Published: Monday 18 February 2019

Questions tabled on Friday 15 February 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 18 February

Questions for Written Answer

1 Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many grant applications have been made to the Medical Research Council for ME/CFS related research since 2010; how many of those applications have been awarded funding; and if he will make a statement. [Transferred] (221619)

2 N Emma Reynolds ( North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships have been created in Wolverhampton North East (a) in each of the twelve months before the introduction of the apprenticeship levy and (b) in each month since the levy was introduced. [Transferred] (220893)

3 N Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of apprenticeship levy-paying employers have hired apprentices. [Transferred] (220895)

4 N Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much money his Department estimates is dormant in apprenticeship levy accounts. [Transferred] (220896)

5 Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what acreage of land in the UK is under cultivation for the legal production of opium poppies. [Transferred] (221833) 2 Published: Monday 18 February 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 15 February 2019

6 N Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the , if he will publish all (a) documents, (b) minutes, (c) agendas and (d) reports written (i) by and (ii) for the Alternative Arrangements Working Group. [Transferred] (220848)

7 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Prime Minister raised the case of Daphne Caruana Galizia at her meeting with Prime Minister Muscat of Malta on 11 February 2019. [Transferred] (221580)

8 N Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans she has for another international meeting on ending violence against women in conflict following the Global Summit to end sexual violence in conflict in 2014. [Transferred] (221013)

9 Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fires in residential properties have been caused by gas faults in the last (a) 12 months, (b) five years and (c) 10 years. [Transferred] (221725)

10 Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fires caused by electrical faults there have been in residential properties in the last (a) year, (b) five years and (c) 10 years. [Transferred] (221727)

11 Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been injured or killed by fires caused by electrical faults in residential properties in the last (a) year, (b) five years and (c) 10 years in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland. [Transferred] (221730)

12 Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the financial cost of fires in residential properties in the last (a) year, (b) five years and (c) 10 years. [Transferred] (221731)

13 Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the introduction of a tenancy deposit scheme for small and medium-sized enterprises and their landlords on trends in the level of legal cases in relation to rent brought before the courts. [Transferred] (221794)

14 Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a tenancy deposit scheme for small and medium- sized enterprises to assist the financial security of those businesses. [Transferred] (221795) Published: Monday 18 February 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 15 February 2019 3

15 Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to implement a mandatory tenancy deposit scheme for commercial premises with a rateable value of £51,000 or less. [Transferred] (221796)

16 Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Government has made of the annual amount it is prepared to pay for each level of access to the EU single market. [Transferred] (220738)

17 Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value of the Barnett consequentials are for (a) Small Sites Fund, (b) Housing Infrastructure Fund, (c) local authority Accelerated Construction Programme and (d) the Land Assembly Fund. [Transferred] (221684)

18 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has made an estimate of the cost of nationalising (a) the National Grid and the (b) water, (c) electricity and (d) gas companies of England and Wales. [Transferred] (220880)

Questions for Answer on Tuesday 19 February

Questions for Written Answer

1 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Attorney General, what data his Department holds on the average length of time taken by the Crown Prosecution Service to deliver early investigative advice in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018. [Transferred] (221799)

2 Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of carers in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland. (222046)

3 Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of carers under the age of 18 in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland. (222048)

4 Ben Bradley (Mansfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to help businesses to create more highly skilled jobs in the East Midlands. (222051)

5 Mr Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much money from the public purse has been spent on the Horizon IT High Court case to date. (222063) 4 Published: Monday 18 February 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 15 February 2019

6 Ben Lake (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect on the financial sustainability of post offices of the rates banks pay post offices for transactions. (222055)

7 Ben Lake (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) banks, and (c) the Post Office on increasing the rates that banks pay the Post Office to process transactions. (222056)

8 Faisal Rashid (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, apart from Hinkley Point, what plans the Government has to construct new nuclear power stations. (222053)

9 Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of university students have not secured graduate employment five years after graduating. (221984)

10 Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students have not secured graduate employment five years after graduating by higher education institution. (221985)

11 Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students have not secured graduate employment five years after graduating by course. (221986)

12 Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he will take to ensure that there is a sufficient capacity in education and habilitation VI specialists to allow for the assessment of all young people and children with vision impairment; and what steps he will take to regular review that capacity. (222014)

13 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2018 to Question 195094, if he will make representations to NHS England and the General Practitioner Committee of the British Medical Association on the removal of GP fees for medical checks for prospective adopters ahead of the next annual contract negotiations. (221989)

14 N Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure people can travel abroad with pets after the UK leaves the EU. [Transferred] (221780)

15 Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on external consultants in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018. (221982) Published: Monday 18 February 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 15 February 2019 5

16 Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of her Department's budget was spent on water infrastructure projects in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018. (221983)

17 Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the quality of water infrastructure funded by her Department is monitored. (221997)

18 Ben Lake (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how his Department plans to consult Parliament in the formulation of trade negotiation mandates. (222057)

19 Ben Lake (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans his Department has to involve Parliament in trade negotiations. (222058)

20 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of private sector jobs that would be created in Northern Ireland as a result of a successful bid from Northern Ireland under the Heathrow Logistics Hub bidding process. [Transferred] (221630)

21 Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Civil Aviation Authority on commercial pressures in the offshore helicopter transport sector; and if he will make a statement. (222028)

22 Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the impairment charges incurred by offshore helicopter companies operating in the North sea due to the grounding of Super Puma helicopters in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018. (222029)

23 Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of lowering the age limit for pensions auto-enrolment to 18. (222040)

24 Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has plans to review the four per cent collection charge on child maintenance payments for victims of domestic abuse. (222043)

25 Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of paying parents using the child maintenance service are in arrears. (222044)

26 Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research her Department conducted to establish the link between foodbank use and the roll-out of universal credit. (222047)

27 Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons her Department is not represented on the Government's cross-departmental strategy on suicide prevention. (222061) 6 Published: Monday 18 February 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 15 February 2019

28 Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending her Department's Statement of Fitness for Work Med 3 form so that a GP of a sick or disabled benefit claimant could be asked directly if there would be a substantial risk of harm if that claimant was found fit for work following a work capability assessment. (222062)

29 Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many nominated members of staff there are employed in Job Centres across the UK whose role it is to liaise with women's refuges in their local area. (222006)

30 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms the Government uses for recording trends in poverty at the (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local authority level. [Transferred] (221655)

31 Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on external consultants in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018. (221999)

32 Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many student specialist dermatologists there were in each of the last 10 years for which data is available. (221977)

33 Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were treated by consultant dermatologists for skin diseases (a) in the last year for which data are available, (b) five years ago and (c) 10 years ago. (221978)

34 Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of professional training places for medical graduates wishing to specialise in dermatology; and if he will make a statement. (221979)

35 Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons student paramedics are unable to access the NHS Learning Support Fund on the same terms as other Allied Health Professions students. (222012)

36 Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding support for student paramedics. (222013)

37 Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the outcome was of the Warsaw summit on Iran of 13 to 14 February 2019; and what assessment he has made of the level of human rights violations that have recently taken place in Iran. (222052)

38 Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the persecution of Christians overseas. (221980) Published: Monday 18 February 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 15 February 2019 7

39 Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to expand the UK’s diplomatic network after the UK leaves the EU. (221981)

40 Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on external consultants in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018. (221998)

41 Stephen Gethins (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in Saudi Arabia on political detainees in Saudi Arabia. (222031)

42 Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the level of seizures required to put a successful drug trafficker of (a) heroin, (b) cocaine, (c) cannabis and (d) ecstasy out of business. (222039)

43 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2019 to Question 216277, if his Department will start to collect data on how many children are living in households with parents subject to No Recourse to Public Funds. (222019)

44 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2019 to Question 216277, for what reasons his Department does not collect data on how many children are living in households with parents subject to No Recourse to Public Funds. (222020)

45 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February to Question 216277, how many change of circumstance forms relating to No Recourse to Public Funds his Department received in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18. (222021)

46 Ben Bradley (Mansfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the Community Sentence Treatment Requirements pilot scheme. (222049)

47 Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons the proposed reforms to probate fees were not brought to the House in the form of primary legislation. (222003)

48 Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people in England and Wales in each household income band will pay (a) more or (b) less under the Government's proposed reforms to probate fees. (222004) 8 Published: Monday 18 February 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 15 February 2019

49 (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of landlords in each local authority area who are registered for self-assessment with HM Revenue and Customs. (221988)

50 Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what potential effect the UK leaving the EU will have on women's rights and opportunities. (222050)

Questions for Answer on Wednesday 20 February

Questions for Written Answer

1 N (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of February 14, 2019 to Question 219297 on Government Departments: Consultants, if he will provide a total government consultancy spend figure for each of the companies listed in his answer for the financial year in which they are listed. (221987)

2 N Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps are being taken as part of the long-term programme that has been developed to reposition Salisbury after the Novichok attack last year; and what the objectives of that programme. (222007)

3 N Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how bodies in receipt of funding from the European Regional Development Fund can apply for further funding after the UK leaves the EU. (222009)

4 N Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of R&D tax credits in encouraging private sector spend on R&D (a) overall and (b) by economic sector. (222034)

5 N Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Civil Society Strategy, what his Department has made in establishing a regular forum for social enterprises to coordinate relations with government; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of strengthening the legal framework for co-operatives. (222015)

6 N Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that each young person with vision impairment has received appropriately adapted (a) national tests and exam papers and (b) past papers without charge. (222016) Published: Monday 18 February 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 15 February 2019 9

7 N Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of Qualified Teachers of the Visually Impaired (QTVI) in each local authority in England and Wales; and what assessment he has made of whether those are sufficient to meet demand. (222017)

8 N Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that teachers are able to identify young children who require visual impairment support in early years education. (222018)

9 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he next plans to review the Children (Performances and Activities) Regulations 2014; if he will hold discussions with Brass Bands England as part of such a review; and if he will make a statement. (222054)

10 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2019 to Question 218343, if he will publish the criteria by which The Hoo site was determined to be unsuitable for Abacus Belsize Primary School in Belsize Park. (222059)

11 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the the Rural Payments Agency will not deal directly with hon. Members' offices over delayed payments to farmers and land owners. (221976)

12 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing legally binding targets to meet World Health Organisation-recommended limit values for particulate matter by 2030. (222060)

13 N Stephen Gethins (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what plans his Department has for the UK's continued involvement in the European University Institute. (222022)

14 N Stephen Gethins (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the potential effect will be on students from the UK studying at the European University Institute of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (222023)

15 N Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the financial solvency of the ultimate owner of Bristow Helicopters Limited; and when he last made such an assessment. (222024)

16 N Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the annual value is of the current contract between the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and Bristow Helicopters Limited for helicopter search and rescue services in the UK. (222025) 10 Published: Monday 18 February 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 15 February 2019

17 N Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contingency plans his Department has developed for the early termination of the contract between the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and Bristow Helicopters Limited for helicopter search and rescue services in the UK. (222026)

18 N Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many offshore oil and gas workers were transported to and from installations on the UK continental shelf under private contracts between oil companies and Bristow Group subsidiaries in each year since 2012. (222027)

19 N Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many habitual residency tests have been carried out for universal credit claimants at the Slough Job Centre in each month from April 2018 to date. (222064)

20 N Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason her Department requires owners of limited companies to provide company financial accounts when applying for universal credit; and if she will review that policy. (222036)

21 N Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the practicality of requiring the owners of limited companies to provide company financial accounts when applying for universal credit. (222037)

22 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the overall satisfaction rate is among claimants for universal credit (a) full service and (b) live service. (221994)

23 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much revenue has been generated by issuing penalty charge notices for people not in receipt of the qualifying benefit to receive free prescriptions and dental treatment. (222000)

24 N Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assurances she can provide to sub-contractors delivering Departmental services on behalf of Working Links (Employment) Limited on (a) outstanding money owed to them from Working Links (Employment) Limited and (b) the continuation of contracts held by sub-contractors. (222005)

25 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2019 to Question 217570 on Syphilis, when Public Health England plans to publish its Syphilis Action Plan. (221990)

26 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2019 to Question 217568 on Syphilis, what steps his Department is taking to improve the detection, surveillance and clinical management of syphilis. (221991) Published: Monday 18 February 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 15 February 2019 11

27 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2019 to Question 217569 on Abortions, what steps his Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) address the trend of increased abortion rates for women aged 30-34. (221992)

28 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 14 of the National Audit Report entitled Investigation into the management of health screening, published 30 January 2019, for what reasons the project to replace the National Health Application and Infrastructure Services is 22 months behind schedule. (221993)

29 N Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to pages 19–23 of the National Audit Office report entitled Investigation into the management of health screening, published 30 January 2019, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that threshold targets in all cases of (a) abdominal aortic aneurysm, (b) bowel screening, (c) breast screening and (d) cervical screening are met. (222010)

30 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the next planned review date is for the assessment and management of Motor Neurone Disease. (221996)

31 N Dame Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to appoint a new Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust; and if he will make a statement. (222002)

32 N Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department will take to take to train, recruit and resource the breast cancer staff needed to fulfil the commitment in the NHS Long Term Plan to increase breast screening uptake. (222011)

33 N Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to commission independent research into heated tobacco products; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of inviting the new Public Health England research centre in Harlow to have a role in that research. (222001)

34 N Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his Department plans to update the Government Strategy on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict in order to reduce the number of babies dying as a result of armed conflict. (222035)

35 N Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the revoking of the arrest warrant for Brigadier Priyanka Fernando. (222038) 12 Published: Monday 18 February 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Friday 15 February 2019

36 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2019 to Question 219410, what assessment he has made of whether it is safe to deport Zimbabwean nationals who have been unsuccessful in claims for asylum since April 2018. (222030)

37 N Peter Grant (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of problems with the EU Settlement Scheme application system not recognising diacritical markings, such as umlauts, in EU nationals' names; and what plans he has to resolve those problems. (222045)

38 N Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending the minimum notice period to vacate for refugee acommodation contracts to four weeks. (222033)

39 N Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that potential interference with air defence radar does not prevent the future development of offshore wind sites. (222041)

40 N Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with representatives of the offshore wind sector on the interaction between air defence radar and potential future offshore wind sites. (222042)

41 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the letter from the Secretary of State to the Mayor of the Sheffield City Region of 12 February 2019, if he will publish the Government’s devolution criteria. [R] (222008)

42 N Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on local authority finances of student accommodation being exempt from council tax and business rates. (222032)

43 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make representations to the Home Secretary on the long-standing anomaly whereby Northern Ireland residents born in the Irish Republic since 1949 continue to face restrictions on obtaining UK passports. (221995)