Daily Report Wednesday, 26 May 2021 This report shows written answers and statements provided on 26 May 2021 and the information is correct at the time of publication (07:06 P.M., 26 May 2021). For the latest information on written questions and answers, ministerial corrections, and written statements, please visit: http://www.parliament.uk/writtenanswers/ CONTENTS ANSWERS 6 CABINET OFFICE 14 BUSINESS, ENERGY AND Civil Service: Conditions of INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY 6 Employment 14 Climate Change 6 Emergencies: Mobile Phones 15 Company Liquidations: West Foreign Investment in UK: Yorkshire 7 Assets 15 Conditions of Employment 7 UK Trade with EU: Customs 16 Consumers: Subscriptions 7 DEFENCE 16 Coronavirus Business Armed Forces: Deployment 16 Interruption Loan Scheme 8 Armed Forces: Technology 16 Electricity Interconnectors: Army 17 Portsmouth 9 Army: Employment 17 Employment: Loneliness 9 Defence Cyber Academy 17 Energy 10 Defence Cyber Academy: Energy: Meters 10 Finance 18 Energy: Public Consultation 10 Defence Cyber Academy: Greenhouse Gas Emissions 11 Location 18 Hospitality Industry: Staff 11 Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft: OneWeb 11 Procurement 18 Post Offices: ICT 12 Shipbuilding 18 Retail Sector Council: Xinjiang 12 Veterans: Northern Ireland 19 Space Debris 13 DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT 19 Weddings: Coronavirus 13 Broadband: Southport 19 Wind Power: Investment 14 Broadband: Standards 19 Digital Technology: Disadvantaged 20 Football Index 21 Food: Marketing 42 Gambling: Children 21 Pet Theft Task Force 43 Internet: Freedom of Speech 22 Rodents: Trapping 43 Internet: Safety 22 Timber: Imports 44 Music: Internet 24 Timber: Production 44 Telecommunications: Water: Standards 45 Infrastructure 25 FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH Telecommunications: AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE 45 Standards 27 Afghanistan: Peacekeeping EDUCATION 27 Operations 45 [Subject Heading to be Albania: Coronavirus 46 Assigned] 27 Anoosheh Ashoori 46 Apprentices: Merseyside 28 Armenia: Azerbaijan 46 Children: Disability 28 Armenia: Azerjaijan 47 Pupils and Students: Colombia: Arrests 47 Protective Clothing 29 Colombia: Freedom of School Leaving: Merseyside 30 Association and Protest 47 Schools: Coronavirus 31 Coronavirus: Vaccination 48 Student Wastage: Coronavirus 32 Israel: Defence 49 Students: Fees and Charges 33 Israel: Property Rights 49 Students: Housing 34 Jonathan Taylor 49 Students: Mental Health 35 Mohammed al-Roken 50 Swimming: Children 36 Myanmar: Rohingya 50 Universities: Coronavirus 36 Myanmar: Sanctions 51 ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND Nagorno Karabakh: Cultural RURAL AFFAIRS 38 Heritage 51 Animal Welfare: Transport 38 Overseas Aid: Mines Advisory Bovine Tuberculosis: Group 51 Agriculture 38 Overseas Aid: UK Bovine Tuberculosis: Partnerships for Health Screening 39 Systems 52 Environment Protection: British Seas and Oceans: Treaties 52 Overseas Territories 40 Tunisia: Coronavirus 53 Export Health Certificates 40 Violence: Females 53 Farmers: Government West Africa: Food Supply 53 Assistance 41 West Africa: Food Supply and NHS: Recruitment 66 Nutrition 54 Nutrition 67 HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE 54 Obesity 67 Borderline Substances Steroid Drugs: Misuse 67 Advisory Committee 54 Sun and Sunbeds: Health Care Homes: Visits 55 Hazards 68 Coronavirus 55 Travel: Coronavirus 68 Coronavirus: Disease Control 56 HOME OFFICE 69 Coronavirus: Vaccination 56 Asylum: Finance 69 Dementia: Drugs 57 Drugs: Misuse 69 Disability 58 Drugs: Smuggling 71 Disability: Children 58 Immigration: Au Pairs 72 Gender Recognition: Clinics 58 Jews: Safety 72 Health Services: Autism and Members: Correspondence 73 Learning Disability 59 Windrush Lessons Learned Health Services: Learning Review 73 Disability 60 HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND Hospitals: Coronavirus 61 LOCAL GOVERNMENT 74 Joint Replacements 61 Begging and Vagrancy 74 Kidney Diseases: Children 61 Buildings: Repairs and Kidney Diseases: Health Maintenance 74 Services 62 Coastal Areas 74 Kidney Diseases: Young Housing: Construction 75 People 62 Neighbourhood Development Medical Records: Data Plans 75 Protection 63 Parks: Community Members: Correspondence 63 Development 76 Mental Health Act 1983 Private Rented Housing: Independent Review 64 Tenancy Agreements 76 Mental Health Services: Refuges: Females 76 Telemedicine 64 Social Rented Housing: Miscarriage 64 Overcrowding 77 NHS England: INTERNATIONAL TRADE 77 Correspondence 65 Cotton: Xinjiang 77 NHS: Digital Technology 65 Import Duties 78 NHS: Protective Clothing 65 Trade Agreements 79 Rail Review 88 JUSTICE 79 Railway Stations: Visual Community Rehabilitation Impairment 89 Companies: Contracts 79 Railways: Coronavirus 89 MTC and Seetec: Probation 79 Railways: Infrastructure 89 Probation 80 Railways: Parking 90 Probation: Computer Software 81 Railways: Visual Impairment 90 Probation: Finance 82 Railways: Wales 90 Probation: Public Taxis: Finance 91 Appointments 82 Tonnage Tax 92 PRIME MINISTER 82 Trains: Coronavirus 92 G7: Cornwall 82 Trains: Hitachi 93 Taskforce on Innovation, Travel Restrictions: Growth and Regulatory Coronavirus 94 Reform 83 TREASURY 95 SCOTLAND 83 [Subject Heading to be Union Connectivity Review 83 Assigned] 95 TRANSPORT 83 Bank Services 96 Aviation: Fuels 83 Blackmore Bond: Insolvency 96 Aviation: Passengers 84 Cryptocurrencies 97 Buses and Trains: Ventilation 84 International Monetary System 98 c2c: Rolling Stock 85 Mortgages: Applications 98 Department for Transport and Veterinary Services: VAT 98 Network Rail: Consultants 85 WOMEN AND EQUALITIES 99 East West Rail 85 [Subject Heading to be Electric Vehicles: Accidents 86 Assigned] 99 Electric Vehicles: Charging WORK AND PENSIONS 100 Points 86 Carers: Coronavirus 100 Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles 87 Children: Maintenance 101 Large Goods Vehicles: Children: Poverty 101 Theatre 87 Domestic Abuse: Victims 102 Network Rail: Job Description 88 Employment: Remote Working 103 Network Rail: Vacancies 88 Food Banks 104 Northern Rail Franchise: Food Banks and Food Standards 88 Poverty: Enfield North 104 Kickstart Scheme 105 Winter Fuel Payments 110 Pension Credit: Personal Winter Fuel Payments: Savings 105 Databases 110 Pensions: Females 106 WRITTEN STATEMENTS 112 Post Office Card Account 106 DEFENCE 112 Social Security Benefits 107 Immigration Fees Public Social Security Benefits: Consultation 112 Domestic Abuse 107 DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND Social Security Benefits: Lone SPORT 113 Parents 108 Reporting contingent liabilities Social Security Benefits: in relation to cancellation Terminal Illnesses 108 compensation for event organisers participating in Unemployment 109 phase two of the Events Unemployment: Young People 109 Research Programme 113 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 Climate Change Ruth Jones: [3156] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he last discussed the climate emergency with Ministers in the Welsh Government. Anne-Marie Trevelyan: The UK Government and the devolved administrations have established an Inter- ministerial Group that covers Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change. This meets at least bi-monthly and brings together Ministers from the four administrations to discuss emission reduction efforts across the UK. The most recent meeting of the Group was in April. This intergovernmental engagement on net zero will continue to facilitate collaboration and coordination across devolved and reserved competence, ensuring we are delivering effectively for all parts of the UK. Ruth Jones: [3157] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he last discussed the climate emergency with Ministers in the Scottish Government. Anne-Marie Trevelyan: The UK Government and the devolved administrations have established an Inter- ministerial Group that covers Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change. This meets at least bi-monthly and brings together Ministers from the four administrations to discuss emission reduction efforts across the UK. The most recent meeting of the Group was in April. This intergovernmental engagement on net zero will continue to facilitate collaboration and coordination across devolved and reserved competence, ensuring we are delivering effectively for all parts of the UK. Ruth Jones: [3158] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he last discussed the climate emergency with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive. Anne-Marie Trevelyan: The UK Government and the devolved administrations have established an Inter- ministerial Group that covers Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change. This meets at least bi-monthly and brings together Ministers from the four administrations to discuss emission reduction efforts across the UK. The most recent meeting of the Group in April. This intergovernmental engagement on net zero will continue to facilitate collaboration and coordination across devolved and reserved competence, ensuring we are delivering effectively for all parts of the UK. Company Liquidations: West Yorkshire Imran Ahmad Khan: [3199] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many companies which were operating in the 2018-19 financial year ceased trading in the 2019-20 financial year in (a) Wakefield and (b) West Yorkshire. Paul Scully: Companies House has identified the number of