the Internet Association in which Section 230 of the US Communications Decency Act 1996 was discussed; and if she will make a statement. (78796)
136 N Chris Elmore (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the compatibility of the proposed UK-US trade deal with the UK Government's proposed legislation on online harms; and if she will make a statement. (78797)
137 Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to her Written Statement WS339, what her Department's definitions are of (a) any patterns of non-compliance, (b) lack of commitment to comply with IHL and (c) a lack of capacity or systemic weaknesses which might give rise to a clear risk of IHL breaches. (78792)
138 N Dr Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has held with the Secretary of State for Transport on upgrading the A14 in Suffolk to enhance the route for transport between the port of Felixstowe and the areas incorporating the Midlands Engine and Northern Powerhouse schemes. (78610)
139 N Dr Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the strategic importance of upgrading the A14 in Suffolk to (a) enhance the route for transport between Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 15
the port of Felixstowe and the areas incorporating the Midlands Engine and Northern Powerhouse schemes and (b) contribute to the delivery of the UK's (i) economic and (ii) trade strategies after the end of the transition period. (78611)
140 N Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 63293 on Department for International Trade: Overseas Aid, if she will publish the programmes managed by her Department that are (a) recorded as Official Development Assistance and (b) prioritise support for women and girls. (78607)
141 N Owen Thompson (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which non-governmental organisations her Department has worked with in order to determine whether the granting of crowd control equipment and ammunition to Chile would result in those exports being used for internal repression per the Consolidated Criteria. (78733)
142 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has licensed exports of riot control equipment where the end user was the US Marshals Special Operations Group, a division of the US Department of Justice, in the last five years. (78557)
143 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has licensed exports of riot control equipment where the end user was the United States Customs and Border Protection Agency, a division of the United States Department of Homeland Security, in the last five years. (78558)
144 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when her Department last held discussions with its international counterparts on tackling the illegal trade in wildlife and endangered species. (78559)
145 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what marketing and media services her Department procured from Jingo Juice Ltd T/A Marshmallow Laser Feast, paid for on 3 June 2019. (78560)
146 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what marketing and media services her Department procured from LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, paid for on 27 March 2019. (78561)
147 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the (a) venue, (b) purpose, (c) list of attendees and (d) outcome was of her meeting on 10 October 2019 with Tommy Tucker. (78562)
148 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with which individuals she shared a roundtable discussion on trade and the impact of tariffs on 17 October 2019. (78563) 16 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
149 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the licence granted in June 2019 for the export of a £200 air cooler for an armoured vehicle to the Royal Saudi Land Forces was officially approved by a Minister of her Department. (78564)
150 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the licence granted in July 2019 for the export of 260 military radio parts, valued at £435,450, to the Royal Saudi Land Forces was officially approved by a Minister of her Department. (78565)
151 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the licence granted on 13 August 2019 authorising a contract to repair equipment used by the Royal Saudi Land Forces to detect improvised explosive devices was officially approved by a Minister of her Department. (78566)
152 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Written Statement of 7 July 2020 on Trade Update, whether the 30 July 2019 air-strike on a market in Al-Thabet was (a) among the alleged incidents of violations of International Humanitarian Law in Yemen examined by her Department under the revised methodology and (b) one of the incidents classed as a possible breach of International Humanitarian Law. (78567)
153 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Written Statement of 7 July 2020 on Trade Update, whether the 9 August 2018 air-strike on a school bus and market in Dahyan was (a) among the alleged incidents of violations of International Humanitarian Law in Yemen examined by her Department under the revised methodology and (b) one of the incidents classed as a possible breach of International Humanitarian Law. (78568)
154 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Written Statement of 7 July 2020 on Trade Update, whether the 15 February 2017 air-strike on a funeral reception near Sanaa was (a) among the alleged incidents of violations of International Humanitarian Law in Yemen examined by her Department under the revised methodology and (b) one of the incidents classed as a possible breach of International Humanitarian Law. (78569)
155 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Written Statement of 7 July 2020 on Trade Update, whether the 8 October 2016 air-strike on a hall where a funeral was being held in Sanaa was (a) among the alleged incidents of violations of International Humanitarian Law in Yemen examined by her Department under the revised methodology and (b) one of the incidents classed as a possible breach of International Humanitarian Law. (78570) Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 17
156 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Written Statement of 7 July 2020 on Trade Update, whether the 1 September 2019 air-strike on a prison compound in Dhamar was (a) among the alleged incidents of violations of International Humanitarian Law in Yemen examined by her Department under the revised methodology and (b) one of the incidents classed as a possible breach of International Humanitarian Law. (78571)
157 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Written Statement of 7 July 2020 on Trade Update, whether the 26 October 2015 air-strike on a Médecins Sans Frontieres hospital in Haydan governorate was (a) among the alleged incidents of violations of International Humanitarian Law in Yemen examined by her Department under the revised methodology and (b) one of the incidents classed as a possible breach of International Humanitarian Law. (78572)
158 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Written Statement of 7 July 2020 on Trade Update, whether the 15 February 2020 air-strikes on Al-Hayjah was (a) among the alleged incidents of violations of International Humanitarian Law in Yemen examined by her Department under the revised methodology and (b) one of the incidents classed as a possible breach of International Humanitarian Law. (78573)
159 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Written Statement of 7 July 2020 on Trade Update, whether the 1 November 2017 air-strike on a market in Sahar was (a) among the alleged incidents of violations of International Humanitarian Law in Yemen examined by her Department under the revised methodology and (b) one of the incidents classed as a possible breach of International Humanitarian Law. (78574)
160 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Written Statement of 7 July 2020 on Trade Update, whether the 15 June 2020 air-strike on a vehicle in Shada was (a) among the alleged incidents of violations of International Humanitarian Law in Yemen examined by her Department under the revised methodology and (b) one of the incidents classed as a possible breach of International Humanitarian Law. (78575)
161 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Written Statement of 7 July 2020 on Trade Update, whether the 23 April 2018 air-strike on a wedding in Bani Qayis was (a) among the alleged incidents of violations of International Humanitarian Law in Yemen examined by her Department under the revised methodology and (b) one of the incidents classed as a possible breach of International Humanitarian Law. (78576)
162 N Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the development of The Global Centre of Rail Excellence on the site of Nant Helen Open Cast Mine in Onllwyn. (78822) 18 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
163 Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to increase the number of driving license renewal applications that are processed in a timely manner. (78695)
164 Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for the DVLA. (78696)
165 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what printed material his Department has produced to advise passengers that they must wear a face covering on public transport. (78742)
166 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity for social distancing on the public transport network in Birmingham. (78814)
167 N Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure the transport system is safe and accessible to disabled passengers as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are lifted. (78627)
168 N Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the needs of disabled passengers as lockdown restrictions are lifted on the transport system. (78628)
169 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase the frequency of rail services during the covid-19 outbreak. (78510)
170 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to connect more towns to the railway network. (78511)
171 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to fast track construction on transport projects while fewer passengers are using the transport system as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. (78512)
172 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June to Question 59209 on Aviation: Coronavirus, when the second phase of the aviation restart and recovery expert group’s work is expected to start; what the timescale is for the review of the membership of that group; if he will make it his policy for that membership to include (a) climate change experts, (b) representatives from environmental NGOs, (c) representatives from local communities affected by airport expansion plans; and if he will make a statement. [Transferred] (77555)
173 Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support he will make available to people without access to off-street parking to transition to electric vehicles. (78537) Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 19
174 Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the merits of area-wide tenders of public electric vehicle charge points in The Netherlands and elsewhere to secure the coverage required to support the electric vehicle transition. (78538)
175 Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to ensure that communities receive an equitable distribution of charging points in the the transition to electric vehicles. (78539)
176 Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding research and development to support a shift to sustainable fuels in the maritime sector. (78540)
177 John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government’s review of Transport for London (TfL) will include an examination of the operating model of (a) London Underground and (b) TfL’s subsidiary transport operations. (78471)
178 John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government’s review of Transport for London’s operating model will include an assessment of the potential option of privatising (a) London Underground Passenger services and (b) London Underground infrastructure. (78472)
179 John Nicolson (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the DVLA on the (a) disruption caused to their services and (b) steps being taken to resume services following the covid- 19 outbreak. (78722)
180 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have died riding electric scooters in the UK in (a) 2019 and (b) 2020 to date; and what steps he is taking to reduce the number of deaths from that activity. (78524)
181 John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he had the (a) Home Secretary and (b) Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government prior to his announcement on changes to the statutory taxi and private hire vehicle standards on 21 July 2020. (78493)
182 Matt Vickers (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 May 2020 to Question 46196 on Biofuels, when his Department plans to publish its response to the Consultation on the Introduction of E10; and if he will publish that response before the House returns from recess in September 2020. (78906)
183 N Sir Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department is having with (a) coach operators and (b) the Department for Education on ensuring that there is sufficient capacity within the 20 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
commercial transport sector to transport children to and from school at the start of the next academic year as a result of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on those providers; and if he will make a statement. (78541)
184 Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how she plans to support claimants with long-term symptoms from contracting covid-19. (78723)
185 N Wendy Chamberlain (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans implement a policy change in response to the decision of the Court of Appeal of 22 June 2020 in the case Johnson, Woods, Barrett and Stewart vs the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; and if she will make a statement. (78862)
186 N Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants who previously had access to public funds have had their claims ended as a result of No Recourse to Public Funds conditions being imposed, in each of the last 10 years. (78688)
187 N Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the reinstatement of the claimant commitment on 1 July 2020, how the findings of the Proof of Concept pilot which took place in the summer of 2019 will inform the reintroduction of the claimant commitment; and she will publish the findings of that pilot. (78689)
188 N Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what lessons her Department will be taking forward from the Harrogate managed migration pilot; and if she will make a statement. (78690)
189 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to monitor the effect of the ending of the shielding programme on levels of employment among disabled and vulnerable people. (78741)
190 N Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of job vacancies in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands in each month since January 2020 to date. (78808)
191 N Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work coaches will be recruited in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands. (78809)
192 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the performance framework for job centre advisers measures performance by the proportion of claimants who have left benefit regardless of whether the claimant entered employment or training. (78810) Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 21
193 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2020 to Question HL6367, if she will publish the (a) guidance to Work Coaches and Case Managers, and (b) performance framework by which those coaches will be monitored. (78811)
194 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the most recent unemployment figures are for (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands by, (i) gender, (ii) age, (iii) religion, (iv) ethnicity, and (v) socioeconomic group. (78812)
195 Margaret Greenwood (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people affected by the decision of the Court of Appeal of 22 June 2020 in the case Johnson, Woods, Barrett and Stewart v. the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in Wirral West constituency. (78706)
196 N Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment the Government has made of the adequacy of the covid-19 recovery strategy for supporting disabled people; whether that strategy is aligned with the National Strategy for Disabled People; and whether the National Strategy for Disabled People will be amended to take account of existing inequalities for disabled people that have been exacerbated by the covid- 19 outbreak. [Transferred] (77775)
197 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to Answer of 24 February to Question 725, what plans she has to extend the Yellow Card warning system to other locations across the United Kingdom. (78683)
198 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to publish an assessment of the effectiveness of a Yellow Card warning system based on the Proof of Concepts undertaken by her Department. (78684)
199 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to work with Feeding Britain to identify additional locations in which to pilot a Yellow Card warning system. (78685)
200 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of amending the universal credit application form and online journal to enable her Department to automatically (a) assess and (b) register children for free school meals. (78686)
201 Selaine Saxby (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 9 July 2020, Health Transformation Programme update, HCWS353, what plans her Department has to continue providing (a) paper, (b) telephone and (c) other methods of disability benefit 22 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
assessments to claimants of (i) personal independence payments and (ii) disability living allowance; and whether she plans to extend such methods of assessment to claimants of (A) employment and support allowance and (B) universal credit. (78929)
202 Selaine Saxby (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 9 July 2020 by the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, what plans her Department has to enable claimants to decide which method of disability benefit assessment they have. (78930)
203 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people are not required to to sell their property to meet the cost of social care. (78521)
204 N Chris Stephens (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of safety screens installed at jobcentres; and whether her Department has received any reports of such screens being unfit for purpose. [R] (78729)
205 Munira Wilson (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions officials of her Department have had with officials of the Department of Health and Social Care on potential additional barriers people with mental health conditions experience as a result of the covid-19 outbreak when applying for social security benefits; and what safeguards her Department has put in place to mitigate against those potential additional barriers. (78867)
206 Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidelines are issued to GPs on recommending less damaging alternatives to cigarettes to help more people give up smoking. (78856)
207 Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that GPs encourage patients who refuse to give up smoking to instead use less damaging alternatives to cigarettes. (78857)
208 Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include all tobacco and nicotine containing products available in the UK in the forthcoming review of tobacco and e-cigarette policy. (78858)
209 Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish an evaluation of the effectiveness of 2019’s Stoptober campaign in advance of any future Stoptober campaign. (78859)
210 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with (a) charities, (b) campaign groups and (c) pharmaceutical companies on the drug Kaftrio since 2018. (78673)
211 N Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to Question 38910 tabled on 22 April 2020 by the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, on his policy on wearing masks. (78651) Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 23
212 N Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to Question 63335 tabled on 23 June 2020 by the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, on his plans to use the independent health sector. (78652)
213 Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Government plans to ensure that a vaccine for covid-19 will be administered equality across the UK. (78871)
214 Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a vaccine for covid-19 will be administered to target local areas with a higher incidence of covid-19. (78872)
215 Sir Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will clarify guidance on the permitted social interactions for those in care home settings with their immediate family members. (78525)
216 Sir Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will clarify guidance on permitted social interactions for those currently in residential care units with their immediate family members. (78526)
217 Sir Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is his policy on those in (a) care homes or (b) residential care units to require a (i) quarantine period or (ii) covid-19 test to be undertaken if they do return home for (A) a short period or (B) overnight. (78527)
218 Dan Carden (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure access to enzyme replacement treatment at a local specialist centre for children with rare diseases. (78845)
219 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for West Lancashire of 20 April 2020 on furlough for agency or bank staff at NHS Professionals. (78577)
220 N Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to launch the national public information campaign on the 2020-21 flu vaccine programme. (78580)
221 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much revenue has been collected in fines at NHS facilities as a result of parking infringements in each of the last five years. (78475)
222 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children (a) attended A&E and (b) were admitted to hospital as a result of self-harming in each of the last five years. (78476) 24 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
223 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children have been moved out-of-area for inpatient mental health hospital admissions (a) since 1 January 2020 and (b) in each of the last five years. (78478)
224 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children have been prescribed anti-depressants (a) since 1 January 2020 and (b) in each of the last five years. (78479)
225 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children have been referred to Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services (a) since 1 January 2020 and (b) in each of the last five years. (78480)
226 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) nurses and (b) doctors there were in the NHS, by ethnicity, in each of the last five years. (78481)
227 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the progress of trials by NHS Highlands of drones being used to transport medical supplies; and what assessment he has made of the potential for the wider roll-out of that technology across the UK. (78482)
228 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to implement the recommendations of Baroness Cumberlege's Review on the Safety of Certain Medicines and Medical Devices; and if he will make a statement. (78483)
229 N Chris Elmore (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his recent meeting with Facebook’s Vice-President for Global Affairs and Communications, what the outcomes of that meeting were; and if he will make a statement. (78793)
230 N Chris Elmore (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his recent meeting with Facebook’s Vice-President for Global Affairs and Communications, whether Section 230 of the US Communications Decency Act 1996 was discussed at that meeting; and if he will make a statement. (78794)
231 N Chris Elmore (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle misinformation on vaccines online, and if he will make a statement. (78795)
232 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of ring- fencing ventilator supply budgets to help ensure the adequacy of supplies for the treatment of children requiring long-term ventilation in the winter months of 2020-21. (78738) Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 25
233 Richard Fuller (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to allow family members to visit relatives in residential care homes; on what date will those visits be allowed to resume; and if he will publish updated guidance to support those visits. (78605)
234 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of (a) private and (b) local authority run care homes have benefited from weekly testing for care home staff in Birmingham. (78815)
235 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people requiring dental work who have been unable to secure appointments in each of the last six months in Birmingham. (78817)
236 N Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to implement the recommendations of the Cumberlege review. (78622)
237 N Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when GP surgeries will move from total triage to regular service as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased. (78624)
238 Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will provide guidance on the use of face masks for people with asthma. (78625)
239 Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the access to covid-19 testing for (a) residents and (b) staff in supported living settings. (78773)
240 Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the availability of covid- 19 testing in supported living settings. (78774)
241 Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the capacity for effective covid-19 infection control in supported living settings while access to testing is limited to symptomatic staff and residents. (78775)
242 Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of agency care staff who are able to access weekly covid-19 testing. (78776)
243 Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of confidence that care homes employing agency staff on an emergency basis can have that those staff will have had a covid-19 test in the last seven days. (78777) 26 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
244 Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the on-going additional costs to the care sector of the need for personal protective equipment during the covid-19 outbreak in the (a) short, (b) medium and (c) long-term. (78778)
245 Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the capacity of the care sector to meet the costs of the additional personal protection equipment required for covid-19 infection control in the (a) short, (b) medium and (c) long-term. (78779)
246 Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to make additional funding available to the care sector to cover the additional on-going costs of personal protective equipment required for covid-19 infection control. (78780)
247 Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance has been issued for healthcare practitioners to support the accurate diagnosis of people with signs and symptoms of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. (78826)
248 Carla Lockhart (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to review the effectiveness of the temporary approval of home use for both stages of early medical abortion. (78913)
249 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his oral contribution of 20 July 2020, Official Report, column 1865, on Coronavirus Response, what was the scope of each of the three data protection impact assessments; and when he plans to publish those assessments. (78608)
250 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his oral contribution of 20 July 2020, Official Report, column 1865, on Coronavirus Response, what (a) data processors, (b) contractors and (c) suppliers are involved in the delivery of the NHS Test and Trace programme; and how many temporary employees are employed under that programme. (78609)
251 N Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Answer of 24 February 2020 to Question 14993, whether he has had additional discussions since that date with NHS England on alternative procurement routes for primary care modernisation proposals after the suspension in 2019 of new Local Improvement Finance Trust projects. (78674)
252 John McNally (Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to onshore personal protective equipment manufacturing. [Transferred] (77684) Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 27
253 Joy Morrissey (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the GS1 report entitled, A scan of the benefits: the Scan4Safety evidence report, published in July 2020, what recent assessment has been made of the potential merits of providing funding to enable the expansion of Scan4Safety across the acute care sector in England. (78860)
254 Charlotte Nichols (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government plans for future covid-19 vaccinations to be free at the point of use. (78891)
255 Charlotte Nichols (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase funding to dental practices for the purchase of personal protective equipment. (78892)
256 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to allow patient transport services that enable people to attend ophthalmology appointments to resume. (78839)
257 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support people living with eye conditions to access (a) essential items, (b) outdoor spaces and (c) shops while social distancing. (78840)
258 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) advice he has received on and (b) assessment he has made of the effect of restrictions resulting from the covid-19 outbreak on clinical outcomes for people in need of regular hospital treatment for eye conditions; and what steps he is taking to restart regular hospital ophthalmology treatment. (78841)
259 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the £750 million package of support for charities has been allocated to ophthalmology charities. (78842)
260 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to allocate funding to ensure that ophthalmology charities can continue to run their services. (78843)
261 N Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to support the mental health of (a) doctors and (b) dentists during the covid-19-outbreak. (78606)
262 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to encourage local authorities to use Versus Arthritis' physical activity toolkit as part of their local recovery planning. [Transferred] (77528)
263 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support local ambulance services in (a) Havering and (b) other outer London boroughs. (78533) 28 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
264 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to issue guidance on the reopening of (a) Romford Ambulance Station and (b) other local ambulance stations temporarily closed during the covid-19 outbreak. (78534)
265 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that plans to support the recovery of the NHS after the covid-19 outbreak include service provision for people with arthritis. (78522)
266 Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of covid-19 on the timely (a) assessment and (b) diagnosis of people with rare diseases; and what steps his Department plans to take to tackle the backlog of undiagnosed cases. (78528)
267 Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a separate strategy for supporting families and carers of people with rare diseases, including support for their (a) mental health, (b) relationships, and (c) professional careers. (78529)
268 Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to allocate additional funding to the specialised drug budget to cater for technologies being developed for new rare disease patient groups. (78530)
269 N Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support he is providing to human milk bank services during the covid-19 outbreak. (78725)
270 N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the recommendations outlined in the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review. (78516)
271 N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will take steps to implement the recommendations in the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review. (78517)
272 N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will implement the recommendations in Chapter 4 of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review on the use of Sodium Valproate in pregnancy. (78518)
273 Sir Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to enable care homes to access supplies of centrally purchased personal protective equipment; and if he will make statement. (78542) Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 29
274 Sir Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to offer (a) financial and (b) other assistance to care homes as a result of the nationwide fall in occupancy rates; and if will make a statement. (78543)
275 Sir Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with representatives from the care sector on the role that sector will play in providing the Government with early data in the event of a future increase in cases of covid-19; and if he will make a statement. (78544)
276 Sir Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on ensuring that care homes and care providers can continue to recruit staff from outside the UK in the event that vacancies remain unfilled when advertised to the domestic labour market; and if will make a statement. (78545)
277 N Sir Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that powers in Schedule 21 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 will not be used to coerce people to comply with the voluntary Test and Trace scheme. (78547)
278 Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of interpreters for remote medical consultations. (78936)
279 Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of personal protective equipment for care workers. (78943)
280 Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will make it his policy to increase funding for local authorities to allow for a pay rise for local authority funded care workers in line with the public sector pay rise. (78944)
281 Munira Wilson (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Schedule 21 of the Coronavirus Act 2020, how many times the powers relating to the compulsory extraction of biological samples have been used; and whether that information is collected centrally. (78863)
282 Munira Wilson (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how a patient's covid-19 test result is considered with regard to (a) GDPR and (b) data protection legislation. (78864)
283 Munira Wilson (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of dental practices which were unable to reopen on 8 June 2020 because they could not acquire personal protective equipment through their business as usual wholesalers. (78865) 30 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
284 Munira Wilson (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional mental health support his Department is making available to (a) frontline workers, (b) people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities and (c) young people as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased. (78866)
285 Munira Wilson (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the NHS and social care sector have adequate stock levels of scrubs during the covid-19 outbreak. (78868)
286 Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it possible for a UK citizen stranded abroad with an out-of-date driving licence to receive a temporary emergency licence in order for them to return the UK. (78878)
287 Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support is available to UK citizens who are stranded abroad with an out-of-date driving licence which is preventing them from returning to the UK. (78879)
288 N Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department made of the number of new daily covid-19 cases recorded in Estonia as part of its decision to exclude it as a country with an agreed airbridge with the UK. (78730)
289 N Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the evidential basis is for Estonia being identified as a country where quarantine arrangements are still required for travellers between Estonia and the UK. (78731)
290 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will include imports of coal from Russia in the list of sanctions against that country; and if he will make a statement. (78590)
291 N Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 22 July 2020 to Questions 76098 and 76102 on India: Coronavirus, what estimate he has made of the number of UK residents stranded in India as a result of the covid-19 pandemic who registered for charter flights with his Department but remain in India. (78834)
292 N Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 22 July 2020 to Questions 76098 and 76102 on India: coronavirus, how many instances there have been of multiple registrations by (a) the same person and (b) people who were not eligible to register. (78835) Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 31
293 N Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 22 July 2020 to Questions 76098 and 76102 on India: coronavirus, how his Department determined the number of repatriation flights required to return UK residents from India without information on the number of UK residents requesting flights. (78836)
294 N Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2020 to Question 76100 on India: coronavirus, for what reasons repatriation flights from India did not initially include the Punjab; for what reasons (a) New Delhi, (b) Goa and (c) Mumbai were selected for initial repatriation flights; what assessment his Department has made of the effect of those decisions on UK residents in India; what information sources the Government used to reach those decisions; and whether more people were repatriated from the Punjab region than any other region of India. (78837)
295 Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 22 July 2020 to Questions 76100 and 76099, what assessment he has made of the effect on UK residents stranded abroad in Punjab as a result of the covid-19 pandemic who registered with his Department for flights to return to the UK as a result of his Department not being able to determine how many of those residents remain stranded. (78838)
296 N Colum Eastwood (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterparts on reports of the recent demolition of a Palestinian drive-through covid-19 testing centre in the City of Hebron, south of the occupied West Bank. (78908)
297 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of his Department's Official Development Assistance budget for each year of the 2019 Parliament. (78804)
298 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met with President Cyril Ramaphosa in his role as African Union Chair. (78816)
299 Mike Hill (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he is having with his counterpart in Cyprus on allowing British citizens to travel there to deal with family emergencies and bereavements. (78844)
300 Robert Largan (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his German counterpart on that country’s detention of people suspected spying for Iran’s Quds Force. (78909)
301 Robert Largan (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of Iranians espionage activity in Europe on the (a) national and (b) regional security. (78910) 32 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
302 N Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to implement the recommendation of the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales which has called on countries to give effect to their responsibilities under the relevant treaties to create, maintain and utilise international bodies to carry out investigations and due diligence in respect of China’s alleged violations of its obligations and responsibilities concerning its Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim populations. (78708)
303 N Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he is taking steps to implement the recommendation of the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales and use all available offices and legal means to investigate, apprehend and punish alleged perpetrators of any violations being committed against Uyghur and Turkic Muslim populations. (78709)
304 Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the trends in the level of international humanitarian law breaches committed as a result of shelling in Yemen. (78682)
305 Christian Matheson (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to include Latvia on the list of countries who do not require self-isolation upon arrival back into the UK; and what criteria will be used to make a decision. (78710)
306 N Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to allocate funding to the People- to-People Partnership for Peace Fund upon its creation. (78492)
307 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it remains the Government's policy not to support the boycott of Israeli (a) goods and (b) services. [Transferred] (77582)
308 John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment has he made of the (a) extent of and (b) trends in the level of incidences of persecution and human rights abuses against Christians in Nigeria. (78595)
309 John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential identities of the perpetrators of incidences of persecution and human rights abuses against Christians in Nigeria. (78596)
310 John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the extent to which Nigerian national or state Government officials have been involved in either preventing or allowing incidences of persecution and human rights abuses to take place against Christians in Nigeria. (78597) Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 33
311 John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of applying sanctions to those responsible for committing or allowing incidences of persecution and human rights abuses against Christians in Nigeria. (78598)
312 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to take account of the judgment of the Independent Tribunal into Forced Organ Harvesting from Prisoners of Conscience in China when making an assessment of the application of Magnitsky sanctions; and whether he plans to include in the list of targets for sanctions people named in that tribunal’s judgment as responsible for that crime. (78671)
313 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to include Huang Jiefu former Vice Minister for Health in China who has been held responsible for China’s practice of forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in the Magnitsky sanctions list. (78672)
314 N Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Israeli authorities on the demolition of a covid-19 testing centre in Hebron; and what steps he is taking to support the Occupied Palestinian Territories in managing the covid-19 pandemic. (78728)
315 Owen Thompson (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the risk to (a) the legal protection of human rights and (b) the compliance of Chile with international law and bilateral treaties posed by the Chilean Government’s recent (i) Critical Infrastructure Bill, (ii) Anti-looting Bill and (iii) Cooperation with the International Criminal Court Bill. (78734)
316 Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will waive fees for renewing a passport for people who travel often for work when the new rules on the passport expiry date come info force for travel to the EU after the transition period. (78880)
317 Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase the number of passport applications that are processed in a timely manner. (78694)
318 Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the performance of the Passport Office in processing passport renewals.; and if she will make a statement. (78697)
319 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children were detained in police cells under the Mental Health Act 1983 (a) since 1 January 2020 and (b) in each of the last five years. (78477) 34 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
320 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of assaults on shop workers in each of the last three years. (78587)
321 N Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for the publication of the report by the Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration on Refugee Family Reunion for which evidence was called for in June 2019. (78603)
322 N Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the (a) shortest, (b) longest and (c) average time taken by her Department to process a refund of the NHS immigration health surcharge. (78604)
323 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to maintain public order during the covid-19 outbreak. (78500)
324 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to dismantle the operations of county lines drug gangs. (78501)
325 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking is taking to prevent crimes against churches. (78502)
326 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to remove foreign national offenders from the UK during the covid-19 pandemic. (78503)
327 N Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the for the implications of her policy of the findings of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s annual inspection report on Adults at Risk in Immigration Detention, 1st April 2018 to 31st March 2019. (78829)
328 Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2020 to Question 40657, whether she asked the Migration Advisory Committee to consider and make recommendations on the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the ability of non- EEA spouses and partners to meet minimum income requirements. (78713)
329 Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2020 to Question 40657, whether the Migration Advisory Committee made recommendations on measures needed to tackle the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the ability of non-EEA spouses and partners to meet minimum income requirements. (78714) Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 35
330 Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2020 to Question 40657, what changes she made to tackle the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the ability of non-EEA spouses and partners to meet minimum income requirements. (78715)
331 Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2020 to Question 40657, what assessment she she made of (a) the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on the ability of non-EEA spouses and partners to meet minimum income requirements and (b) the changes required to the criteria to enable those spouses and partners to meet that requirement. (78716)
332 Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2020 to Question 40657, what discussions she has had with the devolved administrations on (a) the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the ability of non-EEA spouses and partners to meet minimum income requirements and (b) the changes required to the criteria to enable those spouses and partners to meet that requirement. (78717)
333 Jess Phillips (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Home Office’s You Are Not Alone campaign, what plans her Department has for a long-term public health campaign to challenge public attitudes to domestic abuse. [Transferred] (77660)
334 John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the backlog is for the registration of births. [Transferred] (77509)
335 John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she had with the Secretary of State for Transport prior to the announcement on changes to the statutory taxi and private hire vehicle standards on 21 July 2020. (78494)
336 Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pieces of external medical evidence on adults at risk in immigration detention received by her Department since January 2017 have been found to be produced solely for the purpose of release rather than for highlighting vulnerability by (a) month, (b) immigration removal centre, and (c) document type. (78724)
337 N Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of racism in British policing. (78786)
338 N Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish the Policy Equality Statement for the EU Settlement Scheme. (78787) 36 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
339 N Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of granting Leave to Remain to people in the UK on a Tier 2 Visa who have been made redundant during the covid-19 outbreak. (78942)
340 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of online remote asylum interviews. (78693)
341 N Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Government special advisers have been granted access to Porton Down in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. (78486)
342 Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in how many countries the UK armed forces are conducting counter- terrorism operations; and in how many of those countries the UK is (a) conducting air and drone strikes and (b) deploying troops where they may use or have used lethal force. (78788)
343 Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which countries the UK is (a) conducting air and drone strikes and (b) deploying military personnel on countert-errorism operations. (78789)
344 Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which countries the UK armed forces are deployed on counter- terrorism operations for which their rules of engagement permit them to use lethal force. (78790)
345 Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which countries in 2019 UK armed forces were deployed on counter-terrorism operations where they used lethal force. (78791)
346 N Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on (a) the armed forces recruitment process and (b) the proportion of recruits that become serving personnel in the armed forces. (78846)
347 N Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applicants withdrew from the (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) RAF recruitment process in (i) January, (ii) February, (iii) March, (iv) April and (v) June 2020. (78847)
348 N Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average wait time is for people who pass the (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) RAF recruitment process to receive a job offer. (78848)
349 N Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department will publish an impact assessment for The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020. (78849) Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 37
350 Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department will publish the impact assessment for The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2020. (78850)
351 N Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to increase developer contributions to affordable housing. (78851)
352 Stuart Anderson (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has in place to provide for additional home insulations to meet the target for net zero emissions by 2050. (78855)
353 Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with local councils to increase support for activities for young people over the 2020 summer holiday. (78876)
354 N Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant of the Answer of 15 July 2020 to Questions 72267, 72268, 72269 and 72270 on Property Development: Isle of Dogs, what steps his Department took to assess and test the accuracy of the Viability Assessment for the Westferry Printworks planning proposal undertaken by the appellant. (78881)
355 N Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department made of whether the Viability Assessment for the Westferry Printworks planning proposal submitted by the appellant took into account Northern & Shell's reported tax arrangements. (78882)
356 Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department made of Northern & Shell's reported tax arrangements when considering the financial feasibility of the affordable housing element of Westferry Printworks planning proposal submitted by the appellant. (78883)
357 N Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to implement the lessons learned from the Westferry Printworks planning application to a future decision on the proposal. (78884)
358 N Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his oral contribution of 22 July 2020 to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, for what reason it was his policy on the Westferry housing scheme that it was a perfectly fair decision to try and get this done one way or another before the Community Infrastructure Levy charge came in. (78885) 38 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
359 Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timeframe is for the removal of any unsafe cladding from 84 Stainsby Road, London, E14 6JD. (78886)
360 Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average (a) weekly and (b) monthly cost to leaseholders in buildings in Poplar and Limehouse with unsafe cladding systems of (i) temporary safety measures, (ii) legal fees, (iii) insurance premiums and (iv) other ancillary fees related to fire safety. (78887)
361 Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support his Department is providing to people living in residential blocks with prohibited aluminium composite material cladding who wish to sell their property in Poplar and Limehouse constituency. (78888)
362 N Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities on reducing social housing waiting lists. (78833)
363 N Florence Eshalomi (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to tackle housing benefit discrimination in the private rented sector. (78946)
364 N Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on unauthorised encampments. (78620)
365 N Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what powers are in place to prevent the development of unauthorised encampments. (78621)
366 Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities financially ahead of the 2020 spending review. [Transferred] (77723)
367 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to increase investment in town centres. (78496)
368 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support he is providing to small firms of house builders. (78497)
369 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to incentivise the removal of dangerous materials from high-rise buildings. (78498) Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 39
370 Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his Department considers the minimum population size to be for a newly-established unitary authority for that authority to achieve (a) value for money and (b) quality service delivery. (78626)
371 N Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to extend the existing Help to Buy Scheme for people purchasing new homes, where the build completion date has been extended beyond the deadline as a result of the disruption caused by the covid-19 outbreak. [Transferred] (76669)
372 N Naz Shah (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason funding was allocated from the Towns Fund to the low-priority towns of Brighouse, Morley, Stocksbridge and Todmorden. (78711)
373 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that public toilets are reopening safely and hygienically, in the context of the covid-19 outbreak. (78519)
374 John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he had with the Secretary of State for Transport before that Department's announcement on changes to regulations on criminal record checks for taxi drivers. (78495)
375 N Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the additional funding requirements of local authorities that have a budget shortfall as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. (78938)
376 Ms Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2020 to Question 65980 on Prisons: Construction, what plans he has to consult (a) prison educators, (b) prison education trade unions and (c) other stakeholders before any decisions are made on the technology that will be deployed in cells. (78591)
377 Ms Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2020 to Question 65980 on Prisons: Construction, what assessment he has made of the ability of the public sector to (a) develop and (b) deliver in-cell technology. (78592)
378 N Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for livestreaming sexual exploitation of children in each of the last five years. (78579)
379 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many restraining orders have been broken in each (a) month of 2020 and (b) of the last five years. (78473) 40 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
380 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help improve access between solicitors and their clients during the covid-19 outbreak. (78474)
381 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many youth offenders were sentenced for assault occasioning actual bodily harm, by (a) sex, (b) age and (c) perceived ethnicity in the last 12 months for which information is available. (78581)
382 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many youth offenders were sentenced for assault occasioning actual bodily harm, by (a) sex, (b) age and (c) perceived ethnicity in the last 12 months for which information is available. (78582)
383 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of assaulting an emergency worker since the offence was introduced had previously committed (a) zero, (b) between one and four, (c) between five and nine, (d) between 10 and 15, (e) between 16 and 25, (f) between 26 and 50, (g) between 51 and 75, (h) between 76 and 100, (i) between 101 and 150, (j) between 151 and 200 and (k) over 200 offences. (78583)
384 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences that were recorded as convictions for assaulting an emergency worker were assaults against (a) police officers, (b) NHS staff, (c) prison officers, (d) firefighters and (e) other emergency workers since the offence was introduced. (78584)
385 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people given a custodial sentence for assaulting an emergency worker have been released before the half way point of their sentence on home detention curfew since the introduction of that offence. (78586)
386 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of assaults on shop workers resulted in (a) a discharge, (b) a fine, (c) a community order, (d) a suspended custodial sentence and (e) an immediate custodial sentence in each of the last three years. (78589)
387 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children have been under a special guardianship order (a) where there were no care proceedings and (b) where there have been care proceedings in each year since 2010. (78770)
388 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to build additional prison capacity. (78504)
389 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase support for victims of crime. (78505) Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 41
390 N Peter Kyle (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2020 to Question 75406 on Sexual Offences: Private Rented Housing, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the updated January 2019 CPS guidance on sex for rent arrangements and advertisements; and whether that guidance has resulted on prosecutions. (78763)
391 N Peter Kyle (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2020 to Question 75406 on Sexual Offences: Private Rented Housing, what estimate he has made of the number of prosecutions for Sex for Rent Arrangements and Advertisements under section 52 or 53 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in the last 12 months. (78764)
392 N Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to encourage probation agency staff to take up permanent positions within the National Probation Service. (78612)
393 N Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to offer all employees of community rehabilitation companies new roles on at least equivalent terms and conditions in the National Probation Service before private probation contracts end in June 2021. (78613)
394 NGrahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of workers in the National Probation Service were employed by agencies in each of the last 12 months. (78614)
395 N Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department issued to community rehabilitation companies on the development of exceptional delivery models in response to the covid-19 outbreak. (78615)
396 NGrahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment made of the ability of community rehabilitation companies to support (a) home-working and (b) video conferencing during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement. (78616)
397 Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of each model of probation service delivery on (a) rates of (i) re-offending and (ii) staff wellbeing and (b) the adequacy of that service delivery. (78617)
398 Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the transition of probation services in Wales into the public sector; and if he will make a statement. (78618)
399 Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of probation services remaining permanently under public ownership and civil service control. (78619) 42 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
400 N Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release entitled, 10 Nightingale Courts unveiled, published on 19 July 2020, how much each of the the 10 temporary courts listed will cost to establish. (78820)
401 N Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were heard in (a) family courts, (b) civil courts, (c) magistrates courts, (d) crown courts and (e) tribunals [[time period required]] and (i) how many and (ii) what type of cases are outstanding in each of those courts as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. (78821)
402 N Sir Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of fines wrongfully issued under (a) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 and (b) Schedule 21 of the Coronavirus Act 2020. (78546)
403 Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of permitting independent celebrants to carry out legal marriage ceremonies. (78932)
404 Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that social visits to prisoners can be made possible at every prison. (78933)
405 Carla Lockhart (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to page 53 of the New Decade, New approach document, published in January 2020, how much additional funding from the public purse will be provided to support mental health in Northern Ireland. (78914)
406 Carla Lockhart (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to page 53 of the New Decade, New approach document, published in January 2020, how much additional funding from the public purse will be provided to tackle paramilitarism in Northern Ireland. (78915)
407 Carla Lockhart (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to page 53 of the New Decade, New approach document, published in January 2020, how much additional funding from the public purse will be provided to tackle deprivation and improve opportunity in Northern Ireland. (78916)
408 Carla Lockhart (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to page 53 of the New Decade, New approach document, published in January 2020, how much additional funding from the public purse will be provided to support marking the 2021 centenary year and related projects in Northern Ireland. (78917) Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 43
409 Carla Lockhart (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to page 53 of the New Decade, New approach document, published in January 2020, how much additional funding from the public purse will be provided to establish a Culture and Community Fund in Northern Ireland. (78918)
410 Carla Lockhart (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to page 53 of the New Decade, New approach document, published in January 2020, how much additional funding from the public purse will be provided to support languages and broadcasting in Northern Ireland. (78919)
411 Carla Lockhart (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to page 53 of the New Decade, New approach document, published in January 2020, how much additional funding from the public purse has been allocated to support (a) the armed forces and veterans and (b) a new Veteran’s Commissioner. (78920)
412 Carla Lockhart (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,, with reference to page 53 of the New Decade, New approach document, published in January 2020, how much additional funding from the public purse has been allocated to the International Fund for Ireland. (78921)
413 Carla Lockhart (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to page 53 of the New Decade, New approach document, published in January 2020, how much additional funding from the public purse has been allocated to the Londonderry addiction centre. (78922)
414 Carla Lockhart (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to page 53 of the New Decade, New approach document, published in January 2020, how much additional funding from the public purse has been allocated to a fund to promote the competitiveness of Northern Ireland’s economy. (78923)
415 Carla Lockhart (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times he has met with each of the Northern Ireland Executive Ministers in an official capacity since taking up his role as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. (78925)
416 Carla Lockhart (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Freedom of Information requests his Department has received in each of the last three years; and how many of those requests (a) remain unanswered and (b) have been referred to the Information Commissioner. (78926)
417 Carla Lockhart (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to page 49 of the New Decade, New approach document, published in January 2020, what progress has been made on discussions with NI Screen on broadening the remit of the Ulster Scots Broadcasting Fund. (78927) 44 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
418 Carla Lockhart (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to page 49 of the New Decade, New approach document, published in January 2020, what progress has been made on providing funding to (a) establish the Castlereagh Foundation and (b) support academic research through universities and other partners to explore identity and the shifting patterns of social identity in Northern Ireland. (78928)
419 Janet Daby (Lewisham East): To ask the Prime Minister, when he intends to respond to my letter of 6 April on notice of marriage fees. (78854)
420 Imran Ahmad Khan (Wakefield): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) deferring the re-introduction of Crown Preference for 12 months and (b) capping the amount of reserves which will go to cover Crown Preference to a maximum of £1 million. (78905)
421 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his timeframe is for publishing information on which border points will be operating a (a) pre-lodgement or (b) temporary storage model for clearing goods entering, leaving or transiting the UK. [Transferred] (77589)
422 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) ports, (b) roll-on/roll-off locations, (c) rail terminals and (d) airports are customs approved areas. [Transferred] (77590)
423 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made the average time it will take for a frontier location to become a customs approved area. [Transferred] (77591)
424 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) rail terminals, (b) airports and (c) pipeline operators that require temporary customs approvals. [Transferred] (77592)
425 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on the adequacy of control over goods entering the UK of the proposed system for deferred declarations in locations without an existing control system. [Transferred] (77593)
426 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what arrangements have been made through the Border Operating Model to help traders unfamiliar with customs procedures to make entries into their own records. [Transferred] (77594)
427 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what evidence will be required under the proposed Border Operating Model for companies to demonstrate a good compliance record enabling them to defer customs declarations. [Transferred] (77595) Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 45
428 N Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Financial Secretary to the Treasury plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun of 5 June 2020 on self support payments for sole trader directors paid by dividends. (78732)
429 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for West Lancashire of 20 April 2020 on furlough for agency or bank staff at NHS Professionals. (78578)
430 N Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2020 to Question 60862, what estimate he has made of the revenue to the Exchequer resulting from the decision to roll over EU import VI-1 certificates for wine. (78692)
431 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support will be made available to shielding people who are unable to work from home and whose places of work cannot be made covid-19-safe by 1 August 2020. (78739)
432 Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of targeting Government funding towards areas with (a) a relatively higher unemployment rate and (b) fewer job centres and other social infrastructure that are vulnerable to the economic impact of the covid-19 outbreak. [Transferred] (77736)
433 N Claire Hanna (Belfast South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will remove VAT on audio books in line with the removal of VAT on e-books and newspapers on 1 May. (78903)
434 Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress has been made on the Government's review of business rates. [Transferred] (77722)
435 Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of Government financial support for (a) people with no recourse to public funds and (b) local authorities providing support to those people. (78766)
436 Dame Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that (a) the Humber Ports and (b) all other ports will have adequate customs infrastructure in place by the end of the transition period. (78556)
437 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support is available to people whose covid-19 symptoms have extended beyond two weeks and are unable to return to work as a result. (78531) 46 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
438 N Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will estimate the number of employed people who were formerly on the Government's Shielded Patient List who are aged (a) 50 to 59, (b) 60 to 69 and (c) more than 70 years. (78599)
439 N Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to support employed people from (a) 1 August 2020, (b) 1 September 2020 and (c) 1 October 2020 who (i) are over the age of 60 years and (ii) were formerly on the Government's Shielded Patient List to maintain their employment relationship with their employer until it is safe to return to work as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased. (78600)
440 N Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to support employers from (a) 1 August 2020, (b) 1 September 2020 and (c) 1 October 2020 who have employees who (i) are over the age of 60 years and (ii) were formerly on the Government's Shielded Patient List to maintain their employment relationship with their employees until it is safe for those employees to return to work as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased. (78601)
441 N Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to ensure that people who (a) are over the age of 60 years and (b) were formerly on the Government's Shielded Patient List maintain their incomes and do not find themselves in avoidable personal debt or living in poverty as a result of it not being safe for them to return to work from 1 August 2020 as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased. (78602)
442 Carla Lockhart (Upper Bann): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much additional funding has been allocated to Northern Ireland through Barnett consequentials as a result of the Government response to the covid-19 outbreak. (78924)
443 N Abena Oppong-Asare (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he proposes to change the rate of VAT applied to insulation installed in dwellings and buildings used for a residential purpose. (78899)
444 N Abena Oppong-Asare (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to change the rate of VAT applied to solar panels installed on dwellings and buildings used for a residential purpose. (78900)
445 N Abena Oppong-Asare (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to change the rate of VAT applied to water and wind turbines installed in dwellings and buildings used for a residential purpose. (78901)
446 N Abena Oppong-Asare (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to change the rate of VAT applied to micro combined heat and power units installed in dwellings and buildings used for a residential purpose. (78902) Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 47
447 Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to Question 48486 on 2 June 2010, how many submissions of the iForm had been received by (a) 30 June 2020, (b) 30 June in each of the last three tax years; and if he will estimate the number of submissions expected during the 2020-21 tax year. (78718)
448 Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to Question 52095 tabled by the hon. Member for East Renfrewshire on 1 June 2020. (78719)
449 Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2020 to Question 56027, how many subject access requests under section 7 of the Data Protection Act 2000 were received by HMRC in relation to payments claimed or made under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme; how many and what proportion of those access requests were granted; and what the average time was for responding to those requests. (78720)
450 Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many subject access requests under section 7 of the Data Protection Act 2000 have been received by HMRC in relation to payments claimed or made under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. (78721)
451 N Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals in 2020 to implement the recommendations of the Office of Tax Simplification on reforming the turnover threshold for Value Added Tax registration by businesses; and if he will make a statement. (78629)
452 N Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change VAT arrangements in the UK after the transition period; and if he will make a statement. (78630)
453 N Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to food of a kind used for human consumption. (78631)
454 N Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to children's clothes. (78632)
455 N Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to children's shoes. (78633)
456 Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to pasties baked for sale by retailers where there is no intention that they be consumed hot, they are not cooked to order, are not kept hot after cooking, are advertised merely as freshly baked, and are provided to customers in a simple standard paper bag. (78634) 48 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
457 Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to children's car seats. (78635)
458 Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to clothes for babies. (78636)
459 Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to children's booster seats. (78637)
460 Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to carrycots with restraint straps. (78638)
461 Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to amend the rate of VAT applied to advertising services for charities. (78639)
462 Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has change the rate of VAT applied to the construction of new village halls. (78640)
463 Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to the conversion for a housing association of a non-residential building into a communal residential building. (78641)
464 Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to domestic alterations to suit the condition of a resident with disabilities. (78642)
465 Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to first time gas and electricity connections. (78643)
466 Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to equipment for blind or partially sighted people. (78644)
467 Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to incontinence products. (78645)
468 Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to low vision aids. (78646) Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 49
469 Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to emptying domestic septic tanks and cesspools. (78647)
470 Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to water supplied to households. (78648)
471 Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of reforming RPI to align with CPIH on employee pensions in (a) 2025 and (b) 2030. (78653)
472 Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made on the effect of reforming RPI to align with CPIH on pension schemes deficits. (78654)
473 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support educational charities; and what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of (a) extending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme for and (b) a package of support for educational charities whose operations will not be able to return to normal until January 2021 at the earliest. (78783)
474 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with the Welsh Government on (a) extending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, (b) other employment support and (c) an adequate level of financial support for outdoor residential centres. (78784)
475 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend the reduced rate of VAT for hospitality, holiday accommodation and attractions to (a) travel and (b) holiday letting agencies. (78785)
476 N Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to ground source heat pumps installed in dwellings and buildings used for a residential purpose. (78743)
477 N Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to wood-fuelled boilers installed in dwellings and buildings used for a residential purpose. (78744)
478 N Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to air source heat pumps installed in dwellings and buildings used for a residential purpose. (78745)
479 N Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to electricity for domestic and residential use or for non-business use by a charity. (78746) 50 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
480 N Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to renovating a dwelling that has been empty for at least two years. (78747)
481 Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to the installation of oil-fired boilers as part of grant-funded energy efficiency schemes in the homes of people in receipt of War Disablement Pension. (78748)
482 Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to tampons. (78749)
483 Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to smoking cessation products. (78750)
484 Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to the installation of mobility aids for the elderly for use in domestic accommodation. (78751)
485 Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to supplies of magnetic tape adapted for recording speech for blind people. (78752)
486 Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to motorcycle helmets that meet safety standards. (78753)
487 Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to cycle helmets marked CE. (78754)
488 Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to maps and charts. (78755)
489 Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to printed music. (78756)
490 Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to newspapers. (78757)
491 Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to books. (78758)
492 Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to ship repairs and maintenance. (78759)
493 Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to aircraft repair and maintenance. (78760) Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020 51
494 Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to the renovation or alteration of empty residential premises. (78761)
495 Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to magazines. (78762)
496 Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made on the Business Rates Review; and what the timetable is for the next steps of that review. (78937)
497 Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what conditions were attached to any financial support provided to Boots. (78941)
498 N Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the devolution of air passenger duty to the Welsh Government. (78824)
499 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to publish the National Strategy for Disabled People. (78771)
500 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of the covid- 19 outbreak on disabled people. (78772)
501 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the role played by LGBT+ advocacy groups in the delivery of sex education in primary schools. (78513)
502 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many individuals have requested to detransition following gender transition in the most recent period for which data is available. (78514)
503 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of closing the Gender-identity Development Service at the Tavistock Centre. (78515)
504 N Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the timescale is for bringing forward legislative proposals to ban conversion therapy; when her Department plans to commence its study into the (a) locations and (b) prevalence of conversion therapy in the UK; and what the planned remit is of that study. (78827)
505 N Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to tackle differential pricing of similar products and services that are marketed to a particular gender. (78828) 52 Published: Thursday 23 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 22 July 2020
506 Carla Lockhart (Upper Bann): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the effect of allowing abortion after 24 weeks following the diagnosis of cleft lip, cleft palate, or clubfoot on how people with those conditions are treated in society. (78911)
507 Carla Lockhart (Upper Bann): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the societal contribution of people with cleft lip, cleft palate, or clubfoot are recognised. (78912)