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Published: Monday 30 September 2019

Questions tabled on Friday 27 September 2019

Includes questions tabled on earlier days which have been transferred. T Indicates a topical oral question. Members are selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question. † Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. N Indicates a question for written answer on a named day under S.O. No. 22(4). [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Answer on Monday 30 September

Questions for Written Answer

1 (Bolton South East): To ask the Attorney General, what the average amount of time was, in each of the last eight years, between a case's first referral to the CPS and the conclusions of that case, for all cases which reached a trial in . [Transferred] (290946)

2 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the , with reference to the Government form Security check / counter terrorist check questionnaire: NSV001, what definitions the Government uses for (a) overthrowing and (b) undermining parliamentary democracy; and what criteria the Government uses to determine those actions. [Transferred] (291490)

3 N Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what advice is provided to senior civil servants on the proper disciplinary approach to take towards civil servants who have been found not to have declared personal interests with an applicant for discretionary public funds where they are involved in the decision- making process. [Transferred] (290923)

4 Hugh Gaffney (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps she is taking to raise awareness of the Warm Home Discount Scheme among people who are eligible to participate in it. [Transferred] (291150) 2 Published: Monday 30 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 27 September 2019

5 Mr (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of social media on vulnerable children and young people. [Transferred] (290885)

6 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much Apprenticeship Levy funding was drawn down by the NHS on a monthly basis in the financial years (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 2019-20 to date. [Transferred] (291360)

7 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much Apprenticeship Levy funding was not used within the 24 month period by NHS organisations in each month in the financial years (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, and (c) 2019-20 to date. [Transferred] (291361)

8 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mitigation funding is available to schools wanting to reduce the effect of pollution in the surrounding area. [Transferred] (290710)

9 Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, for what reasons the UK Government rejected the Scottish Government's proposals for the UK to remain in the Single Market and Customs Union, as set out in its 2016 paper, Scotland's place in Europe. [Transferred] (290913)

10 Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will ensure that the NHS is not included in a trade deal with the US Administration; and if she will make a statement. [Transferred] (290914)

11 (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Government adherence to the rule of law regarding the issuance of arms export licences to Saudi Arabia. [Transferred] (290783)

12 N Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the final package of support was that Thomas Cook UK requested from the Government prior to its collapse. [Transferred] (290755)

13 Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government plans to continue its co-operation with the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia after the UK leaves the EU. [Transferred] (290982)

14 Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will reconsider the £30,000 salary threshold for immigrant workers. [Transferred] (290918)

15 Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will not impose any restrictions on the number of seasonal agricultural workers coming to Scotland. [Transferred] (290922) Published: Monday 30 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 27 September 2019 3

16 N (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Government plans to spend on the Be a Force for All campaign via (a) websites, (b) newspapers, (c) television, (d) search engine optimisation, (e) social media by platform, (f) billboards (g) and any other medium in (i) total and (ii) each month of the campaign. [Transferred] (290973)

17 N Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which companies have been awarded contracts to run the websites for the Be a Force for All police recruitment campaign; how much was disbursed from the public purse to those companies under those contracts; which advertising channels have been used by those companies for that campaign; and how much each of those companies spent on each of those advertising channels. [Transferred] (291026)

18 N Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the websites (a) www.joiningthepolice.co.uk and (b) www.policenow.org.uk do not use gov.uk. [Transferred] (291029)

19 Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to tackle the threat of online personal scams to vulnerable people. [Transferred] (291274)

20 N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the armed forces will be used to police civil unrest in the event that the scenarios outlined in Operation Yellowhammer: HMG Reasonable Worst Case Planning Assumptions occur. [Transferred] (290659)

21 N Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of women's refuges operating in England in each year since 2010. [Transferred] (290798)

22 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of violence in prisons. [Transferred] (290639)

23 Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many referrals from Independent Reviewing Officers to CAFCASS on behalf of children in care have resulted in legal action in each of the last 10 years. [Transferred] (290555)

24 N Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether existing enforcement orders against companies registered in EU countries will be enforceable; how UK citizens will be able to enforce judgements against EU registered entities that relied on EEOs; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the rights of audience in the EU by solicitors registered in England and Wales in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. [Transferred] (290569) 4 Published: Monday 30 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 27 September 2019

25 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment the Government makes of the effectiveness of sentences for criminal offences prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service. [Transferred] (290625)

26 Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to restore the Northern Ireland Assembly. [Transferred] (290934)

27 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to Operation Yellowhammer HMG Reasonable Worst Case Planning Assumptions paragraph 18, what assessment he has made of the sectors most likely to cease trading to avoid tariffs in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. [Transferred] (290703)

28 Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to avoid a recession in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. [Transferred] (290915)

29 N Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, what the timeframe is for her Department to table the regulations enabling opposite sex civil partnerships under the terms of the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc.) Act to take place before the end of 2019. [Transferred] (290564)

30 N Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, what progress is being made on proposals to allow married partners to convert to an opposite sex civil partnership without divorce under the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc.) Act. [Transferred] (290566)

31 Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential benefits of providing free sanitary products to women on low incomes beyond compulsory school age. [Transferred] (290759)

Questions for Answer on Tuesday 1 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 N Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the postcodes where adverts for the Get Ready for Brexit campaign have been placed. [Transferred] (291438) Published: Monday 30 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 27 September 2019 5

2 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the report entitled, Attitudes to Animal Research 2018, published in May 2019, what her policy is on the use of dogs in medical research. (291517)

3 N Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether she has made an assessment of the potential risk to the UK's future fuel security should the UK become reliant on Russian or Middle Eastern petrol in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. [Transferred] (291463)

4 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Operation Yellowhammer HMG Reasonable Worst Case Planning Assumptions, what assessment she has made of the probability of disruption to fuel supplies in each (a) nation and (b) region in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. [Transferred] (291262)

5 (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps she is taking to help ensure households who (a) don't want and (b) are unable to have a smart meter installed can access the cheapest available energy deals. (291596)

6 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps he has taken to support pupils with SEND. (291605)

7 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to stop toxicity testing on mammals by 2035. (291519)

8 Mark Field (Cities of and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the UK will be a listed country for animal health in relation to (a) ungulates, (b) equines (c) dogs, (e) cats and (f) ferrets in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (291552)

9 Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to EU Official Control Regulation 2017/625 due to come into force on 14 December 2019, whether the Government has contingency plans to process consignments of live animals in the event that they are returned to the UK after being refused entry into the EU if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (291553)

10 Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has plans to implement EU Official Control Regulation 2017/625 on the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products. (291554) 6 Published: Monday 30 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 27 September 2019

11 Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether live animal consignments designated under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) or non-CITES will be permitted to enter the UK using (a) the Port of Dover (b) Eurotunnel, (c) Harwich and (d) Portsmouth. (291555)

12 James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Icelandic counterpart on the potential for a volcanic eruption in that region. (291534)

13 James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect on the environment in the UK of a large volcanic eruption in Iceland. (291610)

14 James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has reviewed on the potential Icelandic volcanic activity and the effect of such activity on the UK. (291535)

15 Thelma Walker (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require vet practices to scan and check microchip registration of dogs and cats on their first appointment to ensure that pet and owner match. (291606)

16 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the financial value was of arms exports to each member of the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen since 2015. (291540)

17 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on food supplies of the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and what plans his Department has to maintain food supplies in that event. (291523)

18 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) cost to the public purse of and (b) length of time required for the Government-secured freight capacity in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (291526)

19 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the proportion of HGV operations that that will be prepared for new border processes on 31 October 2019 in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (291529)

20 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the improvements to port infrastructure on the UK side of channel since June 2019 on goods disruption; and what comparative assessment he has made of the effect of those improvements and the improvements made on the French side of the English Channel. (291530) Published: Monday 30 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 27 September 2019 7

21 Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Government has made of the preparedness of the Import of Products, Animals, Food and Feed System (IPAFFS) to replace the EU’s Trade Control and Expert System; and what discussions the Government has had with representatives of port health authorities on contingency planning for IPAFFS after the UK has left the EU. (291548)

22 Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the capacity of UK Border Force to manage high risk food and feed that does not enter through a Border Inspection Post or Designated Point of Entry in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement. (291549)

23 Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) financial and (b) logistical support (i) has been and (ii) will be provided to port operators and port health authorities for potential changes in (A) throughput and (B) volume of trade at UK border control posts after the UK leaves the EU. (291550)

24 Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government's announcement of 21 August 2019 that ports and local areas will receive £9 million of funding to prepare for the UK leaving the EU, how much funding will be allocated to the London Port Health Authority. (291551)

25 James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contingency plans his Department has put in place to mitigate disruption to air travel in the event of a large Icelandic volcanic eruption. (291531)

26 James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the level of disruption to air travel as a result of the potential for an Icelandic volcanic eruption. (291532)

27 James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to reduce the level of disruption to air travel in response to the Eyjafjallajokull eruption in 2010. (291533)

28 Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve road connectivity between South Yorkshire and Greater Manchester. [R] (291576)

29 (): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of buses in England (a) meet and (b) exceed Euro VI emission standards. (291560)

30 Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how he plans to allocate the £200 million of increased funding to transform bus services announced in the Spending Round 2019. (291561) 8 Published: Monday 30 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 27 September 2019

31 Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will introduce a vehicle labelling scheme for new and second-hand cars and vans detailing the real world nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter emissions of vehicles. (291562)

32 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to introduce a requirement for buses to have audio visual (a) next stop and (b) final destination announcements. (291597)

33 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Audit Office's report, Exiting the EU: supplying the health and social care sectors, published on 27 September 2019, for how long and at what cost his Department is procuring a dedicated courier service for urgent medicines and supplies secured from manufacturers in the EU. (291521)

34 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) availability and (b) adequacy of stockpiles of (i) medicines, (ii) medical equipment and (iii) medical devices held by suppliers to prepare for the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (291527)

35 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether in remains the policy of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) that intermittent self-catheterisation is the gold standard approach to safe and effective catheterisation. (291563)

36 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the most common cause of unplanned admissions to hospitals in England is; and what steps he is taking to reduce the need for those admissions. (291564)

37 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any funds are being made available from the public purse for Southampton University's trial to compare mixed multi/single-use catheter management with single-use catheter management by intermittent catheter uses. (291565)

38 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which ethical committee gave consent to the Multicath study undertaken into reusable catheters by Professor Mandy Fader of Southampton University. (291566)

39 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have been enrolled to use reusable catheters on the the Multicath study undertaken by Professor Mandy Fader of Southampton University; and if he will make a statement. (291567) Published: Monday 30 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 27 September 2019 9

40 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch is required to meet in order to start an investigation. (291586)

41 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with (a) state government officials, (b) state government ministers (c) union government officials and (d) union government ministers in the state of Assam on the implementation of the National Register of Citizens in that state. (291568)

42 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2019 to Question 169229 on India: Politics and Government, if he will make an estimate of the number of people living in the Indian state of Assam who are at risk of being confined in detention camps in the next 12 months. (291569)

43 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 11 September 2019 to Question 169229 on India: Politics and Government, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the implementation of the National Register of Citizens in the state of Assam on (a) the level risk of mass deprivation of liberty, (b) the level of risk of mass statelessness, (c) rights of active and passive suffrage, (d) freedoms of speech and assembly, in particular of local religious and political leaders, (e) religious freedoms, and (f) incidents of suicide. (291570)

44 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report entitled, Attitudes to Animal Research 2018, published in May 2019, whether she plans to undertake a review the use of a second non-rodent species in regulatory toxicity testing. (291518)

45 Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's data release entitled, Building Safety Programme: Monthly Data Release for August 2019, published on 12 September 2019, how many of the 1,494 non-ACM cladding samples held at the Building Research Establishment contain combustible materials. (291582)

46 Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's data release entitled, Building Safety Programme: Monthly Data Release for August 2019, published on 12 September 2019, how many of the 1,494 non-ACM cladding samples held at the Building Research Establishment are timber cladding. (291583)

47 Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's data release entitled, Building Safety Programme: Monthly Data Release for August 2019, published on 12 September 2019, if his Department will publish a full analysis of the 1,494 non-ACM cladding samples held at the Building Research Establishment. (291584) 10 Published: Monday 30 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 27 September 2019

48 N Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the ability of local authorities to prepare for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and whether funds will be allocated to local authorities to help them prepare for that eventuality. [Transferred] (291484)

49 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the President of the Supreme Court. (291537)

50 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the guidance issued to Ministers on relations with the judiciary. (291538)

51 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had with with (a) President Trump, (b) President Rouhani and (c) his Saudi Arabian counterpart on the situation in Yemen. (291539)

52 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Operation Yellowhammer HMG Reasonable Worst Case Planning Assumptions paragraph 11iii, what additional funding his Department has allocated to help (a) pensioners, (b) students, (c) workers and (d) travellers in EU countries access healthcare in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. [Transferred] (291261)

Questions for Answer on Wednesday 2 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many non disclosure agreements in relation to preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal his Department has signed with (a) private organisations and (b) public organisations between (i) 23 June 2016 and 22 August 2019 and (ii) since 22 August 2019. (291545)

2 N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent advice he has received from the Director General of the Propriety and Ethics Team on the standards and ethics and corporate governance of government departments. (291541)

3 N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many requests for investigations into the conduct of ministers has the Director General of the Propriety and Ethics Team received in the last 12 months. (291542) Published: Monday 30 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 27 September 2019 11

4 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps she has taken to reduce gambling related harm. (291536)

5 N (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if it is her policy to table the Statutory Instruments required to give legal effect to the regulations on age verification for commercial pornography sites by 3 October 2019. (291559)

6 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Independent Press Standards Organisation on improving the conduct of the press intruding into the private lives of non-political public figures. (291587)

7 N Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the performance indicators and metrics for the grant funding awarded to Hacker House; and what assessment she has made of whether those performance indicators have been met. (291558)

8 N Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to introduce safety tests on the proposed 5G pilot projects. (291573)

9 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the responses to the survey of local authorities undertaken by his Department in September 2019 on schools' preparedness for the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (291609)

10 N Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) regulation of purpose-built student accommodation providers and (b) safeguards for students affected by properties not being built in time for university starting dates. (291607)

11 N Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of delays in the provision of new purpose-built student accommodation beyond the start date of students' courses on (a) student well-being, (b) academic achievement of students and (c) taxpayer value for money. (291608)

12 N Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the implications for his Department's policies are of the finding by the Children's Commissioner for England in her report, Growing Up North, that pupils from London who have had free school meals are twice as likely to go to university than equivalent children in the north. (291571)

13 N Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the implications for his Department's policies are of the finding by the Northern Powerhouse Project in its report, Educating the North, 12 Published: Monday 30 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 27 September 2019

that disadvantaged pupils in the north achieve attainment levels 1.3 percentage points less than the national disadvantaged average and 6.5 percentage points less than their disadvantaged peers in London. (291572)

14 N (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on the proposed Abacus Free School project in Hampstead and Kilburn constituency. (291594)

15 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the (a) potential merits, (b) affordability (c) feasibility of the redevelopment of Hampstead Police Station for Abacus Primary School. (291595)

16 N (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the take-up of dancing in schools to help tackle childhood obesity. (291588)

17 N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who the directors will be of the company limited by guarantee to run the National College of Creative Industries. (291543)

18 N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the funding allocated to the National College of Creative Industries will be subject to the same grant agreements after the establishment of the private company to replace that organisation. (291544)

19 N Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to introduce a ban on the sale of plastic tea bags. (291557)

20 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many non disclosure agreements in relation to preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal her Department has signed with (a) private organisations and (b) public organisations between (i) 23 June 2016 and 22 August 2019 and (ii) since 22 August 2019. (291547)

21 N Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the amount of funding allocated by his Department to consultancy services to support its preparations for the UK leaving the EU. (291603)

22 N Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to ensure that Official Development Assistance expenditure by other Departments contributes to poverty reduction. (291604)

23 N Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason was the Government's procurement of additional freight capacity was delayed. (291524) Published: Monday 30 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 27 September 2019 13

24 N Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of freight capacity for priority goods will be in place by 31 October 2019; and what assessment he has made of the effect on the supply of priority goods not that capacity not being available until 30 November 2019.(291525)

25 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many non disclosure agreements in relation to preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal his Department has signed with (a) private organisations and (b) public organisations between (i) 23 June 2016 and 22 August 2019 and (ii) since 22 August 2019. (291546)

26 N (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the welfare mitigation package for people in Northern Ireland will be extended beyond the March 2020. (291585)

27 N Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Audit Office's report, Exiting the EU: supplying the health and social care sectors, published on 27 October 2019, what discussions he has had with healthcare providers to assess the adequacy of (a) medicines, (b) medical supplies, (c) freight capacity for securing continued supplies in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 31 October 2019. (291598)

28 N Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of (a) nursing homes and (b) other social care providers have complied with his advice on contingency planning for the UK leaving the EU; and what discussions officials in his Department have had with providers that have not complied. (291599)

29 N Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions has he had with representatives of NHS England on the reintroduction of financial incentives to attract people into nursing careers. (291600)

30 N Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with representatives of healthcare providers on nursing vacancies in NHS Trusts. (291601)

31 N Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the length of time for nursing applications to reach pre-2015 levels in the event of the reintroduction of financial incentives for people entering the nursing profession. (291602)

32 N Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Audit Office's report, Exiting the EU: supplying the health and social care sectors, published on 27 September 2019, what assessment he has made of the effect on medical supplies in the event that government freight capacity is not adequate by 30 November 2019. (291520) 14 Published: Monday 30 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 27 September 2019

33 N Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the report entitled, Exiting the EU: supplying the health and social care sectors, published by the National Audit Office in September 2019. (291522)

34 N Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of (a) nursing homes and (b) providers of domiciliary care have made preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and what support his Department has provided to those organisation to ensure the preparedness. (291528)

35 N Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the level of risk to health posed by 5G connectivity. (291574)

36 N Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations has he made to the Israeli Government on the alleged shooting by the Israeli Defence Force of a 9 year old Palestinian boy, Abd a-Rahman a-Shteiwi on 12 July 2019; and if he will make a statement. (291575)

37 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Section 20 rules to apply to stay in the UK under the EU Settlement Scheme, what support her Department is providing to local authorities to enable them to work with looked-after children that are EU nationals. (291577)

38 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that children in care that are EU nationals are informed of the potential requirement to apply to secure their status in the UK. (291578)

39 N Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing councils with the power to manage properties currently owned by housing associations. (291556)

40 N (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of trends in level of people living in temporary accommodation in last three years. (291589)

41 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support individuals and families in temporary accommodation to move into long-term housing. (291590) Published: Monday 30 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 27 September 2019 15

42 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of funding allocated to local authorities to implement the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017. (291591)

43 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2019 to Question 239278 on Sleeping Rough, when he plans to publish the impact and process evaluation of the rough sleeping initiative. (291592)

44 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to increase the provision of (a) affordable housing and (b) social housing in (i) London and (ii) England. (291593)

45 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's consultation entitled, Building a safer future: proposals for reform of the building safety regulatory system, whether he plans to lower the threshold at which combustible materials are banned for use on new high-rise residential buildings from 18 metres to 11 metres. (291579)

46 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's consultation entitled, Building a safer future: proposals for reform of the building safety regulatory system, whether he plans to undertake a consultation on banning the use of combustible materials on the external walls of (a) hospitals, (b) care homes, and (c) sheltered housing. (291580)

47 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's data release entitled, Building Safety Programme: Monthly Data Release for August 2019, what steps his Department is taking to confirm the cladding status of the four private sector residential buildings for which such status is still to be confirmed. (291581)