Questions tabled on Tuesday 18 December 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 Wednesday 19 December Questions for Written Answer 1 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of projected local government finance settlement spending for each of the next five years as (a) total expenditure and (b) a percentage of gross domestic product. [Transferred] (202772) 2 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to tackle low pay for women. [Transferred] (202723) Questions for Answer on Thursday 20 December Questions for Written Answer 1 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have (i) met or (ii) held discussions with former Prime Minister David Cameron in the last two months on the UK leaving the EU. (203336) 2 N Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost to the public purse was of verifying user identities through Gov.UK Verify for the purpose of accessing services provided by each Department in the last financial year; and how many total users were verified in that period. [Transferred] (202804)
2 Published: Wednesday 19 December 2018 3 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prevent the destruction of unsold stock by fashion brands. (203373) 4 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of his Department paying the 65 application fee for settled or pre-settled status for EU nationals (a) employed by and (b) working as an outsourced worker in his Department; what estimate he has made of the total cost to his Department of paying those fees; and what assessment he has made of the risks that the EU Settlement Scheme poses to the retention of EU nationals (i) employed by or (ii) working as an outsourced worker in his Department. (203252) 5 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2018 to Question 202141 on UK Research and Innovation: Per Capita Costs, what the same information was for (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12. (203451) 6 Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the implementation of EU Directive 2004/37/EC on the funeral sector. (203363) 7 Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the January 2017 enforcement notice issued by Peterborough Trading Standards, what steps the Office for Product Safety and Standards has taken to ensure that Whirlpool (a) identifies and (b) repairs the estimated one million fire-risk dryers in homes. (203283) 8 Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the incidence of Whirlpool tumble dryer modifications being deployed incorrectly in machines manufactured (a) between April 2004 and September 2015 and (b) machines manufactured after September 2015. (203284) 9 Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on what date the Oil and Gas Authority introduced the (a) traffic light system for monitoring seismic activity as a result of fracking and (b) the reduction in shut down time for fracking rigs from three days to 18 hours. (203198) 10 Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the level of risk of fracking to (a) aquifers and (b) gas leakage at the surface. (203199)
3 11 Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what criteria was used by his Department to determine the level of the (a) margin on internal costs and (b) bonus awarded in the contract with Data Communication Company for work on the Interim Centralised Registration Service. (203200) 12 Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many SMETS 2 pre-payment meters have been installed. (203201) 13 Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of SMETS 2 prepayment meters that will have been installed by the end date for the installment of SMETS 1 prepayment meters. (203202) 14 Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps is he taking to tackle the effect of noise pollution from SMETS 2 meters on the readability by Arquiva communications systems. (203203) 15 Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the increase the noise threshold for SMETS 2 metres from 7 decibels to 17 decibels on the readability of such metres by the Arquiva communications system. (203204) 16 Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect on the costs of decommissioning and (b) future use of land of the proposals made by David Peattie, chief executive of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to halt decommissioning of nuclear plants once concrete remains of old nuclear plants have been declared safe. (203205) 17 Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is his Department's policy to complete the decommissioning of nuclear power stations by returning the condition of the site to that of before the building of the plant. (203206) 18 N Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the National Emergencies Trust will be established; which organisation will provide the fundraising platform for that trust; and what the criteria was used by his Department to make that decision. [Transferred] (202844) 19 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has plans to regulate paid-for random prizes in computer and video games. (203309)
4 Published: Wednesday 19 December 2018 20 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of his Department paying the 65 application fee for settled or pre-settled status for EU nationals (a) employed by and (b) working as an outsourced worker in his Department; what estimate he has made of the total cost to his Department of paying those fees; and what assessment he has made of the risks that the EU Settlement Scheme poses to the retention of EU nationals (i) employed by or (ii) working as an outsourced worker in his Department. (203345) 21 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase promote photography apprenticeships. (203332) 22 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of photography apprenticeships. (203333) 23 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of his Department paying the 65 application fee for settled or pre-settled status for EU nationals (a) employed by and (b) working as an outsourced worker in his Department; what estimate he has made of the total cost to his Department of paying those fees; and what assessment he has made of the risks that the EU Settlement Scheme poses to the retention of EU nationals (i) employed by or (ii) working as an outsourced worker in his Department. (203340) 24 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were adopted in each of the last three years. (203262) 25 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of foster and kinship carers that undertook training for those roles in 2017. (203263) 26 Royston Smith (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students study (a) law, (b) medicine, (c) engineering, (d) social sciences at university after obtaining 3 D's or lower at A-level. (203434) 27 Mr William Wragg (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he had with the education sector before deciding the quantum of uplift in Teachers' Pension Scheme contributions. (203387) 28 Mr William Wragg (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of increases in contributions to the Teachers' Pension Scheme on the number of pupils transferring into the state sector from independent schools due to the closure of independent schools. (203388)
5 29 Mr William Wragg (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the affordability of the forthcoming increase in contributions to the Teachers' Pension Scheme for (a) state-maintained schools, (b) independent institutions and (c) further education colleges and universities. (203389) 30 Mr William Wragg (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of the forthcoming increase in employers' contributions to the Teachers Pension Scheme on school budgets. (203390) 31 Mr William Wragg (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the increase in employers' pension contributions on (a) the viability of the Teachers Pension Scheme and (b) the number of institutions participating in that scheme. (203391) 32 Mr William Wragg (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with (a) school leaders, (b) university vice-chancellors and (c) other educational providers on how their institutions will fund the increase in the employers' contribution to the Teachers Pension Scheme. (203392) 33 Mr William Wragg (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that teaching and learning of modern foreign languages as part of EBacc is promoted and protected. (203393) 34 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) tackle the practice of the destruction of unsold stock by fashion brands and (b) encourage fashion brands to donate or repurpose that stock. (203374) 35 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage fashion brands to process unsold stock in an environmentally sustainable way. (203375) 36 Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science study on the effect of electric fishing in UK waters. (203295) 37 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of his Department paying the 65 application fee for settled or pre-settled status for EU nationals (a) employed by and (b) working as an outsourced worker in his Department; what estimate he has made of the total cost to his Department of paying those fees; and what assessment he has made of the risks that the EU Settlement Scheme poses to the retention of EU nationals (i) employed by or (ii) working as an outsourced worker in his Department. (203341)
6 Published: Wednesday 19 December 2018 38 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of his Department paying the 65 application fee for settled or pre-settled status for EU nationals (a) employed by and (b) working as an outsourced worker in his Department; what estimate he has made of the total cost to his Department of paying those fees; and what assessment he has made of the risks that the EU Settlement Scheme poses to the retention of EU nationals (i) employed by or (ii) working as an outsourced worker in his Department. (203248) 39 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to promote a long-term solution for Rohingya refugees. (203417) 40 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with the Government of Bangladesh on granting refugee status to the Rohingya. (203418) 41 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with the Government of Bangladesh on providing additional flat and usable land for Rohingya refugees. (203419) 42 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of her Department paying the 65 application fee for settled or pre-settled status for EU nationals (a) employed by and (b) working as an outsourced worker in her Department; what estimate she has made of the total cost to her Department of paying those fees; and what assessment she has made of the risks that the EU Settlement Scheme poses to the retention of EU nationals (i) employed by or (ii) working as an outsourced worker in her Department. (203344) 43 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of his Department paying the 65 application fee for settled or pre-settled status for EU nationals (a) employed by and (b) working as an outsourced worker in his Department; what estimate he has made of the total cost to his Department of paying those fees; and what assessment he has made of the risks that the EU Settlement Scheme poses to the retention of EU nationals (i) employed by or (ii) working as an outsourced worker in his Department. (203339) 44 N Mrs Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress the Government has made on its Export Strategy. (908323) 45 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the merits of targets for increased procurement from Commonwealth nations after the UK has left the EU. (203420)
7 46 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2018 to Question 191411, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that every region of the UK is represented in his Department s trade show stands. (203422) 47 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2018 to Question 19141, what assessment his Department has made of the extent to which the North East is represented by his Department's trade show stands; and if he will make it his policy to include a map of the UK in those trade show stands. (203424) 48 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to encourage UK businesses to increase the transparency and visibility of their global supply chains. (203425) 49 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department has plans to legalise longer heavier vehicles. (203308) 50 Sir Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what is the current average (a) waiting time and (b) crossing time for cars using the Dartford crossing. (203207) 51 Sir Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the environmental effect of the current volume of traffic at the Dartford crossing. (203208) 52 Sir Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Dart Charge payments were (a) late and (b) not paid since 2010. (203209) 53 Sir Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles used the Dartford crossing in each year since 2010; and how many vehicles his Department forecasts will use the Dartford crossing in 2027. (203210) 54 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of his Department paying the 65 application fee for settled or pre-settled status for EU nationals (a) employed by and (b) working as an outsourced worker in his Department; what estimate he has made of the total cost to his Department of paying those fees; and what assessment he has made of the risks that the EU Settlement Scheme poses to the retention of EU nationals (i) employed by or (ii) working as an outsourced worker in his Department. (203342) 55 Faisal Rashid (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the ending of tolls on the Severn Bridge, if he will end the toll on the Mersey Gateway Bridge. (203317)
8 Published: Wednesday 19 December 2018 56 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who will be liable for damage to buildings above the High Speed Two London tunnel route during its construction; and whether repairs resulting from such damage will be made (a) before, (b) during or (c) after construction. (203357) 57 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has (a) identified and (b) received representations on the problems during the construction of the listed Alexandra and Ainsworth estate which led to (a) additional costs and (b) unique foundations being used to stabilise its buildings. (203358) 58 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the nominated undertakers are (a) aware of the unique foundations of the Alexandra and Ainsworth estate in South Hampstead, (b) taking steps to survey the estate individually and (c) planning for mitigation measures including but not limited to (i) compensation grouting, (ii) underpinning and (iii) jacking to ensure the stability of the foundations of the estate as set out in Phase 3 Clause 6 of HS2 Information Paper C3. (203359) 59 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report entitled Seafarers in the UK Shipping Industry: 2018, published by his Department on 12 December 2018, which sector of the UK shipping industry accounted for the 23 per cent increase in ratings. (203437) 60 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report entitled Seafarers in the UK Shipping Industry: 2018, published by his Department on 12 December 2018, what the changes were in the coverage of data provided by the UK Chamber of Shipping that accounted for the 23 per cent increase in ratings between 2017 and 2018. (203438) 61 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, What steps he is taking to increase the number of UK Ratings employed in the cruise industry in (a) deck and (b) engine roles. (203439) 62 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, If he will take steps to protect employment for UK (a) Ratings and (b) Officers as a result of P&O Ferries decision to register its short sea fleet between Dover and Calais under the Cypriot flag. (203440) 63 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the UK Ship Register in trends in vessel registration levels in the short sea ferry sector. (203441) 64 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of tonnage on the UK Ship Register in each year since 2010 was from the short sea ferry sector. (203442)
9 65 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of short sea ferries registered on the UK Ship Register in each year since 2010. (203443) 66 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract between his Department and the UK Chamber of Shipping for provision of seafarer data. (203444) 67 Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of vehicles returned to the Motability Scheme due to negative PIP reassessments. (203291) 68 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Autism and Hidden Impairment training for Jobcentre Plus staff in reducing the gap between national employment rates and rates of employment for people on the autistic spectrum. (203312) 69 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department provides to refugees granted asylum that have made an application for universal credit. (203324) 70 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to increase the number of languages available on the the universal credit online portal. (203325) 71 Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to visit food banks in the (a) North East and (b) Sunderland in the next six months. (203334) 72 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of her Department paying the 65 application fee for settled or pre-settled status for EU nationals (a) employed by and (b) working as an outsourced worker in her Department; what estimate she has made of the total cost to her Department of paying those fees; and what assessment she has made of the risks that the EU Settlement Scheme poses to the retention of EU nationals (i) employed by or (ii) working as an outsourced worker in her Department. (203343) 73 Sir Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) inaccurate maintenance assessments and (b) incorrect maintenance adjustments were made to Child Support Agency schemes in (i) 1993 and (ii) 2003; and if she will make a statement. (203285) 74 Sir Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in cash terms is owed in Child Support Agency schemes arrears. (203286)
10 Published: Wednesday 19 December 2018 75 Sir Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in cash terms has been written off in Child Support Agency schemes arrears in each of the last 10 years. (203287) 76 Sir Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long her Department keeps its recordings of telephone conversations. (203289) 77 Sir Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases submitted to her Department's Independent Case Examiner were upheld in each of the last five years. (203290) 78 Sir Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of misconduct in public office have been brought against the Child Support Agency; and how many of those cases were upheld. (203292) 79 Faisal Rashid (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to extend the eligibility for widowed parents' allowance to unmarried parents. (203311) 80 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support the reporting of workplace injuries. (203433) 81 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that when the managed migration of disabled claimants to universal credit commences those people do not experience undue difficulties. (203220) 82 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many non-disclosure agreements his Department has signed with pharmaceutical companies advising the Government on preparations for the UK leaving the EU. (203383) 83 Heidi Allen (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NICE on the (a) timeframe for the publication of decision of the NICE evaluation committee meeting held on 23 October 2018 in relation to Spinraza and (b) potential availability of Spinraza on the NHS. (203346) 84 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on steps to improve health literacy for (a) primary school-aged children and (b) secondary school-aged children. (203310) 85 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria his Department uses to monitor the adoption by NHS hospitals of good practice to enable (a) appropriate patient flow, (b) timely
11 hand-offs between A&E clinicians and acute physicians, (c) discharge to assess, (d) trusted assessor arrangements, (e) streamlined continuing healthcare processes and (f) seven-day discharge capabilities. (203314) 86 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many calls NHS 111 online has handled in each of the last three months. (203316) 87 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many complaints by nurses that their 01 special class status capacity code has been removed from their pension records the NHS Business Services Authority is handling. (203231) 88 Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the amount recovered from third party insurers for NHS treatment under the NHS Injury Recovery Scheme in the last two financial years. (203376) 89 Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential financial benefits to the NHS of increasing the NHS Injury Cost Recovery tariff beyond the Hospital and Community Health Services inflation rate. (203377) 90 Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will conduct an impact assessment of the NHS Injury Cost Recovery scheme. (203378) 91 Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will establish a Young Cancer Patient Travel Fund to cover the costs of travel to and from hospital for cancer treatment appointments for children, young people and their families. (203415) 92 Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce a maximum waiting time for treatment for patients who have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. (203296) 93 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of his Department paying the 65 application fee for settled or pre-settled status for EU nationals (a) employed by and (b) working as an outsourced worker in his Department; what estimate he has made of the total cost to his Department of paying those fees; and what assessment he has made of the risks that the EU Settlement Scheme poses to the retention of EU nationals (i) employed by or (ii) working as an outsourced worker in his Department. (203251) 94 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on the recommendations in relation to the provision of information on industry (a) activities, (b) risks, (c) costs and (d) returns on R&D made in the report on Pharmaceutical Innovation and Access to Medicines, published by the OECD in November 2018. (203274)
12 Published: Wednesday 19 December 2018 95 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) women and (b) men aged (i) 10 to 30 years and (ii) 31 to 60 years have a diagnosis of epilepsy. (203328) 96 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many clinical commissioning group areas offer percutaneous needle biopsy for the detection of lung cancer. (203329) 97 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase take-up of the flu vaccine among (a) ethnic and (b) low-income groups. (203330) 98 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department taking to reduce the number of stillbirths. (203260) 99 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated to cancer research in 2017. (203261) 100 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children are currently in foster care. (203264) 101 Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer on 11 September to Question number 169109 on Social Care: Drugs, (a) when the 2019-20 planning process was completed and (b) what the level of funding is for the 2019-20 prioritisation process. (203288) 102 Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to promote the implementation of the suicide prevention frameworks developed by Health Education England and the Royal College of Psychiatrists National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health. (203432) 103 Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for the middle east peace process of recent trends in the level of incitement and intolerance in Israel towards Palestinians and Muslims; and if he will make a statement. (203275) 104 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the viability of the UN-brokered ceasefire in Hudaydah in Yemen and the Stockholm Agreement. (203279) 105 Ged Killen (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will seek discussions with his Israeli counterpart on the Israeli Government's decision to restrict the ability of the Palestinian Ministry of Health to import vaccines. (203455)
13 106 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of his Department paying the 65 application fee for settled or pre-settled status for EU nationals (a) employed by and (b) working as an outsourced worker in his Department; what estimate he has made of the total cost to his Department of paying those fees; and what assessment he has made of the risks that the EU Settlement Scheme poses to the retention of EU nationals (i) employed by or (ii) working as an outsourced worker in his Department. (203247) 107 Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken return the UK lawyer delegation to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories to assess the military detention of Palestinian children in the absence of an offer by the Israeli Government to facilitate that contact. (203254) 108 Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of Palestinian children subjected to military detention in the last five years. (203255) 109 Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on the Government of Israel (a) ending forcible transfer in its planning policies and (b) amending planning legislation to ensure planning and construction rights for Palestinian residents in the West Bank and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. (203256) 110 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on China s environmental record and meeting carbon emission targets. (203320) 111 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with officials of the Chinese Government on recent reports of British citizens fleeing from China. (203321) 112 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many referrals have been made to the pro-bono medical panel in cases of torture or ill-treatment in each year since 2010. (203350) 113 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many referrals have been made to the pro bono legal panel in relation to cases of serious human rights violations since 2010. (203351) 114 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure consular rights of UK citizens detained abroad in accordance with the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. (203352)
14 Published: Wednesday 19 December 2018 115 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many reports of allegations of (a) torture and (b) ill treatment his Department has received from UK citizens overseas in each year since 2010. (203353) 116 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to ensure compliance with the ceasefire agreed for Yemen at the Stockholm peace talks. [R] (203241) 117 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the timeframe is for the next round of peace talks on Yemen. [R] (203242) 118 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he will take to ensure that safeguards are in place under EU Settlement Scheme to protect victims of domestic abuse. (203379) 119 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional support will be made available to people who cannot afford the EU Settlement Scheme application fee. (203380) 120 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provisions will be available to dual EU-UK nationals to ensure that they are able to sponsor eligible family members through the EU Settlement Scheme. (203382) 121 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the potential additional cost of policing the Northern Irish border in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (203214) 122 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Post Grant Appointment Service in ensuring that refugees are able to access the welfare system following a decision to grant asylum. (203323) 123 Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding from the public purse his Department has allocated to the National Crime Agency's Modern Slavery Human Trafficking Unit. (203394) 124 Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of recent reductions in police numbers on police forces' responses to domestic violence. (203395) 125 Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has plans for police forces to impose leave embargoes as a result of the Government's decision to implement fully planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (203404)
15 126 Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions his Department has had with the National Police Chiefs Council on implementing Operation Stack for each port in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and what estimate he has had made of the number of police personnel required for that eventuality. (203405) 127 Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions his Department has had with the NPCC on the deployment of soldiers in the event of no deal being reached for the UK leaving the EU. (203407) 128 Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions his Department has had with the National Police Coordination Centre on the capacity of the police service in Gibraltar to manage border security in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (203410) 129 Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional officers will be allocated to the National Police Chiefs Council's Brexit contingency planning team as a result of the decision to implement fully planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (203411) 130 Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has for alternative arrangements for (a) Schengen Information System II, (b) European Arrest Warrant, (c) European Criminal Records Information System, (d) Europol, (e) Eurojust and (f) European Investigation Orders in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (203414) 131 Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Minister of State for Immigration plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Tottenham dated 14 November 2018. (203222) 132 Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many re-documentation interviews were scheduled to take place on 4 December 2018 for each nationality of interviewee. (203223) 133 Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many re-documentation interviews have been conducted in each of the past 12 months for each nationality of interviewee. (203224) 134 Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria his Department uses to decide on the eligibility for a re-documentation interview. (203225) 135 Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many re-documentation interviews have taken place for Zimbabwean citizens in each of the last 12 months. (203226) 136 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of his Department paying the 65 application fee for settled or pre-settled status for
16 Published: Wednesday 19 December 2018 EU nationals (a) employed by and (b) working as an outsourced worker in his Department; what estimate he has made of the total cost to his Department of paying those fees; and what assessment he has made of the risks that the EU Settlement Scheme poses to the retention of EU nationals (i) employed by or (ii) working as an outsourced worker in his Department. (203246) 137 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) precedent and (b) approval process was for the commissioning of Sir Alex Allan to conduct an independent review of the support provided by Home Office officials to the then Home Secretary, Amber Rudd (i) before, (ii) during and (iii) after the Home Affairs Select Committee oral evidence session on 25 April. (203452) 138 Christina Rees (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will ensure that the UK Government fully funds police pension cost increases in (a) 2020 and (b) after. (203364) 139 Christina Rees (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that police budgets are adequate in the forthcoming comprehensive spending review. (203365) 140 Christina Rees (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will ensure that Cardiff is allocated a level of funding which is adequate for the policing of a capital city and a seat of government. (203367) 141 Christina Rees (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he is taking steps to enable police forces in Wales to access funding from the apprenticeship levy; and if he will make a statement. (203370) 142 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether plans his Department has plans to increase the number of police officers after the UK leaves the EU. (203267) 143 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to reduce knife crime. (203268) 144 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to combat youth antisocial behaviour. (203269) 145 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support to gain employment is available for asylum-seekers. (203243) 146 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice over the rights of EU citizens will end. (203244)
17 147 Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what requests his Department has received from other Government Departments for the use of service personnel as part of (a) the Modernising Defence Programme and (b) other programmes to improve the resilience and defence of the UK; and if he will make a statement. (203259) 148 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of his Department paying the 65 application fee for settled or pre-settled status for EU nationals (a) employed by and (b) working as an outsourced worker in his Department; what estimate he has made of the total cost to his Department of paying those fees; and what assessment he has made of the risks that the EU Settlement Scheme poses to the retention of EU nationals (i) employed by or (ii) working as an outsourced worker in his Department. (203249) 149 Johnny Mercer (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the work of the Medical Defence Services with the Royal College of Psychiatrists Choose Psychiatry campaign to encourage more junior doctors to start a career as a military psychiatrist. (203401) 150 Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to protect homeless women that have suffered domestic violence. (203396) 151 John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent on loan funding for estate regeneration since 2010. (203237) 152 Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, to which budgets of local authorities can the New Homes Bonus be allocated. (203427) 153 Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the New Homes Bonus can be used for day to day local government service revenue spending. (203428) 154 Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the New Homes Bonus can be used for local authority general revenue budget expenditure. (203429) 155 Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many lower-tier local authorities use the New Homes Bonus for revenue spending. (203430) 156 Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any advice and guidance has been issued to local authorities on how the New Homes Bonus can be used. (203431)
18 Published: Wednesday 19 December 2018 157 Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 11 of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation consultation document published in September 2015, what the fourth central London site was that had been subject to discussions. [R] (203297) 158 Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the property was in Millbank that was offered to the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation as a site for the Holocaust Learning Centre in late 2016; and for what reasons the offer was not taken up. [R] (203298) 159 Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Answer of October 2017 to Question 106036, if he will place in the Library a list of (a) the almost 50 sites considered for the UK Holocaust Memorial and (b) the dates on which each of those sites was proposed to the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation. [R] (203299) 160 Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library the minutes of UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation meetings; and for what reason those minutes have not been published to date. [R] (203300) 161 Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Answer of 6 November 2017 to Question 111730, on what date the Government announced that it had decided that the Holocaust Learning Centre would be co-located in Victoria Tower Gardens with the Holocaust Memorial; and what form that announcement took. [R] (203301) 162 Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect of the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre on the trees in Victoria Tower Gardens. [R] (203302) 163 Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what role the Royal Parks will have in the selection of the design of the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre to be put forward for planning permission. [R] (203303) 164 Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which body will have responsibility for maintaining the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre once it is built. [R] (203304) 165 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of his Department paying the 65 application fee for settled or pre-settled status for EU nationals (a) employed by and (b) working as an outsourced worker in his Department; what estimate he has made of the total
19 cost to his Department of paying those fees; and what assessment he has made of the risks that the EU Settlement Scheme poses to the retention of EU nationals (i) employed by or (ii) working as an outsourced worker in his Department. (203253) 166 Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2018 to Question 201700 on Letting Agents, whether the Section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 Technical Group discussed the threshold of 250 consultation limit for large developments with multiple apartments under one lease at those meetings. (203338) 167 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of his Department paying the 65 application fee for settled or pre-settled status for EU nationals (a) employed by and (b) working as an outsourced worker in his Department; what estimate he has made of the total cost to his Department of paying those fees; and what assessment he has made of the risks that the EU Settlement Scheme poses to the retention of EU nationals (i) employed by or (ii) working as an outsourced worker in his Department. (203250) 168 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will hold discussions with the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government on tackling reoffending rates amongst recently-released prisoners who are made homeless immediately on release. (203436) 169 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to prevent suicides in prison. (203265) 170 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to prevent illicit drugs being brought into prisons. (203266) 171 Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much money his Department spent on the (a) planning brief, (b) marketing and (c) tendering process for Hammersmith Magistrates Court. (203281) 172 Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what bids were received for the sale of Hammersmith Magistrates Court; and whether those bids were based on the planning brief recommending the site for residential use. (203282) 173 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, what assurances she sought from European leaders on continuing cooperation in matters of foreign policy at the recent European Council meeting. (203240) 174 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many non-disclosure agreements his Department has signed with banks advising the Government on preparations for the UK leaving the EU. (203384)