Published: Thursday 17 May 2018

Questions tabled on Wednesday 16 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 Thursday 17 May

Questions for Written Answer

1 N Gerald Jones (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much and to which companies his Department has allocated funding from the Cyber Innovation Fund. [Transferred] (143809)

2 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the hourly rate of pay was which local authorities set for care providers in (a) residential care and (b) community-based care (i) as a national average and (ii) for each local authority. [Transferred] (144240)

3 Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on producing a formal response Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse's report on Child Migration Programmes. [Transferred] (144268)

4 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2018 to Question 121787, whether the Government has made a potential assessment of the merits of issuing guidance or bringing forward proposals on banning or restricting the sale of high caffeine energy drinks in supermarkets. [Transferred] (144274)

5 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the announcement in Budget 2017 of an additional £2 billion of funding for social care, how many and which (a) health and wellbeing boards, (b) local authorities 2 Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018

and (c) clinical commissioning groups have yet to sign off plans for the use of their respective local authorities' share of the funding for (i) 2018-19 and (ii) 2019-2020. [Transferred] (144238)

6 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the announcement in Budget 2017 of an additional £2 billion of funding for social care, how long it took on average for (a) health and wellbeing boards, (b) local authorities and (c) clinical commissioning groups to sign-off plans for the use of their respective local authorities' share of the funding for 2017-18. [Transferred] (144239)

7 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the viability of enabling men to contribute to the pension of their spouse on the same basis as the contribution that they make to their own and with the same tax advantages. [Transferred] (144341)

Questions for Answer on Monday 21 May

Questions for Written Answer

1 N Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Attorney General, if he will provide an update on the status of the case of the Serious Fraud Office investigation into allegations concerning GPT and the conduct of its business in Saudi Arabia. (144950)

2 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of people in (i) Liverpool, Wavertree constituency, (ii) the Liverpool City Region and (ii) England who are paid less than the Living Wage Foundation's living wage. (144890)

3 N Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of exports to (a) the USA and (b) the EU since 2011. [Transferred] (144247)

4 N Ian C. Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which visits have been made by officials of the Prime Minister’s Office and Cabinet Office Communications to (a) Wales and (b) the rest of the UK since the 2017 General Election; and what was the purpose of each of those visits. (144858)

5 Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when plans to answer Question 136059 asked by the hon. Member for Ashton- under-Lyne on 16 April 2018, on Cabinet Office: Apprentices. (144923)

6 N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants there have been in the Commercial Profession in each year since 2014. (144806) Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018 3

7 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Expenditure over £25,000 - March 2018, published on 2 May 2018, for what work for the digital and technology team the payments to Team Consulting International UK were made. (144807)

8 N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Expenditure over £25,000 - March 2018, published on 2 May 2018, for what work on Fast Stream learning and development the payments to CSL KPMG LLP were made. (144808)

9 N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Expenditure over £25,000 - March 2018, published on 2 May 2018, for what parts of SME contract management the payments to NTT Data UK Ltd were made. (144809)

10 N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Expenditure over £25,000 - March 2018, published on 2 May 2018, for what parts of the NSDR team the payments to PA Consulting Services Ltd were made. (144810)

11 N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Expenditure over £25,000 - March 2018, published on 2 May 2018, for what work on Hub Memphis the payments to BNP Paribas were made. (144811)

12 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Expenditure over £25,000 - March 2018, published on 2 May 2018, for what parts of the Next Gen Shared Services project the payments to Deliotte LLP were made. (144812)

13 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, , with reference to his Department's publication entitled Expenditure over £25,000 - March 2018, published on 2 May 2018, for what parts of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority GMPP operations the payments to Price Waterhouse Coopers were made. (144813)

14 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much government research funding was provided to each higher education institutions in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement. (144791)

15 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the science and technology sectors in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry. (144792) 4 Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018

16 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to respond to the letter of 2 May 2018 from Eamon O'Hearn on Unilever Norwich job losses. (144895)

17 Steve Double (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the value of seasonal migrant labour to the UK's hospitality and tourism industry. (144947)

18 David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the value to the UK economy of the outbound tourism industry. (144830)

19 David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the annual spend in the UK’s domestic tourism sector in each of the last five years. (144831)

20 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of money spent from the public purse on youth services in (a) 1997, (b) 2007, (c) 2010 and (d) 2017. (144957)

21 Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government plans to amend its policy on safe standing; and if he will make a statement. (144825)

22 Stephen Kerr (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking following the action taken by the Advertising Standards Authority against misleading presentation of pricing information on the websites of secondary ticket operators. (144968)

23 N Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the economic value of tourism to (a) the UK and (b) Yorkshire. (144835)

24 Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a recognised governing body for white collar boxing; and if he will make a statement. (144978)

25 Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the regulatory and statutory framework relating to white collar boxing events. (144979)

26 N Tracy Brabin (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, further to the oral evidence of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education on Evidence-based early-years intervention inquiry on 1 May 2018, Q 384 and Q 457, HC 506, which outcome measures have been identified as improving in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Newcastle since children’s centre provision was reorganised. (144963) Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018 5

27 N Tracy Brabin (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the oral evidence given by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State to the Science & Technology select committee on 1 May 2018, Question 384, what the evidential basis is for the statement that the number of children’s centres that are open in the most disadvantaged areas has stayed constant. (144964)

28 N Tracy Brabin (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 17 of the Early Years Workforce Strategy, published in March 2017, when his Department plans to undertake a consultation on amending the regulations for Early Years Teacher Status. (144965)

29 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timetable is for the next round of the Strategic Schools Improvement Fund to open for bids. (144820)

30 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of money spent from the public purse on Sure Start in (a) 1997, (b) 2007, (c) 2010 and (d) 2017. (144955)

31 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of money spent from the public purse on education in (a) 1997, (b) 2007, (c) 2010 and (d) 2017. (144956)

32 James Frith (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the quality of transitions for children in need into adulthood. [R] (144977)

33 Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the means by which local authorities are funded for the statutory services they provide to children. (144888)

34 N Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department plans to take to increase support for teenagers with ADHD in schools. (144967)

35 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of training for teachers on child bereavement. [R] (144913)

36 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked after children are being looked after as a result of their parents or guardians being deemed homeless. (144920)

37 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions children subject to special guardianship orders and adoption orders have been placed into local authority care under section 20 of the Children Act 1989 in each of the last five years. (144921) 6 Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018

38 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) adoptions and (b) special guardian placements have broken down in the each of the last five years. (144922)

39 N Conor McGinn (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many parents using the tax free childcare online application system have submitted compensation claims after not receiving a top-up from HMRC; what the average amount of those claims is; what the average response time for such claims has been; and how much compensation has been paid (a) to each such claimant and (b) in total. (144949)

40 N Catherine McKinnell ( North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's policy is on funding from Apprenticeship Levy digital vouchers that businesses did not spend within the two-year time limit. (144908)

41 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending (a) the number of SMEs to which unspent apprenticeship levy digital vouchers can be transferred to by larger firms and (b) the proportion of unspent digital vouchers that can be transferred. (144909)

42 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many companies that are headquartered in England, were unable to spend all of their apprenticeship levy digital vouchers as a result of their apprenticeship programmes being based elsewhere in the UK. (144910)

43 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons his Department plans to introduce a single provider model for each T Level; and what contingency measures his Department is putting in place in the event of the failure of a T Level awarding organisation. (144911)

44 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Competition and Markets Authority has provided an analysis of the single provider proposals for T Levels; and if he will make a statement. (144912)

45 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's announcement of 30 April 2018 on early language skills, what best practice his Department has identified for the effective use of children’s centres to improve outcomes. (144985)

46 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's announcement on 30 April 2018 on early language skills, how much of the £8.5 million Early Years Social Mobility Peer Review Programme he expects to be spent on the development of effective strategies to improve outcomes through the effective use of children’s centres. (144986) Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018 7

47 N (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2018 to Question 132470 on Engineering: Vocational Guidance, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the programme to raise the profile of engineering during the Year of Engineering will result in a long-term increase in the awareness of engineering careers in schools. (144902)

48 N Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2018 to Question 133046 on adult education: finance, whether those organisations eligible for support have different national funding arrangements from other specialist designated institutions. (144903)

49 N Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2018 to Question 1324703 on Engineering: Vocational Guidance, whether his Department plans to allocated additional funding to schools for the provision of career strategies. (144904)

50 N Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2018 to Question 132470 on Engineering: Vocational Guidance, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Insight into Industry initiative for teachers; and whether he has plans to expand the scheme. (144905)

51 N Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2018 to Question 133046 on adult education: finance, what assessment the Government has made of the funding requirements of the specialist providers affected by the devolution of the adult education budget. (144907)

52 N Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2018 to Question 142874 on Disabled Students' Allowances, whether he has assessed the potential merits of providing additional student loans to fund the £200 contribution made by students in receipt of Disabled Students’ Allowance for the purchase of computer hardware. (144925)

53 N Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2018 to Question 137063, what data was collected on the educational backgrounds of applicants to be Chair of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission. (144926)

54 Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Oral Answer of the Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation to the hon. Member for Battersea of 14 May 2018, Official Report, column 15, what the evidential basis is for his statement that students spend on average £250 on computers. (144928) 8 Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018

55 N Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Oral Answer of the Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation to the hon. Member for Battersea of 14 May 2018, Official Report, column 15, when he plans to complete evaluating the impact of the £200 charge for computer equipment for students in receipt of the disabled students allowance. (144929)

56 Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Oral Answer of the Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation to the hon. Member for Battersea of 14 May 2018, Official Report, column 15, what costs the disabled students allowance is planned to cover. (144930)

57 N Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to ensure that relationships and sex education is (a) impartial and (b) LGBT inclusive in all types of schools. (144972)

58 N Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that faith schools are compliant with the Equality Act 2010 when teaching relationships and sex education. (144973)

59 Thelma Walker (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) all children and (b) children eligible for free school meals reached a good level of development at the age of five in Colne Valley constituency in each of the last three years. (144980)

60 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the challenges faced by honeybees in the UK. (144796)

61 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Department is taking to increase the availability of gluten-free food to consumers. (144797)

62 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what dates and with whom he has had discussions on a rural development programme for Unilever's manufacturing operations in Norwich and its associated supply chain. (144894)

63 Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the evidential basis is for his decision to curtail development of renewable energy. (144814)

64 Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the evidential basis is for his proposal to ban new onshore wind farms. (144815) Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018 9

65 Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Government plans to invest in renewable energy in 2018-2019; and whether this figure is an increase from the previous year. (144816)

66 Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of (a) recent trends in the capacity of the health services in Yemen to treat (i) cholera and (ii) diphtheria cases and (b) the effect of those trends on the rate of cases of each of those diseases. (144788)

67 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department provides to internally displaced Christians who wish to return to the Nineveh Plains area of Iraq. (144840)

68 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that money supplied to the Gaza region is used only for humanitarian purposes. (144842)

69 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure the (a) adequacy and (b) reliability of funding provided by her Department to (i) regional and (ii) global civil society network programmes to respond to the HIV epidemic. (144931)

70 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff from her Department have been assigned to roles in the (a) British Embassy, Pristina, (b) United Nations Mission in Kosovo, (c) NATO Kosovo Force, (d) European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo and (e) other international organisations' missions in Kosovo in each year since 2008. (144844)

71 N Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to deliver (a) drugs and (b) medical equipment to Gaza. (144778)

72 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what diplomatic steps the Government has taken to support UK industry in its pursuit of Turkish TF-X fighter aircraft contracts. (144848)

73 Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Transport of 14 May 2018, Official Report, column 99, if he will make an assessment of the compatibility of the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic with the (a) testing and (b) use of fully autonomous vehicles. (144969)

74 Alex Chalk (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a temporary Blue Badge scheme for people with temporary but debilitating and incapacitating injuries and conditions. (144952) 10 Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018

75 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the (a) availability and (b) efficiency of (i) wi-fi and (ii) telephone signal on the Midland Mail Line route. (144798)

76 N John Grogan (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trains have been cancelled in each month of the last five years for services which come under the terms of the East Coast franchise. (144799)

77 Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to tackle cable theft on railway infrastructure in (a) Tyne and Wear, (b) North East England and (c) the UK. (144821)

78 N Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, (a) on which motorways and (b) at which locations on those motorways automatic number plate recognition cameras are in use; and what offences such cameras are being used to detect. (144834)

79 Karen Lee (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the East Coast Mainlines change in ownership will affect the new train services to Lincoln scheduled to begin in 2019. (144993)

80 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to bring forward the ban on sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2040 to 2030. (144881)

81 N Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it remains the Government's policy to rollout the 26-30 year railcard scheme throughout the UK. (144971)

82 N Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answers of 24 April, 23 April, 28 March, 26 February, 29 January, 24 January, 22 January, 18 January, 8 January 2018 and 6 December 2017 to Questions 136807, 136288, 134056, 127728, 123767, 123012, 122413, 122522, 120771 and 116150 and with reference to the Answer of 12 February 2018 to Question HL5304, what the timetable is for the Task and Finish Group on Taxi and Private Hire Vehicles licensing to (a) submit and (b) publish its report; and what the reasons are for the time taken for that group to submit and publish its report. (144959)

83 N Dr Philippa Whitford (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, hat the timetable is for sites to be informed whether they have been successful in securing a grant towards developing as a spaceport. (144941)

84 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had their personal independence payments changed from weekly to four-weekly payments. (144918)

85 N Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received weekly disability living allowance payments in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017. (144919) Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018 11

86 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the number of people aged between 16 and 24-years-old who were in part time employment was in (a) 2012 and (b) 2017. (144841)

87 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 23 November 2017 on universal credit, Official Report, column 1200, what steps her Department has taken to ensure (a) that all new claimants in need are able to access an advance payment and (b) greater collaboration between Citizens Advice and her Department. (144932)

88 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to Autumn Budget 2017, what progress her Department has made on the review of the taper rate for universal credit. (144933)

89 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether data will be collected by her Department from claimants using the Find a Job website. (144817)

90 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance and training is provided to staff determining sanctions for (a) job seekers allowance and (b) universal credit to help them understand mental health problems which may legitimately account for claimants missing appointments with little or no notice. (144818)

91 Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Written Statement of 20 March 2018 on Access to Work, HCWS563, how many people will be affected by the increased funding cap. (144997)

92 Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date was the requirement for disabled people to contribute towards the cost of their wheelchairs as part of access to work scheme introduced; how many disabled people have had to contribute towards the cost of their wheelchair since the introduction of that policy; and whether an equality impact assessment was undertaken before the introduction of that policy. (144998)

93 Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of whether the benefits system is providing adequate financial support for young cancer patients and their families. (144819)

94 N Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 135706, on Flexible Support Fund, what assessment her Department has made of trends in (a) claimant needs and (b) volumes between 2013-14 and 2016-17. (144900) 12 Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018

95 Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to Answer of 23 April 2018 to Question 135706, on Flexible Support Fund, what estimate he has made of the average funding received per person from the Flexible Support Fund in each of the last five financial years for which data is available. (144901)

96 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is still a principle of the Government that an individual should spend on average up to one third of their adult life above state pension age. (144951)

97 Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the effect of changes to the state pension age on women born in the 1950s in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside and (c) the North East. (144826)

98 Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the reasons that unemployment is higher in the North East when compared to other regions of the UK. (144827)

99 (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to her Answer of 28 March 2018 to Question 133504 on Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations, if she will list the key service levels her Department has agreed with the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments. (144884)

100 N Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cold weather payments have been issued in 2018 for people in postcode area SR8; and what the timetable is for recipients to receive their payments. (144886)

101 N Dr Philippa Whitford (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the financial effect on people in receipt of Support for Mortgage Interest moving on to a Support for Mortgage Interest loan. (144940)

102 N Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Health Service Investigation Branch plans to being its investigation into avoidable baby deaths. (144994)

103 N Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional (a) funding and (b) resources have been allocated to the health service investigation branch for its investigation into avoidable baby deaths; and what the timeframe is for that funding. (144995)

104 N Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether hospitals are compelled to accept and act on Health Service Investigation Branch recommendations that result from the investigation of avoidable baby deaths. (144996) Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018 13

105 N Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in how many medical negligence claims against the NHS which were settled in the last five years legal proceedings were issued; and in how many such claims (a) damages payments were made, (b) the issue of proceedings has been required in order to obtain court approval of the settlement and (c) damages payments were not made. (144836)

106 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of the back-pay liability for social care providers on trends in the number of care workers. (144889)

107 Julie Cooper (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what projects have been supported by the 2016-18 budget of the Pharmacy Integration Fund. (144944)

108 Julie Cooper (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect on health outcomes of a reduction in the NHS Continuing Healthcare budget. (144945)

109 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many learning disability nurses were employed by the NHS in each year since 2010. (144934)

110 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many learning disability nursing students there were in each year since 2010 to date. (144935)

111 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether Government funding for NHS England is sufficient to enable it to meet the targets it has been set; and if he will make a statement. (144892)

112 N (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to publish its response to the Report on Child Migration Programmes published by the Independence Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse on 1 March 2018. (144837)

113 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many doctors currently working in the NHS have been convicted of (a) manslaughter; (b) clinical medical negligence and (c) culpable homicide. (144877)

114 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of child and adolescent mental health psychiatrists who have been hired in the (a) London Borough of Lewisham and (b) UK in each of the last five years. (144953) 14 Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018

115 Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress has been made on the negotiations between NHS England and Vertex pharmaceuticals on making the drug Orkambi available on the NHS for people diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. (144823)

116 Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for a decision to be made on the proposed changes to acute services at South Tyneside District Hospital; and if he will make a statement. (144824)

117 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding was allocated from the public purse to dementia research in 2016-17. [R] (144915)

118 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding from the public purse the Government plans to allocate to dementia research in the 2018-19 financial year. [R] (144916)

119 Karen Lee (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether private clinics will be used to carry out additional mammograms following the failure to invite women aged 68 to 71 to breast screening appointments; and if he will make a statement. (144992)

120 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many clinical endoscopists have been recruited to date as part of Health Education England’s target to recruit and train an additional 400 clinical endoscopists; and what type of endoscopy procedures those recruited to those posts will be trained to carry out. (144989)

121 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of how the additional 400 clinical endoscopists recruited as part of Health Education England’s targets will free up more consultant Gastroenterologist time for more complex cases. (144990)

122 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Health Education England’s target to train 400 clinical endoscopists by 2021, whether his Department is making additional funding available to support hospitals with the backfill and supervision costs required to enable trainees to receive the release time required to participate in the training programme. (144991)

123 N Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the support for drugs rehabilitation provided to prisoners on their release from prison. (144885)

124 Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the contribution of undernutrition to the number of falls by elderly people. (144857) Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018 15

125 Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of new NHS consultant posts dedicated to neuro-oncology. (144897)

126 N Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what wage rate is paid to apprentice nurses by NHS employers. (144924)

127 N Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nursing associates had begun apprenticeship courses by the end of April 2018. (144927)

128 Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to support Taiwan's participation in the World Health Assembly; and if he will make a statement. (144882)

129 Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the World Health Organisation to facilitate Taiwan's attendance as an observer in the 2018 World Health Assembly. (144883)

130 N Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the member of British diplomatic staff with prime responsibility for the safety of UK fans at the 2018 World Cup has been expelled from Russia; and if he will make a statement. (144962)

131 N Dan Carden (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government is planned to have a role in monitoring the forthcoming general election in Mexico. (144981)

132 N Dan Carden (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of the Mexican Government on ensuring free and fair elections in that country. (144982)

133 N Dan Carden (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made representations to the Government of Mexico on the potential effect of its Internal Security Law passed in December 2017 on freedom of expression and the ability to hold free and fair elections in Mexico. (144983)

134 Dan Carden (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans the Government has to establish UK electoral observation missions to monitor elections in other countries after the UK has left the EU. (144984)

135 Rosie Duffield (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the Middle East peace process continues in a fair and legitimate manner. (144975) 16 Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018

136 N Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of whether UK arms were used at the Gaza border against protesters. (144790)

137 N (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the compatibility of the work of the Office of Religious Affairs in the Cuban Communist Party with the right to freedom of religion or belief in Cuba. (144859)

138 N Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on freedom of religion or belief of registration requirements for religious groups in Cuba; and if he will take steps to encourage the establishment of a clear framework for religious groups to operate legally in that country. (144860)

139 N Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the role that religious leaders play as human rights defenders in Mexico; and what representations he has made to the Government of Mexico on its complying with the recommendations it accepted in the last UN Universal Period Review cycle on ensuring the protection of religious leaders in that country. (144861)

140 N Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Mexico on the culture of impunity in that country towards repeat perpetrators of violations of religious freedom. (144862)

141 N Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has plans to raise issues relating to freedom of religion or belief in Mexico at that country's Universal Periodic Review in November 2018. (144863)

142 Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his oral contribution of 15 May 2018, Official Report, column 116, if he will place in the Library a copy of the transcript of his appearance on the US TV programme Fox and Friends on 7 May 2018. (144946)

143 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff from his Department or seconded from other Ministerial Departments have been assigned to roles in the (a) British Embassy, Pristina, (b) United Nations Mission in Kosovo, (c) NATO Kosovo Force, (d) European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo and (e) other international organisations' missions in Kosovo in each year since 2008. (144843)

144 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the UK's financial contribution to the budgets of the (a) United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, (b) European Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018 17

Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, (c) NATO Kosovo Force and (d) other international organisations' missions in Kosovo has been in each year since 2008. (144847)

145 Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to seek to obtain date-verifiable material of Tibet's missing Panchen Lama from the Chinese authorities. (144942)

146 Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how his Department ensures diplomatic reciprocity in its relations with other states. (144943)

147 N Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that UK exports of medical supplies to Iran are protected in light of US sanctions imposed on that country. (144970)

148 N Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he is making to the Government of Israel on their use of ordnance in Gaza. (144779)

149 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 May 2018 to Question 136300, what steps his Department is taking to obtain the information of the number of Windrush citizens who have been (a) denied and (b) charged for NHS treatment. (144891)

150 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support his Department makes available to ensure that newly arrived asylum seekers placed in initial accommodation have immediate access to the education system. (144794)

151 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to improve the processes for identifying children with rights to family reunion in the UK throughout refugee camps in Europe. (144795)

152 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful matches there were between DNA profiles taken from crime scenes and profiles stored on the national DNA database in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16. (144873)

153 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many DNA profiles were (a) held on the national DNA database and (b) added to the national DNA database in each of the last eight years. (144874)

154 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community resolutions there have been by offence in each of the last three years. (144876) 18 Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018

155 Steve Double (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that British businesses can continue to recruit temporary workers from the European Economic Area to meet seasonal demand for the hospitality and tourism industry after the UK leaves the EU. (144948)

156 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of money spent from the public purse on policing in (a) 1997, (b) 2007, (c) 2010 and (d) 2017. (144958)

157 Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle metal theft in (a) Tyne and Wear, (b) North East England and (c) the UK. (144822)

158 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction in police numbers on levels of knife crime in England and Wales. [R] (144914)

159 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) staff from his Department and (b) officers from UK police forces have been assigned to roles in the (i) British Embassy, Pristina, (ii) United Nations Mission in Kosovo, (iii) NATO Kosovo Force, (iv) European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, and (v) other international organisations' missions in Kosovo in each year since 2008. (144845)

160 N Mr (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been evicted under the provisions of the Immigration Act 2016 or otherwise made homeless as a result of his Department's actions in each of the last eight years. (144780)

161 Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of immigration crime his Department received from hon. Members in each year since 2010. (144781)

162 Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of immigration crime his Department received from the Department for Work and Pensions in each year since 2010. (144782)

163 Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many communications his Department received from hon. Members and their offices on immigration enforcement hotlines during 2017. (144783)

164 Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of immigration crime his Department received from members of the public in each year since 2010. (144784)

165 Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of immigration crime his Department received from HMRC in each year since 2010. (144785) Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018 19

166 Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who contacted his Department's Taskforce for Windrush subsequently experienced (a) immigrant enforcement and (b) police action. (144786)

167 N Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to respond to Question 141675 on Prisoners: Caribbean asked by the hon. Member for Tottenham on 8 May 2018. (144787)

168 Jess Phillips (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims detailed in domestic homicide Reviews were classified as (a) migrant to the UK and (b) no recourse to public funds in the last three years. (144939)

169 N Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate he has made of the number of weekly non-passholders who are admitted to the Parliamentary estate without being accompanied or sponsored by a Member. (144832)

170 N Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission has made an assessment of the adequacy of security in the Palace of Westminster as a result of the number of unaccompanied non-passholders accessing the Parliamentary estate in order to use refreshment facilities; and if he will make a statement. (144833)

171 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many kilogrammes of food the House of Commons has disposed of as waste in each of the last five years for which information is available. (144987)

172 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many kilogrammes of food the House of Commons has disposed of as waste in (a) April 2013, (b) April 2014, (c) April 2015, (d) April 2016 and (e) April 2017. (144988)

173 Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the reasons are for his Department's decision to purchase F-35A aircraft for the Royal Air Force. (144838)

174 N Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of integrating Stingray torpedoes onto the new Boeing P-8As. (144839)

175 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to publish the Defence in the UK Prosperity Review by the hon. Member for Ludlow. (144864) 20 Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018

176 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse of the refit of HMS Ocean was; and what revenue was generated for his Department's budget from the sale of that vessel. (144865)

177 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civilian staff from his Department, (b) military officers and (c) other ranks have been assigned to roles in the (i) British Embassy, Pristina, (ii) United Nations Mission in Kosovo, (iii) NATO Kosovo Force, (iv) European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo and (v) other international organisations' missions in Kosovo in each year since 2008. (144846)

178 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the firm number of planned Fleet Solid Support ships for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary is which is required by his Department. (144849)

179 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the planned Royal Fleet Auxiliary Fleet solid support ships are planned to play in enabling future UK carrier strike capability. (144850)

180 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what active weapon systems arm each vessel within the Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet. (144851)

181 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what weapon systems are planned to arm each of the planned Royal Fleet Auxiliary solid support ships. (144852)

182 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Goliath crane located in Rosyth has been sold. (144853)

183 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which parts of the F-35 Autonomic Logistics Information System are planned to be integrated into the planned Royal Fleet Auxiliary Fleet solid support ships. (144854)

184 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many decommissioned nuclear ballistic missile submarines are laid up at Rosyth dockyard. (144855)

185 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will assess the merits of a UK-based consortium block-build bid for planned Royal Fleet Auxiliary solid support ships. (144856)

186 N Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many requests for financial assistance to undertake fire safety work from local councils and housing associations has his department refused since the Grenfell Tower fire; and of each such request what the sum of money applied for was. (144961) Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018 21

187 N Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of replacing all cladding materials on high rise buildings with (a) cladding materials which are not of limited combustibility and (b) materials that are of limited combustibility. (144800)

188 N Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, where liability lies for costs incurred as a result of changes to building regulations and applied retrospectively. (144801)

189 Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of high rise buildings with cladding materials which are not of limited combustibility; and what materials are being used instead on each of those buildings. (144802)

190 N Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made on testing cladding systems other than ACM cladding on high rise buildings. (144803)

191 N Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the safety of ZCM cladding systems on high rise buildings. (144804)

192 N Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what powers he has to compel the owners of non-publicly owned buildings to have the cladding systems on those properties tested. (144805)

193 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the submissions made to the joint Department for Communities and Local Government and Department for Work and Pensions funding for supported housing consultation which closed on 13 February 2017. (144936)

194 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with representatives of local authorities on the directing funding for supported housing by local government. (144937)

195 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations she he has received from local authorities on her Department’s proposed model of funding for supported housing. (144938)

196 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much money from the public purse was spent on housing in (a) Coventry South constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) the UK in each year since 1998. (144793) 22 Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018

197 N Sarah Jones (Croydon Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the names of (a) the 41 local authorities that have contacted his Department regarding fire safety works and (b) the 14 local authorities which his Department have classed as carrying out essential fire safety works. (144976)

198 N Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the role and remit of local plan inspectors. (144878)

199 N Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, under what circumstances a local plan inspector is able to recommend the alteration of a local plan; and what the remit for a local authority, group or individual to appeal an inspector’s recommendation which will increase housing is. (144879)

200 Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities his Department assesses to be a financial risk. (144887)

201 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of recorded assaults on prison staff resulted in a prosecution in each of the last three years. (144866)

202 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what offences against the person were committed by serving prisoners on prison staff in the last year for which information is available; and what the sentencing outcome was in each of those cases. (144867)

203 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the largest number of offences committed by a person has been prior to being sent to prison for the first time in each of the last five years. (144868)

204 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of pre-sentence reports presented to magistrates’ courts contained a sentence recommendation of (a) immediate custody; (b) suspended custody and (c) a community order in the last year for which information is available. (144869)

205 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times magistrates have handed down a 12 month sentence in each of the last five years. (144870)

206 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sentences magistrates handed down in each of the last five years. (144871)

207 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in prison are not being held in relation to a criminal case. (144872) Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018 23

208 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been released from prison on Home Detention Curfew in each month in the last two years; and what offence each person released on curfew had committed. (144875)

209 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of 13-25 year olds in prison in (a) 1997, (b) 2007, (c) 2010 and (d) 2017. (144954)

210 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to avoid criminalising rough sleeping when tackling anti- social behaviour. [R] (144917)

211 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 8402, what assessment he has made the reasons for the increase in the average waiting times for a personal independence payment appeal to be heard between 2013-14 and 2016-17. (144828)

212 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of turnover of the membership of personal independence payment appeal tribunals. (144829)

213 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in England and Wales were the subject of a (a) probation supervision order and (b) community service order in each of the last five years; and how many of those people had previously served in the Armed Forces. (144960)

214 Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to increase the maximum age for magistrates. (144898)

215 Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to allow courts in England and Wales to hear cases (a) in the evening and (b) at weekends. (144899)

216 Rosie Duffield (Canterbury): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions she has had with President Erdogan of Turkey on the violence at the Gaza Border of 14 May 2018. (144974)

217 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Prime Minister, when she plans to respond to the letter of 4 April 2018 from the hon. Member for Sefton Central on Hillsborough Law. (144896)

218 Robert Courts (Witney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many international investment agreements to which the UK is a signatory include protections against expropriations without compensation. (144966)

219 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the effect on the public purse of the Government’s plans to lower corporation tax to 17 per cent from 2020. [Transferred] (905448) 24 Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018

220 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 15 May 2018 to Question 142837 on Royal Bank of Scotland: Small Businesses, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the compensation scheme for SME customers of the Royal Bank of Scotland. (144893)

221 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2018 to Question 141345 on Instalment Credit, whether (a) he, (b) Ministers of his Department and (c) officials of his Department have discussed the feasibility of introducing a total cap on the cost of rent-to-own goods with the Financial Conduct Authority. (144880)

222 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he is taking steps to ensure that the liquidity introduced into long-term credit markets by Bank of England quantitative easing is disbursed to the real economy. (144906)

223 N Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to make a decision on the future of the Access to Elected Office Fund; what assessment she has been made of the potential merits of reinstating this fund; and what information the Government holds on the (a) number of disabled candidates who have stood for office in each of the past five years and (b) the proportion of candidates who have stood for office in each of the last five years who have disabilities. (144789)

224 N Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much funding her Department has allocated for legal proceedings in relation to the case brought in the Supreme Court on 14 May 2018 by Keidon & Steinfold on civil partnerships. (144774)

225 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 additional information is being sought by her Department in its latest consultation on extending civil partnerships. (144775)

226 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, for what reasons the public consultation will not start before 2020; and if he will make a statement. (144776)

227 N Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent representations she has received on extending civil partnerships to opposite sex couples. (144777) Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018 25

Questions for Answer on Tuesday 22 May

Oral Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

1 Sir David Amess (Southend West): What fiscal steps he is taking to support businesses and entrepreneurs. (905469)

2 Trudy Harrison (Copeland): What progress the Government has made on supporting families with the cost of living. (905470)

3 Wera Hobhouse (Bath): If he will bring forward proposals for a multi-year funding plan for the NHS and adult social care. (905471)

4 (Blaydon): What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's procedure for authorising and monitoring PFI contracts. (905472)

5 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): How many people have paid a 25 per cent withdrawal charge to use their Lifetime ISA savings since that scheme was established. (905473)

6 Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): What steps he is taking to increase productivity throughout the UK. (905474)

7 Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale): What fiscal steps his Department is taking to increase regional productivity. (905475)

8 Alan Mak (Havant): What fiscal steps he is taking to support firms harnessing new technologies. (905476)

9 Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock): What steps he is taking to support first-time home-buyers throughout the UK. (905477)

10 Chris Elmore (Ogmore): What steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of tax credits overpayments. (905478)

11 Huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle): What steps he is taking to support businesses and entrepreneurs. (905479)

12 Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): What steps he is taking to support economic growth. (905480)

13 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): What assessment he has made of trends in the level of wage growth for young people over the last 15 years. (905481)

14 David Hanson (Delyn): What recent estimate the Government has made of the cost to the economy of money laundering and criminal finance in the UK. (905482)

15 Ian C. Lucas (Wrexham): What recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the North Wales Growth Deal. (905483)

16 Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich): What steps he has taken to give HMRC the appropriate powers and resources to tackle tax evasion. (905484) 26 Published: Thursday 17 May 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 16 May 2018

17 Victoria Prentis (Banbury): What steps he is taking to support first-time home- buyers throughout the UK. (905485)

18 Douglas Ross (Moray): What steps he is taking to support economic growth. (905486)

19 Royston Smith (Southampton, Itchen): What progress the Government has made on supporting families with the cost of living. (905487)

20 Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent): What fiscal steps he is taking to support businesses and entrepreneurs. (905488)

21 Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): What steps he is taking to invest in infrastructure to support economic growth. (905489)

22 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on continuing transitional funding for maintained nursery schools. (905490)

23 Nigel Mills (Amber Valley): What progress the Government has made on supporting families with the cost of living. (905491)

24 Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): What steps he is taking to increase productivity throughout the UK. (905492)

25 Mr Bob Seely (Isle of Wight): What fiscal steps he is taking to support businesses and entrepreneurs. (905493)

Topical Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

T 1 Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (905494)

T 2 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): (905495)

T 3 Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): (905496)

T 4 Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): (905497)

T 5 Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire): (905498)

T 6 Trudy Harrison (Copeland): (905499)

T 7 Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): (905500)

T 8 Damien Moore (Southport): (905501)

T 9 Craig Mackinlay (South Thanet): (905502)

T 10 Laura Pidcock (North West Durham): (905503)