Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018

Questions tabled on Tuesday 9 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 Wednesday 10 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has plans to bring forward legislative proposals for paid leave for people with caring responsibilities. [Transferred] (176528)

2 Drew Hendry (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Prime Minister of Japan during his recent visit to that country on the import, storage and processing of Japanese plutonium nuclear waste in the UK. [Transferred] (176399)

3 Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of European Commission proposals to change EU summertime arrangements on Government policy, in the event that the UK leaves the EU in March 2019. [Transferred] (176024)

4 John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Open Government National Action Plan 2016-18, published on 12 May 2016, for what reason the Government's April 2018 deadline for bringing forward legislative proposals on the property ownership register has not been met. [Transferred] (175844)

5 Janet Daby (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the uptake of arts subjects in primary schools. [Transferred] (176692) 2 Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018

6 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution of the Scotch Whisky industry to employment in the food and drink sector. [Transferred] (176412)

7 Douglas Ross (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support the Scotch whisky industry. [Transferred] (176586)

8 Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on how many local authorities have increased the level of fines for littering since April 2018. [Transferred] (176470)

9 Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has carried out a statistical assessment of the extent of littering in each constituent part of England. [Transferred] (176471)

10 Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the British overseas territories of (a) the UK leaving the EU without a deal and (b) the EU accepting the Chequers proposals. [Transferred] (176039)

11 Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the Crown Dependencies of (a) the UK leaving the EU without a deal and (b) the EU accepting the Chequers proposals. [Transferred] (176040)

12 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made by Government Departments on the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals. [Transferred] (176111)

13 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Strategic Transport Plan, published by Transport for the North, if he will make it his policy to support that organisation's plan for rail and road investment. [Transferred] (176109)

14 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Infrastructure Commission's report entitled Running Out of Road: Investing in cycling in Cambridge, Milton Keynes and Oxford, published in July 2018, if he will meet hon. Members representing Oxford, Milton Keynes and Cambridge to discuss (a) investment in cycling infrastructure in those cities and (b) that report. [Transferred] (176647)

15 Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking in negotiations to leave the EU to maintain access to radioisotopes after the UK leaves the EU. [Transferred] (176157) Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018 3

16 Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the amount of time spent in front of screens on the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people. [Transferred] (175958)

17 Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the amount spent by local authorities on smoking cessation services in each of the last three years. [Transferred] (176023)

18 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money his Department has collected in fines from Employment Support Allowance contribution-related claimants who have incorrectly filled out a FP17PR form for dental care in (a) 2017-18 and (b) each of the last four years. [Transferred] (176492)

19 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people claimants of free dental care were issued a fine by her Department for incorrectly filling out an FP17PR form in 2017-18. [Transferred] (176493)

20 Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drivers were routinely stopped by police forces in each of the last five years; and how many of those drivers were asked to take a 20 metre eyesight test. [Transferred] (176187)

21 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will support calls by UK airlines to implement licensing airside at airports to tackle drunk and disruptive passengers. [Transferred] (176257)

22 Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference the Equality and Human Rights Commission's report, Disability Report: Being disabled in Britain, published in April 2017, if he will make an assessment of the effect on disabled people of the Government's fiscal policies since 2010. [Transferred] (176354)

23 Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has plans to retain the provisions of VAT form VAT1615A, for VAT relief on specially adapted motor vehicles, after the UK leaves the EU. [Transferred] (176360)

24 (Battersea): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government’s response to recommendation 59(b) in its follow up report to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ Concluding Observations, what supporting evidence the Government has that a cumulative impact assessment of its welfare reforms cannot be reliably modelled. [Transferred] (176673) 4 Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018

25 Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the announcement, PM to address the National Housing Federation Summit, made by the Prime Minister on 19 September 2018, whether Barnett Consequentials will apply to the £2 billion in additional funding. [Transferred] (176224)

Questions for Answer on Thursday 11 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Northern Ireland on the prosecution of knife crime in different parts of the UK. (177312)

2 N Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Minister for the , pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for Europe and the Americas of 2 July 2018, Official Report column 26, if the Government will hold a judge-led independent inquiry into the UK’s involvement in post-9/11 human rights abuses; and for what reason the Government did not update the House within 60 days of the publication of the Intelligence and Security Committee reports on detainee mistreatment and rendition. [Transferred] (175797)

3 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Crown Servants living outside the UK for more than 15 years were able to vote in the referendum on the UK's membership of the EU in 2016. (177153)

4 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that public sector projects are resourced with adequately qualified electrical workers. (177309)

5 Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Saffron Walden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending statutory maternity allowance to adopting parents. (177370)

6 Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Saffron Walden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many SMETS1 meters are estimated to not be enrolled into the Smart Data Communications Company; and what the approximate cost of their replacements with SMETS2 meters would be. (177371)

7 Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility of 11 September 2018, Official Report, column 302WH, what progress his Department has made on assessing the potential merits of establishing an expanded and mission-oriented Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018 5

industrial strategy focused on achieving investment-led growth, with the aims of (a) diversifying the UK's industrial base, (b) driving up exports, (c) raising productivity and (d) addressing regional imbalances. (177188)

8 Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support the self-employed in (a) Kent, (b) Medway and (c) England. (177274)

9 N Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to establish a State System of Accounting and Control for Nuclear Material and then negotiate a formal agreement with Euratom after the UK leaves the EU. [Transferred] (176158)

10 (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what rail lines are being considered for the 5G trials that will support improvements to rail passenger connectivity. (177386)

11 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to announce the specification for the 5G trials that will support improvements to rail passenger connectivity. (177387)

12 N Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many final interviews for the post of Social Mobility Commissioner took place on (a) 17, (b) 18, and (c) 19 September. [Transferred] (176151)

13 Janet Daby (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the (a) proportion of children with Down’s Syndrome who attended mainstream schools and (b) retention rates of children with Down’s Syndrome in mainstream schools in each of the last 10 years. (177401)

14 Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to assess the presence of asbestos in schools which did not respond to the recent Asbestos Management Assurance Process request. (177214)

15 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has held discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential merits of bringing forward a European Skills Passport as recommended by the Russell Group of Universities. (177349)

16 Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will add stem cell donation to the statutory guidance relating to Health Education for secondary school pupils. (177301)

17 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to make ensure that the training for the proposed Designated Senior Leads for Mental Health in schools includes information on the link between speech, language and communication needs and mental health, and how to recognise and respond appropriately to speech, language and communication needs. (177396) 6 Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018

18 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to fund a national programme of roadshows on how to teach language for Reception and Key Stage 1 teachers. (177397)

19 N Paula Sherriff (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many mental health nursing students have started degree apprenticeships in the 2018- 19 academic year. [R] [Transferred] (176370)

20 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether an area's socio-economic deprivation is a factor in compulsory metering decisions made by (a) Thames Water and (b) other water companies. (177256)

21 Janet Daby (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department expects to publish the findings of the review of food safety and labelling laws. (177399)

22 Janet Daby (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether charities and health organisations will be consulted during the review of food safety and labelling laws. (177400)

23 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 October 2018 to Question 173504 on Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control, whether Natural England found any landholdings to be non-compliant with licence conditions and the Best Practice Guide. (177169)

24 N Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the enforcement of food labelling laws. [Transferred] (176510)

25 Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he had with Julian Glover on drawing up the terms of reference of the Designated landscapes (national parks and AONBs): 2018 review. (177197)

26 Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the Exmoor Vision as a way of expanding the National Park; and whether residents in Somerset and Devon currently outwith the National Park will be consulted on the its future. (177198)

27 Damien Moore (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to introduce legislative proposals for statutory fisheries regulation to ensure a UK competitive advantage over the EU after the UK leaves the EU. (177379) Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018 7

28 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that farmers in Northern Ireland are able to continue to sell their livestock to the Republic of Ireland after the UK has left the EU; and if he will make a statement. (177259)

29 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the safety of wildlife when trees are being felled. (177260)

30 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate the Government has made of the extra cost the UK would incur to buy back into EU-UK wide science and research programmes. (177154)

31 Antoinette Sandbach (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill is planned to include the framework for the UK's future relationship with the EU.(177364)

32 (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff with expertise in negotiating trade agreements his Department has hired since it was created. (177209)

33 Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that anti-dumping duties on aluminium foil are maintained when the UK leaves the EU. (177208)

34 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when he plans to publish his response to his consultation with business on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. (177315)

35 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on motorists operating CCTV from their vehicles. (177161)

36 Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans for work to commence construction to start on the two lifts designed to enable disabled access to all platforms at Lichfield Trent Valley railway station. (177170)

37 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will amend the GTR additional industry compensation scheme established following the timetable failure in May 2018 so that anyone whose shortest journey involves changing at a Level 1 station is compensated on a Level 1 basis; and if he will make a statement. (177266)

38 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will reduce the drink-drive limit to 50mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood. (177313)

39 Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on ensuring that vehicle tax for company cars supports the Road to Zero Strategy. (177262) 8 Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018

40 (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the funding allocated to the UK railway network between 2014 and 2019 (a) has been and (b) is planned to be spent in (i) Lancashire and (ii) the North West. (177342)

41 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Department for Exiting the European Union on the mutual recognition of seafarers’ certification issued in the (a) UK and (b) EU after 29 March 2019. (177277)

42 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the implementation of the recommendations of the legal working group on seafarers and the national minimum wage. (177278)

43 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department provides to shipping companies on compliance with the cap on the sulphur content of marine fuel due to enter into force on 1 January 2020. (177279)

44 Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the last time was that (a) Ministers and (b) Officials from her Department visited Greenock Jobcentre to discuss the roll-out of Universal Credit. (177348)

45 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints on pensions have been received from women born in the 1950s. (177288)

46 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints from women born in the 1950s have had a final decision communicated to such women. (177289)

47 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints on pensions from women born in the 1950s are waiting to be processed to a complaint agreement. (177290)

48 Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the funding allocated to Citizens Advice for universal support services will include support for a claim for universal credit after that claim has been made. (177384)

49 Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of access to universal support in areas without Citizens Advice services after April 2019. (177385)

50 Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department's Repayment Negotiation Framework. (177185) Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018 9

51 Hugh Gaffney (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of employment support allowance are not receiving the full amount of national insurance credits for which they are eligible. (177402)

52 Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that staff conducting medical assessments of personal independence payment applicants are qualified to assess people with mental health issues. (177213)

53 Jess Phillips (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the draft Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Managed Migration) Regulations 2018, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of options for an automatic process for migrating claimants from ESA to Universal Credit. (177333)

54 Jess Phillips (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the draft Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Managed Migration) Regulations 2018, what process her Department undertook to decide on the period of one month as the default amount of time anticipated between a migration notice and a deadline day for the purposes of managed migration to Universal Credit. (177334)

55 Jess Phillips (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department will develop new guidance for officials in her Department on the application of good reason to requests to extend the deadline day for the purposes of managed migration. (177335)

56 ( South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has assessed the potential merits of introducing a new fund to support travel costs for children and young people undergoing cancer treatment. (177323)

57 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce legislation for safe staffing levels in NHS England. (177113)

58 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason medical examiners have been placed in NHS Trusts rather than in local authorities, as recommended by the Shipman Report. (177324)

59 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to guarantee the safety of online GP services. (177325) 10 Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018

60 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the amount charged by private companies to patients in NHS hospitals to watch TV in each of the last five years; and if he will place restrictions on the amount which patients can be charged for TV services while in hospital. (177326)

61 Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the consultation on the regulation of medical associate professions in the UK. (177149)

62 N Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money was spent from the public purse by his Department on the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of the effects of acquired and traumatic brain injuries in each of the last five years. [Transferred] (176031)

63 N Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people identified as having an acquired brain injury on arrival living in the secure estate in each of the last five years. [Transferred] (176034)

64 Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost of missed GP appointments to the NHS in (a) Medway and (b) England in the most recent year for which data is available. (177272)

65 Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve bereavement care following baby loss. (177273)

66 Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise public awareness of neuroblastoma. (177275)

67 Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of funding for neuroblastoma research. (177276)

68 N Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance the Government has provided to local authorities on enforcing the labelling of allergen information on non-prepackaged fresh food. [Transferred] (176142)

69 N Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve allergen information on non-prepackaged fresh food. [Transferred] (176144)

70 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the tumour profiling test Oncotype DX has not been included in NHS England’s National Genomic Test Directory. (177403) Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018 11

71 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the NHS commissioning pathway is for the tumour profiling test Oncotype DX which is used for certain breast cancer patients. (177404)

72 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include end of life care in the NHS Long Term Plan. (177163)

73 Sir David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many practising GPs there were in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) Bexley Borough in each of the last five years.(177189)

74 Sir David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are in receipt of NHS continuing healthcare in (a) the Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) Bexley Borough. (177190)

75 N Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has made to ensure consistent and timely access to radioisotopes in the event the UK leaves the EU without a deal. [Transferred] (176162)

76 N Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of not having consistent and timely access to radioisotopes on the UK's ability to deliver radiotherapy for cancer patients. [Transferred] (176159)

77 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were mistakenly charged for NHS treatment due to errors in the interpretation of their immigration status in (a) England and (b) London in (i) 2016-17 and (ii) 2017-18. (177355)

78 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of women who gave birth at an NHS hospital and were charged for that treatment because of a misunderstanding of their immigration status in (a) England and (b) London in (i) 2016-2017 and (ii) 2017-2018. (177356)

79 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of EU citizens who were mistakenly charged for NHS treatment in (a) England and (b) London in (i) 2016-2017 and (ii) 2017-2018. (177357)

80 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of EU citizens who gave birth in an NHS hospital and were mistakenly charged for treatment in (a) England and (b) London in (i) 2016-2017 and (ii) 2017-2018. (177358)

81 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of charging for secondary NHS maternity care on the number of migrant women giving birth in NHS hospitals. (177359) 12 Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018

82 Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) adults and (b) children have died as a result of a food allergy in each of the last five years. (177183)

83 Damien Moore (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) human and (b) clinical waste from hospitals is properly disposed of. (177382)

84 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans Public Health England has to use its Fingertips tool to provide local areas with data on (a) the estimated incidence of speech, language and communication needs in their local population and (b) the known prevalence of speech, language and communication needs. (177393)

85 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS Providers on (a) replacing did not attend with was not brought when children and young people miss appointments and (b) ensuring that when a child or young person is not brought to an appointment both the referrer and the family are notified and there is a process for following-up. (177394)

86 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure that the training for the proposed Designated Senior Leads for Mental Health in schools includes information on the link between speech, language and communication needs and mental health, and how to recognise and respond appropriately to speech, language and communication needs. (177395)

87 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the provision of an adequate number of appropriately trained people as guides for the blind; and whether he has held discussions with the RNIB on the training of such guides. (177307)

88 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) the six-week maternal postnatal check is excluded from Maternity Medical Services under the General Medical Services contract and (b) GPs are not mandated or funded to provide that check. (177317)

89 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the level of organ and blood donation. (177261)

90 Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has undertaken a review of Overseas Security and Justice Assistance assessments in relation to intelligence sharing with the US as a result of the appointment of Gina Haspel to Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. (177150) Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018 13

91 Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has undertaken a review of intelligence cooperation with the United States as a result of the appointment of Gina Haspel as the Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency. (177207)

92 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the fairness of the recent local elections in Bangladesh. (177283)

93 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Attorney General in the Sudanese Government to intervene in the case of Noura Hussein and to prevent the death penalty being reinstated. (177284)

94 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he has made in the UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue on protecting freedom of speech in Sudan. (177285)

95 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date officials in his Department last discussed the case of Peter Biar Ajak with the South Sudanese Government. (177286)

96 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Sudanese counterpart on proposals by President Bashir to amend the Sudanese constitution to allow him to stand for election in 2020; and if he will make a statement. (177287)

97 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what what representations he has made to his counterpart in Hong Kong on the decision not to renew the visa of the Asia News editor at the Financial Times. (177265)

98 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the validity of reports that Iran is using its embassies in Europe as cover for terrorist activity. (177306)

99 (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total cost including staff hours was of producing the film on the UK's contributions to the UN General Assembly published by his Department on 28 September 2018. (177215)

100 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total cost including staff hours was of producing the film on the role of the Commonwealth published by his Department on 27 September 2018 in advance of the UN General Assembly. (177216) 14 Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018

101 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total cost including staff hours was of producing the film on the persecution of minorities in Myanmar published by his Department on 27 September 2018 in advance of the UN General Assembly's discussions on that issue. (177217)

102 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total cost including staff hours was of producing the film on Somalia published by his Department on 27 September 2018 in advance of the UN General Assembly's discussions on that issue. (177218)

103 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total cost including staff hours was of producing the film on Yemen published by his Department on 27 September 2018 in advance of the UN General Assembly's discussions on that issue. (177219)

104 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Saudi counterpart on the proposed punishment of people with prison sentences of up to five years and fines up to £623,000 for the (a) production and (b) distribution of satire on social media that mocks, provokes or disrupts public order, religious values and public morals. (177224)

105 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Egyptian counterparts on the disappearance of Ezzat Ghoneim, head of Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms. (177225)

106 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has classified James Gatdet Dak, the spokesperson of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in- Opposition, as a political prisoner. (177226)

107 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterparts in South Sudan on the continued detention of James Gatdet Dak, the spokesperson of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition. (177227)

108 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterparts in Tanzania on the proposed amendments to the 2015 Statistics Act in that country criminalising the collection and dissemination of information contradicting official statistics. (177228)

109 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in Tanzania on the integrity of its electoral process since the decision of that country’s main opposition party to suspend participation in future elections. (177229) Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018 15

110 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the (a) proposed deportation of Jeanette Moustache in 2020 and (b) prospective deportation of Nesta Moustache in 2022; and if he will make a statement. (177230)

111 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the citizenship status of third-generation Chagos Islanders resident in the UK. (177231)

112 Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Saffron Walden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allocating policing numbers in rural areas based on geographic size instead of per head of population. (177372)

113 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is the Government's policy that the eligibility criteria for the EU Settled Status Scheme as outlined in the EU Settlement Scheme Statement of Intent, published on 21 June 2018, will change in the event that no agreement is reached with the EU on the UK leaving the EU. (177291)

114 Janet Daby (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long his Department keeps paper immigration records before they are destroyed. (177398)

115 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements the Government plans to introduce to monitor the effect of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 (a) nationally and (b) regionally. (177405)

116 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of spousal visa applications which have been completed within service standard times in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) in 2018 to date. (177360)

117 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of spousal visas that were not completed within the service standard time which have gone on to be completed within (a) 6 months and (b) 12 months in (i) 2016, (ii) 2017 and (iii) 2018 to date. (177361)

118 Damien Moore (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of EEA nationals living in (a) the North West of England and (b) Southport constituency. (177381) 16 Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018

119 Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for people who have secured settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme but who are subsequently absent from the UK for a period of less than five years, what constitutes a return to the UK in order for their leave not to lapse and the clock on absence to be reset. (177369)

120 Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to waive the fees required to apply for British citizenship in respect of third-generation Chagos Islanders currently resident in the UK. (177232)

121 Dr Paul Williams (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the paper by Aveek Bhattacharya entitled How dependent is the alcohol industry on heavy drinking in England? published in August 2018, to what extent the alcohol industry id planned to be consulted as a stakeholder for the updated alcohol strategy, following the finding in that paper that alcohol industry revenue in England would decline by 38% in the event that all consumers drank within the Chief Medical Officer's Low Risk Guidelines. (177378)

122 (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Written Statement of 9 October 2018, HCWS974 on Airborne Warning and Control System, which allies he has had discussions with on the UK’s airborne warning and control system capability. (177236)

123 Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Written Statement of 9 October 2018, HCWS974 on Airborne Warning and Control System, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the E- 7’s stationary antenna design. (177238)

124 Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Written Statement of 9th October 2018, HCWS974 on Airborne Warning and Control System, how many E-7s his Department plans to purchase. (177239)

125 Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Written Statement of 9th October 2018, HCWS974 on Airborne Warning and Control System, what the planned timetable is for the decision on the E-7. (177240)

126 Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Written Statement of 9th October 2018, HCWS974 on Airborne Warning and Control System, whether his Department plans to provide information on the industrial and economic effect of a final procurement decision later in the procurement process. (177241)

127 Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Written Statement of 9th October 2018, HCWS974 on Airborne Warning and Control System, what other potential options in the market his Department considered. (177242) Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018 17

128 Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy are taking to increase opportunities for non-commissioned personnel to become commissioned officers. (177244)

129 Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many places have been available for senior Non-Commissioned Officers and Warrant Officers on the Late Entry Officers Course at Sandhurst in each of the last five years. (177245)

130 Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to publish a diversity and inclusion strategy. (177247)

131 Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy were promoted from Other Ranks to Officer in each of the last five years. (177248)

132 Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) women and (b) men in the (i) Army, (ii) Royal Air Force and (iii) Royal Navy were promoted from Other Ranks to Officer in each of the last 5 years. (177249)

133 Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many BAME personnel in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy were promoted from Other Ranks to Officer in each of the last five years. (177250)

134 Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Commonwealth citizens in the Armed Forces were promoted from Other Ranks to Officer in each of the last five years. (177251)

135 Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many places have been available on the Soldier Conversion Officer Course in each of the last five years. (177252)

136 Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Written Statement of 9th October 2018, HCWS974 on Airborne Warning and Control System, whether his Department held an industry day for potential bidders. (177253)

137 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) his Department or (b) HM Treasury determines that planned orders for future fleet solid support ships will be subject to international competition. (177206)

138 Damien Moore (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of veterans living in the (a) North West of England and (b) Southport constituency. (177380)

139 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-compliant bids have been submitted to the competition to build the Type 31e frigate. (177388) 18 Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018

140 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the delay caused by restarting the Type 31e frigate procurement process will require an extension to the service life of any Type 23 frigate. (177389)

141 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any bids submitted to the Type 31e frigate competition were priced at less than £250 million for each frigate. (177390)

142 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the decision to (a) pause and (b) restart the procurement process for the Type 31e frigate was made. (177391)

143 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any compensation is due to bidders due to the pausing of the Type 31e frigate procurement. (177392)

144 Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the provision of mental health services available to prisoners. (177271)

145 Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate the Government has made of the number of people with mental health problems on social housing waiting lists. (177200)

146 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support people with mental health conditions applying for social housing. (177210)

147 (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the cost to the public purse is of removing the cap on councils' housing revenue accounts. (177182)

148 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent representations he has received on the effect on the health of the UK population of poor air quality, ventilation, lighting and acoustics in home building; and if he will make a statement. (177310)

149 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will meet the all-party group on healthy homes and buildings to (a) discuss the extent of the problems caused by poor quality homes and buildings and (b) assess the steps that are being taken to incentivise home providers and builders to build and retrofit to the highest standards. (177311)

150 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of social housing. (177257) Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018 19

151 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many private landlords let properties to those eligible for council houses. (177258)

152 Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Exmoor National Park Authority has asked for a legal opinion on expanding its present boundaries. (177199)

153 Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the rise in the number of couples seeking divorce does not lead to delays in the family justice system. (177263)

154 Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment the Government has made of the rising caseloads of judges on their mental wellbeing. (177264)

155 Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has held with the Scottish Government on the devolution of powers to the Scottish Parliament upon the UK leaving the EU. (177332)

156 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what assessment has been made of the effect of IPSA's family leave policy on the (a) provision of adequate office arrangements for Members and (b)(i) physical and (ii) mental health of parliamentary staff returning from such leave. (177316)

157 Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of Equitable Life on payment of the outstanding balance of compensation to policyholders. (177347)

158 (Oxford East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the level of revenue that will accrue to the public purse as a result of the implementation of Council Directive (EU) 2017/1852 on tax dispute resolution mechanisms in the European Union through proposed new section 128A of the Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 as set out in the draft Finance Bill. (177376)

159 N Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the announcement, PM to address the National Housing Federation Summit, made by the Prime Minister on 19 September 2018, whether the £2 billion in additional funding for housing associations will come from existing budgets in his Department. [Transferred] (176223)

160 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the HMRC statistical release of 28 June 2018 on the Government's policy to provide support to a maximum of two children, what the ethnicity is of the 70,620 households not in receipt of an exception to that policy. (177308) 20 Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018

Questions for Answer on Monday 15 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 N Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of cyber specialists vacancies in Government. (177383)

2 N Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Honourable Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what the policy of the Commissioners is on renewal of leaseholds within the precincts of Salisbury Cathedral; and if she will make a statement. (177148)

3 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress has been made in ensuring all Government suppliers are signatories of the Prompt Payment Code. (177296)

4 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many of the 32 biggest suppliers to the Government have met the commitment to pay 95 percent of invoices within 60 days; and how many such suppliers have met the voluntary agreement to adopt 30 days as the norm. (177297)

5 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what data on payment practices and terms is requested from the 32 largest suppliers to Government before awarding further public sector contracts; and how many contracts have been withheld pending satisfactory evidence from such suppliers. (177298)

6 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment has there been of the effectiveness of the Crown Commercial Service Mystery Shopper scheme; and what steps the Government is taking to proactively promote that scheme to suppliers. (177299)

7 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many suppliers have reported within the Crown Commercial Service Mystery Shopper scheme evidence of (a) instances of late or unfair payment and (b) other poor procurement practice in public sector contracts; how many suppliers have been investigated as a result of the Mystery Shopper scheme; and what the outcomes of these investigations have been. (177300)

8 N Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2018 to Question 136214 on Insulation: Preston, how many properties in the Fishwick area are awaiting emergency efficiency retrofit work to be carried out and when this work is expected to be completed. (177184) Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018 21

9 N Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he he made of the number of electric vehicles that were sold in the UK in each of the last three years; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of cars sold in the UK in each of the last three years that were electric vehicles. (177327)

10 N Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimates he has made of the number of people who do not have a bank account in each of the last three years in (a) the UK and (b) in Feltham and Heston. (177328)

11 N Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimates he has made of the number of people who took out a high-cost loan in each of the last three years in (a) the UK and (b) in Feltham and Heston. (177329)

12 N Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimates he has made of the proportion of the population who own shares in (a) the UK and (b) Feltham and Heston. (177330)

13 N Jeff Smith (, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to encourage social media platforms to put in place protections to prevent personal details being shared publicly without the consent of the individual concerned. (177344)

14 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's consultation on draft regulations, statutory guidance, and regulatory impact assessment relating to Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education, which opened on 19 July 2018, for what reason his Department is providing discretion to schools on whether they teach same sex relationships in the regulations being consulted on. (177164)

15 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the benefits of extending T-levels to 19-23 year-olds; and if he will make a statement. (177305)

16 N Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the press release entitled AoC update on college pay, published in July 2018, if he will he take steps to close the £7000 a year pay disparity between teachers working in further education colleges compare to their counterparts in schools. (177270)

17 N (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children access 30 hours childcare in maintained nursery schools. (177331)

18 N Sir Vince Cable (Twickenham): To ask for the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department's contingency plans for the UK leaving the EU without a deal includes a temporary lifting of foods standards. (177160) 22 Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018

19 N Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many clinical waste operators there are in the UK. (177254)

20 N Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) unannounced and (b) announced inspections the Environment Agency have undertaken at clinical waste operators in the UK in each of the last five years. (177255)

21 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what protections he plans to put in place to ensure that small breeders are not disadvantaged because of the planned imposition of the £1000 trading allowance in the forthcoming animal welfare legislation. (177162)

22 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to use vehicle tax to help achieve the objectives set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan. (177165)

23 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure that plastics used in disposable nappies are as biodegradable and as harmless to the environment as possible; and if he will make a statement. (177166)

24 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the time it takes for disposable nappies to biodegrade and the effects of that process on the environment. (177167)

25 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Godfray Review on bovine TB will report to Parliament. (177168)

26 N John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the ratio between (a) fixed and (b) variable costs in the provision of domestic water supply. (177177)

27 N Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when Natural England plans to issue Sweetman guidance for the purposes of local plans; and if he will make a statement. (177146)

28 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Home Office on hit-and-run collisions in (a) Coventry and (b) England. (177175)

29 N Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on implementing the findings of the Joint Select Committee Report into Air Quality, in relation to aligning climate change schemes, urban planning, public transport and fiscal incentives with air quality goals. (177172) Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018 23

30 N Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the reasons for higher rail operating costs in the UK than in Europe. (177152)

31 N (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government plans to publish its response to the report of Professor Mohammed Abdel-Haque's task and finish group on the taxi and private hire industry, published in September 2018. (177362)

32 N Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on regulatory reform of the taxi and private hire industry. (177363)

33 N (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timeframe is for the (a) completion of the rebuilding work at Manor Park station to prepare it for Elizabeth Line services and (b) disruption to commuters at that station. (177155)

34 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make TrainingBuild for Universal Credit available to welfare advice centre staff. (177292)

35 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the latest projected end date is for the migration from DLA to PIP. (177293)

36 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what digital support will be available to UC claimants in maintaining their claim. (177294)

37 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people have had their Right to Reside overturned in an application for Universal Credit. (177295)

38 N Sir David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures are in place to support claimants receiving employment and support allowance in their transition to universal credit. (177191)

39 N Sir David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training has been provided to case managers to ensure that they have sufficient knowledge of the universal credit regulations. (177192)

40 N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants she estimates will be migrated to universal credit when the new arrangements are rolled out this week in (a) Kettering and (b) other parts of England. (177233) 24 Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018

41 N Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report published by the Trussell Trust on 5 October 2018 entitled The next stages of Universal Credit, what steps the government plans to take to ensure people switching to Universal Credit do not fall into food poverty. (177346)

42 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of ensuring that 90 per cent of claims for universal credit are paid in full in advance of managed migration; and if she will make a statement. (177156)

43 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has plans to maintain its provision of support for jobseekers to become self-employed through the New Enterprise Allowance. (177157)

44 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has plans to (a) maintain and (b) extend support for jobseekers through the provisions of New Enterprise Allowance 2. (177158)

45 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) providers of New Enterprise Allowance 2 to (a) maintain and (b) extend self-employment support to jobseekers. (177159)

46 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospitals in England have their own clinical waste facilities. (177318)

47 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contingency plans his Department has put in place to ensure excess clinical waste is disposed of safely. (177319)

48 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has put in place contingency plans in the event of the collapse of a contractor dealing with clinical waste. (177320)

49 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to introduce the payments for postgraduate pre-registration nursing students announced by the Minister of State for Health on 9 May 2018. (177321)

50 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how he plans to administer the golden hello payments for postgraduate pre-registration nursing students. (177322)

51 N Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the £200 million allocated to the Cancer Transformation Funding, how much funding each Cancer Alliance (a) received in (i) 2017-2018 and (ii) 2018-2019; and (b) remains outstanding. (177193) Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018 25

52 N Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Cancer Transformation Fund, when he plans to publish the provisional allocation of the £29.7 million of capital expenditure classified by NHS England as not yet approved. (177194)

53 N Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the performance data for the Cancer Alliances. (177195)

54 N Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to undertake an assessment of the value for money of cancer transformation funding. (177196)

55 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 finding of the recent Royal College of Psychiatrists survey that patients are waiting up to 13 years to receive the treatment they need. (177280)

56 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the mental health of women held in detention centres in the UK. (177281)

57 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children living in social care died by suicide in each year since 2010. (177282)

58 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people aged under 18 in (a) Dulwich and West Norwood constituency, (b) the London borough of Lambeth and (c) the London borough of Southwark have applied but failed to meet the threshold for child and adolescent mental health services treatment in each of the last five years. (177365)

59 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what proportion the number of child and adolescent mental health services referrals have increased in (a) Dulwich and West Norwood constituency and (b) England in each of the last five years. (177366)

60 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 21 of the Education Policy Institute's report, Access to children and young people's mental health services - 2018, published in October 2018, if he will make an assessment of the implications for policies of the finding that there was no or limited follow-up involving the CAMHS providers of referrals including cases involving self harm. (177367)

61 N Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will undertake an review of the data collected by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in its National Maternity Perinatal Audit on (a) good and (b) poor care in twin pregnancies. (177151) 26 Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018

62 N Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to commence the roll out of electronic prescribing medications systems. (177314)

63 N Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many asthma inhalers have been issued (a) in England and (b) in each region to (i) adults and (ii) children in each of the last 10 years. (177343)

64 N Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has been notified of any meetings between any members of the Privy Council and Hamas or Hezbollah. (177211)

65 N Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on meetings between members of the Privy Council and (a) Hamas and (b) Hezbollah. (177212)

66 N Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Government of Pakistan on (a) the case of Asia Bibi and (b) concerns about blasphemy laws. (177171)

67 N Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2018 to Question 163140, what progress his Department has made on that consideration; and when the Chagos Registers of Births, Deaths and Marriages is planned to be publicly available. (177341)

68 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's annual spend on consular services in India was in each of the last five years. (177203)

69 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many departmental personnel were assigned to consular service roles relating to Indian casework in each of the last five years. (177204)

70 N Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason the United Nations High- Level Panel meeting on 25 September 2018, Addressing Malnutrition in Yemen, was closed to the media, and if he will publish a copy of the presentation and briefing given to attendees at the event by UK representatives. (177220)

71 N Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is his policy to support the statement of the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the meeting on Addressing Malnutrition in Yemen on 25 September that third party nations should cease the transfer of weapons if there is a clear risk of violations of international law. (177221) Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018 27

72 N Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Saudi counterparts on the disappearance in Turkey of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (177222)

73 N Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Saudi counterparts on the proposed imposition of capital sentences on (a) Israa al-Ghomgham and (b) four other human rights activists in that country. (177223)

74 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has held discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on keyless car thefts in (a) Coventry and (b) the UK. (177174)

75 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of hoax phone calls made to emergency service switchboards in (a) Coventry and (b) England; and if he will make a statement. (177176)

76 N Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's policy is on what will be considered as (a) criminality and (b) security issues when deciding on applications for settled status. (177350)

77 N Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) process and (b) definition is of a security check in respect of settled status application. (177351)

78 N Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department plans to provide (a) legal advice and (b) assistance to anyone whose application for settled status is refused or rejected. (177352)

79 N Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government to ensure that people with a temporary status are not discriminated against by (a) banks, (b) employers and (c) landlords. (177353)

80 N Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department plans to contact an applicant's landlord to terminate a rental agreement in the event that an application for (a) settled and (b) temporary status is rejected. (177354)

81 N Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of recommendation C of the NAO report entitled Financial sustainability of police forces in England and Wales 2018 on police forces in Wales. (177267) 28 Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018

82 N Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of recommendation C of the NAO report entitled Financial sustainability of police forces in England and Wales 2018 on rural police forces in England and Wales. (177268)

83 N Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the comparative effect of recommendation C of the NAO report entitled Financial sustainability of police forces in England and Wales 2018 on rural and urban police forces. (177269)

84 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of the changes to the licenses of Houses of Multiple Occupation that took effect on 1 October 2018 on the practice of enforced room sharing as permitted under the contract for asylum accommodation. (177302)

85 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the likelihood of delays to the mobilization period for the new asylum accommodation and support services contracts in (a) the North East, (b) the Yorkshire and Humber and (c) Northern Ireland where compliant bids were not received in round one of the tendering process; and what arrangements have been put in place for housing asylum seekers in the transition period. (177303)

86 N John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports were lost by his Department's Immigration Section in the last 12 months. (177178)

87 N John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps is his Department taking to ensure that people permitted to reside and work in the UK have the ability to (a) open bank accounts and (b) obtain employment while his Department are in possession of their passports. (177179)

88 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Written Statement of 9th October 2018, HCWS974 on Airborne Warning and Control System, when the decision was taken to pursue single source discussions with Boeing. (177234)

89 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Written Statement of 9th October 2018, HCWS974 on Airborne Warning and Control System, if he will publish the market analysis undertaken by his Department in relation to that decision. (177235)

90 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Written Statement of 9 October 2018, HCWS974 on Airborne Warning and Control System, what discussions his Department has had with Boeing on potential offsetting arrangements. (177237) Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018 29

91 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Written Statement of 9th October 2018, HCWS974 on Airborne Warning and Control System, on what basis his Department judged that the E-7 is likely to offer the best value for money for the UK. (177243)

92 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many senior Non-Commissioned Officers and Warrant Officers (a) started and (b) completed the Late Entry Officers Course at Sandhurst in each of the last five years. (177246)

93 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) officers and (b) soldiers from (i) Infantry, (ii) Royal Artillery, (iii) Royal Corps of Signals, (iv) Army Medical Services, (v) Adjutant General's Corps, (vi) Royal Armoured Corps, (vii) Army Air Corps, (viii) Royal Engineers, (ix) Royal Logistics Corps, (x) Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and (xi) Intelligence Corps in the last two years. (177201)

94 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2018 to Question 131555 on Armed Forces: Dogs, whether both of the military working dogs he instructed his Department in December 2017 to save have now been re-homed. (177202)

95 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) overseas and (b) domestic visits the Minister for Defence Procurement has carried out since his appointment; and what the location was of each visit. (177205)

96 N (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on creating official ID cards for veterans. (177373)

97 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the effect of rising house prices on the mental health of those seeking to purchase a home. (177173)

98 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the removal of the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap for local authorities. (177368)

99 N John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the targets for housing (a) starts and (b) completions agreed with Homes England are for the financial years (i) 2018-19, (ii) 2019-20, (iii) 2020-21 and (iv) 2021-22. (177181)

100 N Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure the social housing system supports people with mental health problems. (177345) 30 Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018

101 N John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many planning decisions were (a) appealed to the Planning Inspectorate and (b) overturned on appeal in the last year for which information is available. (177180)

102 N Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the case People Over Wind and Sweetman v Coillte Teoranta (C-323/17), when he plans to issue guidance regarding local plans; and if he will make a statement. (177147)

103 N Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's policy is on supporting people who are on the autism spectrum at employment support allowance or personal independence payment tribunals. (177186)

104 N Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the support in place for people on the autistism spectrum at employment support allowance and personal independence payment tribunals; and if he will make a statement. (177187)

105 N Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the level of revenue accrued to the public purse as a result of new sub-section 259HA(5)(b) Chapter 8 Part 6A TIOPA 2010 as outlined in clause 38 of the draft finance bill. (177375)

106 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the level of revenue that will accrue to the public purse as a result of the implementation of EU Directive 2018/822 as set out in clause 40 of the draft Finance Bill. (177377)

107 N (Bootle): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the potential contribution to the public purse of the new anti- avoidance rule involving profit fragmentation arrangements in each financial year from 2017-8 to 2021-22. (177336)

108 N Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the contribution to the public purse of proposed changes to the way gaming duty is calculated in each year from 2017-18 to 2021-22. (177337)

109 N Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the contribution to the public purse of proposed changes to corporate interest restriction rules in each year from 2017-18 to 2021-22. (177338)

110 N Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the contribution to the public purse of proposed changes to carried forward losses for insurance companies in each year from 2017-18 to 2021-22. (177339)

111 N Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the contribution to the public purse of the introduction of overseas scale rates for employee travel expenses in each year from 2017-18 to 2021-22. (177340) Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018 31

112 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Financial Conduct Authority has the statutory power to prosecute offences under (a) Sections 327-329 and (b) Sections 330-332 of the Proceeds of Crime Act. (177304)

113 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to introduce legislative proposals to allow opposite-sex couples to enter into a civil partnership. (177374)

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

1 Rachel Maclean (Redditch): What steps the Government is taking to assist disabled entrepreneurs. (907035)

2 Christian Matheson (City of Chester): What plans she has to undertake a review the operation of universal credit. (907036)

3 Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): What assessment she has made of her Department’s preparedness for the roll-out of universal credit to people in receipt of working tax credits. (907037)

4 Robert Courts (Witney): What estimate the Government has made of the number of jobs created in the UK since 2010. (907038)

5 Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): What recent assessment she has made of the (a) accuracy and (b) efficiency of contracted-out health assessments for employment and support allowance and personal independence payment. (907039)

6 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): What assessment she has made of the effect on the public purse of the five-week wait to transition to universal credit. (907040)

7 Liz Twist (Blaydon): What steps her Department has taken to ensure that claiming universal credit online is accessible to blind and partially sighted people. (907041)

8 Stephen Kerr (Stirling): What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the advice and support offered to recipients of universal credit in Scotland. (907042)

9 Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): What assessment her Department has made of recent trends in the average level of household debt for people in receipt of universal credit. (907043)

10 Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): What steps the Government has taken to improve universal credit since autumn 2017. (907044)

11 Lee Rowley (North East Derbyshire): What steps the Government is taking to ensure that the benefits system is able to meet the changing needs of claimants. (907045) 32 Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018

12 Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): What steps the Government is taking to help people with disabilities into work. (907046)

13 David Warburton (Somerton and Frome): What steps the Government has taken to enable industry to deliver the pensions dashboard. (907047)

14 Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): What progress she has made on the roll-out of universal credit throughout the UK. (907048)

15 Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire): What steps the Government has taken to enable industry to deliver the pensions dashboard. (907049)

16 James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): What assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of universal credit in helping people find work. (907050)

17 Mike Wood (Dudley South): What steps the Government has taken to enable industry to deliver the pensions dashboard. (907051)

18 Grahame Morris (Easington): If she will take steps to improve access to home assessments for claimants of personal independence payment and universal credit who are unable to attend an assessment centre. (907052)

19 Eleanor Smith (Wolverhampton South West): What assessment her Department has made of the effect of the introduction of universal credit on disabled people. (907053)

20 Ruth George (High Peak): What recent equality impact assessment her Department has undertaken on its plans for the managed migration to universal credit. (907054)

21 Trudy Harrison (Copeland): What estimate the Government has made of the number of jobs created in the UK since 2010. (907055)

22 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): What support the Government plans to make available to people on legacy benefits to transition efficiently to universal credit. (907056)

23 Bill Grant (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): What recent changes the Government has made to universal credit to protect the incomes of the most vulnerable claimants. (907057)

24 Richard Graham (Gloucester): What recent assessment she has made of trends in the number of people with disabilities entering employment. (907058)

25 Jo Platt (Leigh): What the timeline is for the establishment of the pensions dashboard; and how that dashboard will be funded. (907059)

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

T 1 Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. (907060)

T 2 David Duguid (Banff and Buchan): (907061) Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018 33

T 3 Eddie Hughes (Walsall North): (907062)

T 4 Chris Williamson (Derby North): (907063)

T 5 Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): (907064)

T 6 Mike Wood (Dudley South): (907065)

T 7 Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown): (907066)

T 8 Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole): (907067)

T 9 Stephen Timms (East Ham): (907068)

T 10 Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): (907069)

Questions for Answer on Wednesday 17 October

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

1 Brendan O'Hara (Argyll and Bute): What discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the devolution of powers to the Scottish Parliament upon the UK leaving the EU. (907020)

2 Danielle Rowley (Midlothian): What recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) on the potential effect on local communities of the proposed closure of RBS branches in Scotland. (907021)

3 Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): What discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the devolution of powers to the Scottish Parliament upon the UK leaving the EU. (907022)

4 Hugh Gaffney (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): If he will meet with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to discuss the potential cost to the public purse of the Government’s reassessment of people who may be eligible for personal independence payment in Scotland. (907023)

5 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on helping to develop the Scotch whisky industry. (907024)

6 Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): What discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the devolution of powers to the Scottish Parliament upon the UK leaving the EU. (907025)

7 Patricia Gibson (North Ayrshire and Arran): What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the Scottish economy. (907026)

8 Robert Halfon (Harlow): What recent assessment he has made of the effect of the freeze on fuel duty on low income families in Scotland. (907027) 34 Published: Wednesday 10 October 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 9 October 2018

9 Mhairi Black (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): What discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the devolution of powers to the Scottish Parliament upon the UK leaving the EU. (907028)

10 Martin Whitfield (East Lothian): What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the Scottish economy. (907029)

11 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): What recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) on the potential effect on local communities of the proposed closure of RBS branches in Scotland. (907030)

12 Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): What discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the devolution of powers to the Scottish Parliament upon the UK leaving the EU. (907031)

13 Chris Stephens (Glasgow South West): What discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the devolution of powers to the Scottish Parliament upon the UK leaving the EU. (907032)

14 Paul Masterton (East Renfrewshire): What progress the Government has made on the devolution of welfare powers under the Scotland Act 2016. (907033)

15 Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central): What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the Scottish economy. (907034)