Questions tabled on Monday 8 October 2018

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1 Published: Tuesday 9 October 2018 Questions tabled on Monday 8 October 2018 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 Tuesday 9 October Questions for Written Answer 1 N Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of reforms to the probation system. (907000) Questions for Answer on Wednesday 10 October Questions for Written Answer 1 Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Attorney General, what information about the whereabouts of Jon Venables who was convicted of the murder of James Bulger in 1993 has been released by his Department to the media. (175991) 2 Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Attorney General, what information his Department holds on the publication of the location of Jon Venables in open court (a) by and (b) on behalf of his Department. (175992) 3 Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the injunction granted by the Family Division of 22 June 2001 in relation to Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, what policies and procedures his Department has put in place to ensure that officials responsible for authorising the release of information relating to Jon Venables are compliant with that injunction. (175993)

2 2 Published: Tuesday 9 October Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Attorney General, if he will publish the job titles and grades of officials in his Department that (a) have been and (b) are currently responsible for ensuring that communications in relation to Jon Venables are compliant with the injunction granted by the Family Division on 22 June (175994) 5 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Attorney General, how many staff the CPS (a) employs and (b) employed 10 years ago. (175908) 6 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Attorney General, how many CPS offices have been closed since (175909) 7 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Written Statement of 13 March 2018 on Spring Statement, HCWS540, how much of that funding he has allocated to (a) programmes, (b) administration and (c) staffing in his Department. (175806) 8 Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data his Department holds on trends in the level of (a) political participation and (b) civic engagement by disabled people. (176356) 9 Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants have been internally promoted (a) temporarily and (b) permanently without competition in the last three years; and what proportion of those civil servants were (a) women and (b) BAME. (176301) 10 Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many businesses and organisations have been designated as operators of essential services. (176701) 11 Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of (a) women (b) and men worked in managerial, director and senior official occupations in (i) private sector and (ii) the public sector in each Combined Authority geographical area in each of the last 15 years. (175825) 12 Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men worked in managerialr, director and senior official occupations in the (i) private sector and (ii) public sector in England in each of the last 15 years. (175826) 13 Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) mean and (b) median pay of (i) women and (ii) men working in managerial, director and senior official occupations on a (A) annual gross and (B) hourly excluding overtime basis in the West Midlands Combined Authority area in the most recent period for which figures are available. (175827) 14 Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) mean and (b) median pay was of (i) women and (ii) men working in managerial, director and senior official occupations in the private sector on a (A) annual gross and (B) hourly excluding overtime basis in the most recent period for which figures are available. (175828)

3 Published: Tuesday 9 October Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Honourable Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, which AGMs the Commissioners have attended in relation to companies in which shares are held the Commissioners in each of the last three years. (175978) 16 Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Honourable Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, which housing estates (a) in the Greater London area and (b) elsewhere have been sold by the Church Commissioners; and whether guarantees were sought that those estates would remain in social housing ownership. (175982) 17 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the need to secure an agreement on mutual recognition of judgments and appointments in respect of insolvency after the UK leaves the EU. (175788) 18 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to write to all trade associations on issuing guidance to their members on planning for the UK leaving the EU in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (175791) 19 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what financial support the Government plans to make available to SMEs to assist them in preparing for and meeting the costs of the UK leaving the EU. (175792) 20 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to introduce a Brexit loan scheme, similar to that made available by the Irish Government, to help SMEs meet the costs of the UK leaving the EU. (175793) 21 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to Written Statement HCWS540, how much of that funding he has allocated to (a) programmes, (b) administration and (c) staffing in his Department. (175807) 22 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution of the Scotch Whisky industry to employment in the food and drink sector. (176412) 23 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the levelised cost of energy of new offshore wind projects. (176413) 24 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the levelised cost of energy of new solar projects. (176414)

4 4 Published: Tuesday 9 October Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the levelised cost of energy of new tidal projects. (176415) 26 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the levelised cost of energy of new hydro projects. (176416) 27 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the levelised cost of energy of new biomass projects. (176417) 28 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the levelised cost of energy of new geothermal projects. (176418) 29 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the levelised cost of energy of new gas projects. (176419) 30 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the levelised cost of energy of new nuclear projects. (176420) 31 Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations he has received from (a) Members of Parliament, (b) Dorset County Council, (c) Poole Borough Council, (d) Bournemouth Borough Council and (e) district councils in Dorset on the proposal by Corallian Engery Ltd to drill an appraisal well in the Colter Prospect in Bournemouth Bay. (176197) 32 Alex Chalk (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to require energy companies and property management companies to ensure that tenants have easy access to their energy meters. (176452) 33 Janet Daby (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made potential merits of the recommendations of the Competition Market Authorities study of Heat Networks, published in July (176691) 34 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require property management companies to provide tenants with a detailed breakdown of service fees when in advance of increasing fees. (176375) 35 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes in the UK are in Energy Performance Band E or lower. (176377)

5 Published: Tuesday 9 October Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes in the UK are in Energy Performance Band D or higher. (176378) 37 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a time limit for a property management company to issue a certificate of ownership to a new owner so that the new owner s solicitor can register them as the legal owner with Land Registry; and if he will make a statement. (176379) 38 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a legal requirement for property companies to provide (a) a breakdown of monies requested from companies operating from their properties, and (b) receipts for expenditure. (176380) 39 Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September to Question on Electricity: Storage, when Ofgem plans to respond to the consultation on Clarifying the regulatory framework for electricity storage: Licensing which closed in November (175927) 40 Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September to Question on Electricity: Storage, for what reason the Government has no plans to move offshore wind into Pot 1. (175928) 41 Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the accuracy of addresses in the Royal Mail database; and if he will make a statement. (175779) 42 Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many applications for community and industry-led wind farms in Lancashire have been received in the last three years; what the outcome of those applications was; and what progress has been made on delivering the agreed benefits to the local community of any such successful applications. (175950) 43 Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of shale gas extraction on the UK s ability to meet its climate change targets. (175969) 44 Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will reconsider proposals to end the export tariff for new solar installations in April (175996)

6 6 Published: Tuesday 9 October Stephen Kerr (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the (a) volume and (b) proportion of domestic wood production that has been used for fuel purposes in each of the last five years. [R] (176539) 46 Stephen Kerr (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of subsidies provided to renewable technologies burning wood for fuel under the (a) Renewables Obligation Certificate, (b) Contract for Difference, (c) Feed in Tariff and (d) Domestic and Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive in each of the past five years. [R] (176540) 47 Stephen Kerr (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many recipients of biomass subsidy payments there have been under the (a) Renewables Obligation Certificate, (b) Contract for Difference, (c) Feed in Tariff and (d) Domestic and Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive in each of the last five years. [R] (176541) 48 Stephen Kerr (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on what basis levels of biomass subsidies have been set under the (a) Renewables Obligation Certificate, (b) Contracts for Difference, (c) Feed in Tariff and (d) Domestic and Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive; and if he will make a statement. [R] (176542) 49 Lee Rowley (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many onshore wells the Government aims to be hydraulically fractured for shale gas between (176617) 50 Lee Rowley (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many onshore wells does the Government estimates will be hydraulically fractured for shale gas in the UK from (176618) 51 Lee Rowley (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of onshore wells needed to be hydraulically fractured in the UK between to replace 50 per cent of the UK's natural gas demand. (176619) 52 Lee Rowley (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many shale gas exploration and hydraulic fracturing sites the Minister for Energy and Clean Growth has visited since June (176620) 53 Lee Rowley (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which shale gas companies the Minister for Energy and Clean Growth has met since June (176621)

7 Published: Tuesday 9 October Lee Rowley (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many times the Minister for Energy and Clean Growth has met shale gas (a) companies and (b) industry representatives since June (176622) 55 Lee Rowley (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment has been made of UK demand for natural gas from 2018 to (176623) 56 Lee Rowley (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment has been made of the potential effect of the operation of the shale gas industry in the UK on the level of gas prices from 2018 to (176624) 57 Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the planned timescale is for the proposed ban on businesses taking a proportion of their workers' tips. (176009) 58 Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the planned timescale is for the review of the UK audit industry. (176010) 59 Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to (a) understand and (b) tackle the issues that (i) carers and (ii) parents face in (A) retaining, (B) entering and (C) progressing in work. (176614) 60 Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the ability of Companies House to verify that a company registering with Companies House complies with the EU's fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive. (176168) 61 Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of imposing stronger penalties on people found to have set up shell companies to launder money. (176169) 62 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Written Statement of 13 March 2018 on Spring Statement, HCWS540, how much of that funding he has allocated to (a) programmes, (b) administration and (c) staffing in his Department. (175809) 63 Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what data his Department hold on the level of political participation and civic engagement among disabled people. (176355) 64 Janet Daby (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the uptake of arts subjects in primary schools. (176692)

8 8 Published: Tuesday 9 October Janet Daby (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to (a) fund and (b) ensure the viability of youth organisations. (176693) 66 Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on the ability of independent artists to tour Europe after the UK has left the EU; and what assessment he has made of their ability to tour Europe in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (176293) 67 Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the ability of artists who reside in the EU to tour the UK in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (176294) 68 Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on small and medium enterprises in the creative industries of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (176299) 69 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the secondary legislation to reduce the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals to two pounds will be laid before Parliament. (176446) 70 Carolyn Harris (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to implement the reduced maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals to two pounds. (176447) 71 Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has in place to encourage (a) over-55s to become fitness instructors and coaches (b) other aspects of diversity in the physical activity sector workforce. (176092) 72 Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason the Government has encouraged multiple full fibre infrastructure providers to build competing networks in the same areas. (175997) 73 Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the building of multiple open access full fibre networks in the same locations on the Government s target of nationwide full fibre by (175998) 74 Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review, published in July 2018, whether he has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure transparency in the proposals for full fibre network build plans. (175999) 75 Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of multiple providers investing in full-fibre networks in the same areas on digital services in (a) suburban areas and (b) towns. (176000)

9 Published: Tuesday 9 October Tom Pursglove (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has made an assessment of the relative merits of the possible training facilities for Team GB urban sports athletes ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics; and if he will make a statement. (176333) 77 Douglas Ross (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the contribution of Scotch whiskey to tourism. (176585) 78 Douglas Ross (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to support the Scotch whisky industry. (176586) 79 Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to support the British comic book industry in overseas markets. (176441) 80 Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to maximise internet service provider options for people in rural areas. (176464) 81 Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that mobile phone provider coverage checkers are accurate. (176468) 82 Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps against broadband infrastructure companies who exclude specific houses as they deem their driveways to be too long when installing fibre broadband in an area. (176469) 83 Mr William Wragg (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made about the safety of 5G with respect to human health. (176372) 84 Mr William Wragg (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many representations his Department has received on the health risks of 5G technology. (176373) 85 Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to review his Department's guidance entitled Teacher's standards. (176279) 86 Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department takes to ensure that Work Support Programmes for teachers follow the objectives set out in those teachers' appraisals. (176280) 87 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent on procuring supply teachers through agencies in the last five years. (176270)

10 10 Published: Tuesday 9 October Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Commission on Religious Education's report entitled Religion and Worldviews: The Way Forward a national plan for RE, published in September 2018, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the recommendation in that report to rename the subject to religion and worldviews. (175785) 89 Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Commission on Religious Education's report entitled Religion and Worldviews: The Way Forward a national plan for RE, published in September 2018, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the conclusion in that report that all young people should have a statutory national entitlement to the study of religion and worldviews. (175786) 90 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress the Government has made on providing a sharia-compliant alternative student finance system. (176149) 91 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans for a sharia-compliant alternative student finance system to be in place for applications for the academic year. (176150) 92 Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the requirements for training teachers how to (a) identify and (b) treat acquired brain injury are. (176032) 93 Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2018 to Question on Disabled Students' Allowances, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the decrease in the number of students taking up disabled students' allowances since the introduction of the 200 contribution for computer equipment. (176361) 94 Alex Chalk (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to crack down on the use of essay mill cheating services amongst students. (176451) 95 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that schools are offering adequate help and support for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. (175891) 96 Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to promote professional sport as a career to girls at primary school level. (176292) 97 Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the level of retention rates of (a) teachers in secondary Special Educational Needs schools and (b) teaching assistants in Special Educational Needs schools. (176295)

11 Published: Tuesday 9 October Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of rates of pay for teaching assistants in (a) primary Special Educational Needs schools and (b) secondary Special Educational Needs schools. (176296) 99 Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the costs to schools of new obligations for mental health support and education; and whether he has plans to allocate additional funding to schools to discharge those obligations. (176297) 100 Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to encourage schools to create designated senior leads for mental health. (176298) 101 Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2018 to Question on Pupils: Hearing Impairment, what proportion of that funding has been made available to the recruitment and retention of Teachers of the Deaf. (175975) 102 Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2018 to Question on Pupils: Hearing Impairment, whether the new SEND regional leads have been tasked with engaging with local authority specialist education services for deaf children. (175976) 103 Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the adequacy of the number of Teachers of the Deaf. (175977) 104 Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which groups were successful in applying for funding from the Early Years VCS Disadvantage Grants programme. (175985) 105 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers of the deaf were employed for each of the last five years. (176533) 106 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to ensure that young carers qualify for the pupil premium as a result of their status as a carer. (176535) 107 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to extend the Bursary for vulnerable groups to young adult carers. (176536) 108 Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received from (a) schools and (b) teachers on the effect on the financial sustainability of schools of the first one per cent of the teacher's pay award being funded from existing school budgets. (175922)

12 12 Published: Tuesday 9 October Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on (a) schools budgets and (b) the quality of education schools are able to provide of the decision that the first one per cent of the teacher's pay award will be funded from existing school budgets. (175923) 110 Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the ability of schools to fund the first one per cent of the teachers pay award from existing budgets. (175924) 111 Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the first one per cent of the teachers' pay award is funded from existing school budgets. (175925) 112 Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department allocated to schools in the Preston constituency in each financial year since ; and what estimate he has made of the funding that will be allocated to schools in Preston constituency under the National Funding Formula in (a) and (b) (175953) 113 Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of the new school funding formula on primary schools in Lancashire; and how many schools will receive (a) increased funding and (b) reduced funding compared with the financial year. (175954) 114 Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans are in place to reduce the deficit in local authority maintained schools, including nurseries, special schools and Pupil Referral Units in Lancashire in (175955) 115 Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the revenue from the levy on the soft drinks industry was allocated to the Healthy Pupils Capital Fund in ; and how his Department plans to ensure that funding is not used for any shortfall in the schools budget. (175956) 116 Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the amount of time spent in front of screens on the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people. (175958) 117 Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to introduce free school milk for all children in (a) Early Years Foundation Stage and (b) Key Stage 1; and what steps the Government is taking to increase the use of plastic-free packaging for milk provided to schools. 118 Mike Hill (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Adoption Support Fund, how many claims have been received on behalf of previously looked after children now on special guardianship orders; how many of (175959)

13 Published: Tuesday 9 October those claims have been successful (a) in total and (b) by local authority area; and what the average amount awarded was (i) in total and (ii) by local authority area. (176600) 119 Mike Hill (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many previously looked after children on a (a) special guardianship order, (b) child arrangements order and (c) residence order in each local authority area are in receipt of a pupil premium grant. (176601) 120 Mike Hill (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department provides to Directors of Children's Services to help them understand their responsibility to provide support services to kinship care families; and what monitoring his Department undertakes to measure the efficiency of those services nationally. (176602) 121 Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to promote the school-as-community-hub model with integrated health, education and social care provision for children and family engagement outside the school day; and if he will make a statement. (176094) 122 Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his plans are for the Adoption Support Fund over the next five years. (176315) 123 Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the Adoption Support Fund over the next five years. (176316) 124 Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department provides on payment of the members of adoption panels. (176317) 125 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the same (a) criteria and (b) decision-making process was used to determine whether there would be an extension of the teachers pay grant to (i) academies and (ii) sixth form colleges; for what reasons the teachers pay grant was not extended to sixth form colleges; if he will make it his policy to extend the teachers pay grant to sixth form colleges; and if he will make a statement. (176206) 126 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has held with colleagues in the Department for Transport on the impact of (a) reductions to and (b) the closure of rural bus services on the ability of children and young people to get to (i) schools and (ii) colleges. (176634)

14 14 Published: Tuesday 9 October Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made on the effect of raising of the Participation Age to 18 on the ability of (a) families and (b) local authorities to afford post-16 school and college transport. (176635) 128 Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of including (a) organ donation, (b) blood donation and (c) stem cell donation in the statutory guidance relating to Health Education for secondary school pupils. (176254) 129 Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is take to ensure that young people are made aware of the benefits to society of signing-up to be an (a) organ, (b) blood and (c) stem cell donor. (176255) 130 Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, will he will make it his policy to extend the provisions of the pupil premium to disadvantaged students moving from secondary to further education. (176247) 131 Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on funding for (a) post-16 education (b) skills training and (c) the further education sector after the UK leaves the EU. (176248) 132 Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the continuation of Family Drug and Alcohol Courts. (176201) 133 Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to publish the results of the Education and Skills Funding Agency investigation into St Neots Learning Partnership. (176326) 134 Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that adequate funding is available to schools to provide disability awareness training in line with their public sector equality duty. (176576) 135 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children and young people with special educational needs were recorded as being educated elsewhere and in settings other than a school for each year since (175942) 136 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the statistical first release series, Statements of special educational needs (SEN) and education, health and care (EHC) plans, what the special educational primary need of children and young people with statements of SEN and EHC plans were for those children recorded as being educated elsewhere in each year since (175943)

15 Published: Tuesday 9 October Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children and young people with a special educational primary need of autism were educated elsewhere and outside of a school setting in each of the last five years. (175944) 138 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to improve (a) guidance, (b) training and (c) systems to respond to incidents of sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools. (176488) 139 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to include sexual harassment alongside racist, homophobic and disability-based bullying in Ofsted and Government guidance. (176489) 140 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will amend the guidance on sex and relationship education to include teaching about pornography as recommended by the Report of the Women and Equalities Committee into sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools, published on 13 September 2016, HC 91. (176490) 141 Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department s policy is on creating new (a) schools and (b) nurseries in (i) air quality management areas and (ii) within 150 metres of roads that have levels of nitrogen dioxide which are illegal under the Air Quality Standards Regulations (176078) 142 Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to educate children about exposure to air pollution in the area around their school or nursery. (176079) 143 Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department provides to (a) schools and (b local education authorities on dealing with race-related incidents and hate crime in schools. (176603) 144 Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) looked-after children and (b) care leavers went on to further education in (176463) 145 Dr Paul Williams (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children eligible for free school meals reached a Good Level of Development at age five in Stockton South constituency in each of the last three years. (176668) 146 Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on peoples health of the use of Glysphosate as a herbicide and crop desiccant. (176511)

16 16 Published: Tuesday 9 October Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional support his Department plans to provide to Welsh lamb exporters in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (175789) 148 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans are being made to ensure the availability of non-uk workers in the poultry sector in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal; and what estimate the Government has made of the potential change in the price of chicken in the UK in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (175790) 149 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September to Question , what the different options are for pet travel to the EU that are being considering in the event of (a) a planned withdrawal from the EU and (b) the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (175796) 150 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 March 2018 on Spring Statement, HCWS540, how much of that funding he has allocated to (a) programmes, (b) administration and (c) staffing in his Department. (175808) 151 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report of the National Audit Office, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Progress in Implementing EU Exit, HC 1948, published on 12 September 2018, how many work streams preparing for a no-deal scenario his Department has (a) not yet started and (b) assessed to be behind schedule. (175821) 152 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure it can process in a timely manner the increased volume of export health certificates in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (175822) 153 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost of implementing new IT systems for (a) implementing the UK s chemical regulatory regime and (b) control and enforcement activities in English fishing waters in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (175823) 154 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, through which EU veterinary border inspection posts will live animals from the UK be able to pass into the EU in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal; and through which EU ports live animals from the UK can currently pass through. (175824)

17 Published: Tuesday 9 October Sir Vince Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether the air quality changes arising from expansion at Heathrow Airport will require the National Policy Statement to be revised. (175889) 156 Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the Government has made on the establishment of an independent horse welfare regulator for horse racing. (176362) 157 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of a ban on the use of house coal on heating bills for households not on the gas grid; and if he will make a statement. (176138) 158 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has of the potential number of job losses in the coal production and distribution sector if the burning of house coal is banned; and if he will make a statement. (176139) 159 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much PM2.5 is generated by burning house coal in the UK; and if he will make a statement. (176140) 160 Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to increase the level of selfsufficiency in UK food production. (175983) 161 Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of the UK's selfsufficiency in the production of food. (175984) 162 Hugh Gaffney (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Minister for Food Supplies plans to visit Scotland. (176558) 163 Hugh Gaffney (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential for food shortages in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (176559) 164 Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ask the British Horseracing Authority to publish the number of (a) reviews it has undertaken into equine mortality rates at racecourses since January 2013 and (b) the number of those reviews that are publicly available. (175918) 165 Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hedgehogs have been poisoned by slug pellets in (a) Lancashire and (b) Cumbria in each of the last five years. (175962)

18 18 Published: Tuesday 9 October Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department's Clean Air Strategy will include meeting the World Health Organisation s limit for fine particular matter PM2.5. (176087) 167 Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Joint Air Quality Unit plans to publish the steps that local authorities are taking to tackle (a) air pollution and (b) congestion. (176088) 168 Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department's Clean Air Strategy will include steps to increase levels of travel by (a) walking, (b) cycling, and (c) public transport. (176089) 169 Stephen Kerr (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the (a) volume and (b) proportion of (i) virgin wood and (ii) waste wood used in the UK in each of the last five years; and what proportion of each were (A) domestically produced and (B) imported. [R] (176543) 170 Stephen Kerr (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the available supply of UK-sourced virgin and waste wood that has been used for (a) wood panel manufacturing, (b) sawmill products, (c) paper manufacturing and (d) wood fuel in each of the last five years. [R] (176544) 171 Stephen Kerr (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the (a) proportion and (b) volume of domestic forestry stock being sold in the UK in the next 10 years. [R] (176545) 172 Stephen Kerr (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of trends in the price of (a) virgin and (b) waste wood in the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [R] (176546) 173 Stephen Kerr (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the security of wood supply in the UK will reach its peak based on current levels of new forestry planting; and if he will make a statement. [R] (176547) 174 Stephen Kerr (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the environmental effect of burning wood as an energy fuel source; and if he will make a statement. [R] (176548) 175 Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will include in his Department's Family Food publication the proportion of disposable income by household income decile required to follow the Eatwell Guide. (176318)

19 Published: Tuesday 9 October Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2018 to Question on Food Poverty: Surveys, if he will establish annual national measurements of food insecurity. (176319) 177 Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with Exmoor National Park Authority on expanding the boundaries of the National Park to include the Quantocks and other areas. (176016) 178 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many meetings, Henry Dimbleby, non-executive director responsible for the development of the Government s food strategy has had with (a) business representatives, (b) civil society organisations, (c) health experts, (d) local authorities and (e) farmers on the development of that strategy between January 2018 and August (176207) 179 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to consult with members of the public on the development of the Government s food strategy. (176208) 180 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2018 to Question on Sites of Special Scientific Interest, how much Natural England has spent on monitoring sites of special scientific interest in each year since (176209) 181 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the total amount of funding from the public purse available for protecting and restoring nature. (176210) 182 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2018 to Question on Sites of Special Scientific Interest, for what reasons 47 per cent of sites of special scientific interest have not had an assessment by Natural England within the past six years. (176211) 183 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2018 to Question on Sites of Special Scientific Interest, what estimate his Department has made of the resources needed to ensure that assessments of all sites of special scientific interest can be completed within the timeframe set by statutory guidelines. (176212) 184 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff have transferred from Natural England to his Department in each month from July 2016 to September 2018; what the reasons were for each of those transfers; and if he will make a statement. (176216)