Written answers

Friday, 10 November 2017

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Hinkley Point C Power Station: Radioactive Materials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what guidance his Department or the Environment Agency have issued to EDF regarding the removal of radioactively...

    • Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2017 to Question 9553, if he will publish the Government's objectives for the...

      Intellectual Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with representatives from the Design, Trade Marks and Brands sectors on the future...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the percentage of customers not taking up the offer of a smart meter from each of the...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of his Department's public phone-lines charge members of the public to call.

      Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the offshore wind capital expenditure data was for each of the last two years; and what the evidential basis is...

      Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of guaranteeing the strike price to consumers of operational...

      Social Services: Living Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that people employed in the public sector social care sector receive the national...

      Competition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for the future of UK competition law of the dispute between...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of his Department's spend in the last year has been with Government strategic suppliers.

      Commercial Secrets: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what definition of trade secrets will be used for the purposes of implementation of the European Trade Secrets Directive.

      Space Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to allow UK companies in the space sector to retain full participation in (a) Copernicus, (b)...

      Consumers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on consumer purchasing power of the UK leaving the EU without...

      Consumers: Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on consumer rights of the UK leaving the EU without having agreed a...

      Intellectual Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether UK products will continue to be subject to EU trademark and design registrations after the UK leaves the EU.

      Patents: EU Action

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the UK will participate in the European Unitary Patent and the EU Unified Patent Court after the UK leaves the EU.

      European Patent Office

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the UK will remain a member of the European Patent Office after the UK leaves the EU.

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    • Foreign and Commonwealth Office: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department holds a central list of the IT and digital assets of its arm's-length bodies.

    • Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what proportion of his Department's public phone-lines charge members of the public to call.

      Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Brexit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's preparations for the UK leaving the EU with (a) an...

      Middle East: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department funds human rights organisations in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories; and if he will make...

      Simon Trinidad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the US Administration supporting the release of Simon Trinidad.

  • Attorney General

    • Sentencing: Appeals

      To ask the Attorney General, if he will extend the range of offences for which an unduly lenient sentence may be referred to the Court of Appeal to include stalking, under section 4(1)(a) of the...

    • Attorney General: ICT

      To ask the Attorney General, whether the Law Officers' Departments hold a central list of the IT and digital assets of arm's-length bodies.

  • Department for International Development

  • Department for Education

    • Pupils: Personal Records

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what legal advice her Department has received on meeting data protection requirements for data held on the national pupil database that relates to...

    • Children in Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that local councils have sufficient funds for children in care.

      Pupil Premium: Harlow

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much each school in Harlow received in pupil premium funding in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.

      Pupils: Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with retailers on assisting parents to identify healthy lunchbox items (a) in store and (b) online.

      Department for Education: Brexit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her Department's preparations for the UK leaving the EU with (a) an agreement on future...

      Schools: Garston and Halewood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that reductions in real-terms to school funding in Garston and Halewood constituency will not exceed 1.5 per cent...

      Nurseries: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the recruitment and retention of staff in nurseries.

      Department for Education: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of her Department's public phone-lines charge members of the public to call.

      Oldham College

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what future capital funding the Government plans to provide for Oldham College.

      Academies: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to grant Ofsted powers to inspect multi academy trusts.

      Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) local authorities and (b) multi-academy trusts are responsible for the provision of primary and secondary education in England.

      Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the change has been in proportion and number of new apprenticeship starts since May 2017.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Community Rehabilitation Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Statement of 19 July 2017, HCWS81, on Justice Update, which community rehabilitation companies have had their contracts amended.

    • Ministry of Justice: Brexit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's preparations for the UK leaving the EU with (a) an agreement on future partnership...

      Trials: Languages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the level of take-up by defendants of their right to be tried in a language they understand.

      Ministry of Justice: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of his Department's public phone-lines charge members of the public to call.

      Legal Profession

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to support the UK legal services sector before and after the UK leaves the EU.

      Prisoners: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for training prison officers to receive improved training on mental health conditions.

      Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2017 to Question 109400, if he will publish the number of judicial office holders trained for personal independence...

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2017 to Question 109400, if he will publish the local personal independence payment areas and the relevant...

  • Prime Minister

    • Prime Minister: Easington

      To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September to Question 9602, on how many occasions she has visited Easington constituency since she became Prime Minister.

    • Prime Minister: Italy

      To ask the Prime Minister, what the total cost to the public purse was of the visit by the Prime Minister, ministers and officials to Florence on 22 October 2017.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • HMS Ocean

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to mothball HMS Ocean on the date that that ship is due to be decommissioned.

    • Ministry of Defence: Brexit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's preparations for the UK leaving the EU with (a) an agreement on future partnership...

      European Fighter Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what additional capabilities the procurement of EuroRadar Captor-E active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars would give to the Royal Air Force's...

      Type 23 Frigates: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has received representations from any foreign government on the sale of Royal Navy Type 23 frigates.

      Navy: Spare Parts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Audit Office report, Investigation into equipment cannibalisation in the Royal Navy, published on 1 November 2017, what...

      Army

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Oral Answer of 23 October 2017, Official Report, column 11, on army personnel, if he will estimate the number of Army personnel...

      Ministry of Defence: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) Defence Equipment and Support earned over £100,000 per year in each of the last five years.

      Navy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what services were being provided in each of the planned 16 contracts which form the Common Support Model for support to the Royal Navy surface fleet.

      Military Aircraft: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) RAF aircraft have received category (i) one, (ii) two, (iii) three, (iv) four and (v) five damage in each of...

  • HM Treasury

    • Treasury: Brexit

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's preparations for the UK leaving the EU with (a) an agreement on future partnership and...

  • Department for Exiting the European Union

    • Small Businesses: Leigh

      To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate his Department has made of the number of small businesses in Leigh that could be significantly impacted financially by...

    • Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the financial protections...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Legal Profession: Overseas Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of future trends in exports by the UK legal services sector.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Brexit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her Department's preparations for the UK leaving the EU with (a) an...

    • Internet: Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to prevent online subscription to websites with Islamic extremist content.

  • Department of Health

    • Staffordshire and Stoke On Trent Partnership NHS Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS (a) England and (b) Improvement received the Capped Expenditure Programme report for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.

    • Malnutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) children and (b) adults have been admitted to hospital with malnutrition in the last 12 months.

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs per head of population there were in each of the last 10 years.

  • Women and Equalities

  • Department for International Development

    • Lebanon: Refugees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees figures showing that Lebanon is the country with the highest per capita concentration of refugees worldwide,...

    • Gaza: Economic Situation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the action necessary to reverse the process of de-development in Gaza.

      Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what projection they have made of the percentage of people in Gaza who will need humanitarian aid in 2018; and how that aid will be delivered.

      Antigua and Barbuda: Hurricanes and Tornadoes

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the eligibility of Antigua and Barbuda to receive aid and assistance following the recent hurricane damage.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Groceries Code Adjudicator

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they propose to take following their review into the role and remit of the Grocery Code Adjudicator published on 19 July.

    • Aggregates: Marine Environment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the amount that marine aggregates contribute to the sand and gravel requirements of England and Wales.

      Small Businesses

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many civil servants in (1) the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and (2) the Department for International Trade, were responsible for...

      Small Business Commissioner

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 19 October (HL1856), how long after the planned launch date of 1 October they expect the...

      Work Experience: Minimum Wage

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the details of their awareness-raising campaign to promote compliance with National Minimum Wage legislation as it relates to internships; what...

      Overseas Companies

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 18 September (HL1398), whether they have plans to review the corporate governance of UK-registered companies...

      Comet Group: Insolvency

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why the report of the Insolvency Service into the collapse of the retailer Comet has not been published; and whether they will reconsider that decision, in the...

      Government Assistance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they propose to maintain the state aid regime following the UK’s departure from the EU; and if so, how.

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    • Hong Kong: Police

      To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 25 October (HL1889), what was their response to the letter from the Royal Hong Kong Police...

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