Questions tabled on Thursday 15 March 2018

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1 Published: Friday 16 March 2018 Questions tabled on Thursday 15 March 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 Friday 16 March Questions for Written Answer 1 N Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, further to his oral statement of 13 March 2017 on Spring Statement, if he will publish the allocation of the 500 million funding to vulnerable children in each year since [Transferred] (132339) 2 Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to address concerns over interruption to schooling arising from the use of schools as polling places ahead of the local government elections in May. [Transferred] (132590) 3 N Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to prevent the import of chicken dosed with the antibiotic colistin after the UK leaves the EU. [Transferred] (132429) 4 Dr Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to work with the devolved administrations on future trade deals for UK agriculture. [Transferred] (132557) 5 Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the export potential for floating offshore wind technology to the UK economy. [Transferred] (132661) 6 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will issue national insurance numbers to all asylum seekers when they are granted refugee status. [Transferred] (132644)

2 2 Published: Friday 16 March Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of whether refugees should be required to pass a habitual residence test for benefits after being granted refugee status. [Transferred] (132655) 8 Stuart C. McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the food industry to adopt the front-of-pack traffic light food labelling system. [Transferred] (132585) 9 Stuart C. McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage food retailers to adopt calorie labelling on menus or at the point of purchase. [Transferred] (132586) 10 Stuart C. McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve food labelling for people with diabetes. [Transferred] (132587) 11 Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with food manufacturers on increasing the uptake of front-of-pack traffic light labelling on pre-packaged foods. [Transferred] (132571) 12 Dr Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to section 4.4 of the United Kingdom Anti- Corruption Strategy , which Ministers are in the Inter-Ministerial Group; and when the first meeting of that group will take place. [Transferred] (132541) 13 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that High Street stores are not empty. [Transferred] (132648) 14 Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to monitor foreign national offenders who are subject to multiagency public protection arrangements; and if he will set out the number of foreign national offenders who are subject to multi-agency public protection arrangements in each police area. [Transferred] (132734) 15 Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet representatives of Employers for Childcare to discuss its concerns about the closure of the childcare voucher scheme to new entrants after the six-month extension; and if he will make a statement. [Transferred] (132730) 16 Sir Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of whether the listing of EN+ Group on the London Stock Exchange received appropriate security checks; and if will he make a statement. [Transferred] (132483)

3 Published: Friday 16 March Sir Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what checks were made by his Department before the listing of EN+ Group on the London Stock Exchange; and if will he make a statement. [Transferred] (132495) Questions for Answer on Monday 19 March Questions for Written Answer 1 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Attorney General, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department. (132843) 2 Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the efficiency savings that better use of technology has enabled for departmental spending since (132752) 3 Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of using blockchain in the public sector. (132753) 4 Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve transparency in government. (132754) 5 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the response times of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to complaints referred by Members of Parliament. (132783) 6 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department issues guidance to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on timescales for responding to complaints that have been referred by Members of Parliament. (132785) 7 Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cars of what makes in departmental fleets were affected by Volkswagen's manipulation of emissions data; what the cost was to the public purse of such fleet cars purchased or hired that were so affected; and what the cost was to the public purse of rectifying the faulty devices on those cars and of hiring or buying replacement vehicles as a result of those faulty devices. (132902) 8 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful payments were made on GOV.UK Pay in each of the last 12 months. (132838)

4 4 Published: Friday 16 March Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what suppliers have been contracted to work on Gov.uk Pay; and what services those suppliers provide. (132880) 10 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 60 of his Department's paper Government Transformation Strategy, published in February 2017, what progress the Government has made on developing a platform for making payments out; and if he will make a statement. (132884) 11 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department. (132844) 12 Paul Girvan (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will introduce legislation to ensure that businesses erect signage stating that all service animals are welcome on their premises. (132946) 13 Paul Girvan (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of mandatory drug testing for people who operate heavy plant machinery. (132952) 14 Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to require banks to inform customers at the expiration of a finance deal the best interest rates available through any bank. (132847) 15 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2018 to Question and with reference to House of Commons Library Deposited Paper, DEP , if he will publish the reports provided to his Department under the project titles listed under Column C; and if he will make a statement. (132826) 16 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will meet the Competition and Markets Authority, Financial Conduct Authority and Ofcom to discuss the applicability of the energy price cap to other service markets. (132932) 17 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Construction Supply Chain Payment Charter; how many companies have signed up to that charter; and what steps he is taking to ensure that 30 day payments become standard across the industry. (132751) 18 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the number of foreign companies that have moved their headquarters to the UK since 23 June (132791)

5 Published: Friday 16 March N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March to Question on Carillion: Insolvency, how much in funds has been raised from recovering trade debts owed to Carillion; and what proportion of these funds have been passed on to sub-contractors and workers. [Transferred] (132449) 20 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department. (132845) 21 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on whether companies are increasing the training opportunities available for their employees. (132781) 22 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the proportion of expenditure spent by businesses on training. (132782) 23 N Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to rectify the 31 per cent mean gender pay gap in the Lawn Tennis Association. (132764) 24 Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the suppliers who are registered with the gigabit broadband voucher scheme in the west of Scotland. (132875) 25 Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the independent review of full-time social action, published in January 2018, what assessment he has made of the effect of extending the youth full-time social action programme to disadvantaged pupils on their attainment levels in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools. (132794) 26 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Digital Charter, published by his Department on 25 January 2018, what his Department's definition of terrorist material is; and whether the Government s plans to strengthen the offences under section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000 will include changing that definition. (132756) 27 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what role staff in his Department have in the assessment of the level of threat involving artificial intelligence. (132911) 28 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department. (132846) 29 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how frequently the contractor's compliance with the government childcare service contract is assessed by his Department. (132930)

6 6 Published: Friday 16 March N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of young people aged between 16 and 24 who started an apprenticeship remained in their placement after (a) three months, (b) six months and (c) 12 months in the most recent 12-month period for which data is available. [Transferred] (132567) 31 James Frith (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to require schools to make available online their medical conditions policies under the statutory guidance for children with medial conditions. [R] (132784) 32 James Frith (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of young people who have been identified as having special educational needs or disability were (a) eligible for free school meals and (b) included in the Children in Need census in each of the last 10 years. [R] (132811) 33 James Frith (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, What the average proportion of children in mainstream education who were diagnosed with special educational needs or disability was in each year between 2010 and [R] (132812) 34 N Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Higher Education Statistics Agency's non-continuation performance indicators, published on 8 March, what steps he he is taking to tackle the increase in non-continuation rates for mature students. (132774) 35 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Autism and education in England 2017, published by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism, if he will introduce a national autism and education strategy. (132956) 36 Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to reduce class sizes in secondary schools in Portsmouth South. (132931) 37 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 17 of the Early Years workforce strategy 2017, what steps he has taken to engage the childcare sector in exploring ways to target support where it is most needed. (132828) 38 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the early years workforce working in group-based settings have (a) entered and (b) left the profession in each year since September (132829) 39 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of childminders hold (a) level 2, (b) level 3 and (c) level 4, 5, 6 childcare qualifications. (132830)

7 Published: Friday 16 March Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of people working for the Enterprise Adviser Network who have previously worked in childcare settings. (132831) 41 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many events have taken place in schools or colleges in (a) England and (b) each region with the Education and Employers Charity to promote opportunities in the early years sector referred to in the Early Years Workforce Strategy (132832) 42 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department has made available to the National Apprenticeship Service to raise awareness of early years apprenticeships as detailed in the Early years workforce Strategy (132833) 43 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 23 of the Early Years Workforce Strategy 2017, when the training needs analysis for early years tutors in FE settings took place; who conducted that analysis; and what the outcomes of that analysis have been. (132834) 44 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 25 of the Early Years Workforce Strategy 2017, who the members of the task and finish group on gender diversity in the childcare sector are; what progress that group has made on identifying the factors influencing the number of men employed in childcare roles; whether that group has suggested any solutions to increase the number of men employed in such roles; and if his Department will publish that group's report. (132835) 45 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish the next childcare and early years providers survey. (132836) 46 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of level of staff turnover in each type of early years childcare setting; and what the level of turnover is by level of qualification. (132839) 47 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 28 of the Early Years Workforce Strategy 2017, what progress has been made on establishing the early years panel to implement the skills plan and develop the childcare and early education occupational route. (132840) 48 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been (a) made available and (b) to which organisations to support early years settings on (i) SEND, (ii) speech and language development and (iii) effective business management; and how many early years staff have taken part in continuing professional development in each of those areas since grants were made available. (132841) 49 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 31 of the Early Years Workforce Strategy 2017, how much funding and to whom the Government has allocated funding to develop an online

8 8 Published: Friday 16 March 2018 portal that sets out career paths, brings effective online continuing professional development together and provides online training modules; when that portal was launched; and how many visits that portal has received in each month since it was launched. (132842) 50 N Ms Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children under the age of (a) 11 and (b) 18 were taken into care in each of the last three years as a result of their mother being imprisoned; and if he will make a statement. [Transferred] (132638) 51 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to facilitate the resolution of the ongoing industrial action in response to changes to pensions. (132790) 52 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department will take in 2018 to ensure that schools in England are (a) aware of and (b) comply with the statutory guidance on pupils with medical conditions at school. (132904) 53 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued to schools on the amount of time required to advise pupils on food and nutrition. (132905) 54 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance he has issued to schools on the amount of time to be allocated to physical activity for pupils. (132907) 55 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued to schools on the amount of time to be allocated to pupils for emotional well-being help and support. (132908) 56 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support is provided by his Department to children who are absent from school as a result of diabetes. (132909) 57 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department. (132849) 58 Paul Girvan (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the presence of plastic particles in bottled water. (132954) 59 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department. (132851)

9 Published: Friday 16 March Paul Girvan (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that UK citizens who require dialysis in EU member states after the UK leaves the EU will be able to access that treatment free of charge; and if he will make a statement. (132942) 61 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department. (132852) 62 Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions he has had with the European Parliament s negotiating team for the UK leaving the European Union on the legal status of a proposed associate European Union citizenship should the UK leave the EU. (132759) 63 Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will take steps to preserve the rights, freedoms and legal protections for UK citizens enshrined in the Maastricht treaty. (132760) 64 Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what consideration he has made of the effect of Article 70 (1)(b) of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties on UK citizens retaining EU citizenship should the UK leave the EU. (132761) 65 Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the recommendations of the report by Professor Volker Roeben, The feasibility of the of associate EU citizenship for UK citizens post-brexit. (132762) 66 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department. (132853) 67 N Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the volume of steel that will be re-directed to the UK which would have otherwise gone to the US as a result of the recent announcement on steel tariffs by the US administration. [Transferred] (132589) 68 N Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will make an assessment of whether a UK steel company can individually request an exemption for its product from the steel tariffs imposed by the US administration under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act; and if he will make a statement. [Transferred] (132621) 69 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department. (132854)

10 10 Published: Friday 16 March Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he will plans to ask Northern to extend the delay repay compensation scheme to commuters affected by delays of 15 minutes. (132850) 71 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure all passengers using Northern's delay repay scheme have their claims processed within at most 28 days. (132867) 72 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will work with (a) Northern and (b) other rail operators to simplify delay repay schemes for passengers using multimodal transport tickets. (132871) 73 Steve Double (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will list the (a) names and (b) ICAO identifiers of all current Civil Aviation Authority-licensed airfields in the UK. (132937) 74 Chris Elmore (Ogmore): To Ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the higher charges applied to rates of vehicle tax when paid biannually as opposed to annually on the ability of people on lower incomes to afford that tax. (132775) 75 James Frith (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on reviewing the support to SMEs which have installed electric vehicle charging facilities but need to upgrade to more expensive rapid chargers to meet public preference and demand. (132825) 76 Paul Girvan (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department are taking to ensure universal coverage of (a) audio and (b) visual assistance to (i) deaf or (ii) blind travellers. (132955) 77 Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) meetings and (b) correspondence the Government has had with the German Government on steps against Volkswagen after its manipulation of data emissions. (132894) 78 Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has to bring forward legislative proposals to make the manipulation of emissions data a criminal offence attracting (a) custodial sentences and (b) financial penalties. (132895) 79 Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 24 April 2017 to Question 71366, on Diesel Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions, whether the Government has provided any assistance to customers or their legal representatives in their bid for civil action against Volkswagen. (132896)

11 Published: Friday 16 March Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government has taken to (a) quantify the amount and (b) assess the effect of extra air pollution produced by cars affected by emission data manipulation in the United Kingdom. (132897) 81 Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cars of what makes in the Government Car Service were affected by Volkswagen's manipulation of emissions data; what the cost was to the public purse of the purchased or hired cars in that service that were affected; and what the cost was to the public purse of rectifying the faulty devices on those cars and of hiring or buying replacement vehicles as a result of those faulty devices. (132901) 82 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of autonomous technology in the maritime sector on the (a) training and (b) employment of UK seafarer (i) Ratings and (ii) Officers over the next decade. (132866) 83 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the total cost of developing the UK s major ports infrastructure over the next 10 years to accommodate (a) hybrid and (b) electrically powered commercial ships above 150 gross tonnage. (132870) 84 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to shipping companies operating in the Irish Sea of compliance with Annex IV of the International Maritime Organisation Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships from 1 January (132872) 85 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the application and enforcement of national minimum wage pay rates for seafarers working in the UK shipping industry. (132873) 86 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance the Maritime and Coastguard Agency provides on the decommissioning of (a) semi-submersible drilling rigs and (b) other commercial vessels deployed in the North Sea oil and gas industry. (132874) 87 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department. (132855) 88 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to review the regulatory framework for occupational pension schemes including the Universities Superannuation Scheme. (132798) 89 James Frith (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which eligible benefits are (a) lost and (b) suspended when a young person aged between 16 and 24 becomes an apprentice. (132804)

12 12 Published: Friday 16 March James Frith (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many asylum seekers who have indefinite leave to remain are awaiting the allocation of a national insurance number. (132805) 91 Karen Lee (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the effect of the reduction in funding for Lincoln s Citizens Advice on the provision of advice to claimants of Universal Credit in Lincoln. (132929) 92 Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what meetings he has had with (a) NSPCC and (b) Children in Need in the last 12 months. (132960) 93 Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help end child poverty. (132963) 94 Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what work capability assessment exemptions exist for people diagnosed with motor neurone disease. (132848) 95 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information she holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in her Department. (132856) 96 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the effect of new guidance issued by NHS England relating to items that should not routinely be prescribed in primary care on trends in the levels of prescriptions in primary care. (132789) 97 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the NHS of delivering emergency dental treatment in hospitals has been in each of the last five years. (132876) 98 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people presented at NHS Accident and Emergency departments with dental issues in the last 12 months. (132877) 99 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage NHS dentists to remain in the public sector. (132878) 100 Sir David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to NHS dentists. (132879) 101 James Frith (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to amend the list of long-term and orphan diseases which qualify for free prescriptions; and when he last consulted (a) patients, (b) doctors and (c) those in the (i) pharmaceutical and (ii) health industries on that subject. (132813)

13 Published: Friday 16 March James Frith (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Key Performance Indicators (KPI) apply to the patients registration area of work carried out by Primary Care Support England (PCSE); how often PCSE reported against those KPIs; which targets were reached and how many complaints were received on those targets in each of the last three years. (132815) 103 James Frith (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Key Performance Indicators (KPI) apply to the medical records area of work carried out by Primary Care Support England (PCSE); how often PCSE reported against those KPIs; which targets were reached and how many complaints were received on those targets in each of the last three years. (132816) 104 James Frith (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Key Performance Indicators (KPI) apply to the local performers list area of work carried out by Primary Care Support England (PCSE); how often PCSE reported against those KPIs; which targets were reached and how many complaints were received on those targets in each of the last three years. (132817) 105 James Frith (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Key Performance Indicators (KPI) apply to the performers list date and local medical committee area of work carried out by Primary Care Support England (PCSE); how often PCSE reported against those KPIs; which targets were reached and how many complaints were received on those targets in each of the last three years. (132818) 106 James Frith (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Key Performance Indicators (KPI) apply to the pensions area of work carried out by Primary Care Support England (PCSE); how often PCSE reported against those KPIs; which targets were reached and how many complaints were received on those targets in each of the last three years. (132819) 107 James Frith (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Key Performance Indicators (KPI) apply to the GP payments area of work carried out by Primary Care Support England (PCSE); how often PCSE reported against those KPIs; which targets were reached and how many complaints were received on those targets in each of the last three years. (132820) 108 James Frith (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many claims for financial loss have been made against the Primary Care Support England by (a) GPs, (b) local medical committees (c) dentists and (d) other people for each of the last three years; how many and what proportion of those claims have been settled; what the average time taken was to settle those claims; how much has been paid out in compensation; and which organisation is liable for that compensation. (132822) 109 James Frith (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what sanctions are available to his Department in the event of Primary Care Support England failing to deliver contracted services. (132823)

14 14 Published: Friday 16 March Paul Girvan (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing mandatory recommended dietary allowance guidelines on (a) fast food packaging and (b) in fast food outlets. (132943) 111 Paul Girvan (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) gym membership and (b) other recreational therapies for the treatment of mental health issues. (132950) 112 Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the effect of changes to the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence Highly Specialised Technology Programme earlier than three years after their implementation in April (132883) 113 Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to issue guidance to pharmaceutical companies entering into negotiations with the commercial medicines unit, as a result of that unit's move to NHS England. (132885) 114 Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on how many occasions people resident in the United Kingdom for (a) 10 years, (b) 20 years, (c) 30 years and (d) 40 years have been refused access to healthcare as a result of disputed immigration status. (132765) 115 Karen Lee (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure geographical equality in the level of breast cancer care in (a) Lincoln constituency and (b) in Lincolnshire. (132933) 116 Karen Lee (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the closure of Lincoln s walk-in centre on people s access to care in (a) Lincoln constituency and (b) Lincolnshire. (132934) 117 Karen Lee (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has the power to prevent the implementation of minimum waiting times for routine elective care. (132935) 118 Karen Lee (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of wholly owned subsidiary companies in the NHS on (a) joined up care and (b) staff (i) coordination, (ii) retention and (iii) morale. (132936) 119 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by the Food Research Collaboration, Weakening UK food law enforcement: a risky tactic in Brexit, what assessment his

15 Published: Friday 16 March Department has made of the implications for food security when the UK leaves the EU of the report s conclusions on the Food Standards Agency s programme of change, Regulating Our Future. (132827) 120 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is assessing the potential merits of limiting the availability of high sugar products as part of supermarket price promotions and at the point-of-sale. (132949) 121 Derek Thomas (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he takes to ensure that every patient newly diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis is referred to podiatry services for early examination. (132862) 122 Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which NHS health care services in the Borough of Halton were provided by the private sector in each year since (132837) 123 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS nurses have the ability to (a) access training and (b) attain the minimum level of qualifications in respect of the treatment of diabetes. (132886) 124 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Diabetes Specialist Nurses who are unable to access Continuing Professional Development courses as a result of (a) staff shortages and (b) financial restrictions have the ability to gain the minimum level of qualifications. (132887) 125 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that carbohydrates are (a) clearly and (b) consistently displayed on pre-packaged food. (132888) 126 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve people's awareness of free sugars and associated health risks. (132889) 127 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with retailers on providing information on the carbohydrate content of food sold in restaurants, cafes and takeaways. (132890) 128 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to address regional variations in access to flash glucose monitoring. (132891) 129 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with clinical commissioning groups on ensuring that guidance from the NHS England Regional Medical Optimisation Committee is implemented and that the committee is consulted on funding decisions. (132892)

16 16 Published: Friday 16 March Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to record the number of (a) diabetic specialist nurses and (b) podiatrists in order to ensure that adequate numbers of such staff are employed in the NHS. (132893) 131 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to improve the security of the IT systems in the NHS since the cyber attack of May (132912) 132 N Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate the Government has made of the number of deaths per year caused by air pollution in each of the last five years. [Transferred] (132581) 133 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department. (132857) 134 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will assess the potential merits of introducing a separate assessment process for rare disease medicines that do not meet the criteria set out by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence for their Highly Specialised Technology route. (132779) 135 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the effect of making efficiencies in the cost of medicines on research investment by the pharmaceutical industry. (132795) 136 Paul Girvan (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department have made to the government of the United Arab Emirates on the persecution of Christians in that country. (132941) 137 Paul Girvan (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage free and fair elections in Commonwealth nations. (132951) 138 N Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, what is the process for approving licences for hydrocarbon activity in the Falklands; which bodies are consulted with for that process; and what (a) funding and (b) staff are allocated to undertake those assessments. [Transferred] (132516) 139 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department. (132858)

17 Published: Friday 16 March Dr Paul Williams (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his counterpart in the Government of Bangladesh on the disqualification of the leader of the opposition from participation in parliamentary elections in that country. (132773) 141 Paul Girvan (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have been (a) suspended and (b) had their employment terminated in each of the last five years. (132923) 142 Paul Girvan (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that minors trafficked to the UK are able to receive (a) welfare and (b) protection for as long as they require. (132944) 143 Paul Girvan (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research her Department has undertaken on the potential merits of adopting the Swedish model of prosecuting people who pay for sex. (132945) 144 Paul Girvan (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that the sale of pro-terrorist merchandise cannot take place. (132953) 145 Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure that rights for child refugees under the Dublin III regulations are maintained after the UK leaves the EU; and if she will make a statement. (132914) 146 Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2018 to Question , what assessment she has made of the legality of threats of expedited deportation and the compatibility of such threats with human rights and immigration law. (132767) 147 Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Question , whether her Department requested legal advice on the legality of threatening accelerated deportation to detainees on hunger strike in immigration detention centres. (132769) 148 Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full time equivalent MP account management staff are on secondment to her Department; and what the cost is to the public purse of those secondments. (132770) 149 Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential for biased against individuals on the basis of (a) gender and (b) ethnicity of the automated facial recognition software used by the (a) Metropolitan Police and (b) South Wales Police. (132771)

18 18 Published: Friday 16 March Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have not been convicted of a criminal offence are recorded on the Police National Database. (132772) 151 Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of people who have been unlawfully detained in immigration centres for (a) 1 week, (b) 1 month, (c) 3 months, (d) 6 months and (e) 1 year or more. (132788) 152 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information she holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in her Department. (132860) 153 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department. (132861) 154 James Frith (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that charging infrastructure for plug-in electric cards is included in new housing developments. (132824) 155 Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many core planning strategy documents have been withdrawn by local authorities in each of the past eight years. (132910) 156 Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average cost is of developing a local plan for a county council. (132915) 157 Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what he average cost has been for the development of neighbourhood plans by town and parish councils in each of the last three years. (132916) 158 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department. (132863) 159 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing (a) national minimum standards and (b) eligibility criteria to the administration of public health funerals. [Transferred] (132702) 160 Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much debt was outstanding in each case where people were sent to prison for council tax non-payment in each year between 2010 and (132913)

19 Published: Friday 16 March Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department. (132864) 162 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what information she holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in her Department. (132865) 163 N Tracy Brabin (Batley and Spen): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Secretary of State for Education's oral contribution of 13th March 2018, Official Report, column 802, what discussions he has had with employers on the potential confusion over eligibility for childcare vouchers in the middle of the tax year. [Transferred] (132633) 164 N Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out all films that benefited from UK film tax relief in each of the last five years. [Transferred] (132643) 165 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of HMRC's (a) transactions and (b) transaction value came through application programming interfaces in each of the last 12 months. (132821) 166 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the average waiting time on HM Revenue and Custom's phone lines in each of the last 12 months. (132898) 167 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many web chats HM Revenue and Customs have had with service users in each of the last 12 months. (132899) 168 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department. (132859) 169 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of (a) private and (b) public investment in the economy in each year since 2000; and how that investment compares with other G8 countries. (132780) 170 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department. (132868) 171 Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of list of protected characteristics in the Equality Act 2010 and in Article 14 of the Human Rights Act (132763)