Published: Friday 22 March 2019 Questions tabled on Thursday 21 March 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 Friday 22 March Questions for Written Answer 1 Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children are unaccompanied asylum seeking children in each local authority area. [Transferred] (234854) 2 Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the number of electric taxi and private hire vehicles to improve air quality in cities. [Transferred] (234789) 3 Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding from the public purse has been allocated to the promotion of cycling in (a) each borough in central London and (b) Portsmouth. [Transferred] (234790) 4 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has issued to schools on the potential adverse effects of emergency contraception being provided to girls under the age of 16 (a) by school staff and (b) on school premises. [Transferred] (234643) 5 N Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to (a) stop goods subject to tariffs flowing freely from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland and (b) stop those goods being smuggled into the rest of the UK in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. [Transferred] (234071) 2 Published: Friday 22 March 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON THURSDAY 21 MARCH 2019 Questions for Answer on Monday 25 March Questions for Written Answer 1 N Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to implement shared parental pay and paternity pay as a right for all employees from their first day of employment. [Transferred] (234862) 2 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much financial support the British Business Bank start-up loans programme has provided to businesses in each constituency since it was launched in 2012. (235375) 3 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the funding UK Community Foundation and Women’s Aid Federation of England were given from the 2017-2018 Tampon Tax Fund has been used for their own administration of those grants. [Transferred] (234844) 4 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the criterion for the Tampon Tax Fund that the value of the grant requested in each financial year must not represent more than 50 per cent of the applicant organisation’s annual income was introduced. [Transferred] (234845) 5 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he publish the names of schools that allow emergency contraception to be distributed to children at that school without parental knowledge or consent. (235221) 6 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure that girls aged under 16 years old are properly supervised when taking emergency contraception; and if he will make a statement. (235222) 7 Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has provided to schools since 2010 on the potential liability of schools governors in the event of (a) a fatality, (b) stroke and (c) other adverse reaction to a pupil aged under 16 years as a direct consequence of taking the emergency hormonal contraceptive pill (i) where the drug has been supplied on school premises with the sanction of the governors, (ii) where the drug has been supplied on school premises without the sanction of the governors and (iii) where the drug has been supplied off school premises but as a result of a referral by a school nurse on school premises without the sanction of the governors. (235223) 8 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total spend has been on (a) level 2 (b) level 3 and (c) above level 3 apprenticeships in each of the last three financial years; and if he will make a statement. (235337) Published: Friday 22 March 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON THURSDAY 21 MARCH 2019 3 9 Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans Ofsted has to ensure that descriptors of high-quality education in new inspection handbooks for (a) early years, (b) schools and (c) further education emphasise the importance of pupils developing language and communication skills. (235357) 10 Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Education and Skills Funding Agency plans to revise its apprenticeship funding rules for training providers and employers to include training for communication skills development in the list of items that can be funded; and if he will make a statement. (235358) 11 Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children and young people in contact with Pupil Referral Units have speech, language and communication needs. (235359) 12 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department provides financial support to schools for student counselling following incidents of a tragic nature. (235325) 13 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers in UK schools are EU nationals. (235326) 14 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that teachers feel safe from violence at their schools. (235327) 15 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to update feral pig code in England. (235242) 16 Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) maintain and (b) increase animal welfare standards in battery hen farms. (235260) 17 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to enforcement at Sites of Special Scientific Interest, how many (a) warning letters have been issued, (b) civil sanctions have been delivered and (c) prosecutions have been carried out in each year since 2013. (235391) 18 Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department has provided to Sri Lankan authorities to provide medical treatment for people affected by poor water quality in Valikamam in Northern Sri Lanka. (235389) 19 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment her Department has made of the extent of sex trafficking between Myanmar and China; and if she will make a statement. (235249) 4 Published: Friday 22 March 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON THURSDAY 21 MARCH 2019 20 Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a child marker scheme to track the money that her Department spends on interventions targeted at children; and if she will make a statement. (235227) 21 Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will conduct a review into the efficiency of the new rail ombudsman. (235348) 22 Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the safety of self- driving cars. (235352) 23 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many hours his (a) officials and (b) Ministers have spent on the Seaborne Freight contract. (235397) 24 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) the time spent by his Department’s officials, (b) outside contractor’s advice and (c) any legal advice on the Seaborne Freight contract. (235398) 25 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was of dredging Ramsgate port for ferry access in relation to the failed Seaborne freight contract; and who paid for the dredging. (235399) 26 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Local Government Association on encouraging councils to use City Region Deals to increase access to cycling and walking routes. (235309) 27 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to secure less profitable rural bus routes and prevent an increase in rural isolation. (235310) 28 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the number of global routes to smaller airports in Belfast and Cardiff and other essential hubs.