Daily Report Tuesday, 3 September 2019 This report shows written answers and statements provided on 3 September 2019 and the information is correct at the time of publication (07:09 P.M., 03 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 8 Consumer Goods: Electrical ATTORNEY GENERAL 8 Safety 16 Crown Prosecution Service: Domestic Appliances: Repairs Bullying and Harassment 8 and Maintenance 16 Crown Prosecution Service: Government Assistance 16 Closures 8 Gratuities 17 Crown Prosecution Service: Insolvency 17 Disclosure of Information 8 Johnston Press: Insolvency 18 Crown Prosecution Service: Minimum Wage 18 ICT 9 Post Offices: Pay 19 Crown Prosecution Service: Industrial Relations 9 Private Rented Housing: Energy 19 Crown Prosecution Service: Leave 10 Small Businesses 19 Crown Prosecution Service: CABINET OFFICE 21 Legal Profession 12 10 Downing Street: Furniture 21 Crown Prosecution Service: Devolution: Scotland 21 Pay 12 Elections: Proof of Identity 21 Crown Prosecution Service: Electoral Register 22 Personnel Management 13 Electoral Register: Students 23 Crown Prosecution Service: Recycling 13 Electoral Register: Visually Impaired and Learning Crown Prosecution Service: Disability 24 Staff 13 Former Ministers: Redundancy BUSINESS, ENERGY AND Pay 25 INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY 15 Government Departments: Conditions of Employment 15 Billing 25 Government Departments: Cultural Heritage: Exports 40 Redundancy Pay 25 Department for Digital, Health 26 Culture, Media and Sport: Private Sector: Cybercrime 26 Ethnic Groups 40 Public Sector: Artificial Football: Sportsgrounds 41 Intelligence 27 Internet: Cryptography 41 Public Sector: Innovation 27 Internet: Safety 42 CHURCH COMMISSIONERS 28 Religious Hatred: Islam 42 Anglicanism 28 Telecommunications 42 Church of England: Staff 28 Tourism 43 Church of England: Theology 29 Youth Centres: Wandsworth 43 Gender Recognition 29 Youth Services 43 Global Anglican Future EDUCATION 44 Conference: Rwanda 29 Adventure Learning Academy DEFENCE 30 Trust and Bright Tribe Multi- Armed Forces 30 academy Trust 44 Armed Forces: West Apprentices and Further Aberdeenshire and Kincardine 30 Education: Lancashire 44 Defence: Expenditure 31 Apprentices: Degrees 45 DSG Ashchurch: Asbestos 31 Children: Day Care 46 Hercules Aircraft 31 Children: Disadvantaged 48 Hercules Aircraft: Bangladesh 31 Children's Rights 48 Members: Correspondence 32 Department for Education: Staff 49 Military Aircraft: Sweden 32 Further Education 50 Ministry of Defence: Equality 32 Grammar Schools 50 Navy 33 Head Teachers: Pay 50 Navy: Persian Gulf 33 Investors in People 51 University Officer Training Corps: Aberdeen 34 Languages: Education 51 Veterans 39 Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education 52 Warrior Armoured Vehicle 39 Play Therapy: Postgraduate DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND Education 52 SPORT 40 Post-18 Education and Community Development: Funding Review 53 Coastal Areas 40 Pre-school Education 53 Private Education: Taxation 54 Bangladesh: Rohingya 68 Religion: Education 54 Burma: Rohingya 69 School Day 55 China: Prisoners 70 Schools: Buildings 56 Diplomatic Service 70 Schools: Mental Health Diplomatic Service: Human Services 56 Rights 71 Schools: Staff 57 Great Britain-China Centre 71 Schools: Transport 57 Great Britain-China Centre: Sex and Relationship Finance 71 Education 57 Hong Kong: Politics and Special Educational Needs: Government 72 Finance 58 Iran: Foreign Relations 72 STEM Subjects: Females 58 Iran: Tankers 73 STEM Subjects: Higher Israel: Palestinians 73 Education 59 Jerusalem: Demolition 74 Teachers: Pay 59 Mauritania: Slavery 74 Teachers: Pay Settlements 60 Organs 74 Teachers: Qualifications 60 Sudan: Politics and Teachers: Training 60 Government 75 Universities: Apprentices 62 Tibet: Human Rights 75 Universities: Finance 62 Venezuela: Politics and Universities: Mental Health Government 76 Services 62 Yemen: Armed Conflict 76 ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND Yemen: Peace Negotiations 77 RURAL AFFAIRS 63 Yemen: Tankers 77 Agriculture: Subsidies 63 HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE 77 Eggs: Import Duties 64 Asthma: Health Services 77 Hill Farming: Subsidies 65 Babies: Screening 78 FOREIGN AND Breast Cancer: Screening 79 COMMONWEALTH OFFICE 66 Cancer 79 [Subject Heading to be Assigned] 66 Cannabis: Medical Treatments 79 Abd el-Rahman Shatawi 67 Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients 80 Armed Conflict 68 Dental Services: Children 81 Armenia: Genocide 68 Epilepsy: Cannabis 81 Essential Tremor: Ultrasonics 82 HM Passport Office: Sopra General Practitioners 83 Steria 97 Health Services: Weather 84 Immigration: EU Nationals 97 Heart Diseases: Surgery 85 Money Laundering: EU Law 98 Incontinence: Health Services 85 NHS: Drugs 99 Loneliness: Social Prescribing 86 Offenders: Deportation 100 Lung Cancer: Radiotherapy 87 Police: Recruitment 100 Mental Health Services: Sopra Steria: Fines 100 Children and Young People 87 Visas: Applications 101 Mental Health Services: Visas: Biometrics 102 Hospital Beds 88 HOUSE OF COMMONS NHS: Finance 88 COMMISSION 103 NHS: Negligence 89 House of Commons: Sign NHS: Pensions 89 Language 103 Nurses: Training 90 HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 104 Orkambi 92 Building Regulations: Energy 104 Pineal Cysts: Health Services 92 Hate Crime: Sikhs 104 Pineal Cysts: Research 92 High Rise Flats: Insulation 105 Pineal Cysts: Tomography 93 Housing: Carbon Emissions 106 Preventive Medicine: Finance 93 Housing: Fires 106 Radiotherapy 93 Housing: Standards 107 Rehabilitation Centres: North East 94 Local Enterprise Partnerships: Ethnic Groups 107 Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital: Accident and Local Government Pension Emergency Departments 94 Scheme 108 Speech and Language Local Government Pension Therapy: Children and Young Scheme: Yorkshire and the People 95 Humber 109 World Conference on Tobacco Loneliness 110 or Health 95 Private Rented Housing: HOME OFFICE 95 Electrical Safety 111 101 Calls 95 Private Rented Housing: Pensioners 111 Arrests: Northern Ireland 96 Unitary Councils: Lancashire 112 HM Passport Office: Contracts 96 INTERNATIONAL Prisons: Staff 125 DEVELOPMENT 112 Probate 126 Africa: Droughts 112 Treatment of, and Outcomes Democratic Republic of for, Black, Asian and Minority Congo: Ebola 113 Ethnic Individuals in the Department for International Criminal Justice System Development: Cost Independent Review 128 Effectiveness 113 LEADER OF THE HOUSE 129 Developing Countries: Schools: Uniforms 129 Abortion 113 NORTHERN IRELAND 129 Fossil Fuels: Development Aid 114 Alcoholic Drinks: Licensing 129 Yemen: Overseas Aid 115 Brexit: Northern Ireland 130 INTERNATIONAL TRADE 115 Farmers: Northern Ireland 130 Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia 115 Police: Northern Ireland 131 Ceramics: China 115 Tourism Ireland: Finance 131 Department for International SCOTLAND 132 Trade: Newspaper Press 116 Natural Gas and Oil: Scotland 132 Exports 116 Scotland Office: Social Media 132 Offshore Industry: Investment 116 TRANSPORT 133 Trade Agreements 117 Clean Air Zones 133 JUSTICE 118 Clean Air Zones: Birmingham 133 Dangerous Driving: Sentencing 118 Cycleways: Construction 134 Debt Collection: Regulation 118 Cycling 134 Eastwood Park Prison 119 Cycling: Per Capita Costs 135 Ministry of Justice: ICT 120 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Disclosure of Ministry of Justice: Overtime 120 Information 135 Powers of Attorney: East Coast Railway Line 136 Registration 120 Electric Vehicles: West Prison Officers 121 Midlands 137 Prison Officers: Older Workers 122 High Speed 2 Railway Line 138 Prison Service: Sick Leave 122 High Speed Two: Redundancy 138 Prisons: Private Sector 123 High Speed Two: Redundancy Prisons: Radicalism 124 Pay 139 Prisons: Safety and Staff 124 M65 140 Railways: Disability 140 Tobacco: Smuggling 153 Railways: Greater Manchester 140 Welfare Tax Credits: Roads: Carbon Emissions 141 Overpayments 154 Rolling Stock 142 WALES 154 Rolling Stock: Fossil Fuels 142 Sheep Meat: Wales 154 Skipton-Colne Railway Line 142 WOMEN AND EQUALITIES 154 Taxis: Regulation 143 Churches: Equality 154 Transport for the North: Employment: Sexual Finance 143 Harassment 155 TREASURY 143 Equal Pay 155 Bank Services 143 Females: Employment 155 Bank Services: Fees and Government Equalities Office: Charges 144 Public Expenditure 156 Banks: Pay 145 Sexual Harassment: Employment 156 Beer and Public Houses: Taxation 145 Sustainable Development: Disadvantaged 156 Brexit 145 Sustainable Development: Cash Dispensing 146 Gender 157 Cash Dispensing: Sutton 147 WORK AND PENSIONS 157 Charity Commission: Finance 147 Child Maintenance Service 157 Customs 148 Industrial Health and Safety: De La Rue 148 Noise 158 Equitable Life Assurance Local Housing Allowance 159 Society: Compensation 149 National Employment Savings European Investment Bank 149 Trust Scheme 159 Financial Institutions 149 Pension Credit: Sutton 160 Financial Services 150 Social Security Benefits 160 Gift Aid 151 Social Security Benefits: Health Insurance 151 Cancer 162 Immigration: EU Nationals 151 Sunscreens: Employment 163 Infrastructure 152 Television: Licensing 163 Loans: Interest Rates 152 Universal Credit 164 Tax Avoidance 152 Universal Credit: Greater London 169 Tobacco 153 Universal Credit: Telephone DEFENCE 174 Services 170 Reserve Forces and Cadets Universal Credit: Terminal Associations External Scrutiny Illnesses 170 Team Report 2019 174 Universal Credit: Wales 171 EDUCATION 174 WRITTEN STATEMENTS 172 Education Funding Update 174 BUSINESS,