Questions Tabled on Thu 24 May 2018
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Published: Friday 25 May 2018 Questions tabled on Thursday 24 May 2018 Includes questions tabled on earlier days which have been transferred. T Indicates a topical oral question. Members are selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question. † Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. N Indicates a question for written answer on a named day under S.O. No. 22(4). [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. Questions for Answer on Monday 4 June Questions for Written Answer 1 James Frith (Bury North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the annual birth rate has been since 2003. (147954) 2 N Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the report from 2017 on the rise in the number of care applications which was conducted by the Cabinet Office Implementation Unit. (147777) 3 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to answer Question 145611, tabled on 18 May 2018, by the hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd. (147942) 4 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which energy-saving products are subject to the reduced VAT rate of five per cent. (147801) 5 Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to announce a retail sector deal as part of his industrial strategy. (147885) 6 Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what meetings he has held with trade union representatives of retail workers in 2018. (147886) 7 Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the (a) dates, (b) attendees and (c) minutes of all Retail Sector Council meetings since its inception. (147887) 2 Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON THURSDAY 24 MAY 2018 8 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what powers he plans the Office for Product Safety and Standards to have to compel companies to issue recalls. (147932) 9 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what regulatory powers the Office for Product Safety and Standards has. (147933) 10 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department plans to take to increase public awareness of the Government’s product recall website; and if he will make a statement. (147934) 11 N Peter Kyle (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of whether some pensioners are missing out on the Warm Home Discount Scheme as a result of being customers of a supplier with fewer than 250,000 customers. (147936) 12 N Peter Kyle (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of people eligible for the Warm Home Discount Scheme who will not receive that discount in 2018-19 because they are customers of an energy supplier with fewer than 250,000 customers. (147937) 13 Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations he has made to the European Commission on its proposals to remove the exemption for stage lighting from EU energy efficiency regulations. (147880) 14 N Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the basic training qualifications for industrial divers in the offshore oil and gas and wind sectors in enabling those employees to transfer their skills between the two sectors. (147917) 15 N Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the Offshore Wind Industry Council’s proposals for a sector deal between Government and that industry up to 2030. (147918) 16 Brendan O'Hara (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen the consumer within the telecoms sector. (147915) 17 John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people are employed in the automotive industry in the (a) the Warley constituency and (b) Borough of Sandwell. (147809) Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON THURSDAY 24 MAY 2018 3 18 N Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what representations his Department made to the European Commission on the effect of the proposed EU Lighting Regulation 2020 to replace EU1194/2012 and associated regulation under the Ecodesign Working Plan 2016- 19, on the use of different types stage lighting across the creative industries. (147822) 19 N Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the (a) names, (b) postcode location and (c) year of closure of the museums that closed between 2010 and 2018. (147813) 20 N Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the (a) names, (b) postcode location and (c) year of closure of the theatres that closed between 2010 and 2018. (147814) 21 Ben Bradley (Mansfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the sustainability of funding levels for early years provision. (147971) 22 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers are qualified Maths teachers in secondary schools in England. (147803) 23 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers are qualified English teachers in secondary schools in England. (147804) 24 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school pupils received a free school meal in England in 2017. (147805) 25 Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he is taking steps to ensure that Childline has sufficient funding. [Transferred] (147354) 26 James Frith (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of changes in the number of pupils at schools which have been rated as good or outstanding in each of the last 10 years. [R] (147953) 27 Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to identify an alternative trust or provider for the Isle of Wight Studio school. (147907) 28 N Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the oral answer of the Schools Minister, Nick Gibb on 14 May to the hon. Member for Wythenshawe and Sale East, what steps he is taking to review Progress 8; and when he expects the review to be complete. (147908) 4 Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON THURSDAY 24 MAY 2018 29 Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Black British students achieved 3 'A' grades or higher in A Levels in each of the last eight years. (147796) 30 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will ensure that any pay rise recommended by the School Teachers’ Pay Review Body 2018 is paid for from a new and dedicated allocation of funding from the public purse. [Transferred] (147519) 31 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with HM Treasury on ensuring that any salary increase recommended by the 2018 School Teachers’ Review Body on teachers' pay is paid for from new and dedicated funding from the public purse. (147958) 32 N Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2018 to Question 145616, if his Department will review the adequacy of the current approach to pupils with hyperactivity. (147984) 33 N Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, (a) what the budget was and (b) how many staff were employed in the (i) office of the National Schools Commissioner and (ii) offices of each of the Regional Schools Commissioners in each of the last three financial years to date. (147898) 34 N Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, (a) what the budget was and (b) how many staff were employed by Ofsted in each of the last three financial years to date. (147899) 35 N Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, (a) what the budget was and (b) how many staff were employed in the Education and Skills Funding Agency in each of the last three financial years to date. (147900) 36 Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding of schools in the Halton constituency. (147815) 37 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to speed up communication with farmers on the results of tests when farms are found to be clear from bovine TB after having being shut down.