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Daily Report Tuesday, 16 March 2021 CONTENTS Daily Report Tuesday, 16 March 2021 This report shows written answers and statements provided on 16 March 2021 and the information is correct at the time of publication (06:59 P.M., 16 March 2021). For the latest information on written questions and answers, ministerial corrections, and written statements, please visit: http://www.parliament.uk/writtenanswers/ CONTENTS ANSWERS 7 Special Guardianship Orders: BUSINESS, ENERGY AND Parental Leave 15 INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY 7 Toys and Games: Internet 16 Blackmore Bond: Insolvency 7 CABINET OFFICE 17 Boohoo: Debenhams 7 Census 17 Bounce Back Loan Scheme 8 Free Zones: Freedom of Burlington House: Rents 8 Information 17 Business: Grants 9 Government: Publications 17 Coronavirus: Vaccination 9 Mayors: Elections 18 Foreign Investment in UK: COP26 18 National Security 10 UN Climate Conference 2021: Green Homes Grant Local Children and Young People 18 Authority Delivery Scheme 10 DEFENCE 19 Green Homes Grant Scheme 10 Armed Forces: Discharges 19 Home Energy and Lifestyle Armed Forces: West Midlands 20 Management 11 Army 21 Industrial Strategy Challenge Devonport Dockyard 22 Fund: North East 11 Fiji: Armed Forces 22 Mathematics: Research 11 Queens Flight 22 Paula Vennells 12 Unmanned Air Vehicles 23 Post Codes 12 DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND Re-employment 13 SPORT 23 Renewable Energy 13 Bank Services: Internet 23 Restart Grant Scheme 13 Broadband: Finance 23 Self-employed: Adoption 14 Broadband: Wales 24 Solar Events 14 Burlington House: Cultural Potatoes: UK Trade with EU 43 Heritage 26 Shellfish: UK Trade with EU 43 Dormant Assets Scheme 26 Sites of Special Scientific Exercise: Coronavirus 26 Interest 44 Internet: Fraud 27 Tree Felling 44 Old Royal Naval College 27 Tree Felling: Urban Areas 45 EDUCATION 28 Tree Planting: Urban Areas 46 Education: Coronavirus 28 Zoo Animals Fund 46 Educational Visits: FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH Coronavirus 29 AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE 48 Financial Services: Education 29 Coronavirus: Vaccination 48 Members: Correspondence 30 Georgia: Politics and Remote Education: ICT 30 Government 48 School Meals: Finance 32 Hong Kong: Electoral Systems 49 Schools: Coronavirus 32 Israel: Palestinians 49 Students: Coronavirus 33 Jerusalem: Palestinians 50 Teachers: In-service Training 33 Myanmar: Armed Conflict 50 Teachers: Training 34 Myanmar: Arms Trade 51 Turing Scheme: Costs 35 Myanmar: Military Coups 51 ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND Myanmar: Overseas Trade 52 RURAL AFFAIRS 36 Nagorno Karabakh: Armed Dogs: Animal Welfare 36 Conflict 52 Dogs: Imports 37 Occupied Territories: Humanitarian Situation 53 Flood Control 37 Pablo Hasel 53 Food: Origin Marking 38 Palestinians: Disability 53 Food: Recycling 38 Paraguay: Demonstrations 54 Hedgehogs: Conservation 39 Sri Lanka: Tamils 54 Inland Waterways and Rivers: Sewage 39 Syria: Coronavirus 55 Packaging: Recycling 40 Tanveer Ahmed Rafique 56 Pet Travel Scheme: Dogs 40 UN Climate Conference 2021 57 Plastics Research and HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE 57 Innovation Fund 41 Antibiotics: Side-effects 57 Plastics: Beaches 41 Care Homes: Coronavirus 58 Plastics: EU Law 42 Coronavirus: Bradford 58 Coronavirus: Children 58 Health Services: EU Countries 78 Coronavirus: Children's HIV Infection 79 Centres and Nurseries 59 Human Papillomavirus: Coronavirus: Contact Tracing 59 Vaccination 79 Coronavirus: Disease Control 59 Independent Medicines and Coronavirus: Halton 60 Medical Devices Safety Review 80 Coronavirus: Laboratories 60 Members: Correspondence 80 Coronavirus: Liverpool 61 Mental Health Services 80 Coronavirus: Protective Clothing 61 Mental Health Services: Children 81 Coronavirus: Quarantine 62 Mental Health Services: Coronavirus: Screening 62 Children and Young People 81 Coronavirus: Sefton 65 Neuromuscular Disorders: Coronavirus: Staffordshire 65 Medical Treatments 81 Coronavirus: Travel 65 NHS Test and Trace 82 Coronavirus: Undocumented NHS: Incentives 82 Migrants 66 NHS: Medical Records 82 Coronavirus: Vaccination 66 Obesity: Coronavirus 83 Coronavirus: Yorkshire and Prisons: Coronavirus 84 the Humber 73 Social Services: Means-tested Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma: Benefits 84 Diagnosis 74 Surgery: Medical Equipment 84 Cystic Fibrosis: Medical Treatments 74 Test and Trace Support Payment 85 Dementia: Carers 74 Vaccination: Local Press 85 Dementia: Health Services 75 HOME OFFICE 86 Dental Services: Staff 75 Asylum: Hotels 86 Disability: Coronavirus 75 Asylum: Military Bases 86 Eating Disorders: Young People 76 Domestic Abuse: Children 87 Electronic Cigarettes: Public Immigration 87 Places 77 Immigration: Married People 88 Epilepsy: Children 77 Gardasil 77 Health Professions: Resignations 78 Metropolitan Police Service's Levelling Up Fund and UK Handling of Non-recent Sexual Community Renewal Fund: Offence Investigations Alleged Halton 100 against Persons of Public Levelling Up Fund and UK Prominence Independent Community Renewal Fund: Review 88 Wales 100 Migrants: Coronavirus 89 Members: Correspondence 101 Pets: Theft 90 Planning Permission: Newbury 101 Police: Cambridgeshire 90 Public Lavatories: Gender Rape: Criminal Proceedings 91 Recognition 101 Terrorism: Birmingham 91 Regional Planning and HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND Development 102 LOCAL GOVERNMENT 91 Rented Housing: Coronavirus 102 Building Safety Fund 91 Rented Housing: Pets 103 Burlington House 92 Towns Fund 104 Business Premises: Insulation 92 UK Community Renewal Fund Business Premises: Rents 92 and UK Shared Prosperity Fund 104 Business: Finance 93 UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Camping Sites and Caravan Local Enterprise Partnerships 105 Sites 93 INTERNATIONAL TRADE 105 Community Development: Finance 94 Tradeshow Access Programme 105 Council Tax 94 JUSTICE 105 Domestic Abuse: Housing 94 [Subject Heading to be Evictions 95 Assigned] 105 Evictions: Coronavirus 95 Business: Coronavirus 106 Homelessness: LGBT People 96 Courts: Coronavirus 107 Housing: Construction 97 HM Courts and Tribunals Housing: Insulation 97 Service: Agency Workers 107 Leasehold: Fees and Charges 98 Prison Officers: Pay 108 Levelling Up Fund 98 Prison Service: Training 109 Levelling Up Fund and Towns Prisoners' Release: Housing 109 Fund 99 Prisons: Crimes of Violence 110 Levelling Up Fund and UK Prisons: Drugs 111 Community Renewal Fund 99 Prosecutions 113 Remote Hearings 113 Free Zones 128 Reoffenders: Sentencing 114 Free Zones: National Sexual Offences: Criminal Insurance Contributions 129 Proceedings 114 Free Zones: Public Women's Prisons: Costs 116 Expenditure 130 Young Offenders: Criminal Free Zones: Wales 130 Proceedings 117 In Vitro Fertilisation: Import NORTHERN IRELAND 118 Duties 130 UK Trade with EU: Northern National Infrastructure Bank 130 Ireland 118 National Infrastructure Bank: TRANSPORT 118 Staff 131 Airports: Coronavirus 118 National Savings and Investments: Complaints 131 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Medical Examinations 119 National Savings and Investments: Interest Rates 131 Ferries: Freight 119 National Savings and Free Zones: Plymouth 119 Investments: Standards 132 Free Zones: Yorkshire and the Off-payroll Working 132 Humber 120 Packaging: Taxation 133 Motor Vehicles: Noise 121 Public Sector: Pay 133 Travel: Coronavirus 121 Self-employment Income Wigan North Western Station 122 Support Scheme 134 TREASURY 122 Treasury: Publications 135 Beer: Excise Duties 122 WOMEN AND EQUALITIES 135 Bounce Back Loan Scheme 123 Ethnic Groups: Equality 135 Business Banking Resolution WORK AND PENSIONS 136 Service 123 Compensation 136 Business: Coventry 124 Department for Work and Capital Allowances 125 Pensions: Staff 136 Child Benefit 125 Employment: Surveys 138 Corporation Tax 126 Kickstart Scheme 138 Corporation Tax: Coronavirus 127 National Insurance Employment: Coronavirus 127 Contributions: Republic of Events Industry: Insurance 127 Ireland 138 Financial Conduct Authority: Pension Credit: Hackney Disclosure of Information 128 South and Shoreditch 139 Pension Credit: Publicity 139 WRITTEN STATEMENTS 143 Social Security Benefits: HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE 143 Disability 140 2021-22 Ring Fenced Public Social Security Benefits: Health Grant to Local Endometriosis 140 Authorities 143 Universal Credit: Coronavirus 140 HOME OFFICE 143 MINISTERIAL CORRECTIONS 142 Concluding Part One of the HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE 142 Police and Crime Commissioner Review 143 Coronavirus: Disability 142 Notes: Questions marked thus [R] indicate that a relevant interest has been declared. Questions with identification numbers of 900000 or greater indicate that the question was originally tabled as an oral question and has since been unstarred. ANSWERS BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY Blackmore Bond: Insolvency Peter Grant: [167260] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what specific steps his Department is taking in response to the statutory report filed with his Department by the Joint Administrators of Blackmore Bond plc on the conduct of the Directors of Blackmore Bond plc during the three years immediately prior to the company going into administration. Paul Scully: The content of the joint administrators’ report on the conduct of the directors of Blackmore Bond Plc is currently being investigated by the Insolvency Service. Boohoo: Debenhams Zarah Sultana: [164656] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations he has made to Boohoo executives on the 12,000 Debenhams jobs currently at risk. Paul Scully: While Government has no role in the strategic direction or management of private retail companies, officials have been in regular contact with
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