Daily Report Monday, 27 February 2017 This report shows written answers and statements provided on 27 February 2017 and the information is correct at the time of publication (07:00 P.M., 27 February 2017). For the latest information on written questions and answers, ministerial corrections, and written statements, please visit: http://www.parliament.uk/writtenanswers/ CONTENTS ANSWERS 8 Prime Minister: Government ATTORNEY GENERAL 8 Contracts 14 Honour Based Violence 8 Prostate Cancer 14 BUSINESS, ENERGY AND Temporary Employment: INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY 8 Hemsworth 14 Cammell Laird: Industrial Zero Hours Contracts: Disputes 8 Hemsworth 15 Department for Business, TREASURY 15 Energy and Industrial Strategy: Budgets: Scotland 15 Pay 8 Cash Dispensing 16 ERASMUS 9 Income Tax: Landlords 17 Industry: Exeter 10 Petroleum Revenue Tax: Tax Magnox: Pensions 11 Allowances 17 Post Offices: Closures 11 Stamp Duty Land Tax: South Prosperity Fund: Energy 11 Thanet 17 Research: Wales 12 Stamp Duty Land Tax: Tax Allowances 18 Wind Power: Seas and Oceans 12 Taxation: Electronic Government 19 CABINET OFFICE 12 Tobacco: Excise Duties 19 Average Earnings: Glasgow South West 12 Tobacco: Smuggling 20 Councillors: EU Nationals 13 Treasury: Brexit 20 Electoral Register 13 Treasury: Equality 21 Parliamentary and Health Treasury: Pay 21 Service Ombudsman 13 Treasury: Recruitment 21 Population 13 COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL Ministry of Defence: Brexit 35 GOVERNMENT 22 Ministry of Defence: Compulsory Purchase: Information Officers 36 Greater London 22 Ministry of Defence: Pay 36 Department for Communities Navy: Cadets 37 and Local Government: Pay 22 South Sudan: Armed Forces 37 Housing: Construction 22 Unmanned Air Vehicles 37 Litter: Fines 23 EDUCATION 38 Local Government: Dorset 23 Agency Social Workers: Fees Local Government: and Charges 38 Procurement 23 Apprentices 38 Non-domestic Rates 24 Curriculum 39 Non-domestic Rates: Public Bodies 24 Cybercrime: Education 39 Urban Areas: Shops 24 Department for Education: Pay 40 CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT 25 Faith Schools: Standards 40 British Board of Film Pre-school Education 41 Classification 25 Primary Education: Standards 41 Broadband: Exeter 26 Pupils: Halton 42 Cybercrime 26 Sandymoor School 42 European City of Culture 28 School Meals: Standards 43 Government Art Collection 28 Schools: Calderdale 43 Innovation 29 Schools: Closures 44 Small Businesses: Cybercrime 29 Schools: Coventry South 44 DEFENCE 30 Schools: Finance 45 Armed Forces Covenant 30 Schools: Sheffield 47 Army Foundation College: Schools: Warrington 48 Vetting 30 Schools: Warrington North 48 Army: Young People 31 Secondary Education: Finance 49 Autism: Children 31 Sixth Form Education: Defence: Expenditure 32 Disadvantaged 49 Human Rights: Advocacy 32 Students: Loans 50 Iraq: Peacekeeping Teachers 51 Operations 32 Teachers: Training 51 Military Police 32 Welsh Language: Curriculum 52 ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND Supermarkets: British RURAL AFFAIRS 52 Overseas Territories 62 Agriculture: Antibiotics 52 Total Allowable Catches 62 Air Pollution: EU Law 53 EXITING THE EUROPEAN Air Pollution: Monitoring 53 UNION 62 Common Fisheries Policy 54 Department for Exiting the European Union: Pay 62 Cornelis Vrolijk: Quotas 54 Homeopathy: Licensing 63 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: FOREIGN AND Procurement 54 COMMONWEALTH OFFICE 63 Department for Environment, Andargachew Tsege 63 Food and Rural Affairs: Armed Conflict: Civilians 64 Telephone Services 55 Bahrain: Al Wefaq 64 Department for Environment, Bahrain: Counter-terrorism 64 Food and Rural Affairs: Uber 55 Bahrain: Journalism 65 Dog Fighting 55 Bahrain: Military Aid 65 Dogs: Animal Breeding 55 Bahrain: Third Sector 65 Environment: Treaties 56 Bahrain: Travel Restrictions 66 Fish Products 56 Burma: Human Rights 66 Fisheries: Conditions of Employment 56 Central African Republic: Christianity 67 Fisheries: Exclusive Economic Zone 57 Christine Robinson 67 Fisheries: Exports 57 Cluster Munitions 68 Fisheries: Quotas 58 Egypt: Human Rights 68 Fisheries: Treaties 59 Eritrea and Sudan: Military Aid 69 Forests 59 Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Recruitment 69 Genetically Modified Organisms 59 Gaza: Health 70 Horses: Databases 59 Gaza: Water 70 Ivory: Sales 60 Ibrahim Sharif 70 Livestock: Exports 60 Isa Qassim 70 Microplastics 60 Israel: Peace 71 Microplastics: USA 61 Middle East: Minority Groups 71 School Milk: EU Grants and Nabeel Rajab 72 Loans 61 North Carolina: Gender General Practitioners: Recognition 72 Attendance 85 Russia: Sanctions 72 General Practitioners: Sierra Leone: Freedom of Closures 85 Association 72 Health Professions: EU Sierra Leone: Non- Nationals 86 governmental Organisations 73 Health Services: Detention South Sudan: Security 73 Centres 87 Syria: Politics and Government 74 Health Services: Local Government 87 Turkey: EU Accession 74 Homeopathy 88 Ukraine: Corruption 74 Medical Records: Data United Arab Emirates: Military Protection 88 Bases 75 Mental Health Services: Unmanned Air Vehicles 75 Pontefract 89 USA: Judiciary 75 NHS: Finance 89 USA: Travel Restrictions 75 Palliative Care 90 Yemen: Military Intervention 76 Princess Alexandra Hospital HEALTH 76 NHS Trust 90 Accident and Emergency Private Patients 90 Departments: Admissions 76 Radiotherapy 91 Addiction 77 Sickle Cell Diseases 93 Ambulance Services: Dorset 78 Social Services: Competition 93 Ambulance Services: Tobacco 94 Standards 78 Tobacco: Retail Trade 95 Blood: Contamination 79 HOME OFFICE 95 Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Asylum 95 Trust 79 Asylum: Accommodation Cervical Cancer: Screening 80 Centres 95 Cystic Fibrosis 80 Asylum: Children 96 Department of Health: Pay 81 Cannabis: Research 96 Doctors: EU Nationals 82 Cleveland Police Authority 97 Drugs: Misuse 82 Cybercrime 99 Exercise 83 Deportation: Cameroon 99 General Practitioners 83 Domestic Appliances: Fires 100 Emergency Services: Mobile Department for International Radios 100 Development: Ministerial Entry Clearances 100 Policy Advisers 114 Eritrea: Children 101 Department for International Development: Pay 114 Eritrea: Fraud 101 Department for International Football: Russia 101 Development: Press 115 Furs: Smuggling 102 Department for International G4S 102 Development: Public Higher Education: Standards 102 Expenditure 115 Home Office: Brexit 103 Department for International Development: Recruitment 116 Home Office: Equality 103 Department for International Home Office: Pay 103 Development: Uber 116 Home Office: Recruitment 104 Department for International Home Office: Uber 105 Development: Visits Abroad 116 Human Trafficking 105 Developing Countries: Immigrants: Detainees 106 Educational Exchanges 117 Immigration Controls: Developing Countries: Overseas Students 106 Electricity 117 Immigration Controls: Oxford Developing Countries: Non- East 106 governmental Organisations 118 Immigration: EU Nationals 107 Developing Countries: Older People 118 Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner 107 Fairtrade Initiative 119 Migrant Workers 107 International Assistance 119 Offensive Weapons: Sales 108 Occupied Territories: Non- governmental Organisations 119 Refugees: Children 108 Oman: Desalination 120 Slavery 112 Overseas Aid 120 Textiles: Slavery 113 Refugees: Females 121 Visas: Overseas Students 113 Somaliland: Humanitarian Aid 121 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 113 INTERNATIONAL TRADE 122 Churches: Middle East 113 Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement 122 Department for International Development: Brexit 114 Department for International Trade: Security 122 Developing Countries: Poverty 123 Prisons: Mobile Phones 136 Furs: Smuggling 123 Rape: Trials 139 Higher Education 124 Reparation by Offenders 140 JUSTICE 124 Victims' Panel 140 Carillion 124 Written Questions: Coroners 124 Government Responses 141 Crime: Victims 125 Young Offenders: Prisoners' Incentives and Earned Crimes Against the Person: Privileges Scheme 141 Bail 125 LEADER OF THE HOUSE 141 Dangerous Driving 126 Cabinet Office: Pay 141 Domestic Violence: Criminal Proceedings 126 Leader of the House of Commons: Government Domestic Violence: Females 126 Contracts 141 Insurance: Fees and Charges 126 NORTHERN IRELAND 142 Judges: Training 127 Belfast Agreement 142 Legal Costs 127 Northern Ireland Office: Brexit 142 Magistrates' Courts: Northern Ireland Office: Hammersmith 128 Equality 143 Medway Secure Training PRIME MINISTER 143 Centre 128 Food Banks 143 Medway Secure Training Centre: Staff 129 Judiciary: USA 144 Ministry of Justice: Pay 130 Syria: Military Intervention 144 Oakhill Secure Training Centre 130 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION 144 Offenders: Voluntary Work 131 Public Accounts Commission: Personal Independence Procurement 144 Payment: Appeals 131 SCOTLAND 144 Personal Independence Payment: Inverclyde 132 Scotland Office: Brexit 144 Personal Injury: Compensation 133 Scotland Office: Equality 145 Prison Officers: Recruitment 133 TRANSPORT 145 Prison Officers: Vacancies 134 Bus Services 145 Prisoners: Disability 134 Department for Transport: Pay 145 Prisoners: Rehabilitation 134 Driverless Vehicles: Insurance 146 Prisons: Drugs 136 Driving: Licensing 146 Govia Thameslink Railway: Income Support and Welfare Standards 147 Tax Credits 155 High Speed Two: Staff 147 Jobcentres: Closures 156 Railway Stations: Sheffield 149 Jobcentres: Dumbartonshire 156 Railways: Kent 150 Long Term Unemployed Roads: Accidents 150 People 159 Southern: Compensation 150 Personal Independence Payment: Appeals 159 Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern Rail Franchise 151 Sick Leave: Musculoskeletal Disorders 160 WALES