Questions Tabled on Thu 28 Jun 2018
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Published: Friday 29 June 2018 Questions tabled on Thursday 28 June 2018 Includes questions tabled on earlier days which have been transferred. T Indicates a topical oral question. Members are selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question. † Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. N Indicates a question for written answer on a named day under S.O. No. 22(4). [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. Questions for Answer on Monday 2 July Questions for Written Answer 1 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department that are not answered within the 20-day deadline. (158693) 2 Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support small and medium-sized businesses in Gillingham and Rainham constituency. (158735) 3 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the number of care workers who are paid less than the (a) national living wage and (b) national minimum wage as a result of their travel time not being taken into account for the calculation of wages. [Transferred] (158167) 4 John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2018 to Question 156340 on fire prevention: insulation, who was contracted by InnovateUK to carry out that work; and what deadline was set for the completion of that work. (158690) 5 Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support SME suppliers to supermarkets. (158767) 2 Published: Friday 29 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON THURSDAY 28 JUNE 2018 6 Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to support suppliers and consumer choice after the merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda. (158768) 7 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the news article on red warnings for UK’s post-Brexit nuclear safeguards published by Sky News on 16 May, what the basis for the five areas of nuclear safeguard being categorised by the Office for Nuclear Regulation as high level risk on departure from the EU is; what steps he is taking to reduce the risk in those areas; and if he will make a statement. (158721) 8 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2018 to Question 136693 on Wylfa Power Station: Construction, if he will publish the criteria by which the process of regulatory justification assessed the (a) reliability, (b) costs, and (c) implications for energy security of the use of advanced boiling water reactors in the UK, including at the new nuclear power station at Wylfa Newydd, Wales. (158722) 9 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the timetable is for SMETS2 meters to be made available for pre-payment consumers. (158665) 10 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the timetable is for his Department to classify the compatibility of SMETS2 gas meters with the DCCs communication systems as reliable, and what assessment he has made of the effect of that timetable on progress on the 2020 deadline for the smart meters roll-out programme. (158666) 11 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of removing gas meter installations from the smart meters implementation programme; and the effect of the removal of those installations on dual fuel energy tariffs. (158667) 12 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many meters a DCC communications hub will need to have (a) tested and (b) operating on its communication system before a decision can be made on the reliability of that system. (158668) 13 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons the end date for the installation of SMETS1 meters has been extended again; and what assessment he has made of the effect of multiple extensions to the SMETS1 deadline on the readiness of the supply chains for (a) SMETS1 and (b) SMETS2 meters. (158669) Published: Friday 29 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON THURSDAY 28 JUNE 2018 3 14 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the recent extension to the SMETS1 installation deadline on the installation capacity of energy suppliers. (158670) 15 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons the installation of SMETS2 meters is taking longer than that of SMETS1 meters; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that time taken on (a) installation costs and (b) the customer experience. (158671) 16 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress has been made on the plans of the Data Communications Company to (a) enrol and (b) adopt SMETS1 meters; what information he holds on the timetable for the completion of those plans; and whether the services of the DCC need to be fully scalable and reliable before those plans can be completed. (158672) 17 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress he has made on a communications solution for signal penetration issues which prevent the installation of smart meters in properties. (158673) 18 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2018 to Question 151046 on Energy: Meters, how many full-time equivalent working hours it will take his Department to convert the installation costs from the 2016 Cost-Benefit Analysis expressed in 2011 prices into current prices for comparison. (158674) 19 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of the 14 June to Question 151039 on Energy: Meters, how his Department calculated the £1.50 per customer allowance for the cost of the smart meter roll-out to energy suppliers in the pre- payment meter price cap; and how many SMETS2 gas meters that have been (a) installed and (b) connected to the DCC communication system. (158675) 20 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of the 14 June to Question 151038 on Energy: Meters, whether (a) there is a duty on Ofgem to use that methodology; and (b) the methodology proposed will ensure that the full cost of installations will be reflected in the tariff cap. (158676) 21 John McNally (Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to enable former directors of companies to require the removal of their name by those companies from company materials. (158770) 4 Published: Friday 29 June 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON THURSDAY 28 JUNE 2018 22 Martin Whitfield (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is planning to update BIS guidance for foreign exchange providers: compliance with consumer protection legislation, published on 20 September 2012. (158801) 23 Ben Bradley (Mansfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of technical education provision for secondary school pupils. (158811) 24 Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many additional school places have been created in Medway since 2010. (158733) 25 Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to reduce the attainment gap in (a) Medway and (b) England. (158734) 26 Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children and young people are in foster care in each constituent part of the UK. (158700) 27 Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of people under the age of 18 are in foster care. (158701) 28 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to prevent selective schools and sixth form colleges (a) suspending pupils and (b) encouraging pupils to leave due to poor grades. (158805) 29 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to bring publish a consultation on amending the School Admissions Code to enable summer-born children can be admitted to a reception class at the age of five when their parents believe it to be in the best interest of the child.