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. (147798)
38 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to enhance the regulation of extended producer responsibility after the UK leaves the EU. (147800)
39 N Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the number of animal rescue centres with overcrowded living conditions. (147981) Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018 5
40 N Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the number of animals that are unsuitably re-homed from animal rescue centres in England in each of the last five years. (147982)
41 N Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the processes for checking for diseases in animal rescue centres. (147983)
42 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many staff were (a) employed by and (b) seconded to his Department at May (i) 2017 and (ii) 2018. (147806)
43 N Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing (a) bilaterally and (b) multilaterally to relief efforts following Cyclone Sagar in Somaliland; and if she will make a statement. (147904)
44 N Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has to support Parliamentary elections in Somaliland in 2019. (147905)
45 N Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to recent legislation passed by the US administration on funding for the reconstruction of Syria, what assessment he has made of the merits of bringing forward similar legislative proposals. (147802)
46 Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to facilitate Taiwan's participation in the World Health Organisation to safeguard global health security. (147836)
47 N Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will support the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs' humanitarian funding appeal for Gaza. (147780)
48 N Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support the Government has provided for healthcare and sanitation in Gaza in each the last three years. (147781)
49 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff were (a) employed by and (b) seconded to his Department at May (i) 2017 and (ii) 2018. (147807)
50 N Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's letter entitled Regulation of mobile concrete batching plant – decision on operating weight arrangements, published on 5 April 2018, what the evidential basis was for his Department's decision that there was no compelling case for amending regulations to permit mobile batching concrete 6 Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018
plants (MCBPs) to continue to operate outside standard legal gross vehicle weight limits after the inclusion of MCBPs within statutory goods vehicle testing from 20 May 2018. (147972)
51 N Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to conduct an assessment of the effect of not permitting mobile batching concrete plants to continue to operate outside standard legal gross vehicle weight limits on (a) the economy and (b) businesses. (147973)
52 N Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's letter entitled Regulation of mobile concrete batching plant – decision on operating weight arrangements, published on 5 April 2018, what assessment he has made of the effect on fair competition within the wet concrete market industry of the decisions contained within that letter. (147974)
53 Martin Docherty-Hughes (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether other companies have been involved in the GovCoin contract to undertake trials on the use of blockchain technology for the welfare and benefits system; and whether any claimant information was shared with (a) those other companies and (b) GovCoin during the period of that contract. (147916)
54 N Graham P Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the value of the new bereavement support payment to affected families. (147884)
55 Sandy Martin (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to review its policy on compensation for war widows who have already surrendered a pension on remarriage or cohabitation; and if she will make a statement. (147986)
56 N Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) Easington constituency and (b) England who are in receipt of universal credit and in rent arrears. (147881)
57 N Danielle Rowley (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sanctions were made against claimants of universal credit in the last financial year; (b) how many of those people sanctioned asked for a mandatory reconsideration; (c) and how many decisions on those sanctions for which such a reconsideration was requested were upheld. (147951)
58 N Danielle Rowley (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hardship payments have been made to universal credit claimants while they were under sanctions. (147952)
59 N John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Director of the Child Maintenance Service plans to respond to the letter of 18 April 2018 from the right hon. Member for Warley. (147808) Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018 7
60 N Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has allocated to support research into treatment for myalgic encephalomyelitis in each of the last five years; and what plans he has to allocate further funding for such research. (147821)
61 Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding was allocated from the public purse to coeliac research in 2016-17. (147882)
62 Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding the Government plans to allocate to coeliac research in the 2018-19 financial year. (147883)
63 Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total expenditure was on NHS dental services (a) gross and (b) net of patient charge revenue in England in each of the last five years. (147919)
64 Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the expenditure was on NHS dental services net of patient charge revenue in England per head of population in each of the last five years. (147920)
65 Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the patient charge revenue was in England in each of the last five years (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of the total expenditure on NHS dental services in England in that period. (147921)
66 Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total expenditure was on the salaried primary dental care services in England in each of the last five years; and what proportion of that sum was allocated to dentists’ wages. (147922)
67 Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent on NHS hospital dental services, excluding oral maxillofacial surgery in each of the last five years; and what proportion of that spending was on dentists’ pay. (147923)
68 Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many General Dental Service contracts were terminated by the contract holder in England in each of the last five years by Local Area Team. (147924)
69 Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Personal Dental Service contracts were terminated by the contract holder before the end date in England in each of the last five years by Local Area Team. (147925)
70 Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending free prescriptions to people with long-term health conditions. (147894) 8 Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018
71 Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the medical exemption criteria for prescription charges were first created; and how often that criteria has been (a) reviewed and (b) amended since it was introduced. (147895)
72 Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the number of children born each year in the UK suffering from Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. (147888)
73 Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of NHS services for sufferers of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. (147889)
74 Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2018 to question 136542 on health: finance, how much funding from the public purse allocated to activities funded under the section 7A of the public health functions agreement was spent; and what other expenditure reported by NHS England on section 7A services in addition to the ring-fenced sum was spent in each of the last five years. (147837)
75 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what work his Department is undertaking with local authorities to increase access to cervical screening at sexual health clinics. (147838)
76 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Spring Budget 2017, what proportion of the additional funding for social care has been or will be spent on social care for (a) pensioners, (b) working age adults and (c) children in the (i) 2017-18, (ii) 2018/19 and (iii) 2019-20 financial years. (147840)
77 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Spring Budget 2017, what assessment his Department has made of the effect that the additional funding has had on (a) NHS-attributable and (b) social care-attributable Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOCs) in 2017-18; and if he will list the local authorities for which the number of DTOC days have (a) increased and (b) decreased in 2017-18 compared with the previous year. (147841)
78 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 124751, (a) how many and (b) which local areas do not have approved Better Care Fund plans in place. (147842)
79 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 124751, how much funding for social care was delivered through the Better Care Fund by source of funding in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18. (147843) Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018 9
80 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the innovation and Better Care Fund element of the additional £2 billion funding for social care announced in Spring Budget 2017, whether that funding is subject to the four National Conditions of the Better Care Fund; and if he will provide detail of any other conditions and requirements that funding is subject to. (147844)
81 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of whether there was a gap between what local authorities paid care providers for social care and what providers required to meet people’s needs in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18. (147845)
82 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Spring Budget 2017, how much of the additional funding for social care (a) was spent in 2017-18 and (b) is forecast to be spent in (i) 2018-19 and (ii) 2019-20 to fund social care providers paying the National Living Wage, broken down by NUTS 1 region and local authority. (147846)
83 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2018 to Question 65063 on care homes: standards, if he will publish the number of social care provider de-registrations for all NUTS1 regions between 2010-11 and 2017-18. (147847)
84 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2018 to Question 65063 on care homes: standards, how many of those de-registrations occurred because (a) the care home closed or (b) because of a legal entity change or change of the provider. (147848)
85 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Prime Minister’s answer to Question 76 in her oral evidence to the Liaison Committee, on 27 March 2018, whether the planned multi-year funding settlement for the NHS will also apply to the social care sector. (147849)
86 N Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what factors the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition takes into account when determining whether to revise its advice on any aspect of nutritional supplementation. (147850)
87 N Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list all the recommendations the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition has issued in respect of nutritional supplements by (a) nutritional supplement; (b) when the recommendation was last reviewed in each case and (c) what triggered the last review in the case of each supplement; and if he will make a statement. (147851) 10 Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018
88 N Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition has to develop additional advice on the use of food supplements by nutrient. (147852)
89 N Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the revised advice issued by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition in July 2016 on vitamin D, for what reasons Public Health England limited the application of the advice to autumn and winter only; what steps he has taken to monitor the effect of the change in the advice on the health of the population; what steps have been taken to make the public aware of the advice; and if he will make a statement. (147853)
90 N Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 14 May, to Question 142400, on learning disability: death, by what means his Department was informally notified of the intended publication; what his Department’s definition of informally notified is; and what his Department’s definition of formally notified is. (147860)
91 N Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish the (a) terms of reference and (b) timescale for the parallel workstream on working-age social care users. (147824)
92 N Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision: a Green Paper, jointly published by his Department and the Department for Education, when the Government plans to publish its response to the consultation on that Green Paper. (147776)
93 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in (a) the North East and (b) England in each of the last three years. (147891)
94 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. (147892)
95 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide mental health support to people affected by Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. (147893)
96 Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has received representations of the potential sale of HC-One; and if he will make a statement. (147870)
97 Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has received representations on the takeover of Four Seasons Healthcare by H/2 Capital Partners. (147871) Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018 11
98 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were prescribed GnRH analogue treatment by the NHS in each of the last five years. (147966)
99 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with a patent foramen ovare are on a waiting list for treatment in (a) West Yorkshire and (b) England. (147810)
100 Thelma Walker (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of the recommendations of the mental health matters too reports of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Parkinson's. (147956)
101 Thelma Walker (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans are in place to support people with Parkinson’s disease who have mental health conditions. (147957)
102 Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Guatemala on the killing of human rights defenders and community leaders Luis Marroquin, Jose Can Xol and Mateo Chaman Paau this month. (147820)
103 N Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to support a ceasefire in hostilities between Puntland and Somaliland. (147902)
104 N Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Government of (a) Puntland, (b) Somalia and (c) Swaziland on (i) recent hostilities between Puntland and Somaliland and (ii) threats made by Puntland to Somaliland. (147903)
105 Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Spanish counterpart on the Arnaga declaration on the conflict in the Basque country; and if he will make a statement. (147816)
106 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department will provide consular and legal assistance to (a) members of the Windrush generation and their children and (b) people who arrived between 1973 and 1988 applying for citizenship or the right to remain from abroad. (147980)
107 Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Guatemalan counterpart on reports of threats against the leader and members of the Nuevo Dia Ch'orti Indigenous Association in Guatemala; and if he will make a statement. (147825) 12 Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018
108 Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of ratifying the Kampala amendments on the crime of aggression to the Statute of Rome. (147826)
109 N Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the number of police officers was in England and Wales by rank for the latest date for which information is available. (147901)
110 N Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his speech to the Police Federation Conference on 23 May 2018, what the Government's policy is on the use of spit hoods. (147929)
111 N Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his speech to the Police Federation on 23 May 2018, whether police numbers have been stable since 2015. (147930)
112 N Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals for an offensive weapons Bill. (147931)
113 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Statement of 24 May 2018 on Immigration, HCWS722, whether his Department plans to publish written guidance on the evidentiary burden on members of the Windrush generation who apply for citizenship or right to remain. (147975)
114 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Statement of 24 May 2018 on Immigration, HCWS722, whether (a) members of the Windrush generation, (b) their children who were born in the UK or were minors when they arrived in the UK and (c) people who arrived in the UK between 1973 and 1988 who have been refused (i) citizenship and (ii) the right to remain will have the right to appeal against that decision in the UK. (147976)
115 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Statement of 24 May 2018 on Immigration, HCWS722, whether (a) members of the Windrush generation, (b) their children who were born in the UK or were minors when they arrived in the UK and (b) people who arrived in the UK between 1973 and 1988 will have access to legal aid for their applications for (i) citizenship and (ii) the right to remain. (147977)
116 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that (a) members of the Windrush generation, (b) their children who were born in the UK or were minors when they arrived in the UK and (c) people who arrived in the UK between 1973 and 1988 who approach the Windrush task force will not have their information passed to Immigration Enforcement. (147978) Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018 13
117 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Statement of 24 May 2018 on Immigration, HCWS722, what training his Department will provide to immigration caseworkers on the new rules relating to that Statutory Instrument. (147979)
118 Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support his Department provides to former Carillion staff who have been asked to reapply for Tier 2 sponsorship since that company went into liquidation. (147797)
119 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2018 to Question 141827, what methodology and criteria he is using to monitor the effect of the operation of the immigration cap on potential NHS doctors; if he will make it his policy to remove those restrictions; and if he will make a statement. [Transferred] (147426)
120 N Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the urgent review of 33 cases launched by the Metropolitan Police over suspected mishandling of evidence in the forensic laboratory, what information his Department holds on (a) number of boroughs affected and (b) number of cases involving on offender under 18 years old. (147897)
121 Sandy Martin (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who were resident in Ipswich constituency have been deported from the UK since 2011. (147987)
122 Sandy Martin (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the people deported from Ipswich constituency since 2011 were deemed to be citizens of other Commonwealth countries. (147988)
123 Sandy Martin (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those Commonwealth citizens deported from Ipswich constituency since 2011 are now covered by the Government’s assurances in respect of the Windrush generation. (147989)
124 Sandy Martin (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will review funding for rape crisis centres and make an assessment implications for (a) the perceived independence and (b) the advocacy role of those centres of financial dependence on police and crime commissioners. (147990)
125 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has had discussions with Refugee Action on the recommendations of its report on waiting in the dark: how the asylum system dehumanises, disempowers and damages published in May. (147959)
126 Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications of employment have been made to each fire service from each ethnic group in each of the last 10 years. (147875) 14 Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018
127 Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appointments have been made to each fire service from each ethnic group in each of the last 10 years. (147876)
128 Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employment applications have been made to each police force from each ethnic group in each of the last 10 years. (147877)
129 Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appointments have been made to each police force from each ethnic group in each of the last 10 years. (147878)
130 Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from the Equality and Human Rights Commission on the immigration status of members of the Windrush generation in the last 12 months. (147879)
131 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2018 to Question 144296 on Deportation: Migrant Workers, and with reference to refusals having been given where there have been substantial differences of often tens of thousands of pounds between the earnings used to claim points in an immigration application and an applicant’s HMRC records without a credible explanation from the applicant, what numerical value applies to often. (147906)
132 N Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason restaurants that offer a takeaway or home delivery service have been precluded from becoming Tier 2 visa sponsors since 2011; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that policy on the strength of the south Asian and east Asian restaurant sector since that date. (147926)
133 N Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the restrictions on Tier 2 visa sponsorship for chefs. (147927)
134 N Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to respond to Question 142891, tabled on 10 May 2018, by the hon. Member for Edinburgh East; and what proportion of named day questions his Department has not answered by the due date in the last 12 months. (147928)
135 Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) regular and (b) reserve armed forces personnel have made an expenses claim on the Joint Personnel Administration system in the last year. (147909)
136 Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the value of expenses unclaimed by armed forces personnel in 2017. (147910) Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018 15
137 Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reserve armed forces detachments do not have access to the Joint Personnel Administration system on site. (147911)
138 Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) regular and (b) reserve armed forces personnel had an expenses claim audited in 2017. (147912)
139 Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) regular and (b) reserve armed forces personnel had an expenses claim turned down in 2017. (147913)
140 Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) regular and (b) reserve armed forces personnel had to repay an expenses claim in 2017. (147914)
141 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for which foreign states the UK's armed forces provide training; and which services provide training for each those states. (147855)
142 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a service complaint can be made in respect of the adequacy of an investigation undertaken by the service police. (147938)
143 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what specialist resources and training the Service Complaints Ombudsman receives to assist her in considering service complaints relating to the conduct of the service police. (147939)
144 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing oversight of the service police by the Independent Office of Police Complaints. (147940)
145 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Service Complaints Ombudsman on her capacity to discharge an effective and independent oversight role of the service police; and what the outcome of such discussions was. (147941)
146 N Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria will be used to determine which local authorities receive the a proportion of the £400 million to support fire safety initiatives. (147960)
147 Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2018 to Question 145264 on Buildings: Fire Prevention, if he will publish the locations of the buildings identified as unlikely to meet current building regulations guidance. (147795) 16 Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018
148 N Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations his Department has received in opposition to mandatory electrical safety checks in the private rented sector. (147943)
149 N Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations his Department has received from local authorities regarding mandatory electrical safety checks in the private rented sector. (147944)
150 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to section 136, as amended by the Local Authorities (Capital Finance (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2004, what records his Department keeps on the levy paid by local authorities when the capital receipt received from the sale of its stock is greater than the housing debt attributable to those dwelling houses. (147828)
151 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to section 37 of the Local Government Act 2000, whether it is his Departments policy to keep records of all written constitutions by local authority. (147829)
152 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to section 37 of the Local Government Act 2000, whether his Department monitors the written constitutions of each local authority. (147830)
153 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to section 42B of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, what records his Department keeps on a local authorities duty to maintain a rural settlement list. (147831)
154 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Section 42B of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, whether his Department monitors the rural rate relief provided by local authorities through that duty. (147832)
155 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Regulation 10 of the Council Tax Administration and Enforcement Regulations 1992, what records his Department keeps on local authorities and their duty to notify residents and owners of dwellings which are exempt from council tax. (147833)
156 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Regulation 10 of the Council Tax Administration and Enforcement Regulations 1992, whether his Department has received reports of local authorities not fulfilling their duty to notify the residents or owners of dwellings which are exempt from council tax. (147834) Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018 17
157 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department’s policy paper on the allocations of the additional funding for adult social care, published on 9 March 2017, how much of that funding is being delivered through the (a) the innovation and Better Care Fund and (b) Relative Needs Formula used for the 2017-18 Adult Social Care Support Grant for each local authority in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 2019-20. (147839)
158 N Darren Jones (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of local discretionary council housing payments being made available people who are in work but do not have savings. (147946)
159 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what specific steps his Department has taken to protect leaseholders from being charged excessive ground rent in the last six months. (147890)
160 N Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prevent unreasonable increases in ground rents on existing leasehold properties. (147985)
161 N Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2018 to Question 136450 on court closures, if he will publish the postcodes of the courts listed that closed between the 2010-11 and 2016-17 financial years. (147811)
162 Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the savings that will be passed on to motorists through reduced insurance premiums as a result of changes proposed in the Civil Liabilities [HL] Bill. (147861)
163 Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how his Department plans to calculate the estimated savings to insurance premiums as a result of changes proposed in the Civil Liabilities [HL] Bill. (147862)
164 Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that savings to insurance premiums are passed on to motorists as a result of changes proposed in the Civil Liabilities [HL] Bill. (147863)
165 Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to monitor insurance premium cost changes made as a result of provisions in the Civil Liabilities [HL] Bill. (147864) 18 Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018
166 Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release, Justice Secretary unveils new bill to cut car insurance premiums, published on 20 March 2018, what steps his Department is taking to improve transparency in the system when calculating the personal injury discount rate. (147865)
167 Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department provides to insurers on (a) investigating and (b) not paying out to fraudulent motor insurance claims. (147866)
168 Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of motor insurance claims that were fraudulent in each of the last eight years. (147867)
169 Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of motor insurance claims that were fraudulent in each of the last eight years. (147868)
170 Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how the Government measures the number of motor insurance claims that are fraudulent. (147869)
171 Hugh Gaffney (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a prison service parliamentary scheme. (147945)
172 N Ruth George (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many police applications for pre-charge bail have been made for (a) drug offences, (b) rape charges, (c) firearms offences, (d) other dangerous weapon offences, (e) grievous bodily harm, (f) manslaughter, (g) murder and (h) all other offences in (i) Derbyshire and (ii) each region of the UK in the last five years. (147967)
173 N Ruth George (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many CPS applications to extend the custody time limit for bail have been made for (a) drug offences, (b) rape charges, (c) firearms offences, (d) other dangerous weapon offences, (e) grievous bodily harm, (f) manslaughter, (g) murder and (h) all other offences in (i) Derbyshire and (ii) each region of the UK in the last five years. (147968)
174 N Ruth George (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many successful police applications for pre-charge bail have been made for (a) drug offences, (b) rape charges, (c) firearms offences, (d) other dangerous weapon offences, (e) grievous bodily harm, (f) manslaughter, (g) murder and (h) all other offences in (i) Derbyshire and (ii) each region of the UK in the last five years. (147969)
175 Ruth George (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many successful CPS applications to extend the custody time limit for bail have been made for (a) drug offences, (b) rape charges, (c) firearms offences, (d) other Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018 19
dangerous weapon offences, (e) grievous bodily harm, (f) manslaughter, (g) murder and (h) all other offences in (i) Derbyshire and (ii) each region on the UK in the last five years. (147970)
176 David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on prison officers wearing (a) smoke hoods and (b) other respiratory protective equipment when attending an incident in a cell involving the use of a psychoactive substance. (147817)
177 N Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to review the law relating to suicide pacts. (147827)
178 N Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 have been discharged from detention following a First-Tier Mental Health Tribunal (a) paper and (b) oral hearing in each of the last five years for which data is available. (147857)
179 N Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has consulted people detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 on proposals by the Tribunal Procedure Committee to give First-Tier Mental Health Tribunals the power to take decisions without an oral hearing where a patient has been automatically referred to a tribunal. (147858)
180 N Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of proposals by the Tribunal Procedure Committee to abolish pre-hearing examinations in the First- Tier Mental Health Tribunal on the United Kingdom’s compliance with Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights. (147859)
181 N Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) membership and (b) chairing arrangements are for the Family Justice Board. (147778)
182 N Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what dates the Family Justice Board has met since its inception; and if he will publish the minutes of those meetings. (147779)
183 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average waiting time for personal independence payments appeals at tribunal in (a) Caernarfon County Court and Family Court, (b) Prestatyn Justice Centre, (c) Chester Magistrates' Court, (d) Chester Civil and Family Justice Centre and (e) Welshpool County Court and Family Court. (147818)
184 Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of outstanding Social Security and Child Support Tribunals in (a) Caernarfon County Court and Family Court, (b) Prestatyn Justice Centre, (c) Chester Magistrates' Court, (d) Chester Civil and Family Justice Centre and (e) Welshpool County Court and Family Court. (147819) 20 Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018
185 Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made on the potential effect of his Department's proposed personal injury reforms on people who are not driving a car who are involved in traffic accidents. (147955)
186 N Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2018 to Question 140667 on Jagtar Singh Johal, what information Indian Prime Minister Modi provided in response to her questions on Jagtar Singh Johal's (a) case and (b) treatment in custody; and if she will make a statement. (147835)
187 Alex Chalk (Cheltenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of restricting the gift aid small donations scheme (GASDS) on church donations made overseas by British visitors on UK registered church charities, such as St Andrews Church Kyrenia, and if he will take steps to review his Department's policy on GASDS church donations. (147935)
188 N Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the (a) names, (b) postcodes and (c) year of closure of the HMRC offices that have closed in each year between 2010 and 2018. (147812)
189 N Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) strategic risk management policy and (b)(i) performance management, (ii) financial control and (iii) other processes his Department uses to monitor private finance initiatives. (147961)
190 N Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has estimated the revenue that Carillion accrued from selling its stake in private finance initiative projects; and if he will make a statement. (147962)
191 N Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the jurisdictions in which those companies that purchased Carillion's stakes in private finance initiative projects were registered; and if he will make a statement. (147963)
192 N Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to revise its procedures on monitoring private finance initiatives following the liquidation of Carillion. (147964)
193 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to publish updated value for money assessment guidance on private finance initiatives. (147965)
194 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Pensions Regulator on the decision to bring forward payments into the Pension Protection Fund due to collapse of Carillion; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that decision on capital investment. (147799) Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018 21
195 Luke Graham (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much spending from the National Productivity Fund has resulted in Barnett consequentials funding to Scotland in (a) 2017-18 and (b) 2018-19. (147947)
196 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government has spent on UN peacekeeping in each of the last eight years. (147854)
197 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money the UN has reimbursed the UK for the provision of (a) personnel and (b) equipment for peacekeeping operations in each of the last eight years. (147856)
198 Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings he had with the Government Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 January and 31 March 2018. (147823)
199 John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to publish updated value for money assessment guidance on private finance initiatives. (147787)
200 John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to publish updated data on private finance initiative projects on his Department's website. (147788)
201 John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the news item on UK PFI and PPP equity offshoring and tax avoidance published by the European Services Strategy Unit, if his Department will make an assessment of the accuracy of that Unit's findings that almost half of all private finance initiative projects are majority owned by nine offshore infrastructure funds. (147789)
202 John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report entitled PFI and PF2, published by the National Audit Office on 17 January 2018, what assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of that report's findings that PF2 costs are around 40 per cent higher than similar projects financed by government borrowing; and if he will make a statement. (147790)
203 John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which private finance initiative contracts are being delivered by contractors that his Department deem to be high risk. (147791)
204 John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Forty-first report of the Public Accounts Committee, Government risk assessments relating to Carillion, published on 23 May 2018, HC 1045, when his Department first became aware of the Cabinet Office's responses to recommendations to give Carillion a high-risk rating two months before that company collapsed. (147792) 22 Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018
205 John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department have held with the Cabinet Office on monitoring private finance Iinitiative contracts held by Carillion. (147793)
206 John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how his Department monitors private finance initiative contracts, including (a) strategic risk management policy, (b) financial control and (c) performance management. (147794)
207 N David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to allocate funding for 2019-20 from the soft drinks levy; and if he will make a statement. (147896)
208 N Danielle Rowley (Midlothian): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many women have applied for support for a child conceived without consent whilst claiming child tax credits since 6 April 2017. (147948)
209 N Danielle Rowley (Midlothian): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many women had their application for support for a child conceived without consent whilst claiming child tax credit refused since 6 April 2017. (147949)
210 N Danielle Rowley (Midlothian): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many women had their application for support for a child conceived without consent whilst claiming universal tax credit refused since 6 April 2017. (147950)
211 Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to increase the level of compensation payable by the Pension Protection Fund. (147872)
212 Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing inflation-linked increases to the amounts payable by the Pension Protection Fund to people with pre-April 1997 pensionable service. (147873)
213 Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of extending inflation-linked increases to the amounts payable by the Pension Protection Fund to people with pre-April 1997 pensionable service. (147874)
214 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his officials have had with the EU Commission on reform of the third country equivalence regime. (147782)
215 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on reform of the third country equivalence regime. (147783) Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018 23
216 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of financial service contracts that will require (a) repapering and (b) novating after the UK leaves the EU. (147784)
217 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the European Council on the grandfathering of the terms of existing cross-border financial services contracts after the UK leaves the EU. (147785)
218 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect that operating under EU third country regimes may have on the UK asset management industry in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (147786)
219 N Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the command paper, Future operation of Civil Partnerships, Cm. 9606, published in May 2018, what specifications her Department issued on the opinion polling to be conducted when appointing an organisation to undertake opinion polling on demand for extending civil partnerships; and for what reasons the Office for National Statistics was so appointed. (147775)
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
1 Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): If he will take steps to expand the scope of the refugee family reunion rules. (905642)
2 Bambos Charalambous (Enfield, Southgate): What the timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals on domestic violence and abuse. (905643)
3 Huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle): What guidance his Department provides to police forces on the policing of protests. (905644)
4 Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the new process for non-UK EU citizens resident in the UK to apply for settled status. [R] (905645)
5 Lucy Allan (Telford): What steps he is taking to tackle the sexual exploitation of vulnerable children. (905646)
6 Gareth Johnson (Dartford): What steps he is taking to tackle knife crime. (905647)
7 Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): What steps he is taking to increase police numbers. (905648)
8 Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh and Wickford): What steps he is taking to tackle knife crime. (905649)
9 Liz Twist (Blaydon): What steps his Department is taking in response to fire services’ ageing workforces. (905650) 24 Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018
10 Damien Moore (Southport): What steps he is taking to ensure that illegal migrants cannot work in the UK. (905651)
11 Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on tackling cyber attacks. (905652)
12 Grahame Morris (Easington): What steps his Department is taking in response to fire services’ ageing workforces. (905653)
13 Fiona Bruce (Congleton): What steps he is taking to tackle domestic violence. (905654)
14 Steve Double (St Austell and Newquay): What steps his Department is taking to ensure that the hospitality and tourism sector can continue to access seasonal workers from the EEA after the UK leaves the EU. (905655)
15 Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): What steps he is taking to reduce knife and gun crime; and if he will make a statement. (905656)
16 Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): What steps he is taking to tackle extremism. (905657)
17 Ruth George (High Peak): What recent assessment he has made of trends in waiting times for forensic test results in criminal cases. (905658)
18 Dame Caroline Spelman (Meriden): What steps he is taking to tackle extremism. (905659)
19 Tom Pursglove (Corby): What assessment he has made of recent trends in anti- semitic hate crime. (905660)
20 Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): What recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of support for asylum seekers. (905661)
21 Eddie Hughes (Walsall North): What steps his Department is taking to encourage greater collaboration between police and fire services. (905662)
22 Adam Holloway (Gravesham): What steps he is taking to tackle extremism. (905663)
23 Craig Tracey (North Warwickshire): What steps he is taking to implement a fair, effective and sustainable immigration system. (905664)
24 Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central): What steps his Department is taking to tackle modern slavery. (905665)
25 Graham P Jones (Hyndburn): Whether his Department plans to commission a review into the potential merits of legalising the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes. (905666)
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
T 1 Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough and Whitby): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. (905667)
T 2 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): (905668) Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018 25
T 3 Fiona Bruce (Congleton): (905669)
T 4 Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): (905670)
T 5 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): (905671)
T 6 Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): (905672)
T 7 Ms Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and Whiston): (905673)
T 8 John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare): (905674)
T 9 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): (905675)
T 10 Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood): (905676)
Questions for Answer on Tuesday 5 June
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
1 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): What assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a prison service parliamentary scheme. (905577)
2 Anna Turley (Redcar): What assessment he has made of the effect of the decline in the number of people receiving legal aid for early legal help on access to justice. (905578)
3 Grahame Morris (Easington): What steps his Department is taking to help offenders access (a) housing and (b) benefits on release from prison. (905579)
4 Eddie Hughes (Walsall North): What steps the Government is taking to reform the youth justice system. (905580)
5 Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): What assessment he has made of trends in the level of personal independence payment appeals that have been successful at tribunal. (905581)
6 Robert Courts (Witney): What steps the Government is taking to prevent the use of mobile phones in prisons. (905582)
7 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): What assessment his Department has made of the effect of court closures on access to justice. (905583)
8 Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): What assessment he has made of the effect of custodial sentences of less than six months on rehabilitation. (905584)
9 Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock): What assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals on a no body, no parole law. (905585) 26 Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018
10 Mike Wood (Dudley South): What progress the Government has made on improving the safety of prison officers. (905586)
11 Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): What assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of its programme to modernise the court system. (905587)
12 Bob Blackman (Harrow East): What assessment he has made of the role of employment and education in reducing rates of reoffending. (905588)
13 Giles Watling (Clacton): What progress has been made on introducing technology to assist with rehabilitation in prisons. (905589)
14 Sarah Champion (Rotherham): What progress is being made on introducing a victims' law. (905590)
15 Sir David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): What progress the Government has made on improving the safety of prison officers. (905591)
16 Lee Rowley (North East Derbyshire): What steps the Government plans to take to ensure that the UK legal system operates effectively after the UK leaves the EU. (905592)
17 Helen Jones (Warrington North): What steps he is taking to improve education in prisons. (905593)
18 Damien Moore (Southport): What steps his Department is taking to improve the court experience for victims and witnesses. (905594)
19 Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): What steps his Department is taking to improve access to justice. (905595)
20 Jo Platt (Leigh): What progress is being made on introducing a victims' law. (905596)
21 Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke): What progress the Government has made on improving the safety of prison officers. (905597)
22 Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of rates of pay for criminal legal aid. (905598)
23 Mark Pawsey (Rugby): What assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of offenders participating in work in the community on reducing rates of reoffending. (905599)
24 Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): What steps the Government is taking to improve access for offenders to education and employment. (905600)
25 Alan Mak (Havant): What assessment he has made of the role of employment and education in reducing rates of reoffending. (905601)
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
T 1 Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (905602) Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018 27
T 2 Alex Chalk (Cheltenham): (905603)
T 3 Mary Robinson (Cheadle): (905604)
T 4 John Spellar (Warley): (905605)
T 5 Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): (905606)
T 6 Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): (905607)
T 7 Craig Tracey (North Warwickshire): (905608)
T 8 Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower): (905609)
T 9 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): (905610)
T 10 Christian Matheson (City of Chester): (905611)
Questions for Answer on Wednesday 6 June
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
1 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the plan to merge the British Transport Police Scottish division with Police Scotland. (905612)
2 Stephen Gethins (North East Fife): What assessment the Government has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the level of growth in the Scottish economy. (905613)
3 Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): What assessment the Government has made of the effect on the Scotch whisky industry of the UK leaving the EU. (905614)
4 Joanna Cherry (Edinburgh South West): What recent discussions he has had with the (a) Scottish Government and (b) Prime Minister on the Scottish Parliament's decision not to grant a legislative consent motion for the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. (905615)
5 Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): What recent discussions he has had with the (a) Scottish Government and (b) Prime Minister on the Scottish Parliament's decision not to grant a legislative consent motion for the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. (905616)
6 Ross Thomson (Aberdeen South): What UK-wide common frameworks the Government has assessed as being essential to business after the UK leaves the EU. (905617)
7 Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): What assessment he has made of the effect on low-income families of the roll-out of universal credit throughout Scotland. (905618) 28 Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018
8 Luke Graham (Ochil and South Perthshire): What steps he has taken to respond to recent concerns on the closure of RBS bank branches in Scotland. (905619)
9 John Howell (Henley): What steps the Government is taking to ensure that Scotland benefits from the modern industrial strategy. (905620)
10 Drew Hendry (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): What assessment the Government has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the level of growth in the Scottish economy. (905621)
11 Mhairi Black (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): What plans the Government has for the future of the Scotland Office. (905622)
12 Mark Menzies (Fylde): What steps the Government is taking to ensure that Scotland benefits from the modern industrial strategy. (905623)
13 David Linden (Glasgow East): What recent discussions he has had with the (a) Scottish Government and (b) Prime Minister on the Scottish Parliament's decision not to grant a legislative consent motion for the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. (905624)
14 Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): What discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) Scottish Government Ministers on the economic effect of the industrial strategy on Scotland. (905625)
15 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): What recent discussions he has had with the (a) Scottish Government and (b) Prime Minister on the Scottish Parliament's decision not to grant a legislative consent motion for the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. (905626)
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
1 Alex Chalk (Cheltenham): If she will list her official engagements for Wednesday 6 June. (905627)
2 Eddie Hughes (Walsall North): (905628)
3 Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): (905629)
4 Jim Shannon (Strangford): (905630)
5 Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby): (905631)
6 Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): (905632)
7 Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown): (905633)
8 Bill Grant (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): (905634)
9 Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): (905635)
10 Mr Paul Sweeney (Glasgow North East): (905636) Published: Friday 25 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 May 2018 29
11 Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock): (905637)
12 Thelma Walker (Colne Valley): (905638)
13 Jo Platt (Leigh): (905639)
14 Michelle Donelan (Chippenham): (905640)
15 Christian Matheson (City of Chester): (905641)