Daily Report Monday, 2 November 2020 This report shows written answers and statements provided on 2 November 2020 and the information is correct at the time of publication (06:32 P.M., 02 November 2020). For the latest information on written questions and answers, ministerial corrections, and written statements, please visit: http://www.parliament.uk/writtenanswers/ CONTENTS ANSWERS 7 Armed Forces: Human Rights 16 BUSINESS, ENERGY AND Armed Forces: Surveillance 17 INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY 7 International Military Services 17 Employment: Coronavirus 7 International Military Services: Energy Supply: Costs 7 Legal Costs 17 Fireworks 8 Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft 18 Fuel Poverty: Coronavirus 8 Ministry of Defence: Local Restrictions Support Companies 18 Grant 9 Veterans: Compensation 20 Renewable Energy: Greater DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND London 9 SPORT 21 Spaceflight: USA 10 Broadband 21 Tobacco: Smuggling 10 Data Protection: EU Law 21 USA: Spaceflight 11 Football Association of Wales: CABINET OFFICE 12 Finance 22 Borders: Northern Ireland 12 Football Association Premier League: Broadcasting 22 Coronavirus: Disease Control 13 Football: Government Elections: Travellers 13 Assistance 22 Government Departments: Gambling 23 Email 14 Horse Racing: Coronavirus 24 DEFENCE 14 Performing Arts: Redundancy 24 [Subject Heading to be Assigned] 14 Performing Arts: Self- employed 25 Armed Forces Covenant 15 Sports: Ombudsman 26 Armed Forces: Criminal Investigation 15 UK Safer Internet Centre 27 UK Safer Internet Centre: EU FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH Grants and Loans 27 AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE 41 EDUCATION 27 British Nationals Abroad: Care Leavers and Special Coronavirus 41 Educational Needs: Finance 27 British Nationals Abroad: Children in Care and Special Death 42 Educational Needs: Personal British Nationals Abroad: Budgets 28 Detainees 43 Children: Day Care 29 Cameroon: Human Rights 43 Grammar Schools: Admissions 30 China: Sanctions 44 Pupils: Mental Health 30 Department for International Pupils: Self-harm 31 Trade: Private Education 44 Qualifications: Gender 32 Developing Countries: Economic Situation 45 Schools: Mental Health Services 33 Developing Countries: Health Services 45 Schools: Sefton 34 Diplomatic Service 46 Sex and Relationship Education: Religion 34 Diplomatic Service: Pandemics 46 Special Educational Needs: Reviews 35 Diplomatic Service: Passports 46 Universities: Coronavirus 35 Diplomatic Service: Sanctions 47 ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND Diplomatic Service: Standards 47 RURAL AFFAIRS 37 Females: Education 48 Animal Welfare 37 Foreign, Commonwealth and Animals: Exports 37 Development Office: Email 48 Disposable Wipes and Foreign, Commonwealth and Sanitary Protection: Labelling 38 Development Office: Gender 49 Flour 38 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Labour Landfill 39 Turnover 49 Offshore Fixed Structures: Foreign, Commonwealth and North Sea 39 Development Office: Seas and Oceans: Pollution Reorganisation 49 Control 40 Foreign, Commonwealth and Wildlife: Trade 40 Development Office: Staff 50 Zoo Animals Fund 41 G7: Health Services 50 Government Departments: Cancer: Diagnosis 64 Overseas Aid 51 Care Homes: Coronavirus 64 Hong Kong: Human Rights 51 Community Care: Coronavirus 65 Hostage Taking 51 Coronavirus: Birmingham 65 Integrated Security, Defence, Coronavirus: Disease Control 66 Development and Foreign Policy Review 52 Coronavirus: Screening 67 Iran 53 Coronavirus: South Yorkshire 70 Iran: Arms Trade 53 Coronavirus: York 70 Iran: British Nationals Abroad 54 Electronic Cigarettes: Health Hazards 71 Iran: Torture 54 Health Services: John Bunyan Fund for Homelessness 72 Freedom of Religion and Belief 54 Hearing Impairment: Lucie Blackman Trust 55 Coronavirus 72 Myanmar: Sanctions 55 Hospital Beds: Private Sector 72 Nagorno Karabakh: Armed Influenza: Vaccination 73 Conflict 55 Medicines and Medical Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe 56 Devices Safety Independent Nigeria: Human Rights 56 Review 73 Nigeria: Violence 57 Mental Health Services 73 Overseas Aid 58 NHS: Coronavirus 74 Palestinians: Human Rights 59 NHS: Cybercrime 75 Saudi Arabia: Detainees 59 Ovarian Cancer 75 Saudi Arabia: Human Rights 60 Prisons: Coronavirus 75 South America: Climate Schools: Coronavirus 76 Change 61 Screening: Coronavirus 76 Sri Lanka: Military Aid 62 Surgical Mesh Implants: Sri Lanka: Private Military and Compensation 76 Security Companies 62 HOME OFFICE 77 Torture: British Nationals Antisocial Behaviour: Abroad 62 Coronavirus 77 Turkey: Armenia 63 Asylum: Coronavirus 77 Yemen: Politics and Asylum: Employment 79 Government 63 Asylum: Mobile Phones 79 HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE 63 Asylum: Penally 79 Bowel Cancer: Screening 63 Asylum: South Social Rented Housing: Northamptonshire 80 Coronavirus 92 British National (Overseas): JUSTICE 93 Hong Kong 81 Administration of Justice: Children: Hong Kong 81 Coronavirus 93 Domestic Abuse: Coronavirus 81 Court of Protection 93 Hong Kong: Politics and Courts: Nottingham 94 Government 82 Courts: Security Guards 94 Immigration 82 Crown Court: Nottingham 94 Immigration: Coronavirus 83 Custodial Treatment: Immigration: Yorkshire and the Coronavirus 95 Humber 83 Evictions: Coronavirus 96 Members: Correspondence 84 Office of the Public Guardian 97 Personation 84 Personal Independence Religious Hatred: Islam 84 Payment: Appeals 98 Windrush Lessons Learned Prisoners: Exercise and Review 85 Recreation Spaces 99 HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND Residential Property Tribunal LOCAL GOVERNMENT 85 Service 99 Evictions 85 Wormwood Scrubs Prison: Evictions: Coronavirus 86 Coronavirus 99 Help to Buy Scheme 87 Youth Justice Board: Ethnic Groups 100 Landlord and Tenant: Correspondence 87 LEADER OF THE HOUSE 101 Landlords 88 Parliament: Coronavirus 101 Local Government: NORTHERN IRELAND 102 Coronavirus 88 Aerospace Industry: Northern Permitted Development Ireland 102 Rights: Coronavirus 89 Borders: Northern Ireland 102 Private Rented Housing: Terrorism: Northern Ireland 103 Coronavirus 89 PRIME MINISTER 103 Religious Hatred: Islam 90 Members: Correspondence 103 Rented Housing: Repairs and TRANSPORT 104 Maintenance 91 Bicycles: Repairs and Rents: Arrears 92 Maintenance 104 Driving Tests: Coronavirus 104 Electric Scooters 104 Taxation: Self-assessment 116 Emergency Recovery Measure Tobacco: Smuggling 117 Agreements 105 Trusts: Registration 118 High Speed Two Railway Line 105 UK Trade with EU: Import Highways Agency: Marketing 106 Duties 119 Public Transport: Coronavirus 106 WORK AND PENSIONS 120 Public Transport: Disability 107 Children: Day Care 120 Rail Delivery Group: Employment Schemes: Membership 107 Finance 121 Rail Delivery Group: Network Employment: Coronavirus 121 Rail 108 Food Poverty: Children 122 Railway Stations: Parking 108 Industrial Accidents 122 Railway Stations: Taxis 108 Industrial Health and Safety: Railways: Carbon Emissions 109 Coronavirus 124 Railways: Policy 109 Kickstart Scheme 129 Transport for London: Finance 110 Kickstart Scheme: West TREASURY 111 Midlands 129 Buildings: Insulation 111 Poverty: Children 130 Children: Day Care 111 Poverty: Females 130 Coronavirus Job Retention Rented Housing: Epsom and Scheme and Job Support Ewell 131 Scheme 111 Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus: Northern Ireland 112 Disability 131 Employee Ownership 112 State Retirement Pensions: Females 131 Employee Ownership and Save as You Earn 113 Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit: Coronavirus 132 Non-domestic Rates: Coronavirus 114 Universal Credit: Coronavirus 132 Overseas Loans: Republic of Universal Credit: Females 133 Ireland 114 Universal Credit: Poplar and Photography: Coronavirus 114 Limehouse 133 Protective Clothing: VAT 115 MINISTERIAL CORRECTIONS 134 Sanitary Protection: VAT 115 BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY 134 Sunscreens: VAT 116 Green Homes Grant Scheme 134 Tax Evasion 116 WRITTEN STATEMENTS 135 INTERNATIONAL TRADE 141 DEFENCE 135 Negotiations on the UK’s Defence Update 135 Future Trading Relationship with the US: Update 141 Director of Service Prosecutions 135 NORTHERN IRELAND 142 HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND Regulations to implement the LOCAL GOVERNMENT 136 consent mechanism in the Ireland/Northern Ireland Grenfell Update 136 Protocol 142 TRANSPORT 143 Local Transport Update 143 Notes: Questions marked thus [R] indicate that a relevant interest has been declared. Questions with identification numbers of 900000 or greater indicate that the question was originally tabled as an oral question and has since been unstarred. ANSWERS BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY Employment: Coronavirus Rachael Maskell: [107051] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the Government's guidance is for employers in the event that an employee is unable to go into work as a result of their dependants having been instructed by a school to self-isolate during the covid-19 outbreak. Paul Scully: In the first instance, people who are unable to go into work because they have childcare responsibilities resulting from coronavirus should discuss their situation with their employer. It may be that they can come to an agreement which works well for both parties. Additionally, employees have the right to take time off work to help someone who depends on them (a 'dependant') in an unexpected event. The courts have been clear that a failure in childcare provision can constitute an unexpected event – even if it is known about in advance. Time off for dependants can be taken for a reasonable period of time depending on the particular circumstances. All employees have the legal right to request flexible working,