Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018

Questions tabled on Monday 15 October 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 Tuesday 16 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) recent progress has been made on and (b) the proposed timeframe is for the establishment of the Public Service Leadership Academy. [Transferred] (178296)

2 N Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he is taking steps to protect prospective adoptive parents from being barred because of conscientious objection to gender reassignment and gender recognition for under-18s; and if he will make a statement. [Transferred] (178212)

3 Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will undertake a review of the (a) role and (b) functions of the second executor in relation to wills. [Transferred] (178529)

Questions for Answer on Wednesday 17 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Attorney General, what the Government’s policy is on the bringing of criminal charges against children who are (a) awaiting an National Referral Mechanism decision and (b) have an National Referral Mechanism decision, where the charges concerned are linked to the exploitation in relation to which the referral was made; and if he will make a statement. (179176) 2 Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018

2 Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government's press release of 14 October 2018, Leading tech companies support code to strengthen security of internet-connected devices, for what reasons compliance with the code of practice is voluntary. (179326)

3 Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government's press release of 14 October 2018, Leading tech companies support code to strengthen security of internet-connected devices, what account was taken of the proposed EU Cybersecurity Act during the drafting of the code of practice. (179327)

4 Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to increase awareness of its cyber security standards for industry. (179329)

5 Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of Government department's implementation of the Minimum Cyber Security Standard. (179332)

6 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the total value of Government contracts held by the construction firm Keir. (179111)

7 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions his Department has had with Keir on that company's financial sustainability. (179112)

8 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings the Crown Commercial Service has had with Kier in the last 12 months. (179114)

9 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Green Deal loan appeals his Department has received; and how many of those appeals have been completed. (179252)

10 Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of households in fuel poverty. (179200)

11 Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support consumers in financial difficulty to meet their energy costs. (179201)

12 Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support adults without basic literacy skills. (179202)

13 Paul Masterton (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much the Government has invested in renewable energy through the Contracts for Difference programme. (179297) Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018 3

14 Paul Masterton (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent progress the Government has made on implementing its commitment to end unabated coal power generation by 2025. (179298)

15 Jared O'Mara (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to ensure that there is a secure supply of gas for residents of (a) England and (b) Sheffield Hallam in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (179310)

16 Jared O'Mara (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to ensure that there is a secure supply of electricity for residents of (a) England and (b) Sheffield Hallam in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (179311)

17 Jared O'Mara (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to support businesses that export to the EU in the event that that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (179314)

18 Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of electricity generated by (a) solar and (b) other renewable sources. (179085)

19 Mr Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he will make it his policy to ensure that mobile operators share a proportion of the 5G radio spectrum with local communities that seek to build and deploy 5G base stations. (179261)

20 Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his Department's document, Cyber Security Breach Survey 2017, published in April 2017, how many businesses he estimates are aware of the Cyber Essentials programme. (179330)

21 Gavin Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that funding allocated from the public purse to sporting bodies throughout the UK is spent by those bodies in a (a) legal, (b) non-discriminating and (c) non-political manner. (179241)

22 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on promoted content on (a) Twitter, (b) Facebook and (c) Instagram in each month since June 2017. (179276)

23 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether gagging clauses have been used in contracts drawn up between his Department and any charities, voluntary sector organisations, social enterprises or companies with the intention of stopping any criticism of Ministers of his Department. (179074) 4 Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018

24 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many child death reviews which have identified trauma or external factors as the cause of death have been conducted in each of the last five years, in each local authority area in England. (179175)

25 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the support that schools provide to girls who are menstruating. (179099)

26 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of school exclusions. (179103)

27 Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average per pupil funding provided by his Department is for schools in (a) Garston and Halewood and (b) East Hampshire constituency. (179126)

28 Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate has been made of the cost of relocating flood defenses to enable a school to be built on the Bowring sports ground SE12; and if he will make a statement. (179078)

29 Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of which areas of England have the highest proportion of adults with below average functional (a) numeracy and (b) literacy. (179199)

30 Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on assessments for children that may have dyslexia. [R] (179182)

31 Jared O'Mara (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to ensure that there is a secure supply of food for residents of (a) England and (b) Sheffield Hallam in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (179312)

32 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on promoted content on (a) Twitter, (b) Facebook and (c) Instagram in each month since June 2017. (179273)

33 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the UK has put forward for continuing co-operation with the EU on monitoring avian influenza in wild birds and domestic poultry. [Transferred] (178510)

34 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, when the Government plans to publish its proposals for the constitutional arrangements for devolved authorities in relation to EU law after the UK has left the EU. (179065) Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018 5

35 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate he has made of the number of international treaties that will (a) be affected and (b) need to be renegotiated in the event that the UK leaves the EU. (179070)

36 Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the Government has plans to include provisions on the framework for the future relationship with the European Union in the proposals for an EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill. (179191)

37 Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many non-disclosure agreements have been signed by (a) companies, (b) organisations and (c) individuals in relation to the Government's preparations for the UK leaving the EU without deal. (179192)

38 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how much his Department has spent on promoted content on (a) Twitter, (b) Facebook and (c) Instagram in each month since June 2017. (179271)

39 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the Bangladeshi Government to ensure there are not delays in granting access to International NGOs operating in Bangladesh. (179216)

40 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has allocated to mental health support for Rohingya refugees living in Cox’s Bazar. (179217)

41 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether any of her Department's partners have had their permits to operate within the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar rescinded by the Government of Bangladesh; and if she will make a statement. (179218)

42 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her Bangladeshi counterparts on allowing NGOs to carry radios in the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar. (179219)

43 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the UK's contribution to humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refugees includes resources to improve lighting in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camp; and if she will make a statement. . (179220)

44 Mr Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of Official Development Assistance is spent on protecting endangered species. (179262) 6 Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018

45 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on promoted content on (a) Twitter, (b) Facebook and (c) Instagram in each month since June 2017. (179275)

46 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government plans to devolve certain aspects of trade policy to the Northern Ireland Executive in the event that the UK leaves the EU. (179071)

47 Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether he has plans to include in future trade deals provisions in relation to currency manipulation. (179181)

48 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much his Department has spent on promoted content on (a) Twitter, (b) Facebook and (c) Instagram in each month since June 2017. (179272)

49 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether gagging clauses have been used in contracts drawn up between his Department and any charities, voluntary sector organisations, social enterprises or companies with the intention of stopping any criticism of Ministers of his Department. (179076)

50 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the cost to the public purse of the delay to Crossrail. (179101)

51 Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing transport fee concessions to all assistants of a disabled individual where that individual requires more than one assistant to use public transport. (179198)

52 Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect on (a) prices of flights connecting to the UK and (b) competitiveness in the international aviation market of the proposed merger of the Emirates and Etihad airlines. (179229)

53 Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his speech at the Conservative party conference on 1 October 2018, what specific stronger obligations he plans to introduce to rail franchises in relation to passenger compensation rights. (179230)

54 Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative risk assessment he has made of (a) imposing and (b) negotiating on changes to the measure of inflation used for rail industry pay negotiations. (179231) Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018 7

55 Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department undertook an impact assessment of the effect on demand for electric vehicles in advance of the decision to reduce funding for the plug-in car grant. (179232)

56 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on promoted content on (a) Twitter, (b) Facebook and (c) Instagram in each month since June 2017. (179274)

57 Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that provisions for disability inclusive rail services are included in future rail franchise agreements to enable disabled people to travel (a) for work and (b) for pleasure. (179303)

58 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to provide low-income parents in receipt of universal credit with support for the payment of upfront childcare costs. (179223)

59 Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with housing associations in South Liverpool on the potential effect of the introduction of universal credit on tenants' ability to make rental payments. (179125)

60 Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her department will take steps to collect official statistics on food bank usage in the UK following the national roll-out of Universal Credit. (179129)

61 Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the national roll-out of Universal Credit on the incidence of food bank usage in the UK. (179130)

62 Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential effects of the roll-out of Universal Credit on child poverty levels in Garston and Halewood constituency. (179131)

63 Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are employed in the North East (a) on zero-hour contracts and (b) in non-permanent jobs. (179209)

64 Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effect of (a) zero-hour contracts and (b) non-permanent work on the mental health of employees. (179210)

65 Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support unemployed adults without basic literacy skills. (179203) 8 Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018

66 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training Jobcentre Plus staff receive to ensure that they are able to fully support people with learning disabilities to find work. (179256)

67 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people with learning disabilities who have been in (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment in each of the last five years. (179257)

68 Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for (a) Personal Independence Payment and (b) Employment and Support Allowance were (i) made and (ii) awarded in each of the last three years. (179301)

69 Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for (a) Personal Independence Payment and (b) Employment and Support Allowance where Endometriosis was referenced in the application were (a) made and (b) awarded in each of the last three years. (179302)

70 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on promoted content on (a) Twitter, (b) Facebook and (c) Instagram in each month since June 2017. (179268)

71 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether support is provided for unpaid carers who suffer from mental ill-health as a result of caring; and if he will make a statement. (179225)

72 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on the ability of the NHS to adopt new technologies to improve patient outcomes of changes in the level of its funding. (179226)

73 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of air quality in London on children’s health. (179227)

74 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether gagging clauses have been used in contracts drawn up between his Department and any charities, voluntary sector organisations, social enterprises or companies with the intention of stopping any criticism of Ministers of his Department. (179073)

75 Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the level of spending on research into the causes and treatment of dementia; if he will make a statement. (179105)

76 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training NHS clinical staff receive to ensure that they are able to meet the specific needs of people with learning difficulties. (179258) Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018 9

77 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training NHS administrative staff receive to ensure that they are able to meet the specific needs of people with learning difficulties. (179259)

78 James Frith (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many training places were available for audiologists specialising in paediatrics; how many of those places were filled; and how many such students graduated in each of the last five years. (179299)

79 James Frith (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people with mental health problems who (a) live in social rented property and (b) are homeowners; and what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the issues raised by those people and the medical staff who treat them. (179300)

80 Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what financial support his Department provides to a (a) widow and (b) widower that nursed their deceased marital partner through a terminal illness. (179185)

81 Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the updated version of the NHS Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle will be published; and whether that update will include explicit recommendations on reducing stillbirths in twin pregnancies. (179160)

82 Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many emergency hospital admissions there have been for people with Type 1 diabetes in each NHS hospital trust in each of the last five years. (179116)

83 Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients with Type 1 diabetes have been referred for (a) psychological support, (b) psychiatric support and (c) treatment for an eating disorder or diabulimia in the last 12 months. (179117)

84 Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of patients with Type 1 diabetes had access to (a) an insulin pump, (b) a continuous glucose monitoring device and (c) other devices for measuring blood glucose levels in each Clinical Commissioning Group area in the last 12 months. (179118)

85 Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with Type 1 diabetes, in each Clinical Commissioning Group area have been treated fo (a) retinopathy, (b) diabetes- related podiatry problems, (c) neuropathy and (d) heart-related conditions in each of the last five years. (179119) 10 Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018

86 Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has commissioned into integrated care models for Type 1 diabetes; and what the effect of that research has been on the provision of care for people with Type 1 diabetes. (179120)

87 Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes by (a) age and (b) gender in each Clinical Commissioning Group area in each of the last five years. (179121)

88 Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) GPs, (b) GP practice nurses, (c) diabetes nurse specialists, (d) diabetologists and (e) psychology and psychiatric specialists on the treatment of Type 1 diabetes in each of the last five years. (179122)

89 Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the use of artificial pancreas devices for the treatment of people with Type 1 diabetes. (179123)

90 Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) major and (b) minor amputations have been carried out as a result of (i) Type 1 and (ii) Type 2 diabetics in each Clinical Commissioning Group area in each of the last five years. (179124)

91 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will establish a duty for his Department to routinely monitor the potency of street cannabis; what assessment he has made of the implications for Government policy of the research by Kings College in (a) 2005, (b) 2008 and (c) 2016 on the potency of street cannabis; and if he will make a statement. (179178)

92 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2018 to Question 174679 on Eating Disorders, for what reasons he has no current plans to introduce a waiting time standard for adults with an eating disorder. (179179)

93 Jared O'Mara (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure that there is a secure medicine supply for hospitals in (a) England and (b) Sheffield in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (179315)

94 Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the initiatives announced by the Prime Minister on 3 October 2018 on early detection rates for cancer include blood cancer; and if he will make a statement. (179183) Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018 11

95 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on opening an independent investigation into the deaths of Palestinians at the border between Israel and Gaza in the last year. (179221)

96 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with counterparts on the UN Security Council on establishing an independent investigation into the deaths of Palestinian protesters in the last year. (179222)

97 Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the US Administration on the decision to close the Palestinian diplomatic mission in Washington. (179089)

98 Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the US Administration’s relationship with the International Criminal Court on the work of that institution; and if he will make a statement. (179090)

99 Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support the work of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in examining recent events in the West Bank and Gaza. (179091)

100 Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterparts on the (a) definition and (b) status of refugees in the Middle East. (179092)

101 Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the decision by the Hong Kong Government to deny a work visa to the Financial Times’ Asia News Editor Victor Mallet, what recent assessment he has made of the level of (a) freedom of the press, (b) freedom of expression, (c) the rule of law and (d) Hong Kong’s autonomy. (179228)

102 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) his Sri Lankan counterpart and (b) the UK Permanent Representative at the UN on the implementation on UNHRC Resolution 34/1. (179260)

103 Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of UK citizens incarcerated in prisons abroad. (179186)

104 Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in which countries UK citizens are presently incarcerated in prisons. (179187) 12 Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018

105 Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the average length of prison sentence of UK citizens incarcerated in prisons outside the UK. (179188)

106 Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the longest prison sentence of a UK citizen currently incarcerated in a prison outside of the UK. (179189)

107 Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the shortest prison sentence of a UK citizen incarcerated in a prison outside of the UK. (179190)

108 Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) support and (b) protect human rights defenders in the UK’s human rights priority countries. (179149)

109 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on promoted content on (a) Twitter, (b) Facebook and (c) Instagram in each month since June 2017. (179270)

110 Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) freeness and (b) fairness of the elections in Cameroon on 7 October 2018. (179156)

111 Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of reports of the escalation of violence in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon; and if he will make a statement. (179157)

112 Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of the recommendations made in the recent report by Amnesty International on violence and human rights violations in Anglophone Cameroon; and if he will discuss those recommendations with his Cameroonian counterpart. (179158)

113 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suspected victims of human trafficking have been deported after being referred by the police to UK Visas and Immigration. (179211)

114 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what protection is provided to victims of human trafficking to enable them to report trafficking to the police without fear of deportation. (179212)

115 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the 794 unaccompanied refugee children who were granted asylum in the UK in 2017 have made applications for family reunion. (179213) Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018 13

116 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the Metropolitan police (a) collects and (b) stores personal data that is used for predictive crime mapping. (179214)

117 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle online hate crime. (179215)

118 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether gagging clauses have been used in contracts drawn up between his Department and any charities, voluntary sector organisations, social enterprises or companies with the intention of stopping any criticism of Ministers of his Department. (179072)

119 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what current estimate he has made of the number of (a) gang members in England, (b) gang members who are under the age of 18 and (c) children in England who are the sibling of a known gang member. (179171)

120 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful referrals have been made to the National Referral Mechanism in each of the past five years. (179172)

121 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people referred to the National Referral Mechanism were (a) males over 18, (b) males over 18 who are British residents, (c) males over 18 who go on to get a positive decision, (d) females over 18, (e) females over 18 who are British residents, (f) females over 18 who go on to get a positive decision, (g) males under 18, (h) males under 18 who are British residents, (i) males under 18 who go on to get a positive decision, (j) females under 18 in total, (k) females under 18 who are British residents and (l) females under 18 who go on to get a positive decision in each of the last five years. (179173)

122 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals have been made to the National Referral Mechanism due to gang involvement in each of the last five years. (179174)

123 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of gang-related crime in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK in the last five years. (179102)

124 Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that Merseyside Police have the resources required to tackle incidents of knife and gun crime in the area. (179132)

125 Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with Merseyside Police on tackling knife and gun crime in Merseyside. (179133) 14 Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018

126 Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will increase the level of central Government funding to Merseyside Police force to help that police force tackle recent incidents of knife and gun crime in Merseyside. (179134)

127 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) local authorities and (b) community organisations are planned to be involved in providing support to vulnerable people applying for the EU settlement scheme. (179322)

128 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on promoted content on (a) Twitter, (b) Facebook and (c) Instagram in each month since June 2017. (179269)

129 Ruth Smeeth (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what length of journey to a reporting centre is considered as reasonable by the Home Office. (179265)

130 Royston Smith (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department plans to subsidise costs of short-term visas for students wishing to study in the UK after the UK leaves the EU. (179253)

131 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Leader of the House, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on proxy voting for MPs; and when she plans to allocate parliamentary time to debate the matter. (179100)

132 Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the enhanced effective pension age of 60 years has not been introduced for Ministry of Defence Police Officers following a recent requirement for those officers to comply with College of Policing fitness standards. (179251)

133 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the Government-owned company International Military Services Ltd has funded salaries and legal fees since it ceased trading in 1991. (179281)

134 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on people’s safety of changes in the level of funding for social housing repairs. (179224)

135 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether gagging clauses have been used in contracts drawn up between his Department and any charities, voluntary sector organisations, social enterprises or companies with the intention of stopping any criticism of Ministers of his Department. (179077) Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018 15

136 Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what meetings he (a) has had and (b) plans to have with Rolton Kilbride on its application for a gasification plant at Hillthorn Farm in Washington and Sunderland West; and what the purpose was of the meetings that he has had. (179159)

137 Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities are responsible for removing abandoned cars from private land. (179169)

138 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether gagging clauses have been used in contracts drawn up between his Department and any charities, voluntary sector organisations, social enterprises or companies with the intention of stopping any criticism of Ministers of his Department. (179075)

139 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2018 to Question 157090 on Ministry of Justice: Buildings, how many days each Minister of his Department spent in Petty France between 7 December 2017 and 7 January 2018. (179168)

140 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of undertaking a review of the effectiveness of driving (a) offences and (b) penalties. (179087)

141 Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals who have been given an indeterminate sentence for public protection have been deported (a) forcibly and (b) voluntarily in each year since 2010. (179249)

142 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if the Government will adhere to the commitments on the Northern Ireland border which the UK and EU made in the December 2017 Joint Report in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (179068)

143 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the December 2017 Joint Report and the Northern Ireland backstop arrangement, what the Government’s definition is of the term full alignment. (179069)

144 Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Prime Minister, when she plans to respond to the letter of the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne of 21 March 2018 on the enforcement of the Ministerial Code. (179238)

145 Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on parents who have mistakenly omitted to claim child benefit and as a result lost out on national insurance state pension credits; and what steps his Department is taking to help those people. (179286) 16 Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018

146 Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions have been made against people promoting disguised remuneration schemes in each year since 1999. (179147)

147 Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the maximum amount of time is that HMRC provides to people who cannot afford to pay the 2019 loan charge. (179148)

148 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2018 on Question 171482 on Public Sector, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on (a) auditing the accounts of Government-controlled companies that are not audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General, (b) monitoring the accounting framework which those accounts are audited against and (c) the overall scrutiny of public spending. (179278)

149 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2018 to Question 171483 on Public Sector: Accounting, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the parliamentary scrutiny of the accounts of Government-controlled companies that are not required to lay their accounts before Parliament. (179279)

150 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2018 to Question 171486 on Government Controlled Companies, whether his Department has granted approval to IMS Ltd (a) for its exemption from the full disclosures required under the 2006 Companies Act and (b) not to disclose publicly its contingent liabilities prior to its 2017 accounts being signed off. (179280)

151 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the extension of civil partnerships to heterosexual couples. (179255)

Questions for Answer on Thursday 18 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 N Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed by the Government Digital Service in each of the last seven years. (179323)

2 N Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government's press release of 14 October 2018, Leading tech companies support code to strengthen security of internet-connected devices, what plans the Government has to increase engagement with tech companies to facilitate the implementation of the code of practice. (179325) Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018 17

3 N Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed by the National Cyber Security Centre in each of the last two years. (179328)

4 N Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government's press release of 14 October 2018, Leading tech companies support code to strengthen security of internet-connected devices, what targets the Government has adopted for the uptake of the voluntary code of practice. (179331)

5 N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the ability of Government contractors to provide agreed services. (179110)

6 N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings his Department has had with the construction firm Kier in the last 12 months. (179113)

7 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on (a) the ability of the Government to meet its climate change targets and (b) the environment of reducing regulations on shale gas extraction; and if he will make a statement. (179204)

8 N Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to undertake a review of the enforcement powers of National Trading Standards and Trading Standards Scotland. (179254)

9 N Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many UK post office closures there have been in each year since 1997. (179177)

10 N Jim McMahon (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will stop the closure of post offices and their relocation to WHSmith branches. (179284)

11 N Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish a response to submissions received in his Department's consultation on the recommendations made in the Matthew Taylor Review of modern employment practices regarding agency workers which closed on 9 May 2018. [R] (179296)

12 N Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans the Government has to deal with the use of inaccurate classification of self-employment by companies. (179206)

13 N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to increase the proportion of electricity generated by solar panels. (179084) 18 Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018

14 N Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he has plans to publish a summary table on www.gov.uk, with periodic updates, on progress made on (a) the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights and (b) additional policy commitments made by his Department on that plan. (179151)

15 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) the response of stakeholders to the 2011 report of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee on football governance and (b) other aspects of that governance. (179098)

16 N Gavin Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance he provides to Sport GB on national representation relating to obligations under the Good Friday Agreement. (179239)

17 N Gavin Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he recognises the Northern Ireland Boxing Association; and whether he supports that association's full participation in boxing throughout the UK. (179240)

18 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the White Paper on online harm is planned to be published. (179245)

19 N Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the changes in rents payable by communication network providers as a consequence of recent reforms to the Electronic Communications Code; and if he will make a statement. (179058)

20 N Tracy Brabin (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) removing and (b) freezing business rates on early years and childcare settings. (179287)

21 N Tracy Brabin (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of eligible disabled children are accessing 30 hours of free childcare. (179288)

22 N Tracy Brabin (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of primary schools which have opened since September 2017 (a) include a nursery and (b) do not include a nursery. (179289)

23 N Tracy Brabin (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of new primary schools that have been approved since September 2017 (a) include plans a nursery and (b) do not include plans for a nursery. (179290)

24 N Tracy Brabin (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the (a) number of nursery closures and (b) the length of time those nurseries were in business in each of the last five years. (179291) Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018 19

25 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the number of people who continue to work in the social work profession after five years having (a) completed a (i) Bachelor's and (ii) Master's degree at a British university and (b) participated in the Step Up to Social Work programme. (179094)

26 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the services in schools for children who experience a bereavement; and if he will make a statement. (179096)

27 N Dame Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of a requirement for EU students to obtain Study Visas on student numbers in (A) universities and (b) English Language Teaching after the UK has left the EU; and if he will make a statement. (179136)

28 N Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2018 to Question 176324 on Teachers: Pensions, whether his Department is consulting on whether any additional funding should be provided to independent schools to meet higher employer contributions to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme. (179295)

29 N Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2018 to Question 176323 on Teachers: Pensions, which employers excluding (a) state-funded schools and (b) further education providers will be required to increase employer contributions to the Teachers' Pension Scheme; what assessment has he made of the effect of those contributions on the financial viability of those employers; and what the timeframe is for the consultation to conclude. (179233)

30 N Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 10 October 2018 on Government Asset Sale, HCWS979, what the HM Treasury Green Book valuation is of the student loans to be sold in the second sale. (179236)

31 N Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the current RAB charge is on Plan 1 student loans. (179237)

32 N Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish a response to his Department's call for evidence on home education. (179207)

33 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2018 to Question 176014 on Food: Imports , what assessment he has made of the accuracy of statements made by in the paper, Feeding Britain: Food Security after Brexit on the suspension of food controls. (179141) 20 Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018

34 N Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has he made of the possibility of recycling disposable nappies. (179059)

35 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) Austria, (b) Belgium, (c) Bulgaria, (d) Croatia, (e) Cyprus, (f) The Czech Republic, (g) Denmark, (h) Estonia, (i) Finland, (j) France, (k) Germany, (l) Greece, (m) Hungary, (n) Ireland, (o) Italy, (p) Latvia, (q) Lithuania, (r) Luxembourg, (s) Malta, (t) The Netherlands, (u) Poland, (v) Portugal, (w) Romania, (x) Slovakia, (y) Slovenia, (z) Spain and (i) Sweden on maintaining the rights of UK nationals in those member states in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (179205)

36 N Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment the Government made of the ability under existing legislation to extend any transition period beyond December 2020 while negotiating a new trading relationship with the EU; and whether such a period would need to be covered under a separate treaty with the EU. (179064)

37 N Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the UK will retain its membership of the Single Euro Payments Area after exiting the European Union. (179304)

38 N Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will publish the (a) dates and (b) countries his Department's trade working groups have held meetings with since the creation of his Department. (179066)

39 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the status is of the review of the air space around RAF Brize Norton; and if he will take steps with the Ministry of Defence to ensure that objections to the proposed changes are taken into account before a final decision is taken. (179082)

40 N Jim McMahon (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to make public transport in Greater Manchester more environmentally friendly. (179283)

41 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2018 to Question 176638, what recent discussions his Department has held with Oxfordshire County Council on progress in delivering the A34 Lodge Hill scheme in Abingdon to the planned timescales; whether conditions on progress in delivering the project were attached to Government funding for that scheme; and if he will make a statement. (179305)

42 N Ruth George (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason a student maintenance loan is classed as income in respect of applications for universal credit. (179316) Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018 21

43 N Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of the report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Eye Health and Visual Impairment on capacity issues in eye care in England published in June 2018. (179150)

44 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the conclusion in the the National Audit Office report entitled Improving children and young people’s mental health services that the Government’s current plans will not deliver the Future in Mind proposals in full. (179193)

45 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the conclusions of report, Improving children and young people’s mental health services, published by the National Audit Office in October 2018 in relation to the absence of explicit objectives for proposals from Future in Mind on early intervention and resilience. (179194)

46 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) steps his Department is taking and (b) funding his Department has allocated to implement the proposals contained in the report, Future in Mind, Promoting, protecting and improving our children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, published by his Department and NHS England in 2015; what progress his Department has made on implementing those proposals; and if he will make a statement. (179195)

47 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking in response to the conclusions of the report entitled Improving children and young people’s mental health services, published by the National Audit Office in October 2018, that the Government does not have cross-government accountability arrangements in place to ensure Future in Mind is delivered as intended. (179196)

48 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish data on the number of non-NHS staff working in children and young people’s services. (179197)

49 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with (a) eating disorder units and (b) GPs throughout the country on the use of weight metrics to diagnose eating disorders; and if he will support the #DumpTheScales campaign. (179097)

50 N Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2018 to Question 177605 on Influenza: Vaccination, for what reason his Department took the decision to phase the 2018-19 season's flu vaccine between September and November 2018. (179127) 22 Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018

51 N Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2018 to Question 177604 on Influenza: Vaccination, what proportion of those vaccines are supplied by each company outlined in that Answer. (179128)

52 N Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2018 to Question 177602 on Influenza: Vaccination, for what reason deliveries of flu vaccinations from the manufacturer are being staggered to providers during September to November. (179135)

53 N Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2018 to Question 176002 on Palliative Care: Children, what the locations are of the eight centres commissioned nationally by NHS England as part of its remit to deliver specialised paediatric palliative care services. (179137)

54 N Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2018 to Question 76002 on Palliative Care: Children, what the value of funding was that was allocated to the eight centres for the delivery of specialised paediatric palliative care services. (179138)

55 N Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to commissioning criterion 6b of NHS England’s Criteria for the Prescribing of Enhanced Half-Life Blood Factors, published in September 2016; for what reason a maximum conversion ratio from Standard Half Life to EHL products was set; and whether a patient that achieved higher trough levels than before from a narrower conversion ratio would be switched back to their previous regimen. (179162)

56 N Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the paper entitled, The cost of severe haemophilia in Europe: the CHESS study published in the Orphanet journal of rare diseases in 2017, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for (i) outcomes for patients and (ii) investment in treatments are lower in the UK than other EU5 countries; and what steps he is taking to improve treatment outcomes in the UK. (179163)

57 N Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the World Federation of Haemophilia’s annual global survey, published in 2016, for what reason (a) Factor VIII and (b) Factor IX consumption per capita is lower in the UK than Ireland; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of UK levels of factor (i) VIII and (ii) IX consumption to deliver appropriate outcomes for patients. (179164)

58 N Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the timescale for the completion of the tenders for (a) Factor VIII and (b) Factor IX blood products. (179165) Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018 23

59 N Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to commissioning criterion 6b of NHS England’s Criteria for the Prescribing of Enhanced Half-Life Blood Factors, published in September 2016, what assessment he has made of the appropriateness of maximum conversion ratios for children; and if he will direct NHS England to introduce a higher maximum conversion ratio for children as a result of their higher factor IX usage per kg of body weight. (179166)

60 N Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many local authorities have suicide prevention plans in place; and what steps he is taking to ensure that those plans are effective. (179115)

61 N Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to NHS employers of increasing the employer contribution to the NHS Pension Scheme as a result of the reduction in the SCAPE discount rate in each of the next three fiscal years; and whether his Department has plans to fund the cost of the increased contribution in each of those years. (179294)

62 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish his Department's contractual guidance on the (a) access to and (b) use of data collected by private companies that have contracts with the NHS. (179139)

63 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department has spent on accessing data from (a) health authorities and (b) private sector companies that have (i) independently gathered information and data and (ii) gathered information through contracts with the NHS in each of the last three years. (179140)

64 N Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated to the purchase of new (a) reserves of blood stocks and tissues, (b) ventilated beds and (c) non-porous bags for the storage and transportation of corpses in (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2018-19, (iii) 2017-18 and (iv) 2016-17. (179167)

65 N Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the Government of Israel on the demolition order against Khan al Ahmar village in the West Bank since the beginning of September; and (a) on what dates and (b) to whom those representations were made. (179088)

66 N Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Saudi counterpart on the disappearance of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (179146)

67 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of freedom of religion or belief of Christians in Iran; and what recent assessment he 24 Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018

has made of the level of freedom of religion or belief of people in Iran who have converted to Christianity (a) in the UK before and (b) after having been returned to Iran from the UK. (179083)

68 N Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether representatives of the UK Government plan to attend the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh. (179180)

69 N Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to facilitate aid deliveries to Rukban camp in Syria; and what representations have been made to his counterparts in (a) Syria and (b) Jordan on conditions in that camp. (179093)

70 N Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people have been recruited by the National Cyber Security Centre in each of the last two years. (179324)

71 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the treatment of non-recognised minorities in countries in the Middle East. (179247)

72 N Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) membership and (b) remit of the Cross- Whitehall Steering Group on Business and Human Rights is; and if he will make a statement. (179152)

73 N Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions the cross-Whitehall steering group on business and human rights has met since the publication of the updated National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights. (179153)

74 N Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and (b) UK businesses on updating the national action plan on business and human rights after the UK leaves the EU. (179154)

75 N Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the implementation of the updated national action plan on business and human rights of the UK leaving the EU; and if he will make a statement. (179155)

76 N Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2018 to Question 176249 on Joe Robinson, for what reason the British Government has not made a Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018 25

public demand for the (a) release or (b) extradition of Joe Robinson; and whether it is the policy of the Government to ensure the timely return to the UK of Joe Robinson. (179184)

77 N Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer on 10 September 2018 on Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry, when his Department will respond to findings and recommendations made in the Child Migration Programmes report by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse; and if he will make a statement. (179104)

78 N Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the proportion of human trafficking cases that are linked to organ harvesting; and if he will make a statement. [R] (179106)

79 N Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with European counterparts on the proportion of human trafficking that is linked to organ harvesting; and if he will make a statement. [R] (179107)

80 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions has he had with the House of Bishops on the criteria used by the immigration authorities to assess whether a person has satisfactory grounds for using conversion to Christianity as a reason to be granted leave to remain. (179080)

81 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been returned from the UK to the Iran in each of the last five years having exhausted the appeals process; and how many cases of such returns are pending an appeals process. (179081)

82 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Statement of 11 October 2018 on Immigration health surcharge, HCWS995, how the figure of around £470 for the average annual cost of NHS usage by people paying the immigration health surcharge was calculated. (179266)

83 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish his Department’s evaluation of the first phase of the roll-out of the EU settlement scheme. (179317)

84 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people applied for the first phase of the EU settlement scheme; and how many of those applications were (a) successful, (b) unsuccessful, (c) awaiting a decision. (179318)

85 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average time taken by his Department was to process an application for the first phase of the EU settlement scheme. (179319) 26 Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018

86 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress his Department has made on enabling people to apply to the EU settlement scheme on (a) Apple and (b) other smartphones. (179320)

87 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional support he plans to provide to vulnerable people applying for the second phase of the EU settlement scheme. (179321)

88 N Stuart C. McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with respect to proposals for new asylum accommodation contracts, whether he plans to involve local authorities in existing dispersal areas in the process for finalising the contractual agreements with new accommodation providers. (179242)

89 N Stuart C. McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to publish the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration's report on Asylum Accommodation and the Government response to that report. (179243)

90 N Stuart C. McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to involve local authorities in existing dispersal areas in the process of finalising the new asylum accommodation contracts with providers. (179244)

91 N Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost to Fire and Rescue Services of increasing the employer contribution to the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme in each of the next three fiscal years; and whether his Department has plans to fund the cost of the increased contribution in each of those years. (179292)

92 N Ruth Smeeth (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what options were considered when taking the decision to close the Stoke reporting and offender management centre. (179263)

93 N Ruth Smeeth (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he made of the needs of asylum seekers in Stoke- on-Trent when the decision to close the Stoke Reporting Centre was taken. (179264)

94 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Army Bomb Disposal teams were called out between (a) 1 July 2014 and 1 July 2016 and (b) 1 July 2016 and 1 July 2018 as a result of (i) viable devices, (ii) hoax devices and (iii) hoax calls. (179145)

95 N Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the armed forces of increasing the employer contribution to the armed forces pension schemes in each of the next three fiscal years; and whether his Department has plans to fund the cost of the increased contribution in each of those years. (179293) Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018 27

96 N Sir Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the Enhanced Learning Credit Administration Service no longer funds the (a) national qualifications framework, (b) qualifications credit framework , (c) self-regulated framework and (d) industry recognised certifications at level three and above; and if he will make a statement. (179161)

97 N Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase anti-submarine warfare capacity. (179060)

98 N Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what anti-submarine warfare capability he plans to include on the Type 31e Frigates. (179061)

99 N Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for the replacements for landing platform docks Albion and Bulwark. (179062)

100 N Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to introduce Tomahawk Land Attack Missile capability to the surface fleet. (179063)

101 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the further consultation on LGBT+ rough sleepers in section 81, page 32 of his Department's Rough Sleeping Strategy, which (a) organisations and (b) individuals have been consulted. (179267)

102 N John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the safety of large panel system buildings. (179108)

103 N John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much money from the public purse was spent in affordable housing grants in each financial year since 2009-10. (179109)

104 N Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the total central government grant to City of Wolverhampton Council has been in each year since 2010. (179208)

105 N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will change building regulations to require new properties to contain solar panels. (179086)

106 N Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his department has any plans for the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service to be regulated by an independent governing body. (179170)

107 N Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Government plans to publish its proposals for a Northern Ireland backstop after the UK leaves the EU. (179067) 28 Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018

108 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions Army bomb disposal units were called out in Northern Ireland between (a) 1 July 2014 and 1 July 2016 and (b) 1 July 2016 and 1 July 2018. (179144)

109 N Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to her oral contribution of 10 October 2018, Official Report, column 133, what the evidential basis was for her statement that there are more teachers in our schools now and we see more people applying to be teachers; and to which year she was making a comparison. (179234)

110 N Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to her oral contribution of 10 October 2018, Official Report, column 133, what the evidential basis was for her statement that per pupil funding is being protected in real terms. (179235)

111 N Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Prime Minister, whether any Government ministers are confirmed to attend the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in October 2018. (179282)

112 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policy of the recent University of Birmingham report entitled Investing in a Resilient Generation which found that an almost additional £1.77 billion is required to scale up child and adolescent mental health services in order to ensure that every child receives support; and if he will make a statement. (179095)

113 N Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on UK-resident businesses of the proposal on deferred payment of capital gains tax for (a) trusts ceasing to be UK resident and (b) non-UK resident individuals who trade through a UK branch or agency as set out in clause 36 of the draft Finance Bill. (179306)

114 N Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of additional companies that will be within scope of Chapter 8 of Part 6A of the Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 in the event that new subsection 259HA(5)(b) is added as set out in clause 38 of the draft Finance Bill. (179307)

115 N Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the implications are for the UK’s participation in (a) EU Council Directive 2017/1852 and (b) other tax dispute resolution mechanisms after the UK has left the EU. (179308)

116 N Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) people and (b) businesses that will be affected by the implementation of EU Directive 2018/822 amending Directive 2011/16/EU as set out in clause 40 of the draft Finance Bill. (179309) Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018 29

117 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions has he had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the eligibility criteria used by lenders to tackle lending to people with that are addicted to gambling. (179079)

118 N Jim McMahon (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing an internet or online sales tax. (179285)

119 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a financial services tribunal. (179142)

120 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of amending the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 to include unregulated financial activity. (179143)

121 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on promoted content on (a) Twitter, (b) Facebook and (c) Instagram in each month since June 2017. (179277)

122 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made any assessment of the effect of beer duty on the viability of independent pubs. (179248)

123 N Mr William Wragg (Hazel Grove): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many statutory instruments required for the implementation of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 have been (a) produced in draft form and (b) approved by his Department. (179250)

124 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the number of Post Office closures in Wales since 2010 in comparison to other (a) nations and (b) regions of the UK. (179246)

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

1 Mrs Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): What steps he is taking to reduce plastic pollution by supermarkets. (907132)

2 Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): What recent steps he has taken to tackle fly-tipping. (907133)

3 David Linden (Glasgow East): What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on maintaining food and drink standards after the UK has left the EU. (907134) 30 Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018

4 Eddie Hughes (Walsall North): What steps he is taking to increase tree planting. (907135)

5 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): What progress his Department has made on meeting its target on household recycling. (907136)

6 Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): What recent discussions he has had with representatives of the water companies on their performance. (907137)

7 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): What recent steps he has taken to increase the level of recycling. (907138)

8 Alex Chalk (Cheltenham): What steps he is taking to increase tree planting. (907139)

9 Tom Tugendhat (Tonbridge and Malling): What steps he is taking to increase tree planting. (907140)

10 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): What plans he has for a new farming policy after the UK leaves the EU. (907141)

11 Vicky Ford (Chelmsford): What steps he is taking to reduce the amount of plastic pollution. (907142)

12 Stephen Pound (Ealing North): What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on UK participation in the European Food Safety Authority after the UK leaves the EU. (907143)

13 Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): What progress the Government has made on reintroducing a seasonal agricultural workers’ scheme. (907144)

14 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): When he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to increase the length of prison sentences for animal cruelty. (907145)

15 Mike Wood (Dudley South): What representations he has made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on financial support for the brewing industry. (907146)

16 Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington): What progress his Department has made on meeting its target on household recycling. (907147)

17 Tom Pursglove (Corby): What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provisions of the 125-year leases for developments between Forest Holidays and the Forestry Commission to protect the environment surrounding those developments. (907148)

18 Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): What steps he is taking to reduce the volume of plastic waste sent abroad for recycling. (907149)

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

T 1 Liz Twist (Blaydon): If he will make a statement on his departmental Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018 31

responsibilities. (907150)

T 2 Luke Graham (Ochil and South Perthshire): (907151)

T 3 Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): (907152)

T 4 Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): (907153)

T 5 John Grogan (Keighley): (907154)

T 6 Alex Chalk (Cheltenham): (907155)

T 7 Stephen Gethins (North East Fife): (907156)

T 8 Danielle Rowley (Midlothian): (907157)

Oral Questions to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission and the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission and the Honourable Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners and the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission

1 Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps he is taking to ensure that work on restoration and renewal provides opportunities for SMEs in the UK. (907120)

2 Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what progress the Church of England has made on bringing together organisations and people of good will to buy the Wonga loan book. (907121)

3 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what recent discussions she has had with the Government on the transparency of political donations in Northern Ireland. (907122)

4 Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to promote religious freedom. (907123)

5 Christian Matheson (City of Chester): To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent progress has been made on the Northern Estate Programme. (907124)

6 Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, what recent discussions he has had with the National Audit Office on the potential effect on its work of the UK leaving the EU. (907125) 32 Published: Tuesday 16 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 15 October 2018

7 Chris Elmore (Ogmore): To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the Commission is taking to ensure that (a) online portals and (b) staff data in the House of Commons are adequately protected. (907126)

8 Kevin Foster (Torbay): To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what plans the Church of England has to encourage more community use of churchyards. (907127)

9 Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of emergency childcare provision for Members and House staff. (907128)

10 Danielle Rowley (Midlothian): To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what plans the Church of England has to commemorate the anniversary of the end of the First World War. (907129)

11 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what recent discussions she has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on the potential merits of increasing electoral fines for breaches of electoral rules. (907130)

12 Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what plans the Church of England has to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War. (907131)