Published: Friday 25 October 2019

Questions tabled on Thursday 24 October 2019

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

Questions for Answer on Monday 28 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 Ms Lisa Forbes (Peterborough): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure blind and partially-sighted people are guaranteed privacy when they cast votes at elections. (5114)

2 Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the (a) information he holds on the effect on disadvantaged communities of the UK leaving the EU without a deal and (b) plans he has in place to mitigate that effect. [Transferred] (4261)

3 Eddie Hughes (Walsall North): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date funding for gov.verify stops. (5083)

4 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have been found guilty of voter impersonation in the last 10 years. (5110)

5 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether an impact assessment was undertaken on the potential effect of voter ID requirements on minority and ethnic communities. (5111)

6 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many individuals are at risk of becoming disenfranchised as a result of voter ID requirements. (5112) 2 Published: Friday 25 October 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 October 2019

7 N Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's response to the letter of 24 July 2019 from Church leaders, what steps the Government plans to take to mitigate the potential risks to people living in poverty of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. [Transferred] (3773)

8 N Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his response to the letter of 24 July 2019 from Church leaders, what assessment the Government has made of (a) which groups in disadvantaged communities will need additional support and (b) what support those groups will require in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. [Transferred] (4343)

9 N Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has requested any (a) Ministers and (b) officials to investigate potential contacts between UK parliamentarians and foreign Governments. [Transferred] (4315)

10 Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support is being provided to elderly or frail Barclays customers to withdraw cash once their ability to use the Post Office facility is withdrawn. (4992)

11 Mr Paul Sweeney (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps her Department has taken to compensate people who have been detrimentally affected by the Green Deal Scheme. (5084)

12 Mr Paul Sweeney (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what her Department's timescale is for processing appeals from people who claim to have been adversely affected by the Green Deal Scheme. (5085)

13 Mr Paul Sweeney (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many appeals her Department has received under the Green Deal Scheme in the last 12 months, and in which constituencies the appellants are based. (5086)

14 N Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department is providing for youth facilities in Hounslow. [Transferred] (4429)

15 Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what provisions are in place to reimburse communities which have had to self-fund superfast broadband schemes as a consequence of having been promised but not received connection by Openreach. (4990) Published: Friday 25 October 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 October 2019 3

16 Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what penalties are enforced by Government on Openreach when it fails to adequately connect communities to superfast broadband. (4991)

17 N (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding the Government has allocated for the National Citizens Service for 2020-21. [Transferred] (4391)

18 Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken to bring forward the legislation required to secure the renewal of analogue FM and AM commercial radio licences simulcasting on DAB. [R] (4964)

19 Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to publish a timetable outlining the steps required to secure secondary legislation in order that analogue FM and AM commercial radio licences simulcasting on DAB will be uninterrupted before they are due to expire. [R] (4965)

20 Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the national curriculum includes the knowledge and skills needed for work in (a) the renewable energy sector and (b) green technology. (5080)

21 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2019 to Question 235, on Sex and Relationship Education: Finance, how much funding he plans to allocate to a programme of support for schools to teach (a) relationships education in primary schools, (b) relationships and sex education in secondary schools, and (c) health education in state-funded schools in 2020-21. (4978)

22 Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start centres have closed in each year since 2010. (4935)

23 Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of extending student loan eligibility to people in prison who have more than six years to run on their sentence. (4940)

24 Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that employers in the screen industry use more of the apprenticeship levy funding they receive. [R] (4963)

25 Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of valuing food security as a public good. (5009)

26 Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps will she take to ensure farmers are supported in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (5010) 4 Published: Friday 25 October 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 October 2019

27 Alberto Costa (South Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making pet theft a specific crime. (5044)

28 Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has commissioned research on (a) regulations in relation to dog and (b) responsible dog ownership policies in EU countries. (4961)

29 N Antoinette Sandbach (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will publish a list of the stakeholders consulted in advance of the publication of the European Union Withdrawal Agreement Bill on 21 October 2019. [Transferred] (4365)

30 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his department has made of (a) the implications for his policies of the WHO report entitled Global Tuberculosis Report 2019 and (b) the potential effect of a new TB vaccine on achieving the (a) SDG target of ending the TB epidemic by 2030 and (b) WHO End TB Strategy of reducing TB deaths by 95% and cutting new cases of TB by 90% between 2015 and 2035. (4996)

31 Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will take steps to establish a new global platform agreement for financial services. (5016)

32 Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential economic merits of a trade deal between the UK and (a) the United States, (b) Australia and (c) Japan. (5017)

33 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether match-funding was a criterion for the value for money assessment of bids for 2018 Access for All programme funding. (5105)

34 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the successful nominations to the 2018 Access for All Programme had undertaken an Option Selection Assessment (GRIP 2-3); and what assessment he has made of the level of support for each of those nominations from local stakeholders. (5106)

35 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of the successful nominations to the 2018 Access for All programme had not undertaken an Option Selection Assessment (GRIP 2-3). (5107)

36 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether priority was given to bids to the 2018 Access for All programme from local authorities. (5108) Published: Friday 25 October 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 October 2019 5

37 N Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of local authority commitments to introduce reduced rate bus passes for women affected by the Pensions Act 1995; and if he will make a statement. [Transferred] (4331)

38 Neil O'Brien (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what processes Network Rail has put in place to measure the (a) track and (b) ride quality on the Midland Main Line. (5113)

39 Thelma Walker (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department uses to assess which train stations are eligible for disabled access upgrade. (5087)

40 Thelma Walker (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's timescale is for bringing forward legislation to ensure that disability equality training for taxi drivers becomes mandatory. (5088)

41 (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of small businesses in receipt of the new enterprise allowance that have ceased trading in each of the last two years. (5099)

42 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 5 September 2019 to Question 282280, what proportion of claimants transferring from disability living allowance who were over 65 on the date of their application for personal independence payment have (a) requested a mandatory reconsideration and (b) appealed to a tribunal. (4976)

43 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 5 September 2019 to Question 281695, how many people over 65 claiming disability living allowance have not yet been advised by her Department to apply for personal independence payment. (4977)

44 Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will conduct an assessment of the potential merits of (a) Job Centre and (b) Department for Work and Pensions staff collecting information on veterans on employment record systems. (5089)

45 Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with veterans' organisations on recent trends in the rate of unemployed veterans. (5090)

46 Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people that worked less than 15 hours a week in each (a) country and (b) region of the UK in each year since 2010. (4936)

47 Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people employed on zero-hour contracts in each (a) nation and (b) region of the UK in each year since 2010. (4937) 6 Published: Friday 25 October 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 October 2019

48 Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to ensure waiting times for GP appointments are reduced in Wycombe. (5011)

49 Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) build and (b) renovate hospitals over the next 10 years; and if he will make a statement. (5014)

50 Alberto Costa (South Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made for the provision of medical cannabis on the NHS. (5043)

51 Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report of the Children's Commissioner entitled We need to talk: Access to speech and language therapy, published in June 2019, what plans he has to ensure that spending on speech and language therapy services can be tracked at the (a) local and (b) national level. (4912)

52 Dr Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure local NHS Integrated Care Systems (ICS) and Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STP) include emotional and psychological support as a core part of diabetes care. (5075)

53 Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons the Shaping the healthier future bid, Strategic Outline Case 1 from London North West University Healthcare Trust was rejected; and if will publish the papers presented as part of that bid. (4915)

54 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the implications for its policies of the Paraskevopoulos Law in Greece. (4993)

55 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to help to find a political solution to the conflict in Libya. (5102)

56 Christian Matheson (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Colombian counterpart to investigate the reported murders of (a) Alberto Armando Sánchez, (b) Fernando Salcedo and (c) Cristian Sánchez by paramilitaries in northern Colombia on 30 September 2019. (5040)

57 Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the UK continues to be able to participate in EU-led military operations abroad under the aegis of the Common Security and Defence Policy in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (5050) Published: Friday 25 October 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 October 2019 7

58 Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to give police officers the powers and protection they need against violent offenders. (5012)

59 Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to divert young people away from violent crime. (5013)

60 Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people the National Allegations Team of UK Visas and Immigration has employed in each year since 2009. (4902)

61 Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints her Department has received on immigration fraud in each year since 2009. (4903)

62 Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints on immigration fraud UK Visas and Immigration has investigated since 2009. (4904)

63 Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the UKVI investigations into asylum fraud since 2009 have resulted in criminal prosecutions. (4905)

64 Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the UKVI-led prosecutions for immigration fraud since 2009 have resulted in convictions. (4906)

65 (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the background circumstances of the 39 Chinese nationals found killed in Grays, Essex on 23 October 2019 including the possibility that the victims were (a) Uyghur Muslims or members of another religious or ethnic minority group in China seeking asylum in the UK or (b) victims of modern slavery being trafficked for the purposes of economic exploitation by organised criminal groups. (4966)

66 Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of rape flagged cases were subject to digital disclosure of mobile phone data in each month since May 2019. (5029)

67 Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sexual offence cases (excluding rape) were subject to digital disclosure of mobile phone data in each month since May 2019. (5030)

68 Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-sexual offence cases were subject to digital disclosure of mobile phone data in each month since May 2019. (5031) 8 Published: Friday 25 October 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 October 2019

69 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she (a) has taken or (b) plans to take steps to prevent the entry of convicted criminals and terrorists who have been released early from prison in Greece under that country's Paraskevopoulos Law. (4994)

70 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons released from Greek prisons under the Paraskevopoulos Law have subsequently entered the UK. (4995)

71 Sir David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle knife crime in outer London. (4941)

72 Sir David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of knife crime in (a) London and (b) England. (4942)

73 Ms Lisa Forbes (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect vulnerable children from human trafficking. (5115)

74 Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the research undertaken to identify target audiences prior to launching the #knifefree campaign on fast food containers. (4986)

75 Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent staff are employed to work on the EU Settlement Scheme. (4987)

76 Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent advertising and promoting the Windrush Compensation Scheme in (a) Romsey and Southampton North constituency and (b) nationally. (4988)

77 Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many automated fire suppression systems have been installed by each Fire Brigade in England in each year since 2010. (4939)

78 Mr Bob Seely (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals on foreign agents' registration. [Transferred] (4350)

79 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will outline any (a) new and (b) existing initiatives from her Department on reducing the risk of corruption in offshore payments and holdings such as those revealed by the Panama papers. [Transferred] (3781) Published: Friday 25 October 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 October 2019 9

80 Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her policy of Clause 1 of Article 4 of the Extradition Treaty between the UK Government and the US Administration which states that Extradition shall not be granted if the offense for which extradition is requested is a political offense. (4981)

81 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the salary is of the Director of the Office of Veterans Affairs. (4946)

82 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the criteria was for the appointment of the Director of the Office of Veterans Affairs. (4947)

83 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the appointment of a Director of Veterans Affairs was an open competition. (4948)

84 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which official or officials in Government confirmed the appointment of David Richmond CBE to the role of Director of the Office of Veterans Affairs. (4949)

85 Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review his Department's policy on training military officers from countries with a record of human rights abuses. (5051)

86 Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will meet Wycombe social housing providers to discuss the effect of abolishing section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 on innovative housing providers in the Wycombe constituency. (5015)

87 Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what equality impact assessment his Department has undertaken on the selection of staff for normal hours day time working in the Departmental Operations Centre on the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (5027)

88 Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Integrated Communities Action Plan published in February 2019, whether his Department has facilitated meetings between the Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group and the Independent Press Standards Organisation to help them to develop guidance for editors and journalists to tackle unnecessary negative portrayals of Muslims in the media. (4975)

89 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to recruit more probation officers. (5062)

90 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the new prison at Full Sutton will be operated by the public or private sector. (5063) 10 Published: Friday 25 October 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 October 2019

91 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the backlog in prison maintenance (a) on 24 October 2019, (b) in October 2018, (c) in October 2015 and (d) in October 2010. (5065)

92 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of prison cells out of commission because of poor maintenance (a) on 24 October 2019, (b) in October 2018, (c) in October 2015 and (d) in October 2010. (5066)

93 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that prisoners can apply for universal credit before release. (5067)

94 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the performance of companies with which his Department holds contracts against key performance indicators. (5068)

95 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of prison officers. (5069)

96 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of contracting out service delivery under the new probation system. (5070)

97 Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of employment conditions for prison officers on retention of prison officers. (5071)

98 Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days (a) recorders and (b) judges have sat in each of the last 12 months. (4972)

99 Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) court rooms and (b) courts were sitting on each day from January 1 2019 to 20 October 2019 in all criminal courts. (4973)

100 Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases have been adjourned due to a lack of translation or interpreting services in each week since the start of 2019 in all criminal courts. (4974)

101 (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will increase funding for (a) magistrates courts and (b) county courts to prevent court closures. (5100)

102 N Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Government will make it mandatory for all public infrastructure owners to undertake a should-cost estimate as a reference point, as recommended in the Government's Outsourcing Playbook and endorsed by the Institution of Civil Engineers. [Transferred] (3517) Published: Friday 25 October 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 October 2019 11

103 N Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to prevent major infrastructure projects from exceeding their budgets and completion schedules (a) now and (b) in the future. [Transferred] (3518)

104 N Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government will take a systematic approach to the UK's infrastructure in the proposed National Infrastructure Strategy as advocated by the Institution of Civil Engineers; and whether this will include a programme of comprehensive electrification of Britain's rail track to help meet the UK's climate change obligations. [Transferred] (3520)

105 Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessments were undertaken on the negative effects on smaller, rural businesses of Making Tax Digital. (4989)

106 Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many 50 pence coins commemorating the UK leaving the EU have been minted as of 24 October 2019. (4938)

107 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the effect on the car industry of changes to car finance loan terms following the publication of the FCA's March 2019 report entitled Our work on motor finance - final findings. (5078)

Questions for Answer on Tuesday 29 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 N Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress the Government has made on establishing a new cross-government disability team. (4911)

2 N Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans the Government Property Agency has to recognise the PCS union for its facility management contracts. (5022)

3 N Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many designs for posters and adverts produced as part of the Get ready for Brexit awareness campaign mentioned 31 October 2019 as exit day. (5041)

4 N Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has (a) paid for and (b) booked advertising space for the Get ready for Brexit campaign for dates beyond 31 October 2019. (5042) 12 Published: Friday 25 October 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 October 2019

5 N Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government Property Agency's Total Facilities Management Contract requires (a) staff to be paid the Living Wage set by the Living Wage Foundation and (b) London-based staff to be paid the London Living Wage set by the Greater London Authority. [R] (5077)

6 N Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings the Minister responsible for the Infected Blood inquiry has had with (a) people and (b) organisations representing people infected or affected by the scandal; and when those meetings took place. (5046)

7 N Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what meetings are planned for the Infected Blood Inquiry with (a) people infected or affected and (b) organisations representing people who have been infected or affected by contaminated blood. (5047)

8 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of major property thefts from Churches in the last five years. (4943)

9 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to prevent job losses in the retail industry. (4919)

10 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps her Department is taking to support discussions between local governments and the retail industry to help ensure a joint approach to draw consumers to the high street. (4920)

11 N (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps she has taken to integrate social enterprise into the Government’s Industrial Strategy. (5001)

12 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps she has taken to support (a) women and (b) people from ethnic minorities that want to set up businesses. (5002)

13 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps she has taken to promote (a) social enterprise and (b) other alternative forms of business. (5003)

14 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps she has taken to promote community interest companies as a form of business. (5004) Published: Friday 25 October 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 October 2019 13

15 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps she has taken to encourage people setting up businesses to embed (a) social and (b) environmental purpose into their business structures. (5005)

16 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Post Office is accredited under the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council. (4950)

17 N Christian Matheson (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of the Brexit Readiness Fund has been allocated to Chester. (5039)

18 N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to encourage the building of new nuclear power generation plants in the UK; and if he will make a statement. (4917)

19 N Graham P Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the protection of businesses from cyber attacks after the cyber attack on Pitney Bowes. (4983)

20 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential contribution of (a) FTTP, (b) DOCSIS, (c) xDSL and (d) G.fast technology in supporting (i) smart city applications, (ii) fourth industrial revolution innovations and (iii) 5G backhaul. (4913)

21 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the differences in (a) speed, (b) reliability and (c) energy efficiency of (i) FTTP, (ii) FTTC, (iii) DOCSIS, (iv) xDSL and (v) G.fast technology. (4914)

22 N Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked-after children were in children's homes (a) in borough and (b) out of borough during the year for each year since 2015. (4924)

23 N (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether unspent apprenticeship levy monies returned to his Department are allocated to the apprenticeship budget for use by non-levy paying employers. (4925)

24 N Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce education in schools to promote responsible dog ownership. (4959)

25 N Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of flood protection measures in Severn Stoke, Worcestershire. (5021) 14 Published: Friday 25 October 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 October 2019

26 N Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with cigarette manufacturers on eliminating plastic in cigarette butts. (4945)

27 N Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will bring forward legislative proposals to allow rehoming organisations to rehome well-behaved and suitably assessed section 1 dogs. (4957)

28 N Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish her Department's research on the effectiveness of dog control. (4958)

29 N Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with dog welfare organisations on promoting responsible dog ownership in education. (4960)

30 N Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will list the international obligations which will require declarations in respect of goods moving from Northern Ireland to GB under the Irish protocol of the Withdrawal Agreement. (4923)

31 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Libya since the upsurge in violence in that country resulting in the displacement of civilians. (5103)

32 N Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many extant (a) single individual export licences and (b) open individual export licences there are for which the end-user is Turkey; and if she will make it her policy to suspend them. (4979)

33 N Martin Whitfield (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution of the Scotch whisky industry to the UK's food and drink exports. (5082)

34 N Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that increasing accessibility at Sandbach railway station is included in the Government's disability action plan. (4980)

35 N Dame Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2019 to Question 2632 on High Speed 2 Railway Line, how much of the (a) £827,218.15. and (b) £85,672,231.94. was paid in each year since the start of the High Speed Two project. (4901)

36 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many active HM Forces Railcards there are. (4955)

37 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving personnel use the HM Forces Railcard. (4956) Published: Friday 25 October 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 October 2019 15

38 N Graham P Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to maintain existing contracts between Northern Rail and subcontractors in the event that Northern Rail is taken into Government control. (4982)

39 N Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to reform taxi and private hire licensing laws; and if he will make a statement. (5072)

40 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to help workers from the retail industry who have lost their jobs transition to new roles. (4921)

41 N Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department defines what a reasonable chance of collection is before deciding to write-off arrears accrued under the Child Support Agency. (5054)

42 N Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of receiving parent's arrears accrued under the Child Support Agency that were written off while a Deduction from Earnings Order was in place. (5055)

43 N Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason receiving parents were not compensated for the decision to write-off arrears for money they were owed which accrued under the Child Support Agency. (5056)

44 N Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recourse is available to receiving parents whose arrears accrued under the Child Support Agency have been written off. (5057)

45 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of permitting the direct payment of housing costs to landlords prior to eight weeks of arrears being built up, by giving all tenants the option at the outset of their claim of having their housing costs paid directly to their landlord. (4926)

46 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential effect of delays at the ENGIE Document Scanning facility at Kidderminster on benefit claimants. (4928)

47 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to identify how many homeless people who died in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available had been in receipt of benefits in the 12 months prior to their death; and if she will publish information on the town or city that each homeless person in receipt of benefits died. (4929) 16 Published: Friday 25 October 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 October 2019

48 N Laura Pidcock (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people are entitled to claim universal credit by telephone; and if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department's internal guidance for staff on accepting telephone claims for universal credit. (5094)

49 N Laura Pidcock (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department has issued on making a claim for universal credit by telephone. (5095)

50 N Laura Pidcock (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 3 April 2019 to Question 238679 on Universal Credit: Telephone Services,whether calls which are transferred to different case manager or helpline advisor continue to be (a) recorded and (b) retrievable; and what steps she is taking to ensure that all calls on universal credit are recorded to maintain a complete record of a claimant's interactions with the Department. (5096)

51 N Laura Pidcock (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to update the information on on gov.uk that universal credit must be claimed online to include reference to non-digital or telephone claims. (5097)

52 N Laura Pidcock (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether written information on managing non-digital and telephone claims is (a) sent by post and (b) read over the telephone to universal credit claimants. (5098)

53 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were economically inactive in the UK in (a) 2010 and (b) the most recent year for which figures are available. (4934)

54 N Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to introduce a cap investment strategy for NHS mental health trusts. (4910)

55 N Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many non-disclosure agreements have been placed on NHS staff by NHS England in the last five years. (5093)

56 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average number of health visitors per income quintile of the population in England in each of the most recent five years for which data are available. (4927)

57 N Dame Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to make Tildacerfont available on the NHS. (4900) Published: Friday 25 October 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 October 2019 17

58 N Graham P Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the recent cyber attack on Pitney Bowes and its impact on the primary care provision within the (a) East Lancashire CCG and (b) East Lancashire hospitals NHS trust. (4984)

59 N (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients in inpatient mental health facilities have been held in such facilities for (a) up to three months; (b) three months to six months, (c) six months to one year, (d) one to two years, (e) two to five years, (f) five to 10 years and (g) 10 years or more. (4967)

60 N Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to ensure the adequacy of availability of hormone replacement therapy medicines. (4918)

61 N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with local health trusts on the prevalence of community hospital services. (4916)

62 N (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the seed funding, announced on 30 September 2019 will be allocated to (a) Charing Cross Hospital, (b) Hammersmith Hospital and (c) St Mary's Hospital, Paddington. (4953)

63 N Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the seed funding, announced on 30 September 2019 will be allocated to Hospital Trusts; and what conditions will be attached to the use of that funding. (4954)

64 N Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to ensure that GPs follow NICE guidance on blood cancer. (900212)

65 N Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress is being made on making PrEP available on the NHS. [R] (5073)

66 N Wes Streeting (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the routine commissioning of PrEP on the NHS. [R] (5074)

67 N Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of claims made by the Pakistani Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari in a letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights that India has used cluster munitions in Kashmir. (5006) 18 Published: Friday 25 October 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 October 2019

68 N Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of reports of alleged human rights abuses in Indian-administered Kashmir; and if he will make a statement. (5007)

69 N Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to acquire accurate information on the situation on the ground in Indian-administered Kashmir; and if he will make a statement. (5008)

70 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that families whose loved ones are murdered abroad have access to criminal injuries compensation. (4922)

71 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Libyan Government on the humanitarian crisis in Tripoli; and what plans he has to support the humanitarian effort in Libya. (5101)

72 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Turkish counterpart on that country's (a) invasion of Rojava and (b) attacks against the Kurds in northern Syria. (5104)

73 N Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason his officials in the Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) did not inform officials from the Department of International Trade based in that unit until 29 July 2019, when the ECJU approved the arms export licence for the RSLF, that the RSLF were deployed to Yemen. (5081)

74 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Question 294142 tabled on 3 October 2019 by the hon. Member for Sheffield Central. (4997)

75 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 7 October to Question 290879 on Immigration: EU Nationals, what information her Department will provide to an organisation that an applicant has cited in their EU Settlement Scheme application. (4998)

76 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 October 2019 to Question 290879 on Immigration: EU Nationals, what processes she has in place to monitor the EU Settlement Scheme for abuse and misuse of personal data. (4999)

77 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Questions (a) 161, (b) 162 and (c) 164 tabled on 14 October 2019 by the hon. Member for Sheffield Central. (5000) Published: Friday 25 October 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 October 2019 19

78 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications from residents of the Republic of Ireland were processed by the passport office in Belfast in each year since April 2017. (4944)

79 N Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 10 December 2018 to HL11784, whether biometric data from people who have obtained settled status will not be retained. (5092)

80 N Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to make ring-fenced funding for mental health support for police officers part of the Police Covenant. (5052)

81 N Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to collect data on the category of offences for people released under investigation. (5053)

82 N Graham P Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps police forces are taking to improve the recording of thefts of catalytic converters from motor vehicles. (4985)

83 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taken to ensure that the Status Checking Programme is fully operational before the UK leaves the EU. (5109)

84 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support the review of the Vagrancy Act 1824 being carried out by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government; and if she will make a statement. (5091)

85 N Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of (a) malicious wounding, (b) grievous bodily harm, (c) actual bodily harm and (d) common assault - aggravated were perpetrated against a worker in a retail setting in the West Midlands in each year since 2010. (5018)

86 N Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) knives were found in and (b) offences involving knives occurred in or in the vicinity of (a) secondary schools and sixth form colleges and (b) primary schools in the West Midlands in each year since 2010. (5019)

87 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fire safety audits were completed by each Fire Brigade in England in each year since 2009-10. (4930)

88 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of fire safety officers employed in England in each year since 2006. (4931) 20 Published: Friday 25 October 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 October 2019

89 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of buildings subjected to a fire safety audit were deemed unsatisfactory in each of the last ten years. (4932)

90 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2019 to Question 1595 on Department for Transport: Brexit, if she will place in the Library copies of the four impact assessments referred to in that answer. (4933)

91 N Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Question 281779 on Asylum: Scotland, how many asylum seekers resident in Scotland have been required to attend Home Office appointments in England as part of their asylum application; on how many occasions those applicants did not attend those appointments; and how many asylum seekers that failed to attend a Home Office appointment in England when they were resident in Scotland had their asylum application refused in each of the last five calendar years. (5048)

92 N Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Question 281780 tabled on 24 July 2019 on Asylum: Scotland, what assessment she has made of the (a) financial and (b) other barriers faced by asylum seekers that are resident in Scotland required to attend Home Office appointments in England as part of their asylum application. (5049)

93 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken has been for her Department to process asylum claims for cases of (a) unaccompanied asylum seeking children and (b) other cases of acute vulnerability in each month since January 2019. (5076)

94 N Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many staff, by grade, have volunteered for shift working in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (5023)

95 N Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many of his staff, by grade, who volunteered for shift working at the Departmental Operations Centre have been rejected because the Department needs to retain them in their current roles. (5024)

96 N Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many of his staff, by grade, that have not volunteered for shift working in the Departmental Operations Centre in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal have (a) been transferred and (b) informed that they may be transferred to normal, daytime hours roles working on preparations in that centre. (5025) Published: Friday 25 October 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 October 2019 21

97 N Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance the Department has issued to managers to ensure that selection of staff for normal hours day time working in the Departmental Operations Centre is conducted fairly and without discriminating against staff with protected characteristics. (5026)

98 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish (a) the full selection methodology used to allocate monies from the Stronger Towns Fund and (b) the score awarded to each applicant. [R] (5028)

99 N Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers worked at each prison in (a) 2010 and (b) 2019. (5058)

100 N Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many parents had no representation at a family court case relating to a child in each year since 2010. (5059)

101 N Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of domestic violence were refused legal aid when applying for a non- molestation order in each year since 2010. (5060)

102 N Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time from the receipt of an appeal to the hearing was in first-tier tribunals in each year since 2010. (5061)

103 N Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what ratio- based calculation is used by his Department to determine the necessary number of prison officers. (5064)

104 N Imran Hussain (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of assaults on prison officers by prisoners resulted in a prosecution in each year since 2010. (5034)

105 N Imran Hussain (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of successful prosecutions for assaults by prisoners on prison officers resulted in a (a) concurrent sentence and (b) consecutive sentence in each year since 2010. (5035)

106 N Imran Hussain (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many successful prosecutions for assaults on prison officers by prisoners on resulted in a sentence of (a) of less than one month, (b) between one and three months, (c) between three and six months and (d) more than 12 months in each year since 2010. (5036)

107 N Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding has been spent on projects aimed at (a) improving data on racial disparities within the justice system, (b) improving judicial diversity, (c) conducting 22 Published: Friday 25 October 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 October 2019

academic research on methods for reducing racial disparities and (d) reducing racial disparities in the youth justice estate, in each year since the publication of the Lammy Review in September 2017. (4968)

108 N Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of adjournments is per case in (a) all cases heard in the criminal courts and (b) cases relating to (i) murder, (ii) rape (iii) sexual assault, (iv) burglary and (v) crimes against the person in each year since 2010. (4969)

109 N Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on consultancies by (a) his Department and (b) HMCTS in each of the last 12 months. (4970)

110 N Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases have been adjourned in (a) magistrates courts and (b) crown courts in each of the last 12 months. (4971)

111 N Anna Turley (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has for the future funding of independent legal advice for (a) parents and (b) kinship carers involved in the child welfare and family justice system after April 2020. (5045)

112 N Dawn Butler (Brent Central): To ask the Prime Minister, what steps he is taking help ensure that Memorial 2007 has the necessary funding required before November 2019. (4952)

113 N Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Prime Minister, which Departments he has directed to be responsible for attracting foreign direct investment. (4907)

114 N Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Prime Minister, what direction he has given and to which Departments on the UK's future relationship with the EU after the UK leaves the EU. (4908)

115 N Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether work has commenced on minting the 50 pence coin to mark the UK's exit from the EU. (4962)

116 N Jane Dodds (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2019 to Question 1792, on Barclays: Post Office, what assessment he has made of the effect of Barclays Bank's planned withdrawal from the banking framework with Post Office Ltd on customers in rural areas who (a) do not have access to the internet, (b) are over 75 years old and (c) have accessibility needs. (5116)

117 N Peter Heaton-Jones (North Devon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on Alpha insurance customers of the decision by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme to award only premium insurance refunds to those people following the bankruptcy of that company. (5079) Published: Friday 25 October 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 October 2019 23

118 N Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to continue to allocate money to the Government's Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (5020)

119 N Gavin Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which (a) projects and (b) schemes in Northern Ireland were funded in (a) part and (b) in whole by financial transactions capital since 2012-13; and what the chargeable interest rate was for that funding. (5032)

120 N Gavin Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the allocation of financial transactions capital, what the average approval time was for an application in Northern Ireland. (5033)

121 N Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the benefits to the UK's economy over the next 10 years of the UK leaving the EU. (4909)

122 N Christian Matheson (City of Chester): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress has been made by the joint taskforce on period poverty on bringing together (a) public, (b) private and (c) third sector organisations to tackle period poverty. (5037)

123 N Christian Matheson (City of Chester): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to Spring Statement 2019, what the timeframe is for the roll-out of free sanitary products in (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) further education colleges. (5038)

124 N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when will she publish research commissioned into the stereotypical expectations of men and boys announced on 19 November 2018. (4951)

Questions for Answer on Wednesday 30 October

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

1 Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 30 October. (900228)

2 Jess Phillips (Birmingham, Yardley): (900229)

3 Simon Hoare (North Dorset): (900230)

4 Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde): (900231)

5 Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): (900232)

6 Bob Blackman (Harrow East): (900233) 24 Published: Friday 25 October 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 24 October 2019

7 Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): (900234)

8 Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): (900235)

9 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): (900236)

10 Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe): (900237)

11 (Stalybridge and Hyde): (900238)

12 Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): (900239)

13 Mr William Wragg (Hazel Grove): (900240)

14 Drew Hendry (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): (900241)

15 Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): (900242)