Daily Report Monday, 4 November 2019 This report shows written answers and statements provided on 4 November 2019 and the information is correct at the time of publication (07:12 P.M., 04 November 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 Renewable Energy 14 ATTORNEY GENERAL 8 Solar Power: VAT 14 Attorney General: International CABINET OFFICE 15 Men's Day 8 Absent Voting: British GPT Special Project Nationals Abroad 15 Management 8 Cabinet Office: Digital Prison Sentences 8 Technology 16 BUSINESS, ENERGY AND Cabinet Office: International INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY 9 Men's Day 16 Department for Business, Elections: Social Media 17 Energy and Industrial Strategy: Electoral Register: Digital Technology 9 Homelessness 17 Department for Business, General Elections: Learning Energy and Industrial Strategy: Disability 18 Islam 9 General Elections: Weather 18 Drax Power Station: Carbon Emissions 10 Government Departments: Equal Pay 19 Electricity Generation: Carbon Emissions 11 Government Departments: Temporary Employment 19 Environment Protection: Investment 11 Honours: Social Status 21 Freedom of Establishment and Housing: Prices 22 Free Movement of Services Mortality Rates 22 (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 12 Proof of Identity 22 Fuel Poverty 12 Weather: Death 23 Nuclear Power 13 DEFENCE 23 Post Office: Credit Cards 13 Army: Training 23 Regulatory Policy Committee 14 Military Aircraft: Helicopters 24 Ministry of Defence: Digital Children: Social Services 43 Technology 24 Children: Sports 43 Ministry of Defence: Harrow Class Sizes: Romford 44 East 24 Department for Education: Royal Electrical and Digital Technology 45 Mechanical Engineers: Swindon 26 Department for Education: International Men's Day 45 Saudi Arabia: Military Aid 26 Department for Education: DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND Solar Power 46 SPORT 27 Family Rights Group: Finance 46 Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press Inquiry 27 Free School Meals: Romford 47 Loneliness 28 Higher Education 47 Lotteries 28 Pre-school Education: Finance 47 Lotteries: Licensing 28 Primary Education: National Curriculum Tests 48 Lotteries: Regulation 28 Schools: Finance 48 Mobile Phones: Bishop Auckland 31 Schools: Radicalism 49 Radio: Licensing 31 Schools: St Helens 50 Toys and Games: Safety 32 Schools: Uniforms 50 EDUCATION 32 Sex and Relationship Education 51 Academies: Special Educational Needs 32 Sign Language: GCSE 52 Adoption Support Fund 33 Special Educational Needs: Merseyside 53 Apprentices 33 Students: Loans 54 Apprentices: Construction 34 Supply Teachers: Expenditure 55 Apprentices: Offshore Industry and Shipping 36 Supply Teachers: Training 55 Apprentices: Shipping 37 Teachers: Training 56 Apprentices: Standards 37 Universities: Admissions 58 Apprentices: Taxation 38 University Technical Colleges: Standards 59 Children in Care: Missing Persons 41 Vocational Guidance: Construction 60 Children: Day Care 41 Children: Mental Health 41 Children: Protection 42 ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND South Sudan: Peace RURAL AFFAIRS 61 Negotiations 72 [Subject Heading to be South Sudan: Politics and Assigned] 61 Government 73 Air Pollution 61 Sri Lanka: Armed Forces 73 Air Pollution: St Helens 61 Sri Lanka: War Crimes 74 Carbon Emissions 62 Syria: Humanitarian Aid 75 Chemicals: Registration 63 Ukraine: Hate Crime 75 Marine Protected Areas 63 War Crimes: White Natural England 64 Phosphorus 75 Pets: Theft 64 HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE 76 EXITING THE EUROPEAN Asthma: Prescriptions 76 UNION 65 Dental Services 76 Customs: Northern Ireland 65 Doctors: Recruitment 76 FOREIGN AND Drugs: Misuse 77 COMMONWEALTH OFFICE 65 Food: Hygiene 77 Bahrain: Human Rights 65 Health: Screening 78 Chile: Politics and Government 66 HIV Infection: Males 78 Cluster Munitions 66 Hospitals: Standards 79 Colombia: Mining 66 Influenza: Children 80 Diplomatic Service: War NHS: Costs 80 Crimes 67 Patients: Safety 81 Ecuador: Politics and Government 67 Plastic Surgery: Standards 82 Egypt: Human Rights 67 Surgery: Waiting Lists 82 Foreign and Commonwealth HOME OFFICE 83 Office: International Men's Day 68 British Nationals Abroad: Syria 83 Gambia: Human Rights 68 Cannabis: Licensing 83 Jordan: Females 69 Hate Crime 83 Kashmir: Cluster Munitions 69 Home Office: Written Kashmir: Human Rights 70 Questions 84 Kashmir: Telecommunications 70 Human Trafficking 84 Papua: Human Rights 70 Immigration: EU Nationals 85 South Sudan: Money Immigration: Families 87 Laundering 71 Immigration: Fees and Charges 88 Immigration: France 88 INTERNATIONAL Members: Correspondence 88 DEVELOPMENT 99 Migrant Workers: Latin Department for International America 89 Development: Secondment 99 Musicians: Visas 89 Developing Countries: Nutrition 99 National Fraud Intelligence Bureau: Standards 89 Developing Countries: Tuberculosis 100 Prostitution 90 Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance 101 UK Border Agency 90 Tanzania: Overseas Aid 101 Visas 91 Venezuela: Internally Visas: Australia 91 Displaced People 102 HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND Venezuela: Refugees 102 LOCAL GOVERNMENT 91 INTERNATIONAL TRADE 103 Affordable Housing 91 Department for International High Rise Flats: Insulation 92 Trade: Digital Technology 103 High Rise Flats: Safety 93 Manufacturing Industries: USA 103 Housing: Construction 93 Middle East: Overseas Trade 104 Housing: Disability 94 Trade Agreements 105 Housing: Sales 94 Trade Agreements: China and Housing: Young People 95 Hong Kong 105 Leasehold 95 JUSTICE 105 Local Plans: Oxfordshire 96 Administration of Justice 105 Ministry of Housing, Community Orders 106 Communities and Local Courts 107 Government: Brexit 96 Courts: Attendance 107 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Courts: Disability 108 Government: Digital Courts: Interpreters 108 Technology 97 Courts: Video Conferencing 109 Ministry of Housing, Criminal Proceedings 109 Communities and Local Government: Staff 97 HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Staff 109 Social Rented Housing: Wycombe 98 Judiciary 110 Ministry of Justice: Contracts 110 Ministry of Justice: Digital Technology 111 Ministry of Justice: A27: Chichester 129 International Men's Day 111 A3: Hindhead 129 Ministry of Justice: Staff 112 A34 130 Offenders: Rehabilitation 112 Bus Services: Rural Areas 130 Personal Independence Bus Services: Urban Areas 130 Payment: Appeals 114 Commuters: Air Pollution 131 Prison Officers: Length of Service 115 Cycling and Walking 131 Prison Sentences 116 Cycling: Cambridgeshire 131 Prisoners' Release 116 Department for Transport: Digital Technology 132 Prisoners' Release and Reoffenders 117 Department for Transport: General Election 2019 132 Prisoners' Transfers 117 Department for Transport: Prisoners: Parents 118 International Men's Day 132 Prisons: Closures 118 East Coast Railway Line: Prisons: Crimes of Violence 118 Standards 133 Prisons: Repairs and Electric Vehicles 133 Maintenance 119 Electric Vehicles: Charging Probation: Costs 119 Points 134 Probation: Training 120 Heathrow Airport: Greenhouse Probation: Wales 120 Gas Emissions 134 Prosecutions 120 London-Exeter Railway Line: Rolling Stock 135 Reoffenders 123 M1 135 Young Offender Institutions: Libraries 126 Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties 136 NORTHERN IRELAND 127 Motor Vehicles: Sales 136 Public Expenditure: Northern Motorcycles: Accidents 136 Ireland 127 Motorcycles: Bus Lanes 137 PRIME MINISTER 127 Motorcycles: Exhaust Prime Minister: Written Emissions 137 Questions 127 Northern: Living Wage 137 SCOTLAND 128 Offshore Industry: North Sea 138 Scotland Office: Digital Railways: Bristol 138 Technology 128 Railways: Merseyside 139 TRANSPORT 128 Railways: Season Tickets 139 A1: Lincolnshire 128 Railways: Staffordshire 140 Government Equalities Office: Roads: Accidents 140 International Men's Day 156 Roads: Capital Investment 141 WORK AND PENSIONS 156 Roads: Construction 143 Access to Work Programme 156 Roads: Romford 143 Children: Maintenance 157 Roads: Safety 143 Department for Work and Pensions: Daily Mail and Trains: Diesel Fuel 144 Metro Newspaper 158 TREASURY 145 Department for Work and Bank Services 145 Pensions: Living Wage 158 Carbon Emissions 146 Department for Work and Cash Dispensing: Fees and Pensions: Metro Newspaper 158 Charges 146 Employment: Disability 159 Coinage 147 Members: Correspondence 159 Competition and Markets Occupational Pensions: Authority 148 Dunfermline and West Fife 159 Customs: Northern Ireland 148 Offshore Industry: Safety 160 Electronic Funds Transfer: Oil Rigs: North Sea 160 Fraud 149 Pension Credit and State Employment: Taxation 149 Retirement Pensions: Romford 161 Fuels: Excise Duties 150 Personal Care Services: Money Laundering: South Health and Safety 162 Sudan 150 Universal Credit and Welfare Mortgages 150 State 162 Public Expenditure: Northern MINISTERIAL CORRECTIONS 163 Ireland 151 EXITING THE EUROPEAN Revenue and Customs: Staff 152 UNION 163 Tobacco: Smuggling 153 Erasmus+ Programme 163 Treasury: Digital Technology 154 WRITTEN STATEMENTS 164 Treasury: International Men's BUSINESS, ENERGY AND Day 154 INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY 164 WOMEN AND EQUALITIES 155 Business Update 164 Children: Maintenance 155 Energy Policy Update 164 Equal Pay 155 CABINET OFFICE 167 Gender: Equality 155 Departmental Update 167 Government Update 169 Sums In PPERA - Statutory SPEAKER'S COMMITTEE FOR Review 169 THE INDEPENDENT DEFENCE 170 PARLIAMENTARY STANDARDS AUTHORITY 179 Armed Forces Training Update 170 Contingencies Fund Advance - HOME OFFICE 170 The Independent Publication of the first Annual Parliamentary Standards