Daily Report Monday, 14 September 2015 This report shows written answers and statements provided on 14 September 2015 and the information is correct at the time of publication (06:57 P.M., 14 September 2015). For the latest information on written questions and answers, ministerial corrections, and written statements, please visit: http://www.parliament.uk/writtenanswers/ CONTENTS ANSWERS 9 Minimum Wage: ATTORNEY GENERAL 9 Underpayments 20 Minimum Wage: Wales 20 Attorney General: Carbon Emissions 9 Motor Vehicles: Sales 21 Homicide: Trials 9 Post Codes: Databases 21 BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND Science and Innovation SKILLS 10 Network 22 Apprentices: North West 10 Science: Apprentices 22 Apprentices: STEM Subjects 11 Science: Business 23 Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia 11 Small Businesses: Advisory British Business Bank: Preston 11 Services 23 Carers: Minimum Wage 12 Small Businesses: Government Assistance 24 Comet Group 12 Small Businesses: Minimum Companies: Takeovers 13 Wage 25 Digital Technology 13 Students: Loans 26 Exports: Russia 13 Technology 27 Graduates: Employment 13 Trade Agreements 27 Gratuities 14 Trade Agreements: Industrial Green Investment Bank 14 Relations 27 Green Investment Bank: Trade Unions: Human Rights 28 Lancashire 16 Transatlantic Trade and Higher Education: Admissions 16 Investment Partnership 28 Infrastructure: Expenditure 17 CABINET OFFICE 29 Living Wage 18 BBC: Met Office 29 Medicine: Education 18 Cabinet Office: Carbon Minimum Wage 19 Emissions 29 2 Monday, 14 September 2015 Daily Report Cabinet Office: Consultants 30 COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 41 Freedom of Information: Local Enterprise Partnerships 30 Cemeteries: Vandalism 41 Iraq Committee of Inquiry 30 Charities: Non-Domestic Rates 41 Kids Company: Finance 30 Councillors 42 What Works Network 31 Cremation: West Yorkshire 42 TREASURY 32 Enterprise Zones: Rural Areas 43 Bank Levy 32 Enterprise Zones: Urban Areas 43 Child Benefit 32 Fire Services 43 EU Withdrawal: Economic Greater Manchester Land Growth 33 Commission 44 Expenditure: Public Sector 33 Housing Market 44 Fuels: Tax Evasion 33 Housing Ombudsman Service 45 Housing Benefit 34 Housing Starts: Affordable Inheritance Tax 34 Housing 45 Interest Rate Swap Transactions 35 Housing: Disability 46 Joint Exchequer Committee 35 Housing: Sustainable development 46 Loans: Greece 35 Living Wage 46 London Airports 36 Local Enterprise Partnerships 46 Personal Income 36 Local Government Finance 47 Private Rented Housing 36 Local Plans 47 Public Sector: Pay 37 Neighbourhood Development Revenue and Customs: Plans 47 Correspondence 38 Planning Permission 48 Royal Bank of Scotland 38 Planning Permission: Small Businesses: Minimum Restaurants 48 Wage 38 Refugees 48 Tax Avoidance 39 Regional Planning and Taxation: Scotland 39 Development: Greater VAT: Sunscreen 39 Manchester 49 Welfare Tax Credits 40 Social Rented Housing 49 Welfare Tax Credits: Dudley Social Rented Housing: North 40 Construction 50 Working Tax Credit: Public Social Rented Housing: Rents 50 Sector 41 Monday, 14 September 2015 Daily Report 3 Special Protection Areas: Department for Education: Ashdown Forest 50 Carbon Emissions 69 Travellers: Caravan Sites 51 Department for Education: CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT 52 Consultants 69 Athletics: Training 52 Department for Education: UK Membership of EU 70 Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Consultants 52 Education: Procurement 71 Faith Schools 71 Department for Culture, Media and Sport: UK Membership of Free School Meals 72 EU 52 Free School Meals: West Sussex 72 Local Press: Tax Allowances 53 Free Schools: Admissions 73 Telecommunications: Fees and Higher Education: Admissions 74 Charges 54 International Baccalaureate 74 Video on Demand: Disability 54 Primary Education: Free School DEFENCE 55 Meals 75 Armed Forces Compensation Pupils: Depressive Illnesses 76 Scheme: Complaints 55 Pupils: Drugs 76 Armed Forces Compensation Scheme: Payments 55 Pupils: Neuromuscular Disorders 77 Armed Forces: Cadets 56 Pupils: Per Capita Costs 78 Armed Forces: Females 56 Schools: Admissions 81 Armed Forces: Training 56 Schools: Finance 81 Army Reserve 59 Schools: West Sussex 82 Counter-terrorism 59 Social Services: Children 83 Defence: China 59 Special Educational Needs 83 Defence: Public Consultation 60 Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment 84 Middle East: Armed Conflict 60 Supply Teachers: Pensions 84 Ministry of Defence: Hunting 61 Voluntary Schools: West Sussex 84 Navy 61 ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE 85 EDUCATION 64 Carbon Emissions 85 Academies 64 Carbon Emissions: Research 86 Children in Care 65 Department for Energy and Children: Protection 66 Climate Change: Allowances 86 Classroom Assistants: Special Department for Energy and Educational Needs 68 Climate Change: Policy 86 4 Monday, 14 September 2015 Daily Report Energy: Taxation 87 Pest Control 99 Environment Protection 87 Sheep: Preston 99 Fracking 88 Tea 99 Gas Fired Power Stations: FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH Construction 88 OFFICE 100 Renewable Energy: EU Law 89 Andy Hall 100 Renewable Energy: Feed-in Bangladesh: Religious Freedom 101 Tariffs 89 China: Christianity 102 ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL China: Human Rights 102 AFFAIRS 89 Falkland Islands: Fisheries 103 Agriculture: Apprentices 89 Far East: Animal Welfare 103 Agriculture: Policy 90 India: Castes 104 Air Pollution: Ellesmere Port and Neston 90 India: Elephants 104 Animal Feed 90 Papua: Human Rights 104 BBC: Met Office 91 Singapore: Human Rights 105 Bees: Insects 91 Somaliland 105 Bees: Neonicotinoids 92 Thailand: Human Rights 105 Birds: Conservation 93 Thailand: Prison Accommodation 106 Bovine Tuberculosis 93 HEALTH 106 Coastal Erosion and Floods 93 Accident and Emergency Common Agricultural Policy 94 Departments 106 Department for Environment, Alcoholic Drinks: Crime 107 Food and Rural Affairs: UK Membership of EU 95 Bereavement Counselling: Young People 108 Farmers: Bankruptcy 95 Blood: Contamination 109 Game: Animal Breeding 96 Cancer: Drugs 110 Horses: Animal Welfare 97 Cardiovascular System: Diseases 110 Hunting Act 2004 (Exempt Hunting) (Amendment) Order Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary 2015 97 Disease 111 Insecticides 97 Clinical Commissioning Groups 111 Livestock: Exports 98 Diabetes 112 Members: Correspondence 98 Doctors 112 New Covent Garden Market 98 Doctors: Working Hours 112 Drugs: Children 113 Monday, 14 September 2015 Daily Report 5 Ebola: Screening 113 NHS: Pay 135 Electronic Cigarettes: Young NHS: Productivity 136 People 114 NHS: Telecommunications 136 Female Genital Mutilation: NHS: Temporary Employment 137 North West 114 North Cumbria University General Practitioners 116 Hospitals NHS Trust: Accident General Practitioners: and Emergency Departments 138 Recruitment 118 Nurses: Migrant Workers 138 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Ophthalmic Services 139 Foundation Trust 119 Paediatrics: Audiology 140 Health Centres: Finance 119 Pancreatic Cancer 140 Health Professions: Training 120 Parkinson's Disease 141 Health Services: Illegal Immigrants 121 Penicillin: Allergies 141 Health Services: Reciprocal Pharmacy 143 Arrangements 122 Plasma Resources 143 Health Services: Telephone Primary Health Care: Services 123 Recruitment 144 Health Visitors: Training 124 Skin Cancer: Drugs 144 Hepatitis: Greater London 124 HOME OFFICE 145 Hospitals: Consultants 124 Afghanistan: Opium 145 Hospitals: Parking 125 Asylum 146 Hospitals: Waiting Lists 127 Asylum: Children 146 Huntington's Disease: Plymouth 127 Asylum: Deportation 151 Medical Records 128 British Nationality 152 Medical Treatments 128 Burglary: Criminal Investigation 153 Mental Health Services: Counter-terrorism 153 Children 129 Detection Rates 153 Mental Health Services: Finance 130 Disability: Crime 154 Mental Patients 130 Disability: Crime Prevention 154 NHS: Awards 131 Domestic Violence and Sexual NHS: Drugs 132 Offences: Victim Support NHS: Finance 133 Schemes 155 NHS: Internet 133 Extortion: Children 155 NHS: Labour Turnover 135 Female Genital Mutilation 156 Fraud: Nigeria 156 6 Monday, 14 September 2015 Daily Report Greater Manchester Police: Employment Tribunals Service: Finance 157 Fees and Charges 168 Nurses: Migrant Workers 157 Females: Offenders 169 Police: Emergency Calls 158 First-tier Tribunal: Leasehold 169 Radicalism and Terrorism: Judiciary: Religious Practice 170 Databases 158 Knives: Crime 171 Refugees: EU Countries 158 Legal Aid Scheme: Contracts 171 Travel: Syria 159 Legal Aid Scheme: Finance 171 Trials: Reoffenders 159 Magistrates 172 Visas: Married People 160 Magistrates' Courts: Costs 172 Visas: Sponsorship 160 Magistrates' Courts: Fees and HOUSE OF COMMONS Charges 173 COMMISSION 161 Magistrates' Courts: Hartlepool 173 House of Commons: Working Magistrates' Courts: Lancashire 173 Hours 161 Magistrates' Courts: INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 162 Northamptonshire 174 Department for International Ministry of Justice: Newspaper Development: Carbon Emissions 162 Press 175 Department for International Ministry of Justice: Procurement 175 Development: Consultants 162 Missing Persons: Guardianship 175 Department for International Development: Expenditure 163 National Probation Service for England and Wales: Job Syria: Refugees 163 Satisfaction 176 West Africa: Ebola 163 Police Stations: Legal JUSTICE 164 Representation 176 Bullingdon Prison: Death and Prisoners' Transfers: Young Self-harm 164 Offenders 176 Courts: Closures 164 Prisoners: Pregnant Women 177 Courts: Greater Manchester 166 Prisons: Buildings 177 Criminal Proceedings: Legal Prisons: Standards 177 Costs 166 Prisons: Unmanned Air Vehicles 177 Disability: Crime 167 Trials: