Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019

Questions tabled on Tuesday 24 September 2019

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

Questions for Answer on Thursday 26 September

Questions for Written Answer

1 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Attorney General, what plans he has for the distribution of the additional funding for the CPS announced in August 2019. (290280)

2 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the number of people brought to trial for all categorises of offences by the CPS in each year since 2010. (290281)

3 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will consult on a process by which a written constitution for the UK could be determined; and if he will consult citizens' assemblies as part of that process. (290315)

4 Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has commissioned an investigation into whether the Directors of All Star Lanes when went into administration should be disqualified from being company directors; and if he will make a statement. (290290)

5 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date is of Chippenham Natural Gas Power Station. (290403)

6 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date is of West Burton GT Power Station. (290404) 2 Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 24 September 2019

7 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) decommissioning date is of Cottam Coal Power Station; and what plans are in place to replace that capacity when the power station is decommissioned. (290405)

8 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date is of Didcot GT Power Station. (290406)

9 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date is of Little Barford GT Power Station. (290407)

10 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date is of Loch Carnan, South Uist Power Station. (290408)

11 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date is of Grain GT Power Station. (290409)

12 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date is of Sutton Bridge Natural Gas Power Station. (290410)

13 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date is of Shoreham Natural Gas Power Station. (290411)

14 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date is of Saltend Natural Gas Power Station. (290412)

15 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date is of Carrington Natural Gas Power Station. (290413)

16 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date is of Spalding Natural Gas Power Station. (290414)

17 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date is of Wilton GT Natural Gas Power Station. (290415)

18 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date is of Pilkington - Greengate Natural Gas Power Station. (290416) Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 24 September 2019 3

19 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) decommissioning date is of West Burton Coal Power Station; and what plans are in place to replace that capacity when the power station is decommissioned. (290417)

20 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) decommissioning date is of Aberthaw B Coal Power Station; and what plans are in place to replace that capacity when the power station is decommissioned. (290418)

21 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) decommissioning date is of Fiddler’s Ferry Power Station; and what plans are in place to replace that capacity when the power station is decommissioned. (290419)

22 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) decommissioning date is of Ratcliffe Coal Power Station; and what plans are in place to replace that capacity when the power station is decommissioned. (290420)

23 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) decommissioning date is of Drax Coal Power Station; and what plans are in place to replace that capacity when the power station is decommissioned. (290421)

24 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date is of Ballylumford B GT1 and GT2 Power Station; and what plans are in place to replace that capacity when the power station is decommissioned. (290422)

25 Janet Daby (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps her Department is taking to support businesses using seasonal workers to remain viable in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (290471)

26 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which provider supplies energy to her Department; how much CO2 was emitted through her Department’s energy consumption in the latest period for which figures are available; whether the criteria her Department uses to selecting an energy supplier includes how environmentally friendly the supplier is; and what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce CO2 emissions from its energy use. (290324)

27 Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment she has made of the effect on the energy supply of the downgrade in the forecast for oil demand growth in 2019. (290430) 4 Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 24 September 2019

28 (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of nuisance calls to UK numbers. (290311)

29 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the level of nuisance calls. (290312)

30 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proactive investigative capacity exists to support enforcement of laws against nuisance calling and associated business practices. (290313)

31 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will take steps to (a) identify countries that are hotspots of illegal nuisance calling to the UK and associated business activity and (b) improve collaboration with regulators and other investigative and enforcement authorities in those countries. (290314)

32 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which provider supplies energy to her Department; how much CO2 was emitted through her Department’s energy consumption in the latest period for which figures are available; whether the criteria her Department uses to selecting an energy supplier includes how environmentally friendly the supplier is; and what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce CO2 emissions from its energy use. (290325)

33 (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, under (a) which scheme and (b) what criteria the company Hacker House Ltd was awarded a grant of £100,000 in January 2019. (290474)

34 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of businesses which need to arrange standard contractual clauses. (290351)

35 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to businesses of standard contractual clauses to ensure data flows are legal after the UK has left the EU. (290352)

36 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of contractual clauses arranged by businesses to permit data flows after the UK has left the EU. (290353)

37 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which provider supplies energy to his Department; how much CO2 was emitted through his Department’s energy consumption in the latest period for which figures are Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 24 September 2019 5

available; whether the criteria his Department uses to selecting an energy supplier includes how environmentally friendly the supplier is; and what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce CO2 emissions from its energy use. (290326)

38 (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to make LGBT-inclusive relationships and sex education compulsory in all schools. (290432)

39 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of pupils who have been excluded from private schools in (a) Lewisham, (b) London and (c) England in each of the last five years. (290433)

40 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department holds information on the number of pupils attending pupil referral units who were previously educated in the private sector. (290434)

41 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department will announce whether two further voluntary aided schools are receiving state funding to open. (290435)

42 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to ensure the security of data on children referred to Link Maker for adoption matching services. (290451)

43 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is required to publish data on the number of (a) referrals and (b) matches made by Link Maker for all agencies in England and Wales. (290452)

44 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on ensuring that the most vulnerable children previously matched through the statutory Adoption Register are found adoptive parents. (290453)

45 Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships starts there were in Barnsley in each year since 2010. (290443)

46 Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 11 July 2017 to Question 2722, what progress she has made on assessing the required strength of the fisheries protection fleet after the UK leaves the EU. (290370)

47 Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to extend the lamb purchase scheme announced by the Prime Minister on 30 July 2019 to (a) other meats, (b) poultry and (c) fish. (290371) 6 Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 24 September 2019

48 Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of vets that will be required at ports and airports to issue export health certificates in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and how many vets are currently available. (290372)

49 Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she will take to ensure adequate supplies of (a) animal feed, (b) fertilisers and (c) other crop treatments which cannot be stockpiled in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (290373)

50 Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2018 to Question 197445, what increase there has been in the number of (a) personnel and (b) surveillance assets relating to fisheries protection since 3 December 2018; and what increases are planned ahead of the UK leaving the EU. (290374)

51 Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2018 to Question 195110 on data protection, what the subject matter was of each of those documents. (290375)

52 Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2017 to Question 118358, what progress her Department has made on developing the UK’s system for the management of agri-food imports and exports with EU countries. (290376)

53 Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2017 to Question 118331, what progress has been made on the programme of analytical work into understanding how withdrawal from the EU will affect the UK; and if she will publish the interim findings of that work. (290377)

54 Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2017 to Question 118331, what progress has been made on getting the best possible deal that allows the UK to continue to have tariff-free and frictionless access for goods and services into the European market. (290378)

55 Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to support the import of (a) fertilisers and (b) other crop treatments in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (290384)

56 Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to support seed potato exporters in the event that the UK leavs the EU without a deal. (290386) Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 24 September 2019 7

57 Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential effect on UK food exports of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on 31 October 2019. (290387)

58 Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the NAO report entitled Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Progress in Implementing EU Exit, published on 12 September 2019, what progress her Department has made on creating 1,400 Export Health Certificate versions and agreeing them with non-EU countries. (290388)

59 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which provider supplies energy to her Department; how much CO2 was emitted through her Department’s energy consumption in the latest period for which figures are available; whether the criteria her Department uses to selecting an energy supplier includes how environmentally friendly the supplier is; and what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce CO2 emissions from its energy use. (290327)

60 Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to (a) protect and (b) recognise local products after the UK leaves the EU. (290426)

61 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the merits of the use of underwater seagrass to capture and store carbon from the atmosphere. (290321)

62 Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to review the six day standstill rule. (290439)

63 Janet Daby (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK lorries traveling across the English Channel that will be prepared for French customs checks in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (290469)

64 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, which provider supplies energy to his Department; how much CO2 was emitted through his Department’s energy consumption in the latest period for which figures are available; whether the criteria his Department uses to selecting an energy supplier includes how environmentally friendly the supplier is; and what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce CO2 emissions from its energy use. (290328)

65 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which provider supplies energy to his Department; how much CO2 was emitted through his Department’s energy consumption in the latest period for which figures are available; whether the criteria his Department uses to 8 Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 24 September 2019

selecting an energy supplier includes how environmentally friendly the supplier is; and what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce CO2 emissions from its energy use. (290329)

66 Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to increase Official Development Assistance spending on education. (290368)

67 Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to help strengthen the tax systems of developing countries. (290369)

68 Faisal Rashid (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department has allocated to programmes supporting the payment of living wages in global value chains; and whether that funding is supporting workers in the cocoa sector. (290449)

69 Faisal Rashid (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her Department's Economic Development Strategy, what steps she is taking to track progress towards the achievement of living incomes in developing countries. (290450)

70 Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to help strengthen tax systems of developing countries. (290316)

71 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which provider supplies energy to her Department; how much CO2 was emitted through her Department’s energy consumption in the latest period for which figures are available; whether the criteria her Department uses to selecting an energy supplier includes how environmentally friendly the supplier is; and what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce CO2 emissions from its energy use. (290330)

72 Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to support British wine exports. (290425)

73 Faisal Rashid (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will guarantee continued market access to the UK on current terms for exports from (a) Ghana, (b) Cameroon, (c) Côte d’Ivoire, (d) Kenya and (e) South Africa in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (290447)

74 Faisal Rashid (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans he has to develop fair and ethical trade. (290448)

75 Janet Daby (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure fuel supplies for London and the south-east in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (290472) Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 24 September 2019 9

76 Janet Daby (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to ensure people on low-incomes will not be adversely affected by increased fuel prices in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (290473)

77 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which provider supplies energy to his Department; how much CO2 was emitted through his Department’s energy consumption in the latest period for which figures are available; whether the criteria his Department uses to selecting an energy supplier includes how environmentally friendly the supplier is; and what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce CO2 emissions from its energy use. (290331)

78 Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department and the Civil Aviation Authority will consult on removing the ban on pilots who are over 65 years of age and otherwise fit and healthy from flying domestic commercial aircraft. (290317)

79 Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of a dedicated rail link between Heathrow and Gatwick airports. (290318)

80 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that the East West Rail scheme will be environmentally-friendly. (290355)

81 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the East West Rail scheme will have freight capacity. (290356)

82 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which provider supplies energy to her Department; how much CO2 was emitted through her Department’s energy consumption in the latest period for which figures are available; whether the criteria her Department uses to selecting an energy supplier includes how environmentally friendly the supplier is; and what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce CO2 emissions from its energy use. (290333)

83 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the Government's progress on achieving employment for one million more disabled people by 2027. (290358)

84 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps she has taken to address the disability employment gap. (290359)

85 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of disabled people leaving work as a result of a (a) disability and (b) long-term health conditions in (i) 2016, (ii) 2017 and (iii) 2018. (290360) 10 Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 24 September 2019

86 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working age people employed in her Department have left work as a result of a (a) disability and (b) long-term health condition in (i) 2016, (ii) 2017 and (iii) 2018. (290361)

87 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking taken to encourage the retention of disabled people working in her Department. (290362)

88 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to increase the number of disabled people employed by her Department. (290363)

89 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many organisations have participated in her Department's voluntary reporting framework on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace since November 2018. (290364)

90 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September to Question 284853 on prescription fees and charging, whether NHS England will publish its own impact assessment on the effects of the consultation on dispensing doctors. (290322)

91 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which provider supplies energy to his Department; how much CO2 was emitted through his Department’s energy consumption in the latest period for which figures are available; whether the criteria his Department uses to selecting an energy supplier includes how environmentally friendly the supplier is; and what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce CO2 emissions from its energy use. (290332)

92 Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of community-acquired c-difficile infections require hospitalisation. (290341)

93 Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of incidences of an outbreak of C-Difficile Infection in NHS hospitals after a single case of that infection was diagnosed. (290344)

94 Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which organisations his Department consulted on the effect of 5G towers on public health. (290392)

95 Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of 5G towers on public health. (290393) Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 24 September 2019 11

96 Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned on the effect of 5G towers on public health. (290394)

97 Ruth George (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many bids for capital spending (a) his Department, (b) NHS England and (c) NHS Improvement has (i) rejected and (ii) not responded to in each of the last five years; and what the total value was of the bids (A) rejected and (B) not responded to in each of the last five years. (290466)

98 Ruth George (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average length of time was for (a) his Department, (b) NHS England and (c) NHS Improvement to respond to bids for capital spending in each of the last five years. (290467)

99 Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding for research on antibiotic resistance. (290431)

100 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent diplomatic steps he has taken to support the Yazidi people in Iraq and Syria. (290295)

101 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) physical safety and (b) human rights of members of Yazidi communities from Iraq and Syria that have (i) returned and (ii) sought to return to their home areas. (290296)

102 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department has made available to members of Yazidi communities from Iraq and Syria that have (a) returned and (b) sought to return to their home areas. (290297)

103 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2019 to Question 284857 on Brazil: Climate Change Convention, what discussion he has had with his Brazilian counterpart on that Government's steps to meet its international obligations under (a) Article 4 and (b) Article 5 of the Paris Agreement. (290298)

104 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the Government provides to survivors of sexual violence among the Yazidi people in Iraq and Syria. (290299)

105 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recent amendments made to the Constitution of the Republic of India affecting (a) Article 370 and the status of territories within Jammu and Kashmir and (b) Article 35A and the constitutional autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir. (290300) 12 Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 24 September 2019

106 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the human rights implications of recent restrictions imposed by authorities of the Republic of India on (a) public meetings and (b) communications leading to the deprivation of liberty for political leaders within the territory of Jammu and Kashmir. (290301)

107 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the effect on the rule of law in the Republic of India of the procedures recently used by the Indian Government to amend Articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution of India. (290302)

108 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help prevent the escalation of conflict over disputed territories and laws within the areas of India- controlled Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. (290303)

109 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent diplomatic steps his Department has taken to promote the objectives of the Amsterdam Declaration. (290304)

110 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of which risk factors can cause a person to receive a (a) yellow and (b) red designation under the mass surveillance and suspect profiling system of the Chinese Government in Xinjiang. (290305)

111 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the level of use of variables on (a) ethnicity and (b) religion in (i) visual identification and (ii) suspect profiling systems used by the Chinese Government in Xinjiang. (290306)

112 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of forced confessions for terrorism-related offences in detention camps in Xinjiang, China in the last three years. (290307)

113 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the extent of detention on the basis of allegations made against family members among the Uighur and other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang, China. (290308)

114 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the extent of the involvement of UK companies in the development of (a) visual identification and (b) suspect profiling systems used by the Chinese Government in Xinjiang. (290309) Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 24 September 2019 13

115 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for (a) human rights and (b) the rule of law of the risk assessment system used by the Chinese Government in Xinjiang. (290310)

116 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which provider supplies energy to his Department; how much CO2 was emitted through his Department’s energy consumption in the latest period for which figures are available; whether the criteria his Department uses to selecting an energy supplier includes how environmentally friendly the supplier is; and what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce CO2 emissions from its energy use. (290335)

117 Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his South Sudanese counterpart the peace talks in that country. (290427)

118 Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the US withdrawal from talks with the Taliban on the future of Afghanistan. (290428)

119 Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the Government has provided to help tackle the fires on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra in Indonesia. (290429)

120 Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what provision the review of the UK’s protection of civilians strategy is making for the specific vulnerabilities faced by children in conflict zones. (290365)

121 Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department’s review of the UK’s protection of civilians strategy will embed (a) civilian casualty recording and (b) civilian harm-tracking mechanisms to improve understanding of the impacts of conflict on civilians. (290366)

122 Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen support for mechanisms to hold perpetrators accountable for violations of international humanitarian and human rights law. (290367)

123 Paul Masterton (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has had made to the Palestinian Authority on (a) its decision to prevent Palestinian LGBTQ group Al Qaws from holding events in the West Bank and (b) the effect of that decision on the LGBTQ community in the West Bank. (290446) 14 Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 24 September 2019

124 Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of identity theft and fraud made to Action Fraud were referred to trading standards departments for investigation in each year from 2015 to 2019. (290289)

125 Janet Daby (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to avoid potential delays to passengers because of increased immigration checks at UK borders in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (290470)

126 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which provider supplies energy to her Department; how much CO2 was emitted through her Department’s energy consumption in the latest period for which figures are available; whether the criteria her Department uses to selecting an energy supplier includes how environmentally friendly the supplier is; and what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce CO2 emissions from its energy use. (290337)

127 Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the proportion of applications for settled status that have resulted in (a) an award of pre-settled status and (b) a request for further information. (290391)

128 Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to bring forward legislative proposals to restrict the sale of toy knives. (290440)

129 Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate his Department has made of proportion of homes purchased under the right to buy schemes that are now owned by private landlords. (290286)

130 Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the (a) projected annual net costs of Help to Buy from its inception until 2021-22 as set out in the original business case, (b) actual annual net costs from inception until 2018-2019, and (c) current projected net costs until 2021-22. (290287)

131 Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of reports of identity theft and fraud made to Action Fraud which were not recorded as crimes in each year from 2015 to 2019. (290288)

132 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the requirement for electric vehicle charging points on new developments is. (290319) Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 24 September 2019 15

133 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of electric vehicle charging points provided on new residential developments. (290320)

134 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which provider supplies energy to his Department; how much CO2 was emitted through his Department’s energy consumption in the latest period for which figures are available; whether the criteria his Department uses to selecting an energy supplier includes how environmentally friendly the supplier is; and what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce CO2 emissions from its energy use. (290338)

135 Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of Ministers' compliance with Section 1 of the Ministerial Code in relation to the prorogation of parliament as a result of the Supreme Court judgment in the cases of Cherry and others (Respondents) v Advocate General for Scotland (Appellant) (Scotland) and R (on the application of Miller) (Appellant) v The Prime Minister (Respondent) made on 24 September 2019; and if he will make a statement. (290379)

136 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Prime Minister, whether his Government plans to reinstate the Department of Energy and Climate Change. (290468)

137 Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that free to use automated teller machines are available throughout the country. (290402)

138 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which provider supplies energy to his Department; how much CO2 was emitted through his Department’s energy consumption in the latest period for which figures are available; whether the criteria his Department uses to selecting an energy supplier includes how environmentally friendly the supplier is; and what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce CO2 emissions from its energy use. (290334)

139 Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to reduce the excise duty on (a) wine, (b) sparkling wines and (c) fortified wines. (290424)

140 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the Government plans to publish its response to the Reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 consultation. (290436) 16 Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 24 September 2019

Questions for Answer on Friday 27 September

Questions for Written Answer

1 N (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse is of the get ready for advertising campaign to date. (290437)

2 N Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish guidance for musicians and other performers on (a) travelling and (b) working in EU countries in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (290400)

3 N Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the findings by the Incorporated Society of Musicians that musicians will incur additional costs of up to £1,000 per year when travelling to the EU in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (290401)

4 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether her Department plans to include the aviation and shipping sectors in the net zero emissions target. (290460)

5 N Mr (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether there is a requirement that insulation installed under the Energy Company Obligation scheme be of limited combustibility. (290347)

6 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether there was a requirement that any insulation installed under the now closed (a) Carbon Emissions Reduction Target and (b) Community Energy Saving Programme schemes be of limited combustibility. (290348)

7 N Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children in primary schools in Barnsley were eligible for free school meals in each year since 2010. (290441)

8 N Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children in secondary schools in Barnsley were eligible for free school meals in each year since 2010. (290442)

9 N Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children in secondary schools in Barnsley eligible for free school meals went on to higher education in each year since 2010. (290444)

10 N Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on developing a UK fisheries policy after the UK leaves the EU. (290380) Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 24 September 2019 17

11 N Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the control of genetically modified organisms after the UK leaves the EU; and if she will make a statement. (290381)

12 N Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has support water companies in the supply of purification chemicals in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (290382)

13 N Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to support exporters of (a) wheat and (b) barley in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (290383)

14 N Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to support the import of animal feed in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (290385)

15 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that eggs infected with salmonella do not reach consumers. (290282)

16 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) farms, (b) packing stations and (c) wholesalers in the egg sector do not breach standards regulations. (290283)

17 N Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on food supplies in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (290291)

18 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on (a) residency and (b) healthcare rights for UK nationals living in the EU of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (290456)

19 N Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of the conclusions of the report published on 23 September by Save the Children entitled Transformative Aid: How UK aid can transform global development and children’s futures. (290293)

20 N Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make it a condition of Official Development Assistance for the health sector that developing countries allocate five percent of their GDP to that sector. (290294) 18 Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 24 September 2019

21 N Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions the Government has had with the UAE Government on ensuring the exports outlined in the New Security Export Strategy will be used in accordance with international humanitarian law. (290423)

22 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Oxford- Cambridge Expressway project on the ability of Highways England to carry out improvement works to the A34. (290457)

23 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the environmental impact of improvement works to the A34 (a) overall and (b) in Oxfordshire. (290458)

24 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 13 May 2019 to Question 251432, on Roads: Construction, what assessment his Department has made of whether the Oxford- Cambridge Expressway project meets the requirements of the National Networks National Policy Statement. (290459)

25 N Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to update regulations on taxi and private hire vehicles. (290350)

26 N Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to electrify East West Rail. (290354)

27 N Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason her Department decided to close the Post Office Card Account; and whether her Department has plans to introduce a replacement for that account. (290396)

28 N Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2019 to Question 271510 on Children: Maintenance, how many times a Commanding Officer has delayed child maintenance payments as a result of a Service person being on military operations in each of the last five years. (290397)

29 N Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times the Child Maintenance Service has registered the child maintenance debt of a non-resident parent with credit rating agencies in the past four weeks. (290398)

30 N Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the number of incidences where the child maintenance debt of a non-resident parent was registered with a credit rating agency in (a) the last four weeks, and (b) last twenty four weeks. (290399) Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 24 September 2019 19

31 N Ruth George (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the legal basis is for her Department to ask claimants who are victims of third-party universal credit fraud to attend an interview under caution at a Jobcentre rather than provide a witness statement. (290461)

32 N Ruth George (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work of 8 July 2019, Official Report, Column 321, if she will provide details of the successful third-party universal credit fraud prosecution. (290462)

33 N Ruth George (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to prevent cases of third-party universal credit fraud taking place during managed migration. (290463)

34 N Ruth George (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her oral contribution to the Work and Pensions Committee of 24 July 2019, how many of the 1,400 cases to have undergone interview under caution due to third-party universal credit fraud have been referred for prosecution. (290464)

35 N Ruth George (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, at what point during the universal credit claim process her Department checks claims for potentially fraudulent details. (290465)

36 N Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what documentation officials in Job Centres have been instructed to accept as proof of (a) settled status and (b) pre-settled status for EU nationals applying for social security benefits after 31 October 2019. (290390)

37 N Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the roles of the members of the (a) steering group, (b) working group and (c) each of the task and finish groups for NICE's review into its methods and processes. (290336)

38 N Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of treating patients with recurrent C-difficile infection. (290339)

39 N Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of patients on antibiotics who developed (a) AAD and (b) CDI/CDAD. (290340)

40 N Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of prescriptions for antibiotics issued in the last (a) 12 months and (b) five years; and what proportion of those patients were subsequently admitted to hospital. (290342)

41 N Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of benefits of the use of (a) prebiotics and (b) probiotics in the NHS. (290343) 20 Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 24 September 2019

42 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on access to epilepsy medication. (290454)

43 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on access to cancer treatment of the UK leaving the EU without an agreement. (290455)

44 N Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding the Government allocated to cancer research in each financial year since 2009. (290349)

45 N Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken for EEA nationals’ settlement status to be verified by border officials after the UK exits the EU in the event that the secure online service is inaccessible due to (a) temporary system failure, (b) planned system maintenance and (c) cyber-attack. (290438)

46 N Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department paid to Sodexo to provide the Aspen card service in each year for which data is available; and what estimate her Department has made of the future costs of that service. (290395)

47 N Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, wnat documentation officials at the border have been instructed to accept as proof of (a) settled status and (b) pre-settled status for EU nationals arriving in the UK after 31 October 2019. (290389)

48 N Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Minister of State for Crime, Policing and the Fire Service has met representatives of the Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service. (290292)

49 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received the final report of the Windrush lessons learned review. (290346)

50 N Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what instructions UK Border Force staff have been given on EU citizens travelling to the UK on ID cards after the UK leaves the EU. (290357)

51 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reasons his Department has not issued a call for samples of building materials used in (a) external wall materials and (b) insulation of high rise buildings as part of the recent data collection exercise on external wall systems in high-rise residential buildings. (290345) Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Tuesday 24 September 2019 21

52 N Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government plans to (a) bring forward legislative proposals and (b) amend the Charging Standard to (i) further protect cyclists and (ii) introduce stricter penalties for accidents involving cyclists where the driver is at fault. (290279)

53 N Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2019 to Question 252551, Answer of 10 July 2019 to Question 273770 and Answer of 29 July 2019 to Question 280263, on fines: surcharges, for what reason there was a £1 million difference between the raised and allocated amounts in the 2016-17 financial year; and where that money has been allocated. (290445)

54 N Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Prime Minister, whether (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers are required to declare whether they have ever been involved in actions intended to overthrow or undermine Parliamentary democracy by political, industrial or violent means in order to gain (i) employment and (ii) security clearance. (290323)

55 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of high street bank branches that have closed in the last five years. (290284)

56 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that elderly people have access to a bank branch. (290285)