Questions Tabled on Tue 12 Mar 2019 · Questions tabled on Tuesday 12 March 2019 Includes questions...

Published: Wednesday 13 March 2019

Questions for Answer on Wednesday 13 March

Questions for Written Answer

1 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have been diagnosed with testicular cancer in the last 12 months. [Transferred] (230728)

2 Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the decision-making authority of Planning Inspectorate for the development of the AQUIND interconnector on the effectiveness of local democracy. [Transferred] (230919)

3 Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the evidential basis was for the decision to provide the Planning Inspectorate with decision-making powers for the development of the AQUIND interconnector. [Transferred] (230920)

4 Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether an interconnector development has taken place as a result of a decision by the Planning Inspectorate; and if he will make a statement. [Transferred] (230921)

5 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fines have been issued for littering in each of the last 10 years for which records are available. [Transferred] (230828)

Questions tabled on Tuesday 12 March 2019

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.

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Questions for Answer on Thursday 14 March


1 N Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) men and (b) women have died from anaphylaxis in each of the last five years. [Transferred] (230717)

2 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answers of 12 March 2019 to Question 229808 and Question 229809 on Energy: EU Law, whether Ofgem's licensing mechanisms to recover costs for a new REMIT system require energy suppliers to pay increased fees to Ofgem. (231524)

3 Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to help businesses create more highly skilled jobs in Yorkshire and the Humber. (231364)

4 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to increase the resources allocated to labour inspection and labour law enforcement. [Transferred] (230890)

5 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the trends in the level of access to superfast fibre broadband in Bristol West constituency; and what steps he is taking to improve access to that service in the constituency. (231517)

6 N helen hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of youth services and social services on reducing youth violence; and if he will make a statement. [Transferred] (230924)

7 N helen hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to provide additional funding and support to youth services and projects engaging with young people at risk of violence. [Transferred] (230926)

8 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of youth centres that have closed in England since 2010. [Transferred] (230800)

9 N Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the total reduction in central Government funding for youth services provided by local authorities in England since 2010. [Transferred] (230801)

10 Gillian Keegan (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of adding football to the PE curriculum for girls. (231571)

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11 Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's press release of 11 March 2019, Thousands of places created in new special free schools, to which local authorities that £365 million funding has been allocated. (231396)

12 Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's press release of 11 March 2019, Thousands of places created in new special free schools, what criteria was used to determine those local authorities selected to receive new special free schools. (231397)

13 Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): o ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's press release of 11 March 2019, Thousands of places created in new special free schools, where in the South West he plans for those new special free schools providing 500 new places to be located. (231398)

14 Angela rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of schools in England that are not teaching a full school week. (231495)

15 Angela rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department issues to schools on the length of the standard school week. (231496)

16 Angela rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received from (a) head teachers, (b) local authorities and (c) parents on reductions in school hours. (231498)

17 Angela rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to revise Building Bulletin 100: Design for Fire Safety in Schools. (231499)

18 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional funding for staff (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have received from EU exit funding. (231395)

19 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria his Department uses to classify wood-burning stoves as a smoke exempt appliance. (231514)

20 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many bovine tuberculosis (a) new herd incidents and (b) officially free status withdrawn cases the were in the (i) Gloucestershire 01, (ii) Somerset 02 and (iii) Dorset 03 badger cull areas in each calendar years from 2010 to 2018. (231354)

21 caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to ensure the continued recognition by the EU and other world markets of organic standards of exports by UK-based


producers and suppliers in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal; and whether compensation will be made available in the event that recognition is interrupted. (231422)

22 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require commercial fishing enterprises to carry identification marks on their (a) nets, (b) gear and (c) ancillary equipment in UK waters. (231437)

23 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional funding for staff (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have received allocated expenditure in respect of the UK leaving the EU. (231377)

24 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the effect of toxic fumes from shipping. (231391)

25 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to take further steps to deter dog smuggling into the UK. (231392)

26 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's policy is on American food standards in relation to a UK-US trade deal after the UK leaves the EU. (231394)

27 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate he has made of the amount the UK would pay to the EU in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (231383)

28 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect maintaining regulatory alignment and the Common External Tariff with the EU on the work of the Department for International Trade. (231387)

29 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to help the Government of Tanzania to host 335,000 refugees. (231385)

30 Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of foreign direct investment in the UK tech sector. (231362)

31 Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps he has taken to prepare companies that trade with countries under EU free trade agreements (FTA) where the provisions of those FTAs have not been replicated. (231476)


32 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of (a) continuous glucose monitor sensors and (b) flash glucose monitoring to (i) assess glucose levels and (ii) validate a diabetic’s fitness to drive. (231523)

33 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to implement the recommendations in the document entitled, Blue Badge consultation: summary of responses and government response, published on 29 July 2018. (231515)

34 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to the answer of 18 January 2019 to Question 207270 on Cycleways, what representations he has received on commencing provisions in Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 to allow local authorities in England outside London to enforce moving traffic offences, and if he will make a statement. (231518)

35 Lesley Laird (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will extend the scope of EU Regulation 598/2014 relating to noise-related operating restrictions at Scottish Airports to include management of aircraft noise for communities who are not currently within the area of the proposed competent authorities but who are badly affected by noise from the two main Scottish airports. (231562)

36 Tony Lloyd (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the penalties are for train operators who fail to provide the level of service they are contracted to deliver; what compensation is available to passengers of Northern Rail affected by poor services; what steps he is taking to improve the provision of rail services for people in Rochdale affected by current poor service; and if current operators are unable to fulfil their contractual obligations whether he will withdraw their franchise. (231366)

37 Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Government’s Inclusive Transport Strategy published in July 2018, what progress he has made towards the target of making the UK’s transport network fully inclusive by 2030; what his policy is on the inclusion of people with dementia on the UK's transport network; and if he will make a statement. (231434)

38 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will made an assessment of trends in the level of (a) bullying and (b) harassment of people with autism in the workplace. (231511)

39 N Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report entitled, The Disability Price Tag 2019, published by Scope in February 2019, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that all families with disabled children receive adequate support under universal credit to help meet additional costs. [Transferred] (230652)


40 Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, from which of her Department's budgets funding to rectify underpayments of employment and support allowance is being drawn. (231501)

41 Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of personal independence payment tribunal cases were attended by (a) presenting officers and (b) departmental staff in each year for which information is available. (231468)

42 Jonathan reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department's policy is on entitlement to child tax credits once a dependent in full-time education turns 19 years old. (231457)

43 Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the British Ophthalmological Surveillance Unit report of February 2017 on sight loss caused by delayed or cancelled hospital appointments, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the Government's Green Paper on prevention includes measures to tackle changes in the incidence of eye disease. (231351)

44 Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Care Quality Commission report on medical services for homeless citizens in Birmingham published in October 2018, when he plans to re-tender the service; and if if he will lay a copy of the specification for this service in the Library. (231371)

45 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the PACE trial of therapies on reducing the effects of (a) myalgic encephalomyelitis and (b) chronic fatigue syndrome. (231512)

46 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to allocate funding for the ten-year review of progress on reducing health inequalities since the publication of the report entitled Fair Society, Healthy Lives, published by Michael Marmot. (231513)

47 chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to encourage portion control in food and soft drinks. (231438)

48 chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a maximum portion size for soft drinks. (231439)

49 chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to promote greater consumer awareness on the importance of portion control in food and beverages. (231440)


50 Gillian Keegan (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support young people with eating disorders transferring from children's to adult care services. (231568)

51 Gillian Keegan (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what engagement his Department has had with the eating disorder charity Beats. (231569)

52 Gillian Keegan (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the difference in (a) treatments available and (b) waiting times between adult and children's services for patients with eating disorders. (231570)

53 caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2019 to Question 226647 on Medical Treatments, from which budget would an increase to the list price of a branded medicine be met in the event that his Department agreed such an increase. (231424)

54 Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings of the February 2019 National Aids Trust report, Drug-related Deaths in England, what steps his Department is taking to ensure adequate provision of naloxone for those at risk of overdose. (231551)

55 Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Aids Trust report of 5 February 2019, Drug-related deaths in England, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national naloxone programme. (231552)

56 Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of drug consumption rooms on (a) providing people with harm reduction information and advice and (b) supporting people to engage with a structured drug treatment. (231554)

57 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional funding for staff (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have received from EU exit funding. (231393)

58 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed NHS Tariff and its alignment with the commitments set out in the NHS 10 Point Efficiency Plan on reducing infection rates in hospitals in the field of ophthalmology. (231465)

59 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the Government has made on (a) efficiency and (b) productivity in in relation to infection rates in hospitals; and if he will make a statement. (231466)


60 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many procedures for glaucoma were undertaken alongside cataract treatment in the last year; and whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of that combined treatment. (231467)

61 Angela crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to help tackle human rights abuses in Tibet. (231520)

62 Angela crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to his counterpart in China on allowing independent human rights observers into Tibet; and if he will make a statement. (231521)

63 Angela crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to his counterpart in China on respecting Tibetans' rights to freedom of expression; and if he will make a statement. (231522)

64 chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Chinese counterpart on forced live organ harvesting in China. (231450)

65 chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of persecution of people who practise Falun Gong in China. (231451)

66 chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Chinese counterpart on the reported targeting of (a) Uighur Muslims, (b) Christians, (c) people who practise Falun Gong and (d) Tibetans for live organ harvesting in China. (231452)

67 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government plans to use the Outer Islands of the Chagos Archipelago for defence purposes. (231378)

68 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking with his counterpart in the US Administration on the denuclearisation of North Korea. (231381)

69 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to deepen ties with Commonwealth states after the UK leaves the EU. (231382)

70 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he is making to his Iraqi counterpart on the persecution of Christians in that country. (231463)


71 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to bring those responsible for the persecution of Hazara people to justice. (231464)

72 Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the proportion of migrant detainees who were trafficked to the UK in each of the last five years. (231363)

73 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that people arriving in the UK on a refugee family reunion visa receive a Biometric Residence Permit that contains their National Insurance number. (231516)

74 chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals who have described themselves as transgender when seeking asylum to the UK have been refused asylum since 2015. (231447)

75 chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) gay, lesbian or bisexual and (b) transgender asylum seekers have been deported from the UK since 2015. (231448)

76 chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who described themselves as gay, lesbian or bisexual when seeking asylum in the UK have been refused asylum on the grounds that there is not enough evidence to prove that they are gay, lesbian or bisexual since 2015. (231449)

77 Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2019 to Question 226712 on Travellers: Caravan Sites, what steps his Department is taking to gather evidence for its review into how to criminalise the act of trespassing when setting up an unauthorised encampment; and what engagement is taking place between officials of his Department and members of the Gypsy and Traveller communities. (231459)

78 Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of people under the age of 18 being prosecuted for possession of a knife (a) Wansbeck constituency, (b) the North East and (c) the UK since 2010. (231469)

79 Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on tackling knife crime in each year since 2010. (231470)

80 Steve Mccabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress his Department has made in negotiations with Apple on the scanning of documents and passports on Apple mobile devices for non-UK EU citizens seeking to apply to remain in the UK after the UK has left the EU. (231355)


81 Neil O'Brien (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to reduce illegal immigration since 2010. (231564)

82 Neil O'Brien (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library all impact assessments his Department has made of changes to the immigration system since 2010. (231565)

83 Neil O'Brien (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the changes to the immigration system in each year since 2010 that increased net immigration. (231566)

84 Neil O'Brien (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the changes to the immigration system in each year since 2010 that reduced net immigration. (231567)

85 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to review the UK Visas and Immigration guidelines on English language testing for English-speaking Commonwealth countries. (231380)

86 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Metropolitan Police on the effect on police performance of the tri-borough merger in Havering. (231384)

87 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on the number of incidents involving firearms in the London Borough of Havering in the last five years. (231386)

88 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made an assessment of the possible merits of implementing Scotland's Violence Reduction Unit strategy in London in order to tackle knife crime. (231389)

89 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on the number of incidents involving armed burglary in the London Borough of Havering in the last five years. (231390)

90 Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for developing Weeton Barracks into HQ North West as part of the 2016 Strategic Defence Estate Review. (231436)

91 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his department has made of the benefit to the public purse of the outsourcing deal with Capita for military recruiting and associated IT systems. (231388)

92 N Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 5.16 of the Budget 2018 Red Book, what proportion of the £410 million for adult and children's social care will be allocated to Wirral Council. [Transferred] (230647)


93 Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to support the Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia-friendly communities programme. (231435)

94 richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a list of the private-sector providers which submitted an expression of interest in his Department’s Framework Agreement for the provision of prison operator services in England and Wales. (231526)

95 richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons currently designated as resettlement prisons are operated by the private sector. (231528)

96 richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which privately operated prison the approach of the use of a voluntary sector co-ordinator was developed and evaluated. (231530)

97 richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what changes private prison operators have requested to make to their training programmes for new prison officers since 2010. (231532)

98 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of total previous offences relating to drugs was that a person committed before being given an immediate custodial sentence for that offence in each of the last three years. (231412)

99 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of total previous offences for criminal damage was that a person committed before being given an immediate custodial sentence for that offence in each of the last three years. (231413)

100 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of total previous offences for breach of an anti-social behaviour order or criminal behaviour order was that a person committed before being given an immediate custodial sentence for that offence in each of the last three years. (231414)

101 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of total previous offences for fraud was that a person committed before being given an immediate custodial sentence for that offence in each of the last three years. (231415)

102 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of total previous offences for vehicle taking was that a person committed before being given an immediate custodial sentence for that offence in each of the last three years. (231416)

103 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which offences had been committed by (a) male and (b) female offenders sentenced to immediate custody of up to six months who had not received a previous community order in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016 and (iii) 2017. (231417)


104 chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people in prison serving a custodial sentences of less than 6 months had previously served a short prison sentence of less than 6 months. (231441)

105 chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number was of previous prison sentences of less than 6 months served by people currently in prison for (a) less than 6 months and (b) less than 12 months. (231442)

106 chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the most recent quarterly reoffending rate is for (a) men and (b) women serving less than 6 months in prison. (231443)

107 chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people serving a prison sentence of less than six months have been assessed as having a mental health need in each of the last five years. (231444)

108 chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is to access an accredited drug treatment programme in prison. (231445)

109 chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how long it takes on average to deliver an accredited drug treatment programme in prison. (231446)

110 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many chartered accountants his Department currently employs. (231410)

111 John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the interest rate charged by HMRC is on back taxes incurred through reassessment of loan charge schemes. (231361)

112 Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2018 to Question 217546, on Down's Syndrome, what plans she has to address the effect of her Department's description of Down's Syndrome as an abnormality on (a) individuals with Down's Syndrome who read or hear that description and (b) familities who read or hear that description of a member of their family either before or after birth. (231430)

113 Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, following the Answer to 18 February 2019 to Question 217546 on Down's Syndrome: Abortion, what steps the Government Equalities Office is taking to ensure that women have a complete picture of all the options available to them. (231431)

114 Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what research her Department has conducted on life for people with Down's Syndrome in the 21st century. (231432)

115 Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2019 to Question 217546, on Down's Syndrome, what research her Department has conducted on the effect of screening for (a) sickle cell anaemia and (b) gene-linked deafness on individuals and families who live with those conditions. (231433)


Questions for Answer on Friday 15 March


1 N helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Joint Funds Unit will (a) conduct and (b) publish regular reviews of Conflict, Security and Stability Fund programmes for which information is not publicly available. (231399)

2 N Mr Steve reed (Croydon North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's budget for communications was in each of the last three years for which data is available. (231478)

3 N Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many new Post Office branch franchise opportunities are available in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland. and (d) each region of England. (231519)

4 N Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department will be taking to respond to Lord Tyrie's recommendations on the future role of the Competition and Markets Authority; and what the timetable is for the implementation of that response. (231536)

5 N rebecca Long Bailey (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he last discussed national minimum wage compliance and enforcement in the (a) shipping industry and (b) offshore energy sector with officials of the HMRC National Minimum Wage Enforcement Team. (231505)

6 N Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his oral contribution of 6 March 2019, Official Report, column 994, on the Swedish derogation, what representations he has received on the timing of the abolition of the Swedish derogation; and when he plans to respond to those representations. (231538)

7 N Mr Jim cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his department has made of the adequacy of the current regulations on IGCSEs, and if he will make a statement. (231357)

8 N Mr Jim cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the level of gender-based pay inequality in the education sector in each year since 2010. (231358)


9 N Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of changes in the level of take-up of the pupil premium in each year since 2015, and what assessment his Department has made of the causes for such changes in the level of take-up. (231556)

10 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints he has received on the use of restraint in specialist schools in each of the last five years. (231483)

11 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education of 11 March 2019, Official Report, column 12 on Support for Pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, what are the terms of reference of the root and branch review of restraint his Department is undertaking with the Department for Health and Social Care; and what plans he has to consult with (a) children, (b) parents and (c) representatives of interested organisations as part of that review. (231485)

12 N Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the written answer of 8 February 2018 to Question 126694 on Schools: Fire Extinguishers, whether his Department has completed the further work that will enable him to provide figures on sprinklers fitted in all schools delivered centrally by the Education and Skills Funding Agency. (231539)

13 N Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new school buildings have been built in phase one of the Priority Schools Building Programme. (231541)

14 N Jess Phillips (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of schools in England operating on reduced hours by (a) closing schools on one day a week and (b) shortening the normal school day. (231503)

15 N Jess Phillips (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his department has made of the number of schools in England (a) have or (b) are planning to close their resource base provision for children with special educational needs. (231504)

16 N Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place in the Library a copy of correspondence in the last year between Ofqual and universities on International GCSEs. (231477)

17 N Angela rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the oral contribution of 11 March 2019, Official Report, column 20, by the Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation on the European University Institute (EUI), what the evidential basis is for the Minister's statement that the UK cannot be a member of the EUI if it is not an EU member state. (231491)


18 N Angela rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of schools are rated (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) requires Improvement and (d) inadequate by Ofsted in each decile of income deprivation in which the school is located in each region. (231492)

19 N Angela rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of schools are rated (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) requires Improvement and (d) Inadequate by Ofsted, in each region of the country, by decile of the proportion of pupils in the school eligible for and claiming free school meals. (231493)

20 N Angela rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of school buildings with flammable cladding. (231497)

21 N Mary creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the debate of 25 February 2019, on Exiting the European Union (Consumer Protection) motion debate, Official Report column 75, what progress has been made on setting up the IT system intended to support the establishment of UK REACH. (231418)

22 N Mr Jim cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of deaths that can be attributed to poor air quality in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK in each year since 2010. (231360)

23 N Tony Lloyd (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the value of blanket bog peat lands to (a) carbon sequestration and (b) flood prevention. (231367)

24 N chris ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made on the effect on the supply chains of coeliac produce of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (231369)

25 N Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2019 to Question 224486 on Niger: Marie Stopes International (MSI), what assessment her Department has made of the validity of reports of Nigerien authorities enforcing the cessation of MSI abortion procedures at a number of their clinics. (231426)

26 N Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2019 to Question 221581, in which other countries in receipt of aid from the UK does the UK not provide funding to support the provision of abortion services. (231427)


27 N Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2019 to Question 224485 on the Alan Guttmacher Institute, in what year her Department most recently verified the accuracy of the illegal abortion statistics provided by the Guttmacher Institute; and what the outcome was of that most recent assessment. (231428)

28 N Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he plans to take to ensure that future trade deals do not require the NHS to outsource further services to private providers. (231421)

29 N catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether it is his policy to exclude contracts for the delivery of (a) NHS and social care services and (b) other public services from future trade negotiations after the UK leaves the EU. (231460)

30 N catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether it is the Government's policy to support future trade agreement which will reduce existing (a) consumer, (b) environmental and (c) animal welfare protections. (231461)

31 N catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether it is his policy to support the inclusion of investor-state dispute settlement-style measures in future trade agreements. (231462)

32 N Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will make it his Department's policy to exclude health services from all future trade agreements. (231559)

33 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which sites in the Llanelli constituency his Department has considered as a potential location for a new coastguard base. (231406)

34 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with representatives of (a) Carmarthenshire County Council and (b) the Welsh Government on the relocation of the Loughor Coastguard to Llanelli. (231407)

35 N Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of co-locating the Loughor Coastguard with (a) Llanelli Fire Station, (b) Wales Air Ambulance in Dafen and (c) any other co-location option within the Llanelli area. (231408)

36 N Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons tandem mobility scooters are prohibited from using public roads and footpaths; and if he will make a statement. (231372)

37 N Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to regulate UK-registered vehicles that display an EU flag on their number plates after the UK has left the EU; whether he plans to fine the owners of those vehicles; and if he will make a statement. (231373)


38 N Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of taxi licenses granted to drivers with criminal records in the last five years. (231453)

39 N Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that rules, regulations and standards do not diverge in quality between local taxi licensing authorities. (231454)

40 N Mohammad yasin (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to reinstate East Midland Train services to Bedford. (231537)

41 N Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of (a) personal independence payment and (b) disability living allowance were (i) entitled to the £10 Christmas bonus and (ii) received that Christmas bonus in 2018. (231471)

42 N Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have contacted her Department since 1 December 2018 on non-payment of the 2018 Christmas bonus. (231472)

43 N Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the oral contribution of the hon. Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth, Official Report column 969, how she plans to merge the personal independence payment and work capability assessment processes; who will take part in that merger; whether there will be (a) a pilot and (b) an independent evaluation of that merger; and who will provide that assessment service. (231473)

44 N Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the medical records of claimants will be made available automatically to her Department as part of the new digital system for social security assessments. (231474)

45 N Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to improve the (a) quality, (b) validity and (c) reliability of the (i) work capability and (ii) personal independence payment assessments. (231475)

46 N Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to improve information for (a) job seekers and (b) employees on the support available through Access to Work. (231374)

47 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the oral contribution of 4 March 2019 by the hon. Member for South Shields, Official Report, column 749, when she plans to make a statement on the Government's response to the Food Insecurity Bill. (231484)


48 N chris ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of claimant complaints relating to the late receipt of letters advising of appointments with health professionals which did not arrive in time to allow for claimants' attendance at such appointments in each year for which such data is available. (231368)

49 N Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was for a hearing for a claimant appealing a personal independence payment decision in Leeds in 2018. (231560)

50 N Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average wait is for personal independence payment claimants in Leeds to attend a tribunal hearing. (231561)

51 N Mr Paul Sweeney (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effect of the introduction of universal credit on disabled people. (231543)

52 N Mr Paul Sweeney (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of natural migration to universal credit on severely disabled people. (231544)

53 N Mr Paul Sweeney (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the cumulative impact of social security changes from 2010 on disabled people. (231545)

54 N Mr Paul Sweeney (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of benefit (a) sanctions and (b) conditionality on disabled people. (231546)

55 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of universal credit claimants have verified their identity face-to-face in a jobcentre in each year for which information is available. (231352)

56 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what methods universal credit claimants can use to confirm their identity other than face-to-face at a jobcentre or using GOV.UK Verify. (231353)

57 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of leaving the EU without a deal on the supply of medicine for juvenile idiopathic arthritis. (231455)

58 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2019 on the NHS England Commissioning Framework for Biological Medicines in relation to changes in medicine without prior consultation with a patient. (231456)


59 N Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 6 February 2019 and 26 February 2019 to Question 214478 on Foetuses: Surgery and Question 223137 on Abortion, which establish a variation in practice for some procedures in the womb for the administration of pain relief for unborn babies of 20 weeks, for what reasons there are such variations in practice; what steps he is taking to tackle such variations in practice; and if he will make a statement. (231425)

60 N Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on the number of NHS hospitals that offer non-invasive pregnancy testing onsite; and what steps are being taken to monitor the effect of that onsite provision on the birth rate of babies with Down's syndrome. (231429)

61 N Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the specifications of the Clinical Commissioning Group plans to improve medical services for homeless citizens in Birmingham; and if he will make a statement. (231370)

62 N Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what engagement with (a) patients, (b) the public and (c) other stakeholders NHS England undertook for the second phase of tendering PET-CT services across England. (231557)

63 N Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England consulted (a) MPs, (b) cancer charities (c) doctors' groups and (d) cancer specialists during the second phase of the PET-CT services tendering process throughout England; and how many people were consulted during that process. (231558)

64 N Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress is being made towards standardised training for doctors and health professionals on eating disorders. (231375)

65 N caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2019 to Question 226647 on Medical Treatments, whether suppliers have confirmed that they plans in place to air freight short shelf-life medicines, including medical radioisotopes, to avoid any border delays that may arise in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. (231423)

66 N Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the UK Government has accepted responsibility for the contaiminated blood products that were imported from the US during the 1970s and 1980s that caused some people in the UK to be infected with both HIV and Hepatitis. (231547)


67 N Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the support provided to people through the England Infected Blood Support Scheme. (231548)

68 N Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will legislate for the mandatory provision by local authorities of treatment for drug misuse. (231550)

69 N Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will support the provision of heroin-assisted treatment services throughout England. (231553)

70 N Mr Jim cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of countries breaking UN sanctions regarding North Korea; and if he will make a statement. (231356)

71 N Mr Jim cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Democratic Republic of Congo on their response to the violent clashes in Yumbi territory in December 2018. (231359)

72 N Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterpart in Iran on the sentencing of Nasrin Sotoudeh. (231542)

73 N helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 11 February 2019 to Question 216183 on Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Buildings, what his Department's rationale is for owning two properties with an asset value of over £5 million in Accra. (231400)

74 N helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 11 February 2019 to Question 216183 on Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Buildings, what his Department's rationale is for owning two properties with an asset value of over £5 million in Belgrade. (231401)

75 N helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 4 July 2018 to Question 157685 on South Sudan: Sanctions, whether the power to issue sanctions under the Magnitsky clauses contained in the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 would come into force (a0 on the day the UK leaves the EU or (b) at the end of a transitional period. (231402)

76 N Naz Shah (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on whether Uighur Muslims in Chinese camps have been denied their basic human rights. (231509)


77 N Naz Shah (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has received on the welfare of Uigher Muslims being held in internment camps in China. (231510)

78 N Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2019 to Question 222793 on applications for looked-after children through the EU Settlement Scheme, how many of the 19 applications made on behalf of looked-after children were made by (a) local authorities and (b) supporting organisations. (231405)

79 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the time taken for each Emergency Travel Document application to be secured for a person in immigration detention for each of the last five years. (231563)

80 N Gerald Jones (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2019 to Question 220113 on Warships: Procurement, whether He plans to classify the Littoral Strike Ship as a warship. (231534)

81 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2017 to Question 2035 on Ascension Island: Airports, whether a timetable of works has been agreed with the US Department of Defense and the US Department of State on their plans for interim repair work and a full surface resurfacing programme of Wideawake airfield on Ascension Island. (231376)

82 N ruth Smeeth (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the grounding of Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, whether he has made a risk assessment of the award of the AWACS contract to Boeing for the provision of the E-7 wedgetail. (231535)

83 N Mr clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2019 to 228561 on Housing: Construction, whether any local authorities in the Sheffield City Region will be eligible for funding under each of those proposals. (231365)

84 N Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many looked after children there were in each local authority in England in each of the last 10 years. (231419)

85 N Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many looked-after children there were in Cumbria in each of the last ten years. (231420)


86 N Mr Steve reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will set out where in the building regulations or guidance issued by his Department before the Grenfell Tower fire it was made clear that the limited combustibility requirements in the guidance covered the core filler of a cladding panel. (231479)

87 N Mr Steve reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made a recent assessment of the effect on levels of building safety of private building control companies providing other building-related services on construction projects which they sign off as safe. (231480)

88 N Mr Steve reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department has made any assessment of the impact of the part-privatisation of building control on fire safety in residential buildings. (231481)

89 N Mr Steve reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2019 to Question 229147 on Buildings: Insulation, whether his Department plans to test standard class High-Pressure Laminate panels or fire-retardant High-Pressure Laminate panels. (231482)

90 N Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress he is making in his plans to enable more people to have longer tenancies than the typical six months which is generally offered. (231404)

91 N richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many expressions of interest his Department received from private-sector providers in the Framework Agreement for the provision of prison operator services in England and Wales. (231525)

92 N richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the library a copy of the Prison Operator Services Framework Competition document. (231527)

93 N richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many privately operated prisons have a regime management plan in place. (231529)

94 N richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what changes HMPPS has made to the training programme for new prison officers in privately operated prisons since 2010. (231531)

95 N richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the total spend on legal representation for police (a) forces and (b) staff at inquests on people who have died as a result of police contact. (231533)


96 N Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of women in prison on a sentence of imprisonment for public protection that have children. (231458)

97 N Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted for causing serious injury by dangerous driving in each of the last five calendar years. (231486)

98 N Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of causing serious injury by dangerous driving in each of the last five calendar years. (231487)

99 N Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of causing serious injury by dangerous driving received a suspended sentence in each of the last five calendar years. (231488)

100 N Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average prison sentence given to people jailed for causing serious injury by dangerous driving was in each of the last five calendar years. (231489)

101 N Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of causing serious injury by dangerous driving received the maximum five year jail sentence in each of the last five calendar years. (231490)

102 N Neil coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the HMRC's helpline established to help advise people affected by the introduction of the loan charge. (231502)

103 N Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2019 to Question 228762 on Revenue and Customs: Staff, how many staff were employed in HMRC's Operational Appeals and Reviews Units in each year since 2010. (231508)

104 N helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the legal basis was for the Bank of England’s decision to freeze approximately 1125 gold bars stored by the Venezuelan central bank in November 2018. (231403)

105 N Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Financial Conduct Authority in protecting people transferring out of pensions schemes. [Transferred] (231500)

106 N rebecca Long Bailey (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many third party complaints of non-payment of the national minimum wage were received by the HMRC National Minimum Wage Enforcement Team in each calendar year since 2015. (231506)


107 N rebecca Long Bailey (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the HMRC National Minimum Wage Enforcement Team has taken to promote national minimum wage compliance in the (a) shipping and (b) offshore energy industries in each calendar year since 2015. (231507)

108 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff have been seconded from HMRC to other Government departments (a) since June 2016, (b) in the last 12 months and (c) in the last six months. (231555)

109 N Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress has been made on resolving the dispute between HMRC and the Roadchef Employee Benefits Trust; and if he will publish a Written Statement on that matter after the meeting that will be held between those parties on 27 March 2019. (231409)

110 N Angela rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of 5 March 2019 of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Official Report column 804, what the evidential basis is for her statement that the Government is increasing school funding in real terms per pupil. (231494)

111 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to design and mint a £1 coin celebrating the heritage of the Falklands as part of the new pound coin roll-out to British overseas territories. (231379)

112 N Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to increase the number of women who work in the (a) tech and (b) ICT sectors. (231549)

Questions for Answer on Monday 18 March

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

1 Bob Blackman (Harrow East): What comparative assessment her Department has made of the levels of financial support available through (a) universal credit and (b) the legacy system. (909829)

2 Mary robinson (Cheadle): What steps she has taken to ensure that universal credit is tailored to individual claimants’ needs. (909830)

3 huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle): What comparative assessment her Department has made of the levels of financial support available through (a) universal credit and (b) the legacy system. (909831)

4 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): What assessment her Department has made of the financial effect of universal credit on disabled people. (909832)


5 rosie cooper (West Lancashire): Which criteria her Department uses to decide whether people can make an application for universal credit by telephone. (909833)

6 Mr Philip hollobone (Kettering): How many people in Kettering constituency receive (a) personal independence payment, (b) employment and support allowance and (c) universal credit. (909834)

7 Mr ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire): What recent assessment her Department has made of the number of people in work in Hampshire. (909835)

8 Brendan O'hara (Argyll and Bute): What recent assessment she has made of the effect of her Department’s policies on levels of poverty. (909836)

9 heidi Allen (South Cambridgeshire): What assessment she has made of the effect of the five-week wait to receive universal credit on claimants' levels of debt. (909837)

10 Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): What assessment she has made of the financial effect of the benefit cap on claimants who are not required to undertake a work search. (909838)

11 Mr Laurence robertson (Tewkesbury): What steps she is taking to increase the income of older pensioners; and if she will make a statement. (909839)

12 Matt Warman (Boston and Skegness): What steps she has taken to ensure that universal credit is tailored to individual claimants’ needs. (909840)

13 helen hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): What assessment her Department has made of the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on the level of referrals to food banks. (909841)

14 Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): What assessment her Department has made of the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on the level of referrals to food banks. (909842)

15 chris ruane (Vale of Clwyd): What assessment she has made of the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on levels of homelessness. (909843)

16 royston Smith (Southampton, Itchen): What assessment the Government has made of trends in the level of employment since 2010. (909844)

17 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): What recent assessment her Department has made of the (a) accuracy and (b) efficiency of contracted-out health assessments for (i) employment and support allowance and (ii) personal independence payment. (909845)

18 Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): What assessment her Department has made of the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on the level of referrals to food banks. (909846)

19 Drew hendry (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): What recent assessment she has made of the effect of her Department’s policies on levels of poverty. (909847)

20 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): What assessment her Department has made of the effect of the introduction of universal credit on disabled people. (909848)


21 Will Quince (Colchester): What steps the Government is taking to support victims of domestic abuse through the welfare system. (909849)

22 Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw): What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the audits of health assessment reports used to determine personal independence payment claims. (909850)

23 Luke Graham (Ochil and South Perthshire): What comparative assessment her Department has made of the levels of financial support available through (a) universal credit and (b) the legacy system. (909851)

24 christian Matheson (City of Chester): What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the roll-out of universal credit. (909852)

25 Mr Paul Sweeney (Glasgow North East): What recent assessment her Department has made of the (a) accuracy and (b) efficiency of contracted-out health assessments for (i) employment and support allowance and (ii) personal independence payment. (909853)

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

T 1 Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. (909854)

T 2 Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): (909855)

T 3 rosie cooper (West Lancashire): (909856)

T 4 Mr Jim cunningham (Coventry South): (909857)

T 5 Stephen Timms (East Ham): (909858)

T 6 Drew hendry (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): (909859)

T 7 Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): (909860)

T 8 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): (909861)

T 9 Ms Marie rimmer (St Helens South and Whiston): (909862)

T 10 Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): [R] (909863)


Questions for Answer on Tuesday 19 March


1 N Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in phase two of the Priority Schools Building Programme have now been designed; and what proportion of those designs include sprinkler systems for fire safety. (231540)

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