Published: Monday 8 June 2020 Questions tabled on Friday 5 June 2020 Includes questions tabled on earlier days which have been transferred. T Indicates a topical oral question. Members are selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question. † Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. N Indicates a question for written answer on a named day under S.O. No. 22(4). [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. Questions for Answer on Monday 8 June Questions for Written Answer 1 Nick Fletcher (Don Valley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had Cabinet colleagues on allowing registry office ceremonies to resume by 2 July 2020. [Transferred] (55060) 2 Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has bring forward legislative proposals to ban companies from profiteering during the covid-19 outbreak. [Transferred] (55035) 3 N Dr Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to make it compulsory to use gloves and face masks in the preparation of food in cafes and takeaways during the covid-19 outbreak. [Transferred] (53386) 4 Dawn Butler (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of support for BAME charities that are helping people disproportionately affected by covid- 19. [Transferred] (54027) 5 Dawn Butler (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that BAME charities are receiving support through the charity relief package announced in April 2020. [Transferred] (54028) 6 Dawn Butler (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to protect BAME charities from closure during the covid-19 outbreak. [Transferred] (54029) 2 Published: Monday 8 June 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON FRIDAY 5 JUNE 2020 7 Dawn Butler (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will ring-fence part of the charity relief package, announced in April 2020, for BAME charities. [Transferred] (54030) 8 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that distribution of food to communities with specific needs is maintained during the school holidays. [Transferred] (54156) 9 Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Department on the survey of wholesalers affected by the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement. [Transferred] (54085) 10 N Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice he is giving to local authorities, members of the public and others on the risk to health posed by giant hogweed; and if he will make a statement. [Transferred] (51620) 11 Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the decrease in the number of high street ATMs on (a) small businesses and retailers and (b) consumers. [Transferred] (54871) 12 Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on securing free access to cash through ATMs. [Transferred] (54872) Questions for Answer on Tuesday 9 June Questions for Written Answer 1 Alex Davies-Jones (Pontypridd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria his Department will use to determine the success of the Geospatial Commission’s National Underground Asset Register trials in London and the North East, announced in April 2019. (55137) 2 Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people declared themselves as self-employed in each of the last three years in Linlithgow and East Falkirk. (55085) 3 Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people in employment which primarily requires working at night in (a) Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK in the last 12 months. (55088) 4 Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of household debt in (a) Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK in each year since 2015. (55089) Published: Monday 8 June 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON FRIDAY 5 JUNE 2020 3 5 Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) women and (b) men working in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency earn less than £10 per hour. (55090) 6 Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the ability of people who are shielding to access existing support for accessing (a) food, (b) medicines, (c) other essentials. (55056) 7 Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) financial, (b) emotional an (c) additional support the Government plans to provide to people (i) who are shielding, (ii) who live with people who are shielding and (iii) identified as clinically vulnerable when the family members and volunteers they rely on return to work as lockdown restrictions are lifted during the covid-19 outbreak. (55058) 8 Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency have received income under the feed-in tariff in the last five years for which figures are available. (55092) 9 Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households in (a) Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK have prepayment meters; and what the change in the number of such meters was in each of those areas over the last five years. (55093) 10 Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps is taking to ensure that people (a) who are shielding, (b) who live with people who are shielding and (c) identified as clinically vulnerable during the covid-19 outbreak but are not shielding are furloughed by employers where that is an option. (55057) 11 Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what contact his Department has had with regulatory agencies on the business practices of Yell Ltd. (55071) 12 Alexander Stafford (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason Ofgem has halted work on the electricity charging reform. (55141) 13 Alexander Stafford (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what percentage of the gas used in the UK each day currently qualifies for short-haul tariffs. (55142) 14 Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will undertake a consultation on how clean hydrogen can help cost-effectively decarbonise the UK economy. (55017) 4 Published: Monday 8 June 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON FRIDAY 5 JUNE 2020 15 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the potential financial effect on the higher education institutions of UK Research and Innovation's review of its Open Access policy. (55065) 16 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if UK Research and Innovation’s review of Open Access policy is independent from the work of the cOAlition S consortium. (55066) 17 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the UK Research and Innovation’s review of Open Access policy will be considered as part of the work undertaken by the Department’s research sustainability taskforce. (55067) 18 Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate the Government has made of the number of people in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency who do not have access to the internet. (55086) 19 Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to promote digital inclusion in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency (a) in general and (b) for hard to reach groups who have never accessed online content. (55087) 20 Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many community radio stations have been awarded grants through the Community Radio Fund since its creation. (55052) 21 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to support the families of pupils on free school meals in West Lancashire during the school summer holidays in 2020. (55037) 22 Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to support the families of pupils on free school meals in Harlow during the school summer holidays in 2020.