Daily Report Wednesday, 9 June 2021 This report shows written answers and statements provided on 9 June 2021 and the information is correct at the time of publication (06:40 P.M., 09 June 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 Financial Services and BUSINESS, ENERGY AND Procurement: Environment INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY 6 Protection 13 Carers: Leave 6 Forests: International Cooperation 14 Climate Change 6 Recreation Spaces 14 Companies: Codes of Practice 7 Renewable Energy: Wales 14 Environment Protection: Job Creation 7 UN Climate Conference 2021 15 Fossil Fuels: Finance 8 UN Climate Conference 2021: Third Sector 15 Green Deal Scheme: Appeals 9 UN Climate Conference 2021: Space Technology 9 Video Conferencing 15 UK Space Agency 9 DEFENCE 16 CABINET OFFICE 9 Afghanistan: Home Country Ajax Vehicles: Infrastructure Nationals 16 and Projects Authority 9 Afghanistan: Interpreters 17 Civil Servants: Location 10 Afghanistan: Security Guards 17 Elections: Proof of Identity 10 Ajax Vehicles 18 Joint Consultative Working Ajax Vehicles: Procurement 18 Group: Trade Unions 11 Belarus: Overseas Aid 19 Military Decorations 12 Boxer Vehicles: Procurement 20 MyCSP: Shares 12 C17 Aircraft 21 Sovereignty: Scotland 12 Chinook Helicopters: COP26 13 Procurement 21 Developing Countries: Climate Defence: Procurement 22 Change 13 Navy: Taiwan Strait 23 Saudi Arabia: Military Aid 23 2 Wednesday, 9 June 2021 Daily Report Veterans: Identity Cards 23 FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH Viral Diseases: Disease AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE 42 Control 24 Afghanistan: Home Country DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND Nationals 42 SPORT 25 Armenia: Prisoners of War 42 Choirs: Coronavirus 25 Arms Trade: Israel 42 Football: Females 26 Bahrain: Human Rights 43 Honresfield Library 26 Bahrain: Prisons 43 Music: Coronavirus 27 Belarus: Freezing of Assets 43 Tourism: Coronavirus 27 Belarus: Overseas Aid 44 EDUCATION 28 Belarus: Sanctions 44 Adoption 28 Belarus: Trade Promotion 44 Agriculture: Further Education 28 British Nationals Abroad: EU Children: Disability 29 Countries 45 Communication Skills: Commonwealth: Coronvirus 45 Curriculum 31 Coronavirus: Vaccination 46 Primary Education: Ethiopia: Telecommunications 46 Assessments 32 Gaza: Humanitarian Aid 47 Primary Education: Sports 32 Genocide 47 Pupils: English Language 33 Global Partnership for Pupils: Mental Health 35 Education 47 Remote Education: Computers 36 Gulf Strategy Fund 48 Respite Care: Finance 36 Hamas 49 Schools: Asbestos 37 Hassan Mushaima 49 Students: Finance 38 Iran: Israel 49 Teachers: Labour Turnover 38 Iran: Nuclear Power 50 ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND Israel: Coronavirus 50 RURAL AFFAIRS 39 Jonathan Taylor 50 Animal Products: Imports 39 Occupied Territories: Violence 51 Artificial Lawns: Biodiversity 39 Taiwan: Coronavirus 52 Countryside: Access 40 Xinjiang Production and Farms: Finance 40 Construction Corps: Sanctions 52 Financial Services and Food HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE 53 Supply: Carbon Emissions 40 Accident and Emergency Hare Coursing 41 Departments 53 Wednesday, 9 June 2021 Daily Report 3 Antibiotics: Side Effects 53 Mental Health Services: Ethnic Baby Care Units 54 Groups 68 Cereals 55 Mental Health Services: Newcastle upon Tyne 68 Clinical Trials 55 NHS 111 69 Clinical Trials: Equality 56 NHS: Racial Discrimination 69 Community Nurses: Recruitment 56 Obesity 69 Compulsorily Detained Pharmacy 70 Psychiatric Patients 57 Pregnancy Tests and Coronavirus: Disease Control 58 Thalidomide: Congenital Abnormalities 70 Coronavirus: Screening 58 Prostate Cancer 71 Coronavirus: Vaccination 59 Social Services 71 Dementia: Carers 61 Surgery: Waiting Lists 71 Dental Services and Prescriptions: Mothers 61 Travel: Quarantine 72 Dental Services: Pregnancy 62 HOME OFFICE 72 Disability: Children 62 Au Pairs: EU Nationals 72 Disability: Coronavirus 62 Drugs: Misuse 72 Drugs: Manufacturing G7: Cornwall 73 Industries 63 Immigration: Afghanistan 74 Health: Disadvantaged and Immigration: EU Nationals 74 Sickle Cell Diseases 63 Migrants: Detainees 75 Huntington's Disease 64 Motor Vehicles: Insurance 75 Independent Medicines and National Retail Crime Steering Medical Devices Safety Group 76 Review 64 Sexual Harassment 76 Independent Reconfiguration Panel: Reform 65 Undocumented Migrants 76 Medical Records: Data Visas: Food Supply 77 Protection 65 HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND Medicine: Research 66 LOCAL GOVERNMENT 78 Members: Correspondence 66 Evictions 78 Mental Health 67 Housing: Greater London 80 Mental Health Services: Members: Correspondence 81 Children 67 Private Rented Housing: Advertising 81 4 Wednesday, 9 June 2021 Daily Report Rents: Arrears 82 Railways: Coronavirus 95 Temporary Accommodation 83 Railways: Pay 95 INTERNATIONAL TRADE 84 Road Traffic Offences: Mobile Beef: Exports 84 Phones 96 Overseas Trade: Belarus 84 TREASURY 96 Trade Agreements: Algeria 84 Business: Tax Avoidance 96 Trade Agreements: Australia 85 Customs Grant Scheme 97 Trade Agreements: Bosnia Disease Control 97 and Herzegovina 86 Financial Services: EU Action 98 Trade Agreements: Japan 87 Government Departments: JUSTICE 88 Theleme Partners 98 Legal Aid Scheme 88 Investment 99 Magistrates: Allowances 88 Landfill Tax 100 Sexting 89 Premium Bonds: Prize Money 100 SCOTLAND 89 Scottish Government: Borrowing 100 Energy: Scotland 89 Tax Avoidance 101 TRANSPORT 90 WOMEN AND EQUALITIES 102 Coronavirus: Screening 90 Equality Act 2010 102 Driving Tests: Coronavirus 90 WORK AND PENSIONS 102 Driving Tests: Highlands of Scotland 91 Department for Work and Pensions: Offices 102 Ferries: Cyprus 91 Sign Language 103 Irish Ferries: Conditions of Employment 91 Social Security Benefits 103 Irish Ferries: Staff 92 Universal Credit 104 Large Goods Vehicles: WRITTEN STATEMENTS 105 Parking 92 CABINET OFFICE 105 MS Isle of Inishmore 93 Eighth Meeting of the Public Transport: Season Withdrawal Agreement Joint Tickets 93 Committee 105 Railway Stations: Tickets 94 First Meeting of the Trade Cooperation Agreement Railway Stations: Visual Partnership Council 106 Impairment 94 Daily Report Wednesday, 9 June 2021 ANSWERS 5 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. 6 Daily Report Wednesday, 9 June 2021 ANSWERS ANSWERS BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY Carers: Leave Greg Clark: [10286] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish a response to the consultation on carer's leave, which closed on 3 August 2020. Paul Scully: The Government is committed to delivering the manifesto commitment to introduce a new right of an additional week of leave for unpaid carers. The consultation on Carer’s Leave ran from March to August 2020, setting out detailed policy proposals to create a new employment right for one week’s unpaid leave. The consultation received a significant number of responses, demonstrating the importance of this issue. The Government response to the consultation will be published in due course, setting out the way forward. Climate Change Ed Davey: [10149] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the International Energy Agency’s report entitled Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector, published in May 2021, what steps his Department plans to take to tackle the (a) social and (b) economic effects on people and communities of achieving the UK’s climate change targets. Anne-Marie Trevelyan: People from all over the UK are already doing their bit on climate change, and, with the Together for our Planet campaign, we aim to celebrate this and inspire even more of our fellow citizens to join them. The Government is already supporting people to adapt to new lower carbon technologies with initiatives such as Go Ultra Low and the Simple Energy Advice service. On economic effects, we are determined to seize the once-in-a-generation economic opportunities of the net zero transition by creating new business opportunities and supporting up to 2 million green jobs by 2030 across all regions of the UK. HM Treasury will publish in full its Net Zero Review this Spring, and has already published an interim report. The review will set out how the transition to a net zero economy will be funded, and where the costs will fall. In order to ensure we have the skilled workforce to deliver net zero, we have launched the Green Jobs Taskforce, working in partnership with business, skills Daily Report Wednesday, 9 June 2021 ANSWERS 7 providers and unions, to help us develop plans for new long-term good quality, green jobs by 2030. The Government will make sure that our growing green economy is inclusive, benefitting people across the UK, supporting workers as industries transform and ensuring costs as well as the benefits are shared fairly, protecting consumers, workers and businesses. Companies: Codes of Practice Ed Davey: [10148] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Corporate Governance Code’s comply or explain regime. Paul Scully: The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is responsible for the UK Corporate Governance Code. The FRC reviews the quality of reporting annually. The most recent review was published in November 2020 (Review of Corporate Governance