Daily Report Monday, 23 April 2018 This report shows written answers and statements provided on 23 April 2018 and the information is correct at the time of publication (06:43 P.M., 23 April 2018). For the latest information on written questions and answers, ministerial corrections, and written statements, please visit: http://www.parliament.uk/writtenanswers/ CONTENTS ANSWERS 10 CABINET OFFICE 17 BUSINESS, ENERGY AND British Nationals Abroad: INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY 10 Voting Rights 17 Department for Business, Cabinet Office: Databases 17 Energy and Industrial Strategy: Cabinet Office: Recruitment 17 Living Wage 10 Electoral Register 18 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Employment: Hearing Recruitment 10 Impairment 18 Department for Business, Government Departments: Energy and Industrial Strategy: Contracts 19 Travellers 11 Government Departments: En+ Group: Stocks and Interserve 19 Shares 11 Government Departments: Furniture: Formaldehyde 12 Recruitment 19 Grenfell Tower: Fires 12 Interserve 20 Holiday Leave 13 Prescription Drugs: Misuse 20 Iron and Steel: Port Talbot 13 Self-employed 20 Mental Health: Research 13 Senior Civil Servants: Dismissal 21 Minerals: Planning 14 Voluntary Work: Young People 21 Nuclear Power: Consultants 14 DEFENCE 22 Parental Leave: Males 14 Armed Forces: Vacancies 22 Reaction Engines 15 AWACS 23 Small Businesses: Billing 15 CarillionAmey 23 Space Technology 16 Chemical Weapons: Armed Working Hours 16 Forces 23 Defence 24 Defence: Radar 24 Voluntary Work: Young People 36 European Fighter Aircraft 25 West Bromwich Albion Frigates: Cruise Missiles 25 Football Club 40 Matt Tonroe 26 Youth Services 40 Military Bases: Trespass 26 EDUCATION 40 Military Decorations 26 Academies 40 Ministry of Defence: Academies: Standards 41 Cambridge Analytica and SCL Apprentices: Taxation 42 Group 26 Business: Education 42 Ministry of Defence: Contracts 27 Carers: Finance 43 Ministry of Defence: ICT 28 Children in Care 43 Royal Fleet Auxiliary 28 Children's Centres 44 Syria: Military Intervention 28 Children's Centres: Closures 45 Syria: Peacekeeping Collective Spirit Multi-academy Operations 29 Trust 45 Tornado Aircraft 29 Degrees 46 DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND Dentistry: Training 46 SPORT 29 Department for Education: ICT 46 Advertising: Eating Disorders 29 Department for Education: Broadband 30 Living Wage 47 Charitable Donations 30 Department for Education: Crime: Young People 30 Recruitment 47 Department for Digital, Digital Technology: Adult Culture, Media and Sport: ICT 31 Education 48 Department for Digital, Disabled Students' Allowances 48 Culture, Media and Sport: Education Fellowship Trust: Recruitment 31 Schools 49 Department for Digital, Education: Standards 49 Culture, Media and Sport: Travellers 32 Faith Schools: Admissions 50 ERASMUS 32 Foster Care 50 Gambling: Internet 33 Foster Care: Finance 50 Housing: Broadband 34 Homelessness: Care Leavers 51 National Citizen Service Trust 34 Music: Primary Education 51 Social Mobility 36 Nurses: Training 51 Voluntary Work: Honours 36 Pre-school Education 52 Pre-school Education: Fisheries 68 Assessments 52 Floods: Insurance 69 Primary Education: Free Hedgehogs: Conservation 69 School Meals 52 Incinerators 70 Pupil Exclusions: Derbyshire 53 Ivory: Sales 70 Pupils: Disadvantaged 53 Landfill 71 Pupils: Sanitary Protection 54 Motor Vehicles: Batteries 71 Reading: Lewisham Deptford 55 Packaging: Recycling 72 Refugees: English Language 56 Pet Travel Scheme 72 School Meals 57 Pet Travel Scheme: Fraud 72 Schools: Asbestos 58 Recycling 74 Schools: Construction 58 UK Export Certification Schools: Standards 59 Partnership 74 Secondary Education: Waste Management 75 Standards 60 Wolves: Conservation 75 Self-employed: Adoption 60 EXITING THE EUROPEAN Special Educational Needs 61 UNION 75 Special Educational Needs: Agriculture 75 Autism 63 Belfast Agreement 76 STEM Subjects: Higher Education 63 Brexit 76 Students: Loans 64 Department for Exiting the European Union: ICT 76 Teachers: Training 64 Department for Exiting the T-levels 64 European Union: Living Wage 77 Universities Superannuation Department for Exiting the Scheme 65 European Union: Recruitment 77 Wakefield City Academies Department for Exiting the Trust 66 European Union: Travellers 77 Wakefield City Academies EURATOM 78 Trust: Assets 66 Standards 78 ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS 67 FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE 79 Biodiversity 67 Ahmed Mansoor 79 Domestic Waste: Recycling 67 Bahrain: Elections 79 Environment Protection 68 EU Countries: Biodiversity 68 Bahrain: Politics and Care Homes 89 Government 79 Carers 90 Bahrain: Prisons 80 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 90 Bahrain: Torture 80 Coeliac Disease: Children 91 Egypt: Human Rights 81 Complex Regional Pain Ethnic Groups: Human Rights 81 Syndrome 91 Foreign and Commonwealth Continuing Care 91 Office: Living Wage 81 Dental Services 92 Foreign and Commonwealth Dental Services: Yorkshire and Office: Public Expenditure 82 the Humber 92 Foreign and Commonwealth Department of Health and Office: Recruitment 82 Social Care: Public Israel: Palestinians 82 Expenditure 93 Libya: Armed Conflict 83 Dermatitis 93 Michelle Samaraweera 83 Detention Centres: Mental Russia: Diplomatic Relations 84 Health Services 93 Scandinavia: Sami 84 Diabetes: Medical Equipment 94 South Africa: Crimes Against Diseases 94 the Person 84 Drugs 95 South America: Overseas Drugs: Prices 95 Companies 85 Drugs: Rural Areas 96 Torture 85 Epilepsy: Death 96 USA: Travel Restrictions 85 General Practitioners 98 Vietnam: Christianity 86 Genito-urinary Medicine: Western Sahara: Natural Clinics 98 Resources 86 Halton Clinical Commissioning Western Sahara: Group 99 Peacekeeping Operations 86 Health Services 99 Western Sahara: Health Services: Waiting Lists 99 Referendums 87 Health: Equipment 100 HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE 87 Healthy Start Scheme 100 Accident and Emergency Departments 87 Heart Diseases 101 Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse 88 Hepatitis: Greater Manchester 102 Breastfeeding 88 HIV Infection: Drugs 102 Caesarean Sections 89 Inflammatory Bowel Disease 103 Irritable Bowel Syndrome 104 Engineers and Scientists: Leukaemia: Medical Visas 118 Treatments 104 Female Genital Mutilation: Lymphoedema 105 Lewisham 118 Medical Treatments: Hate Crime: Social Media 119 Innovation 106 Home Office: ICT 119 Medicines and Medical Home Office: Recruitment 120 Devices Safety Review 107 Immigration 120 Mental Health Services: Immigration: Turkey 121 Children and Young People 107 Knife Crime Community Fund 121 NHS: Finance 108 Members: Correspondence 122 NHS: Land 108 Offensive Weapons: Young NHS: Waiting Lists 108 People 122 Nurses: Training 109 Organised Crime: Drugs 122 Nutrition: Children 109 Passports: Contracts 123 Orkambi 109 Passports: Republic of Ireland 123 Paramedical Staff 110 Places of Worship Security Patients: Nutrition 110 Funding Scheme 124 Personal Health Budgets 111 Slavery 124 Pharmacy: Negligence 111 Slavery: Children 125 Pneumococcal Diseases: Vetting: Construction 126 Vaccination 112 Visas 126 Postnatal Care 112 Visas: Skilled Workers 127 Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate 113 HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND Prescriptions 113 LOCAL GOVERNMENT 127 Rare Diseases 114 Affordable Housing: Skin Diseases 114 Expenditure 127 Social Services 115 Community Relations 128 Spinal Injuries 115 Council Tax: Empty Property 128 Surgical Mesh Implants 116 High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention 129 HOME OFFICE 116 Housing 130 Asylum: English Language 116 Housing: Finance 130 Cannabis: Medical Treatments 117 Housing: Prices 131 Crime: West Midlands 117 L and Q Housing 131 Local Government 131 JUSTICE 142 Local Government Finance 132 Courts: Closures 142 Local Government Finance: Custodial Treatment 150 EU Grants and Loans 132 Debt Collection 150 Local Government Finance: Divorce 151 Fire Prevention 133 Driving under Influence: North Local Government: Dorset 133 West 151 Ministry of Housing, Environmental Protection Act Communities and Local 1990: North Wales 151 Government: ICT 135 John Worboys 152 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Justice and Security Act 2013 153 Government: Living Wage 135 Legal Aid Scheme 153 Mobile Homes 136 Legal Aid Scheme: Private Rented Housing: Expenditure 153 Social Security Benefits 136 Magistrates 154 Unitary Councils 137 Ministry of Defence: Public Unitary Councils: Dorset 138 Expenditure 154 Waste Management 138 Ministry of Justice: Recruitment 154 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 138 Ministry of Justice: Travellers 155 Developing Countries: Remand in Custody 156 Sustainable Development 138 Suspended Sentences 157 South Sudan and Sudan: Tribunals: Video Conferencing 157 Human Trafficking 139 NORTHERN IRELAND 157 Syria: Chemical Weapons 139 Integrated Schools: Northern INTERNATIONAL TRADE 140 Ireland 157 Arms Trade: Export Controls 140 Northern Ireland Office: Department for International Cybercrime 158 Trade: Living Wage 140 PRIME MINISTER 158 Department for International AggregateIQ 158 Trade: Recruitment 140 Older People: Departmental Export Controls 141 Responsibilities 158 Free Trade: Trade SCOTLAND 159 Agreements 141 Land: Scotland 159 Trade Agreements 141 Scotland Office: Cybercrime 159 Scotland Office: Living Wage 159 Railways: Merseyside 173 Sovereignty: Scotland 160 Railways: Northumberland 174 TRANSPORT 160 Railways: Private Sector 175 A1: Northumberland 160 Road Traffic: East Midlands 175 Aviation: Seating 160 Road Traffic: Southwark 176 Blue Badge Scheme 161 Roads: Repairs and Bus Services: West Midlands 161 Maintenance 176 Carillion: Insolvency 162 Rolling Stock 177 Department for Transport: