questions tabled on mon 15 jun 2020 · business, energy and industrial strategy, what value...

Published: Tuesday 16 June 2020

Questions for Answer on Tuesday 16 June

Questions for Written Answer

1 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if final year healthcare students who worked in healthcare due to the covid-19 outbreak will have to repay their student loans for tuition fees accrued in that year. [Transferred] (59232)

2 Paul Girvan (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made by the Government on bringing forward legislative proposals to ban the import and export of hunting trophies. [Transferred] (59246)

3 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) make and (b) fuel type is of cars allocated to each Minister. [Transferred] (55716)

4 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Government Car Service departmental pool cars are allocated to each Department; and what the fuel type is of each car. [Transferred] (59185)

5 Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether British citizens stranded abroad during the covid-19 outbreak who would be eligible to receive universal credit in the UK can apply for universal credit from abroad. [Transferred] (59177)

Questions tabled on Monday 15 June 2020

Includes questions tabled on earlier days which have been transferred.

T Indicates a topical oral question. Members are selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.

† Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.

N Indicates a question for written answer on a named day under S.O. No. 22(4).

[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

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6 Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a British citizen returned to the UK after more than one month stranded abroad can be entitled to receive universal credit extended beyond the one month limit to include the period that person was unable to claim the benefit because they were not in-country. [Transferred] (59178)

7 N Fleur Anderson (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to seek justice for those patients who died prematurely at Gosport Hospital. [Transferred] (58813)

Questions for Answer on Wednesday 17 June


1 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Attorney General, how much energy her departmental buildings have used in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2020 to date. (59361)

2 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much energy his departmental buildings have used in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2020 to date. (59360)

3 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the decision was made, and by which Minister, to remove responses from the stakeholder and community engagement consultation process from Public Health England's Disparities in the risk and outcomes of covid-19 report. (59535)

4 Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government (a) practices and (b) encourages the public sector to practice name blind recruitment; and if he will make a statement. (59379)

5 N Zarah Sultana (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Schengen 90/180 rule is subject for negotiation with the EU. (59620)

6 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of companies that have not (a) complied with manufacturing contracts and (b) honoured the cost of orders made as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. (59465)

7 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will place in the Library a list of the workplace benefits that his Department provides to its staff with caring responsibilities. (59340)

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8 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much energy his departmental buildings have used in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2020 to date. (59348)

9 Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many post offices have been temporarily closed in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) each region of England since 1 April 2020. (59512)

10 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department's share of the Official Development Assistance budget will be reduced in the event of a decrease in GNI. (59558)

11 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is signing new funding agreements for projects funded by Official Development Assistance. (59559)

12 Jonathan Gullis (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will invite the ceramics sector to be part of one of the five Industrial Strategy Taskforces. (59640)

13 Jonathan Gullis (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to provide support to the ceramics industry to help that industry to decarbonise. (59641)

14 Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his Answer of 9 June 2020 to Question 51817 on Tidal Power: Swansea Bay, if he will set out the exact range of capital assumptions made by his Department, in British pounds, for the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon value for money assessment. (59409)

15 Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his Answer of 9 June 2020 to Question 51817 on Tidal Power: Swansea Bay, what range of hurdle rates, comparable to those more established renewable energy technologies, such as solar PV, onshore wind and large hydropower, were used for the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon value for money assessment. (59410)

16 Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason a 35-year contract for difference assumption was used for the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon value for money assessment when the project's estimated lifespan is 120 years. (59411)


17 Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what value assumptions his Department made in the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project value for money assessment for years 36 to 120 of the project's lifespan, beyond the life of the 35-year contract for difference assumption. (59412)

18 Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assumptions were made in the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project value for money assessment on the number of green jobs that would be created by the fleet of tidal lagoon projects, starting at Swansea Bay. (59413)

19 Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what research his Department has undertaken on the technical and regulatory requirements of replacing natural gas with hydrogen to help the UK meet its decarbonisation targets. (59330)

20 Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his Department’s policy is on mandating hydrogen ready boilers. (59331)

21 Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his Department’s policy is on hydrogen and biomethane blending with natural gas. (59332)

22 Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of a whole energy systems approach to reaching the UK’s decarbonisation targets. (59333)

23 Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the reports submitted to him by local authorities in 2019 under the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995. (59334)

24 Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to provide funding for energy efficiency projects highlighted in the reports submitted to him by local authorities in 2019 under the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995. (59335)

25 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library a list of the workplace benefits that his Department provides to its staff with caring responsibilities. (59341)

26 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much energy his departmental buildings have used in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2020 to date. (59349)


27 Kenny MacAskill (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with representatives from the Horserace Betting Levy Board on the (a) value of, (b) timeframe for applications to and (c) transparency of the Racing Relief Fund. (59618)

28 Stuart Anderson (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure that (a) children from disadvantaged families and (b) other children have adequate access to food during all school holidays. (59612)

29 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place in the Library a list of the workplace benefits that his Department provides to its staff with caring responsibilities. (59342)

30 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much energy his departmental buildings have used in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2020 to date. (59350)

31 Dr Luke Evans (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is his policy that all children will return to school at the start of the 2020-21 academic year. (59619)

32 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the criteria his Department plans to use for prioritising Official Development Assistance spending in the event of a decrease in GNI. (59566)

33 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department's share of the Official Development Assistance will be reduced in the event of a decrease in GNI. (59567)

34 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is signing new funding agreements for projects funded by Official Development Assistance. (59568)

35 Jonathan Gullis (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department is providing to vulnerable children in (a) Stoke-on-Trent and (b) Kidsgrove during the covid-19 outbreak. (59638)

36 Jonathan Gullis (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to protect children and young people online during the covid-19 outbreak. (59639)

37 Jonathan Gullis (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department has made on the Review of post-16 qualifications at level 3 and below in England. (59642)

38 Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support the Government is providing to students who are no longer occupying their accommodation but who are still being required to pay rent. (59373)


39 Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance the Government is giving landlords of student accommodation on collecting rent on unoccupied accommodation. (59374)

40 Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of covid-19 lockdown on the provision of financial education to primary school pupils by (a) teachers and (b) voluntary organisations. (59583)

41 Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools are able to offer free fruit and vegetables for children aged four to six, following the suspension of the School Fruit and Vegetable scheme in March and the reopening of schools on 1 June. (59547)

42 Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timeframe is for the reinstatement of funding for the national School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme. (59548)

43 Dame Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to respond to the letter of 7 April 2020 from the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North, on the University of Hull. (59391)

44 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of not extending the free school meals voucher scheme over the 2020 school summer holidays on foodbank usage. (59610)

45 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of school playing fields that have been sold in 2020. (59587)

46 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school head teachers in the state-funded sector identify as non-white. (59437)

47 Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to support the families of pupils on free school meals in Streatham constituency during the school summer holidays in 2020. (59614)

48 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued to schools and teachers on dealing with children refusing to abide by two metre social distancing requirements. (59589)

49 Edward Timpson (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the School Sport and Activity Action Plan published in 2019. (59404)

50 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an estimate of the amount of income lost by schools that usually raise funds through building lettings during the covid-19 outbreak. (59496)


51 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library a list of the workplace benefits that his Department provides to its staff with caring responsibilities. (59343)

52 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much energy his departmental buildings have used in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2020 to date. (59351)

53 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department's share of the Official Development Assistance budget will be reduced in the event of a decrease in GNI. (59564)

54 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is signing new funding agreements for projects funded by Official Development Assistance. (59565)

55 N Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of (a) the variety of food provided in food parcels to shielding individuals and (b) whether that variety can provide a well-balanced and nutritional diet. [Transferred] (59195)

56 Chris Loder (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers have received support from the Coronavirus Hardship Fund for Dairy Farmers. (59613)

57 Holly Mumby-Croft (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on implementing the recommendations of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee in its Ninth Report of Session 2017-19, Controlling Dangerous Dogs, HC 1040. (59647)

58 Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the effect on public health of the delays in (a) implementing local Clean Air Zones and (b) achieving compliance with legal limits on air pollution. (59439)

59 Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) Clean Air Zones and (b) other restrictions on the use of vehicles compared with other means of tackling illegal levels of air pollution. (59440)

60 Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) the response to the covid-19 outbreak does not delay the urgent steps required to tackle illegal levels of air pollution and protect people’s health and (b) local authorities deliver their air quality plans as soon as possible. (59441)


61 Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, under which statutes are users of small craft restricted from any Common Law rights to navigate freely the inland rivers of England and Wales. (59339)

62 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will place in the Library a list of the workplace benefits that her Department provides to its staff with caring responsibilities. (59344)

63 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department's share of the Official Development Assistance budget will be reduced in the event of a decrease in GNI. (59552)

64 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department is signing new funding agreements for projects funded by Official Development Assistance. (59553)

65 Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Caribbean Aid for Trade and Regional Integration Trust Fund in helping countries agree trade agreements with the European Union. (59402)

66 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is able to take to uphold the UK's global reputation as a reliable market as a result of UK companies reportedly ignoring contracts with suppliers in developing countries. (59466)

67 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will place in the Library a list of the workplace benefits that her Department provides to its staff with caring responsibilities. (59345)

68 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much energy her departmental buildings have used in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2020 to date. (59355)

69 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that the UK's trade facilitation programme with Brazil upholds internationally agreed climate commitments. (59569)

70 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that the UK’s Prosperity Fund programme in Brazil upholds the rights of indigenous communities living in the Amazon. (59570)

71 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she is making an assessment in addition to the UKEF environmental, social and health impact assessment of the implications for her policy on funding for the Category A Mozambique LNG project of (a) the correlation between gas


industry activity and the level of covid-19 cases, (b) attacks on local villages and increasing violence and instability in the region and (c) other human rights issues. (59527)

72 Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had on food safety and standards with her US counterpart during the UK-US trade negotiations. (59572)

73 Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there has been a review of the safety of air conditioning systems in commercial aircraft to reduce the risk of those systems spreading covid-19 among passengers. (59545)

74 Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made in developing an urgent package of financial support for coach travel businesses affected by the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement. (59592)

75 Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in response to the report by the Chair of the Task and Finish Group on Taxi and Private Vehicle Hire Licensing issues, published on 12 February 2019, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to enable national minimum standards in taxi licensing that would enable greater enforcement powers for licensing officers. (59615)

76 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much energy his departmental buildings have used in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2020 to date. (59354)

77 Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2020 to Question 49803 on hydrogen buses, what funding his Department has provided to increase the use of battery electric buses; and how many battery electric buses have been purchased through that funding. (59546)

78 Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the latest guidance is that his Department has issued to (a) driving instructors and (b) motoring schools on teaching non-key workers during the covid-19 outbreak; whether he plans to relax restrictions on that activity in the next month; and if he will make a statement. (59376)

79 Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of supporting the scrappage of older civil aircraft; and if he will make a statement. [R]

(59434)

80 N Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that the data required by his Department for analysis from rental electric scooter trials is provided by the operators participating in those trials. (59381)


81 Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2020 to Question 52100, who fulfils the role of HS2 independent inspector; when that appointment was made; what procurement method was used in making that appointment; and where the independent inspector's reports are published. (59504)

82 Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2020 to Question 52101, within what parameters are potential breaches of (a) wildlife and (b) environmental protection legislation investigated by HS2 Ltd. (59505)

83 Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2020 to Question 52101 on High Speed 2 Railway Line: Environment Protection, how many credible potential breaches of (a) wildlife and (b) environmental protection legislation have been recorded using HS2 Ltd's process of live recording and reporting of breaches. (59506)

84 John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who the members of the Jet Zero Council will be. (59367)

85 John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support the production of (a) electric bicycles and (b) scooters. (59368)

86 Alexander Stafford (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with sight loss can safely access public transport while covid-19 social distancing measures are in place. (59646)

87 Zarah Sultana (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) affordability and (b) quality of rail travel in (i) Coventry and (ii) the West Midlands. (59621)

88 N Mick Whitley (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what volume of international road freight has been moved on roll-on roll-off ferries from (a) Dover, (b) Hull, (c) Holyhead and (d) Liverpool ports in each month since 1 January 2020 to date. [Transferred] (59251)

89 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to restart (a) practical driving and (b) driving theory tests for all pupils. (59489)

90 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential level of safety of driving instructors wearing PPE (a) when checking pupils' facial expressions and reactions and (b) in other situations when teaching. (59490)

91 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with Pearson VUE on restarting driving theory tests in a socially distanced way. (59491)


92 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is seeking a refund from Pearson VUE for the non-delivery of driving tests as a result of its closure of test centres. (59492)

93 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will issue guidance on whether driving examiners should wear face coverings. (59493)

94 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on ensuring that the DVSA has effective procedures in place so that driving instructors are able to match refunds to pupils. (59494)

95 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the insurance sector on covering driving instructors for claims made in relation to accidents when the instructor was (a) wearing PPE and (b) had (i) installed a protective screen between themselves and their pupils and (ii) made other health protection modifications. (59495)

96 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for bereavement support payment were (a) made and (b) successful at the (i) higher and (ii) lower rate in each year since its introduction. (59648)

97 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid in bereavement support payments in each year since its introduction. (59649)

98 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many bereavement support payment decisions were (a) appealed and (b) overturned at appeal in each year since its introduction. (59650)

99 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many bereavement support payment claims were made more than three months after the related death, in each year since its introduction. (59346)

100 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for bereavement support payment were refused on the grounds that a co-habiting couple is not eligible, in each year since 2015. (59347)

101 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much energy her departmental buildings have used in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2020 to date. (59353)

102 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2020 to Question 47371, for what reasons personal independence payment (PIP) claimants whose award was made following an appeal to the First Tier Tribunal and was due to expire before 24


March were excluded from the policy of automatically extending PIP awards in line with her Department's press release entitled Coronavirus Update – Benefits reviews and reassessments suspended. (59517)

103 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2020 to Question 43084, how many requests for mandatory reconsideration of universal credit were completed by her Department in May 2020. (59518)

104 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2020 to Question 43084, how many requests for mandatory reconsideration of (a) employment support allowance and (b) personal independence payment were completed by her Department in (i) March, (ii) April and (iii) May 2020. (59519)

105 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy that existing disability living allowance recipients who are awarded a higher rate of Mobility or Daily Living after applying for personal independence payment (PIP) because their health has deteriorated are awarded those higher rates from the date of their PIP application. (59520)

106 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will place in the Library each internal memorandum circulated to Departmental staff in relation to applications and mandatory reconsiderations of personal independence payments since 1 March 2020. (59521)

107 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit mandatory reconsiderations were processed in 2019, by the main issue they related to. (59522)

108 N Zarah Sultana (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has for Local Housing Allowance (LHA) in the next Spending Review; whether she has plans to allocate additional funding to (a) mitigate the effect of the four-year freeze to LHA and (b) support renters facing financial difficulties as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. [Transferred] (59257)

109 Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government's response to the Prevention Green Paper consultation will include a commitment to placing a charge on tobacco companies to fund evidence-based tobacco control measures by (a) supporting smokers to quit and (b) reducing the uptake of smoking among young people. (59435)

110 Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department is making on the Government's target to achieve a smoke-free generation by 2030. (59436)

111 Paul Bristow (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to (a) ensure the safety of and (b) support pharmacists during the covid-19 outbreak. (59629)


112 Paul Bristow (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on enabling pharmacists to use their professional judgement to support patient access to appropriate treatment when a medicine is out of stock. (59630)

113 Paul Bristow (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to use community pharmacies to support future covid-19 treatment and vaccine programmes and help reduce pressures on GPs and hospitals. (59631)

114 Paul Bristow (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether hospice (a) staff and (b) patients are eligible for antibody testing for covid-19. (59632)

115 Paul Bristow (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which categories of health and social care providers are eligible for antibody testing for covid-19. (59633)

116 Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what equality impact assessment he has made of the suitability of standard size personal protective equipment for women; and if he will publish that assessment. (59616)

117 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much energy his departmental buildings have used in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2020 to date. (59352)

118 Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans health providers have put in place to restart outpatient clinics and protect visitors from covid-19; and what steps those providers are taking to communicate that information to patients. (59448)

119 Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies service providers offered telephone and video appointments in place of face-to-face appointments between 23 March and 15 June 2020. (59449)

120 Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure people with Parkinson's can access psychological therapies during the covid-19 outbreak. (59450)

121 Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has in place to ensure that mental health service providers are able to meet the demand for psychological services from people with Parkinson's who have not been able to access those services during the covid-19 outbreak. (59451)

122 Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has in place to ensure that people with Parkinson's who do not have access to a digital device and have symptoms of dysarthria are able to access psychological therapies during the covid-19 outbreak. (59452)


123 Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has in place to support (a) carers and (b) family members of people with Parkinson's experiencing distressing hallucinations during the covid-19 outbreak. (59453)

124 Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support he is providing to (a) carers and (b) family members of people with (i) Parkinson's dementia and (ii) dementia with Lewy bodies who are experiencing greater levels of agitation in response to living in lockdown during the covid-19 outbreak. (59454)

125 Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that medications for Parkinson's disease are (a) available during the covid-19 outbreak and (b) at the end of the transition period. (59457)

126 James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the R value is for the South West; if he will publish any localised variation in that R value; what estimate he has made of future trends in the R value for the South West; what assessment he has made of the cause of the recent increase in the South West R value; and if he will make a statement. (59365)

127 Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria his Department uses to assess the merits of the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme; and what recent assessment he has made of the effect on children of the suspension of that scheme since March 2020. (59549)

128 Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on the reinstatement of funding for the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme. (59550)

129 Dame Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter of 28 April 2020 from the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North, on student healthcare workers' student loans. (59392)

130 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish weekly regional R rate figures for covid-19. (59594)

131 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the SAGE advice that informed the decision to reopen shops in all regions on the 15 June 2020 during the covid-19 outbreak. (59595)

132 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment his Department has made of mortality rates between black and white women in childbirth. (59597)

133 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce mortality rates of black women in childbirth. (59598)


134 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the procurement process for the contract to operate covid-19 contact tracing services began; and if he will make a statement. (59599)

135 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish a contract award notice for the contract given to Serco to operate covid-19 contact tracing services. (59600)

136 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money his Department has spent on emergency contracts in respect of the covid-19 outbreak since the covid-19 lockdown began. (59601)

137 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department undertook a delivery model assessment to determine whether the private sector was best placed to operate test, track and trace services for covid-19. (59602)

138 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions officials in his Department have had with (a) NHS officials and (b) local authorities leaders prior to deciding to outsource the operation of covid-19 contact tracing to Serco. (59603)

139 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what procurement process his Department undertook prior to awarding the contract for operating covid-19 contact tracing services to Serco. (59604)

140 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons the contract for operating covid-19 contact tracing services was awarded to Serco. (59605)

141 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish the key performance indicators for the private contracts that have been awarded for the operation of the covid-19 testing and tracing services. (59606)

142 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will provide details of the performance of contracts for the operation of the covid-19 testing and tracing services with (a) Serco and (c) other private contractors. (59607)

143 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the scientific evidence on the effect of social distancing in reducing the risk of covid-19 contagion. (59514)

144 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much each of the NHS Nightingale hospitals cost to (a) create and (b) equip. (59588)


145 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the review published by Public Health England on 2 June 2020 entitled Disparities in the risk and outcomes of covid-19, if he will place in the Library the (a) annexe to that report and (b) responses received from the stakeholder and community engagement process. (59533)

146 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons responses from the stakeholders and community engagement consultation process were removed from Public Health England’s report entitled Disparities in the risk and outcomes of covid-1’ before publication. (59534)

147 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether medical aesthetics practitioners are permitted to (a) administer medical devices to apply dermal fillers and (b) perform other non-surgical procedures before 4 July 2020. (59463)

148 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date the administering of non-surgical cosmetic interventions will be permitted; and what guidance he plans to issue to ensure the safety of patients and practitioners. (59464)

149 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the advice provided on shielding is the same on both the Gov.uk and the NHS information websites. (59591)

150 Alexander Stafford (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with his Cabinet colleagues on establishing a remembrance event on Whitehall to mark the work of (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) people who lost their lives during the covid-19 outbreak. (59645)

151 N Sir Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will undertake a review its decision to withdraw funding for the distribution of fruit with free school meals; and if he will make a statement. [Transferred] (59194)

152 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the long-term health impacts and support needs of people severely affected by covid-19. (59543)

153 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what preparations have been made at a community level for a mass vaccination programme should a covid-19 vaccine become available. (59497)

154 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much energy his departmental buildings used in (a) 2020 and (b) each of the last five years. (59362)


155 Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Bahrain on the provision of appropriate medical care to (a) Dr Abduljalil Al Singace, (b) Hassan Mushaima, (c) Ali Al Hajee and (d) Naji Fateel; and if he will call for their release. (59499)

156 Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Bahrain authorities' decision to release some prisoners during the covid-19 pandemic, if he will make representations to the Government of Bahrain on the release of (a) Sheikh Ali Salman, (b) Hassan Mushaima and (c) other imprisoned Bahraini political opposition leaders. (59500)

157 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department's share of the Official Development Assistance will decrease in the event of a decrease in GNI. (59555)

158 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department is signing new funding agreements for projects funded by Official Development Assistance. (59556)

159 N Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he authorised Sir Simon MacDonald to discuss with his counterparts in other Departments the potential removal of the statue of Sir Clive of India. (59397)

160 Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts from (a) Australia, (b) EU member states and (c) New Zealand on the establishment of air bridges. (59406)

161 Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with which international counterparts he has held discussions on the establishment of air bridges. (59407)

162 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what debt recovery agency his Department plans to refer debts relating to emergency repatriation loans to in the event that they have not been repaid within six months. (59528)

163 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make public representations to the authorities in Saudi Arabia on the immediate and unconditional release of 13 women human rights defenders on trial for reportedly peaceful activism. (59460)

164 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of Operation Safe Corridor in Nigeria on human rights standards in that country. (59461)


165 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help ensure the protection of human rights defenders imprisoned and at risk from covid-19. (59462)

166 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether all Prevent strategy projects commissioned by local authorities are also directly approved by her Department. (59484)

167 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the quarterly reviews of the Prevent strategy carried out by local authorities are made publicly available. (59485)

168 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how her Department defines a civil society organisation within the context of the Prevent strategy; and whether that definition includes private companies. (59486)

169 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is a requirement for companies and civil society organisations who receive Prevent strategy funding to submit receipts and invoices to (a) her Department or (b) local authorities to account how they have used that funding. (59487)

170 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what due diligence her Department undertakes on projects that receive Prevent strategy funding. (59488)

171 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the criteria her Department plans to use for prioritising Official Development Assistance spending in the event of a decrease in GNI. (59560)

172 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department's share of the Official Development Assistance budget will be decreased in the event of a reduction in GNI. (59561)

173 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is signing new funding agreement for projects funded by Official Development Assistance. (59562)

174 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Prime Minister's article in The Times newspaper of 3 June 2020, what steps she is taking to ensure that the pathway to citizenship, referred to by the Prime Minister, is straightforward and accessible for students who hold BN(O) passports. (59415)


175 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that young people from Hong Kong born after 1997 and therefore not holding British National (Overseas) passports are able to access asylum in the event that the proposed National Security law is implemented and they are in danger of political prosecution. (59420)

176 Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the criteria is for the review of the 14-day quarantine at UK airports. (59408)

177 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful Windrush Compensation Scheme claims there have been in each month since April 2019. (59529)

178 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has been paid to applicants to the Windrush Compensation Scheme in each month since April 2019. (59530)

179 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library the criteria used by her Department to determine the amount of compensation due to Windrush Compensation Scheme applicants. (59531)

180 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time is for an application to the Windrush Compensation Scheme. (59532)

181 Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the human rights implications of introducing a 14 day quarantine period for UK and EU citizens arriving in the UK. (59398)

182 Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to counter threats posed by the use by foreign governments and other entities of commercially available cyber intrusion and other surveillance technology against UK citizens, companies and government departments. (59399)

183 Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that commercial spyware and surveillance technology is not used by foreign governments against UK nationals. (59400)

184 Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the number of (a) UK nationals and (b) non-UK nationals who have been issued with fines for not complying with the requirement to quarantine upon entering the UK; and if she will publish the number of fines issued for each day that the quarantine requirement has been in place. (59401)


185 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much energy his departmental buildings have used in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2020 to date. (59356)

186 Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2020 to Question 51724 on the Veterans UK Helpline, how many emails to the helpline were recorded in each month of 2020. (59389)

187 Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2020 to Question 51724 on the Veterans UK Helpline, how many (a) calls and (b) emails were recorded by the Veterans UK Helpline service in each month of 2019. (59390)

188 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, further to the Answer of 9 June 2020 to Question 55019, on Waste Disposal: Applications, whether US fire fighting services use fire fighting foam containing (a) PFBS, (b) PFHpA, (c) PFHxS, (d) PFOS and (e) PFOA materials on US bases in the UK. (59590)

189 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much energy his departmental buildings have used in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2020 to date. (59357)

190 Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what date his Department's human resources team was informed that additional private office staff may be required to attend his Department's office at 2 Marsham Street in person to undertake work. (59424)

191 Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what date his Department's estates team was informed that additional private office staff may be required to attend his Department's office at 2 Marsham Street in person to undertake work. (59425)

192 Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance on covid-19 social distancing measures his Department complied with when deciding on the steps to take prior to asking staff who have been working at home during the covid-19 outbreak to return to work in the office. (59426)

193 Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what risk assessments his Department undertook prior to the decision that additional private office staff may return to work in his Department's office at 2 Marsham Street in connection with the return to physical voting in the House of Commons; and if he will publish those risk assessments on his Department's website, redacted to protect personal data. (59427)


194 Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the reasons given to his Department's (a) people, capability and change team and (b) estates team for requiring additional private office staff to work in his Department's office at 2 Marsham Street in connection with physical voting in the House of Commons. (59428)

195 Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether instructions issued to his Department’s (a) people, capability and change team and (b) estates team on the requirement for additional private office staff to work in person in his Department’s office at 2 Marsham Street in connection with the return of physical voting in the House of Commons were subsequently changed. (59429)

196 Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what date his Department's (a) people, capability and change team and (b) estates team was given for the commencement of work by additional private office staff in his Department's office at 2 Marsham Street in connection with physical voting in the House of Commons. (59430)

197 Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether private office staff in his Department's (a) people capacity and change team and (b) estates team were provided with dates for their return to the workplace during the covid-19 outbreak. (59431)

198 Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of The Marches Local Enterprise Partnership in ensuring that Shropshire businesses receive business grant support. (59655)

199 Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, where an external wall system has windows installed and a similar system tested to BR135 does not, whether those systems will be considered to match in terms of assessing eligibility for the Building Safety Fund. (59385)

200 Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, where an external wall system has a different number of cavity barriers installed to a similar system tested to BR135, whether those systems will be considered to match in terms of assessing eligibility for the Building Safety Fund. (59386)

201 Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, where an external wall system has ventilation openings installed and a similar system tested to BR135 does not, whether those systems will be considered to match in terms of assessing eligibility for the Building Safety Fund. (59387)


202 Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether an A2 cladding/C class combustible insulation system which has passed a BS 8414 test will be eligible for funding under the Building Safety Fund. (59388)

203 John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the outstanding number of dwellings for which planning permission has been granted. (59369)

204 N Sir Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to issue additional guidance to religious organisations on the opening of churches to conduct wedding ceremonies, and if he will make a statement. [Transferred] (59190)

205 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to allow the reopening of outside gyms and sport pitches following their closure in response to the covid-19 outbreak. (59544)

206 Ms Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his oral contribution of 11 June 2020 on Probation Services, Official Report, column 426, whether (a) accommodation, (b) employment, training, and education, (c) finance, benefits, and debt, (d) dependency and recovery, (e) family and significant others, (f) lifestyle and associates, (g) emotional wellbeing, (h) social inclusion, (i) cognitive and behavioural change, (j) women, (k) young adults, (l) black, asian, and minority ethnic, (m) restorative justice and (n) service user involvement services are included among the specialist resettlement and rehabilitative services that will be prioritised in order to build a solid foundation that can be delivered within the specified timeframe. (59403)

207 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much energy his departmental buildings have used in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2020 to date. (59358)

208 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has been made of the implications for his policies of the Family Mediation Council's proposals entitled Covid-19 and the Family Justice System – Meeting the Challenge: Potential Contributions by the Family Mediation Profession, published 6 May 2020. (59611)

209 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report of the Independent Monitoring Report published in June 2020, if he will provide the financial and other resources required to improve the accommodation at HMP Lewes to a decent standard. (59414)

210 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hearings proceeded in the family Flexible Operating Hours pilot scheme. (59417)


211 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legal professionals with caring responsibilities participated in the civil and family Flexible Operating Hours pilot scheme, by (a) sex, (b) jurisdiction and (c) location. (59418)

212 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many litigants in person with caring responsibilities took part in the Flexible Operating Hours pilot scheme for civil and family courts, broken down by sex, jurisdiction and location. (59419)

213 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Prime Minister, how much energy his departmental buildings have used in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2020 to date. (59359)

214 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Prime Minister, on what date and for what reasons the Threats, Hazards, Resilience and Contingency Committee was disbanded. (59416)

215 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much energy his departmental buildings used in (a) 2020 and (b) each of the last five years. (59363)

216 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of operating local furlough schemes due to the regional differences in the R rate of infection of covid-19. (59596)

217 Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions have taken place between Ministers in his Department and representatives of Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd and Virgin Atlantic International Ltd on the operation and employment practices of Virgin Atlantic and any potential financial support available to that airline. (59508)

218 Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the application of business rates relief to food and drink wholesalers who supply hospitals, schools, care homes and the hospitality industry. (59442)

219 Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what policy changes he plans to make in response to the findings of a Federation of Wholesale Distributors survey that (a) 50 per cent of the 150 food and drink wholesale businesses surveyed, all of which have a turnover of £45 million or lower, are in danger of going into liquidation in the next three months to a year, (b) 70 per cent of those respondents supply food and drink to schools, care homes, hospitals and (c) £270 million worth of public sector contracts are at risk without urgent financial support; and if he will make a statement. (59443)

220 Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the accessibility the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme for businesses that are unable to access that scheme as a result of Sharia law restrictions on taking interest bearing loans. (59338)


221 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people placed on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme have subsequently been made redundant. (59498)

Questions for Answer on Thursday 18 June


1 N Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to provide the Welsh Government with additional funding to increase ex gratia payments distributed through the Wales Infected Blood Support Scheme. (59393)

2 N Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will allocate funding to ensure that widows and widowers in the four nations of the UK are included in Infected Blood ex gratia support schemes until the Infected Blood inquiry reports in 2022. (59394)

3 N yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Racial Disparity Unit has taken to reduce racial disparities at local government level; and what assessment he has made of the effect on analysis by that Unit of including regional data categories. (59405)

4 N Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Secretary is undertaking an inquiry into the circumstances by which the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government made his decision on the Westferry Printworks development, PA/18/01877/A1 on 14 January 2020. (59477)

5 N John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to prevent individuals seeking information from Government Departments being diverted to fee-charging websites. (59372)

6 N Mr William Wragg (Hazel Grove): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list of (a) the responsibilities of Ministers in his Department and (b) senior officials of grade SCS2 and above that work on each of the policy areas in that Department and its associated bodies. (59509)

7 N Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what financial support is available for the warehouse industry as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. (59575)

8 N Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the criteria his Department plans to use for prioritising Official Development Assistance spending in the event of a decrease in GNI. (59557)


9 N Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help people for whom English is not a first language apply for covid-19 related loans and grants. (59584)

10 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support companies delivering independent training to scaffolders who are not part of the Construction Industry Scaffolders Record Scheme. (59473)

11 N Mr Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the financial effect of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on seasonal workers contracted by ferry companies prior to the covid-19 outbreak who are no longer needed. (59585)

12 N Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many meetings have taken place between Ministers in his Department and representatives of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc from 1 March 2020 to 12 June 2020; (b) on what dates those meetings took place and (c) what topics were discussed at those meetings. (59507)

13 N Fleur Anderson (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he last met with the Secretary of State for International Development to discuss Official Development Assistance spending. (59625)

14 N Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on charities and voluntary organisations working with and for disabled people. (59510)

15 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on classical orchestras; and what support his Department is providing to those orchestras during the outbreak. (59472)

16 N Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the level of support required by BAME charities working to support people in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency who are being disproportionately affected by covid-19. (59542)

17 N Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in the Folkestone and Hythe local authority area are in receipt of school food vouchers; and what the cost to the public purse is per month of providing that scheme in that area. (59433)


18 N Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department (a) has made and (b) plans to make of the effectiveness of the free sanitary products in all primary schools scheme (i) while all pupils are not attending school due to the covid-19 outbreak and (ii) over the summer holidays. (59447)

19 N Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether degree apprentices will be included in the temporary student number controls for 2020-21. (59581)

20 N Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether degree apprentices are included in the temporary student number controls for 2020-21. (59582)

21 N Imran Hussain (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils were excluded in each local authority in each year since 2010 by ethnicity. (59501)

22 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who he consulted in making the decision not to extend the free school meals voucher scheme over the school summer holidays in 2020. (59608)

23 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the impact assessment on the decision not to extend the free school meals voucher scheme over the 2020 school summer holidays. (59609)

24 N Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to make an announcement on Schools Sport Premium funding for 2020-21. (59432)

25 N Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether additional funding will be made available to schools to acquire additional space in which to teach appropriately distanced classes during the covid-19 outbreak. (59329)

26 N Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the criteria his Department plans to use for prioritising Official Development Assistance spending in the event of a decrease in GNI. (59563)

27 N Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timeframe is for a decision to be made on the Sussex Near Shore Trawling Byelaw proposal approved by the Sussex IFCA to restrict trawling close to the Sussex shore. (59336)

28 N Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing an independent body to protect racehorse welfare. (59377)


29 N Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if the Government will support the ACT Accelerator and its grantees to work with the World Health Organisation’s Covid-19 Technology Access Pool. (59474)

30 N Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will publish the criteria her Department plans to use for prioritising Official Development Assistance spending in the event of a decrease in GNI. (59551)

31 N Zarah Sultana (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what losses have been incurred by CDC and Globeleq on the CECA SL Heavy Fuel Oil power plant in Sierra Leone. (59622)

32 N Clive Lewis (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment has UK Export Finance made of the (a) financial, (b) environmental, (c) social and (d) governance risks in relation to investment in the Mozambique LNG Project in 2020. (59523)

33 N Clive Lewis (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment UK Export Finance has made of the level of (a) CO2 and (b) methane emissions in relation to the (i) transporting of gas, (ii) burning of gas and (c) other activities of the Mozambique LNG Project; and what assessment UK Export Finance has made of the effect of those emissions on the environment in that country. (59524)

34 N Clive Lewis (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that UK Export Finance support for the Mozambique LNG Project does not further exacerbate the Islamic insurgency in the Cabo Delgado region of Mozambique. (59525)

35 N Clive Lewis (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether UK Export Finance plans to be part of the US investment in the Category A Mozambique LNG project in June 2020. (59526)

36 N John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the value was of imported chicken to the UK in 2019; and what the top five countries were for imported chicken to this country in that year. (59371)

37 N Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to require the use of the Mobility Data Specification Provider element during the trialling of rental electric scooters. (59380)

38 N Gavin Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there is a (a) legislative, (b) health and safety and (c) regulatory requirement for ferry passengers to alight from their vehicles during travel. (59482)


39 N John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2020 to Question 53999 on Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties, what the value has been of savings to (a) the public purse and (b) businesses from the abolition of the paper vehicle licence in each year since 2014. (59370)

40 N Fleur Anderson (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he last met with the Secretary of State for International Development to discuss Official Development Assistance spending. (59626)

41 N Zarah Sultana (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to align the universal credit standard allowance for claimants under the age of 25 living independently with the standard allowance for those over the age of twenty five. (59623)

42 N Fleur Anderson (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he last met with the Secretary of State for International Development to discuss Official Development Assistance spending. (59627)

43 N Dame Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to extend covid-19 testing for all eligible care homes to residents in supported living settings. (59328)

44 N Mr Richard Holden (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what arrangements are in place for patients being discharged from hospital and into care homes to prevent the spread of covid-19. (59635)

45 N Mr Richard Holden (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice and support is available for people who are clinically vulnerable to covid-19 but who have not been told that they are required to be shield. (59636)

46 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of the contractors involved in building each NHS Nightingale hospital; and how much each contractor was awarded for that construction work. (59480)

47 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which contractors participated in building each (a) Nightingale and (b) field hospital; and how much funding each contractor was awarded for that work. (59481)

48 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the training programme undertaken by NHS Test and Trace contact tracers includes information on (a) identifying child abuse and neglect and b) the steps to take in the event that they suspect a child is at risk. (59576)


49 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) people with severe asthma can access specialist centres for investigations and diagnosis and (b) severe asthma patients who are shielding during the covid-19 outbreak retain access to biologic therapies. (59577)

50 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many suppliers there are for each vaccine on the routine immunisation schedule. (59578)

51 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the need for multiple suppliers of routine vaccinations. (59579)

52 N Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of deploying temperature checks more extensively to reduce the risk of covid-19 being spread in workplaces which are re-opening as lockdown restrictions are eased. (59382)

53 N Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether pubs and restaurants could be permitted to reduce social distancing measures by introducing temperature checks for customers. (59383)

54 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Chinese authorities on the need for planning permission for any perimeter fencing at the grounds of the Chinese Consulate buildings in Belfast. (59378)

55 N Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish the criteria his Department plans to use for prioritising Official Development Assistance spending in the event of a decrease in GNI. (59554)

56 N Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ensure the retention of the statue of Sir Clive of India in its location between his Department and HM Treasury. (59395)

57 N Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish the criteria his Department plans to use to determine the retention of (a) statues and (b) other works of art depicting the UK’s colonial history that are held in his Department. (59396)

58 N Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British/Iranian dual nationals are detained in Iran; and if he will make a statement. (59444)

59 N Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Iranian counterpart on the return of the detained British national, Anoosheh Ashoori, to the UK. (59445)


60 N Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking in response to concerns on the welfare of British/Iranian dual nationals illegally detained in Iran. (59446)

61 N Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Turkish counterpart on the release of detained journalists in that country. (59538)

62 N Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) people are eligible for compensation and (b) people have received compensation from the Windrush compensation scheme. (59421)

63 N Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether British national (overseas) status holders and their dependants will be (a) able to apply for work only in shortage occupations and (b) subject to (i) minimum salary requirements and (ii) other restrictions on their ability to apply for work in the UK. (59475)

64 N Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether British national (overseas) status holders and their dependants will be subject to (a) international or (b) home student fees for higher education if they study in the UK. (59476)

65 N Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of (a) the effect of new covid-19 related checks on people arriving in the UK on the length of queues in (i) airports and (ii) seaports and (b) the effect of those queues on the risk of covid-19 contagion. (59455)

66 N Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the ability of Border Force staff to verify information on completed public health passenger locator forms. (59456)

67 N Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that the system for gun licences that comes into force on 1 August 2020 has the minimum level of bureaucracy for people seeking to (a) renew and (b) obtain a licence; and if he will make a statement. (59375)

68 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what point of a Recovery Needs Assessment would an individual who is receiving support via the National Referral Mechanism have their subsistence payments ended. (59580)

69 N Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to make funding from the Building a Stronger Britain Together programme available to charities to help support their work in countering extremism and building community resilience. (59539)


70 N Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of risk of online harm as more people spend time online during the covid-19 outbreak. (59540)

71 N Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that charities working to build community resilience are eligible for funding from the Building a Stronger Britain Together programme. (59541)

72 N Fleur Anderson (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last met with the Secretary of State for International Development to discuss Official Development Assistance spending. (59628)

73 N Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a £200 fee cap for landlords producing leasehold packs. (59337)

74 N Mr Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government taking to support local authorities in supporting families with a child who is abusing (a) drugs and (b) alcohol during the covid-19 outbreak. (59586)

75 N Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the attendance of additional private office staff in his Department's office at 2 Marsham Street was (a) required from the beginning of June 2020 and (b) not required from 21 April 2020 when hybrid proceedings began in the House of Commons. (59422)

76 N Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what date his Department decided that additional private office staff would need to attend his Department's office at 2 Marsham Street in person to undertake work in connection with the return to physical voting in the House of Commons. (59423)

77 N Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consultation he plans to undertake as part of his work to establish a comprehensive plan for financial sustainability for local authorities. (59478)

78 N Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reasons local authorities are not permitted to fund (a) street wardens and (b) town ambassadors to support the reopening of high streets through the Reopening High Streets Safely Fund. (59479)

79 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2020 to Question 55054, what indicators his Department plans to use to determine whether to lift covid-19 lockdown restrictions on marriages. (59438)


80 N Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to increase the penalties for criminal damage of war memorials and other monuments of national significance; and if he will make a statement. (59384)

81 Kenny MacAskill (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison staff (a) in administrative grades and (b) employed as instructional officers have received (i) a financial incentive or (ii) extra pay since the start of the covid-19 outbreak, by grade; and if he will make a statement. (59651)

82 N Kenny MacAskill (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison staff (a) in administrative grades and (b) employed as instructional officers have received (i) a financial incentive or (ii) extra pay since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, by grade; and if he will make a statement. (59617)

83 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that women eligible for release from prison are denied that release as a result of a lack of suitable accommodation. (59536)

84 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women serving sentences of one year or less have been recalled to prison since 31 March 2020; and, of those, how many have been recalled for failure to comply with licence provisions only. (59537)

85 N Colum Eastwood (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what support his Department is providing to (a) the Northern Ireland Executive and (b) journalists in Northern Ireland to ensure that they receive sufficient protection in response to threats made against them in the course of doing their job. (59644)

86 N Ben Lake (Ceredigion): To ask the Prime Minister, what the timeframe is for the establishment of the Intelligence and Security Committee. (59573)

87 N John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Prime Minister, for what reason the Threats, Hazards, Resilience and Contingency Committee was disbanded. (59366)

88 N Fleur Anderson (Putney): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last met with the Secretary of State for International Development to discuss Official Development Assistance spending. (59624)

89 N Simon Baynes (Clwyd South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of supporting people who have been self-employed for less than a year, and are therefore ineligible for Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, by reducing the level of income tax due on their earnings during that first year. (59634)

90 N Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have applied to the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme in Dunfermline and West Fife constituency. (59502)


91 N Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses in Dunfermline and West Fife constituency have applied for VAT deferrals during the covid-19 outbreak. (59503)

92 N Sir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of his response to the letter dated 5 June signed by over five hundred coach operators on the classification of the coach travel industry as leisure businesses for the purposes of covid-19 support; and if he will make a statement. (59364)

93 N Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to extend Business Rates Relief to businesses in the warehousing industry. (59574)

94 N Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support the Government is providing for (a) businesses going into administration as a result of the covid-19 outbreak and (b) staff whose jobs are threatened such administration. (59458)

95 N Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what emergency support the Government is providing for retail sector organisations at risk of entering in to administration as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. (59459)

96 N Patricia Gibson (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps small business owners should take whose insurers are deducting the £10,000 Coronavirus Small Business Grant from insurance payouts indicating that businesses have already been compensated by the Government. (59511)

97 N Drew Hendry (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to fee earner public sector employees who work under frozen PAYE contracts. (59513)

98 N Mr Richard Holden (North West Durham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) gross and (b) net savings accrued to the public purse of the UK not being a member of the EU in each of the next four years. (59637)

99 N Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review Valuation Office Agency rules which prevent neighbouring business properties with the same owner from being considered as separate properties for the purposes of accessing Government covid-19 grant schemes. (59656)

100 N Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions (a) he and (b) his Ministers have had with Fergus Ewing MSP, the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Tourism, on arranging a 12-month financial support package for the tourism industry in response to the covid-19 outbreak; and what the outcomes of those discussions were. (59571)


101 N Owen Thompson (Midlothian): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the outcomes were of his discussions with the leaders of the Bar and the Bar Council on extending the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme to members of the Bar. (59515)

102 N Owen Thompson (Midlothian): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme to members of the Bar who require payments to maintain practice but who are excluded from the support by the three year average earnings rule. (59516)

103 N Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if the Government will publish the reasons for the higher number of deaths from covid-19 among BAME people; and what steps she plans to take to reduce that higher number of deaths. (59483)

104 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer on 5 June 2020 to Question 52328 on Gay Conversion Therapy, when the research into the scope of practices and experiences of people subjected to conversion therapy was begun; when that research is expected to conclude; and if she will publish the findings. (59593)

Questions for Answer on Monday 22 June


1 N Aaron Bell (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces have been deployed in each (a) local authority area and (b) parliamentary constituency part of the Government's covid-19 response. (59643)

Questions for Answer on Thursday 25 June


1 N Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of total claimants in receipt of personal independence payment died between (a) March and May 2020, and (b) March and May 2019. (59467)


2 N Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants in receipt of employment support allowance died between (a) March and May 2020 and (b) March and May 2019. (59468)

3 N Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants in receipt of income support died between (a) March and May 2020 and (b) March and May 2019. (59469)

4 N Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants in receipt of jobseeker's allowance died between (a) March and May 2020 and (b) March and May 2019. (59470)

5 N Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants in receipt of universal credit died between (a) March to May 2020, and (b) March to May 2019. (59471)

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