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Daily Report Thursday, 5 September 2019 This report shows written answers and statements provided on 5 September 2019 and the information is correct at the time of publication (06:30 P.M., 05 September 2019). For the latest information on written questions and answers, ministerial corrections, and written statements, please visit: http://www.parliament.uk/writtenanswers/ CONTENTS ANSWERS 7 Shipbuilding 13 BUSINESS, ENERGY AND Small Businesses: Tees Valley 14 INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY 7 Spark Energy: Billing 14 Carers and Parents: Flexible Vauxhall Motors: Ellesmere Working 7 Port 14 Department for Business, VE Day 15 Energy and Industrial Strategy: Brexit 7 CABINET OFFICE 15 Department for Business, Cabinet Office: Redundancy Energy and Industrial Strategy: Pay 15 Living Wage 8 Cabinet Office: Training 15 Life Sciences: EU Nationals 9 Civil Servants 16 Manufacturing Industries: Constituencies 16 Energy 9 Foreign Relations: Africa 17 Manufacturing Industries: Government Departments: Liverpool 10 Digital Technology 17 Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing National Security 17 Industries 10 National Security Strategy Natural Gas: Energy Supply 11 Implementation Groups 18 Nissan: Foreign Investment in Public Sector: Computer UK 11 Software 18 Plastics: Freezers and DEFENCE 19 Refrigerators 11 Aircraft Carriers: Shipbuilding 19 Regional Planning and Development: County Durham 12 Armed Forces: Compensation 19 Regional Planning and Arms Trade: Trade Fairs 21 Development: North of Army 22 England 13 Defence: Expenditure 22 Defence: Procurement 24 EDUCATION 39 Former Ministers: Redundancy Apprentices: Degrees 39 Pay 25 Apprentices: Taxation 39 Harland and Wolff: Insolvency 26 Children: Protection 40 Royal Fleet Auxiliary 26 Education: Disadvantaged 40 Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Tankers 27 Electronic Publishing: VAT Type 31 Frigates: Zero Rating 41 Procurement 27 Higher Education: Equal Pay 41 DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND History: GCE A-level and SPORT 28 GCSE 42 Advertising: Misrepresentation 28 Lifelong Education 42 Art Works 28 Primary Education: Arts 29 Admissions 44 Broadband: Scotland 29 Religion: Education 44 Cybercrime: Departmental School Exclusions Review 45 Responsibilities 30 Schools: Security 45 Department for Digital, Schools: Staff 45 Culture, Media and Sport: Newspaper Press 30 Schools: Uniforms 46 Gun Sports: Commonwealth Schools: Weather 46 Games 31 Special Educational Needs: Hate Crime: Sports 31 Finance 47 Loneliness: Young People 32 Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment 47 Monuments: Scapa Flow 32 STEM Subjects: Higher Passenger Ships 33 Education 48 Social Media: Scotland 34 Truancy 49 Social Media: Training 34 Young People: Carers 50 Sports: West Midlands 34 ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND Television: Licensing 35 RURAL AFFAIRS 51 Tourism: Coastal Areas 36 Agriculture: Subsidies 51 Tourism: North Herefordshire 36 Amazonia: Fires 51 World Heritage Sites 37 Animal Breeding 52 Young People: Public Eggs: Imports 52 Participation 37 Fishing Vessels: Licensing 53 Youth Services: Finance 38 Food Supply 53 Livestock: Animal Welfare 53 Kashmir: Politics and Meat: Imports 54 Government 65 Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Kashmir: Telecommunications 66 Emissions 55 Lydian International 66 Sri Lanka: Recycling 55 Nicaragua: Catholicism 67 Tree Planting: Urban Areas 55 Nigeria and Pakistan: Veterinary Medicine: Drugs 56 Christianity 67 EXITING THE EUROPEAN North Korea: Guided Weapons 68 UNION 56 Palestinians: Health Brexit 56 Professions 68 Brexit: Northern Ireland 57 Papua: Armed Conflict 69 Brexit: Scotland 57 Venezuela: Politics and Government 71 Environment Protection 57 Yemen: Armed Conflict 71 FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE 58 HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE 72 Albania: Human Trafficking 58 Alzheimer's Disease: Health Services 72 Armenia: Gold 58 Audiology 72 British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty 59 Care Homes: Recreation Spaces 73 China: Uighurs 59 Cervical Cancer: Screening 73 Darfur: Peace Negotiations 59 Dementia: Health Services 74 Diplomatic Service: British Nationals Abroad 60 Department of Health and Social Care: Brexit 75 Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Cambridge Analytica 60 Department of Health and Social Care: Cycling 76 Gaza: Health Professions 60 Depressive Illnesses: Mental Gaza: Humanitarian Aid 61 Health Services 76 Hong Kong: Civil Disorder 61 Dialysis Machines: British Hong Kong: Police Brutality 61 Nationals Abroad 76 Hong Kong: Politics and Dialysis Machines: Reciprocal Government 62 Arrangements 77 India: Human Rights 64 Disability 77 Israel: Embassies 64 Grenfell Tower: Fires 78 Julian Assange 64 Health Services: EU Nationals 78 Health Services: South West 80 Hearing Aids: Research 81 Human Trafficking 95 HIV Infection: Drugs 81 Human Trafficking: Nigeria 96 Kidney Diseases: Health Human Trafficking: Vietnam 96 Services 82 Immigration: EEA Nationals 96 Maternal Mortality: Ethnic Immigration: EU Nationals 98 Groups 83 Modern Slavery Act 2015 99 Medical Records: Data Protection 83 Slavery 100 Medical Treatments 84 Sodexo: Contracts 101 Medical Treatments: HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND Innovation 84 LOCAL GOVERNMENT 101 Mental Health Services 85 Children: Day Care 101 Mental Health Services: Council Tax: Discounts 101 Expenditure 86 Local Plans 102 Mental Health: Children 87 Ministry of Housing, Mental Illness 87 Communities and Local Government: Brexit 104 NHS Business Services Authority: Furniture 87 Private Rented Housing: Tenancy Deposit Schemes 104 North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust 88 UK Shared Prosperity Fund 105 Plastic Surgery: Costs 88 UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Public Consultation 105 Prescription Drugs 89 INTERNATIONAL Prescription Drugs: Shortages 89 DEVELOPMENT 105 Prescriptions: Fees and Department for International Charges 90 Development: Brexit 105 Radiotherapy: Travel 91 Overseas Aid 106 Social Services: Apprentices 91 Yemen: Armed Conflict 106 Tobacco 92 Yemen: International Transplant Surgery: Assistance 107 Reciprocal Arrangements 92 Yemen: Overseas Aid 107 HOME OFFICE 92 INTERNATIONAL TRADE 107 Action Fraud: Training 92 Arms Trade: Trade Fairs 107 Crime Prevention: Publicity 93 Export Controls 108 Free Movement of People: JUSTICE 109 Brexit 94 Bristol Prison 109 Home Office: Brexit 95 Kirklevington Grange Prison: Department for Transport: Brexit 109 Brexit 123 Legal Aid Scheme 109 Electric Vehicles: Charging Marriage 110 Points 123 Marriage: Humanism 110 Manchester-Sheffield Railway Line 123 Ministry of Justice: Buildings 111 Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties 124 Ministry of Justice: Departmental Expenditure Motorways: Repairs and Limits 111 Maintenance 124 Ministry of Justice: Mental Official Cars 125 Health Services 112 Portsmouth International Port 126 Ministry of Justice: Post- Roads: Safety 127 traumatic Stress Disorder 112 Shared Spaces: Visual Personal Independence Impairment 127 Payment: Appeals 113 TREASURY 128 Prison Accommodation 113 Aviation: Alternative Fuels 128 Prison Officers 116 Banks: Closures 128 Probate: Computer Software 116 Bingo: Taxation 129 Prosecutions: Scotland 116 Bookmakers and Football Repossession Orders 117 Pools: Taxation 129 Translation Services 117 Brexit 130 Translation Services: Finance 117 Electronic Publishing: VAT 130 Unsolicited Goods and Financial Services: Services: Vulnerable Adults 119 Technology 131 Young Offenders: EEA Football Pools: Excise Duties 131 Nationals 120 Government Departments: Youth Offending Teams: EEA Public Expenditure 132 Nationals 120 Help to Buy Scheme: Scotland 132 LEADER OF THE HOUSE 120 Pensions: Tax Allowances 132 Brexit: Parliamentary Scrutiny 120 Wealth 133 Privy Council 121 WORK AND PENSIONS 134 TRANSPORT 122 Children: Maintenance 134 A34: Accidents 122 Department for Work and Bus Services: Training 122 Pensions: Public Expenditure 135 Cycling and Walking 122 Employment and Support Allowance 139 Employment and Support Universal Credit 149 Allowance: Appeals 140 Universal Credit: Appeals 151 Food Supply 140 Universal Credit: EEA Health Assessment Advisory Nationals 151 Service 141 Universal Credit: Fraud 152 Parents: Low Incomes 141 Universal Credit: Housing 153 Pension Credit 141 Universal Credit: Support for Pensioners: Personal Mortgage Interest 154 Independence Payment 142 Welfare Assistance Schemes: Personal Independence Yorkshire and the Humber 154 Payment 143 Work Capability Assessment 154 Personal Independence Working Links 155 Payment: Medical Examinations 145 MINISTERIAL CORRECTIONS 156 Post Office Card Account 145 CABINET OFFICE 156 Social Security Benefits: Electoral Register 156 Appeals 145 WRITTEN STATEMENTS 157 Social Security Benefits: EXITING THE EUROPEAN Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 147 UNION 157 Social Security Benefits: General Affairs Council, July Medical Examinations 148 2019 157 Social Security Benefits: HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND Mental Illness 148 LOCAL GOVERNMENT 158 Social Security Benefits: Building Safety 158 Telephone Services 148 WORK AND PENSIONS 159 State Retirement Pensions: Jobseekers (Back to Work British Nationals Abroad 149 Schemes) Act 2013 159 Notes: Questions marked thus [R] indicate that a relevant interest has been declared. Questions with identification numbers of 900000 or greater indicate that the question was originally tabled as an oral question and has since been unstarred. ANSWERS BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY Carers and Parents: Flexible Working Stella Creasy: [284329] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to implement the European Council directive on work-life balance for parents and carers. Kelly Tolhurst:
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