Questions Tabled on Fri 11 May 2018
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Published: Monday 14 May 2018 Questions tabled on Friday 11 May 2018 Includes questions tabled on earlier days which have been transferred. T Indicates a topical oral question. Members are selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question. † Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. N Indicates a question for written answer on a named day under S.O. No. 22(4). [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. Questions for Answer on Monday 14 May Questions for Written Answer 1 Robert Courts (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support businesses and entrepreneurs. [Transferred] (142910) 2 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve awareness among employers of the extra burdens felt by employees who are carers. [R] [Transferred] (142451) 3 Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of NICE guidelines on the identification of, assessment of and interventions for children with autism. [Transferred] (142871) Questions for Answer on Tuesday 15 May Questions for Written Answer 1 Hugh Gaffney (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on Clause 11 of the EU (Withdrawal) Bill. (143220) 2 Published: Monday 14 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON FRIDAY 11 MAY 2018 2 Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government take steps to measure the positive effect that holidays can play in family life. (143184) 3 N Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment has he made of the effect of the short term project funding model on the diversity of early years researchers. [Transferred] (142842) 4 N Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what employment rights are associated with (a) post-doctoral and (b) project research funding for researchers in the early stage of their careers. [Transferred] (142843) 5 Ben Bradley (Mansfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an estimate of the amount of funding his Department has spent on arts and culture provision in former coalfield communities in each of the last five years. (143239) 6 Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps Government is taking to support social tourism initiatives throughout the UK. (143185) 7 Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions the Government has had with the tourism industry on helping families with low incomes take a holiday away from home. (143186) 8 Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the value of social tourism to the UK (a) domestic tourism industry and (b) economy. (143187) 9 Brendan O'Hara (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take into account whether Comcast’s bid for Sky includes commitments to maintain Sky’s employment levels in (a) Scotland and (b) throughout the UK. (143188) 10 Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local authority children’s services receive sufficient funding to support vulnerable young people. (143148) 11 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to tackle the attainment gap among BAME students. (143228) 12 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the attainment gap between students from the North and South of England. (143229) 13 Lesley Laird (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to seek to end cosmetic animal testing throughout the world. (143238) Published: Monday 14 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON FRIDAY 11 MAY 2018 3 14 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy that the statutory enforcement of the identification of horses be compiled by the Central Equine Database once that database is fully launched. (143230) 15 Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many departmental jobs are being transferred from the Welsh Government building in Caernarfon to the site at Victoria Dock. (143122) 16 Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the new departmental site in Victoria Dock, Caernarfon is owned by the Government or is rented property. (143123) 17 Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the options for an agreement on the terms for the UK's financial services industry after the end of the transition period are. (143118) 18 Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department is taking steps to prioritise tackling pneumonia throughout the world. (143195) 19 Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support developing countries to establish universal health coverage. (143196) 20 Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to the Department of Health and Social Care to use the upcoming World Health Assembly as an opportunity to encourage other countries to Invest in strengthening their healthcare systems. (143197) 21 Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on aid for the treatment of cholera cases in Yemen in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017. (143108) 22 Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on aid for the treatment of diphtheria cases in Yemen in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017. (143109) 23 Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of the blockade in Yemen on the price of and accessibility of fuel in that country. (143110) 24 Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of the blockade in Yemen on the supply and trucking of water across that country. (143111) 4 Published: Monday 14 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON FRIDAY 11 MAY 2018 25 Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers of his Department and (c) officials of his Department have held with Heathrow Airport Limited on the proposed north-west runway since 2 February 2017. (143191) 26 Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what days and for what purposed (a) he, (b) Ministers of his Department and (c) officials of his Department have met Heathrow Airport Limited since 2 February 2017. (143192) 27 Paul Girvan (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the fines which were imposed on rail operators that failed to reach the expected level of service in 2017. (143226) 28 Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time taken is for the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to issue driving licence forms in the Welsh language when they such forms have been requested in the last 12 months. (143121) 29 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to put the UK in the top quartile of comparator countries for the speed of adoption. (143105) 30 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the uptake of innovative new medicines in the UK. (143106) 31 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the change in prescription charges has been in real terms in each year since 2009-10. (143158) 32 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the spending per in-patient in England on NHS meals was per (a) hospital stay and (b) day in each year since 2009-10. (143159) 33 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of deaths from (a) pneumonia and (b) pneumococcal disease. (143160) 34 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of fraud in the NHS. (143161) 35 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what savings has been generated for the public purse through managed access agreements for new medicines since 2016.