questions tabled on fri 24 apr 20202 published: monday 27 april 2020 questions tabled on friday 24...

Published: Monday 27 April 2020

Questions for Answer on Monday 27 April

Questions for Written Answer

1 N Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to the African Coalition for Epidemic Research Response (ALERRT) initiative. [Transferred] (38925)

2 N Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to the Pan-African Network For Rapid Research, Response, Relief and Preparedness for Infectious Disease Epidemics (PANDORA-ID-NET) project. [Transferred] (38926)

3 N Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to publish a comprehensive summary of the financial support the Government is making available to local authorities for the duration of 2020 in response to the increased costs local authorities will incur as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. [Transferred] (38885)

Questions for Answer on Tuesday 28 April


1 Aaron Bell (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government will next hold discussions with (a) victims and (b) victims' families of the contaminated blood scandal on a framework for compensation. (39806)

Questions tabled on Friday 24 April 2020

Includes questions tabled on earlier days which have been transferred.

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2 QUESTIONS TABLED ON FrIDAy 24 APrIL 2020Published: Monday 27 April 2020

2 Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he is taking to ensure that people in Wales who received a hard copy of the letter from the Prime Minister on steps the government is taking to combat coronavirus that was missing a paragraph that appears in the online version are aware of the all advice on social distancing. (39657)

3 Tom Hunt (Ipswich): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to make St George's Day a bank holiday. (39812)

4 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress he has made in negotiations with the EU. (39669)

5 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions his Department has had with Local Resilience Forums to ensure that local authorities are responding effectively to the covid-19 outbreak. (39670)

6 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to (a) responds to and (b) process offers to supply personal protective equipment from (i) British and (ii) foreign suppliers. (39490)

7 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of offers to supply personal protective equipment during the covid-19 outbreak have been responded to within (a) 24 hours and b) a week in the lastest period for which figures are available. (39492)

8 Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps the Government is taking to prevent false information on covid-19 being spread on the internet. (39666)

9 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many new complaints his Department received on the mis-selling of Green Deal loans by Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd (HELMS) in each of the last 12 months. (39544)

10 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many intention notices have been issued by his Department in response to complaints of the mis-selling of Green Deal loans by Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd (HELMS); and how many intention notices remain outstanding. (39545)

11 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) financial and (b) practical help he is providing to ensure that (a) people (i) self-isolating and in a (ii) vulnerable or shielded group and (b) other people who use coin-operated energy meters are able to maintain power supply during the lockdown. (39824)

3QUESTIONS TABLED ON FrIDAy 24 APrIL 2020Published: Monday 27 April 2020

12 rachel Hopkins (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Luton South based businesses have (a) applied for the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan scheme and (b) had their applications to that scheme rejected. (39715)

13 Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions his department has had with representatives of the travel and tourism industry on compensating holidaymakers that (a) no longer wish to and (b) are unable to travel following the outbreak of covid-19. (39603)

14 Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he is having with UK satellite companies on their development of capability in Cislunar space; and if he will make a statement (39823)

15 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending eligibility for the Retail, Hospitality & Leisure Grant Fund to include all businesses in that sector, irrespective of the premises from which those businesses operate. (39565)

16 Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps is he taking to ensure that the Probate Registry can process the current high level of cases. (39713)

17 Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has assessed the service provided by estate agents as essential service to (a) the public and (b) the economy. (39714)

18 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) small and (b) independent veterinary practices during the covid-19 outbreak. (39767)

19 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support small, independent breweries during the covid-19 outbreak. (39788)

20 Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what notice the Government plans to give businesses closed due to covid-19 on reopening, when appropriate, to allow them to undertake necessary forward planning; and what discussions the Government is having with business representatives on planning for reopening. (39653)

21 Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to encourage and facilitate the ordinary operation of (a) takeaway and drive-through food services and (b) other businesses who can operate safely during the covid-19 outbreak. (39654)


22 Owen Thompson (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with representatives of the independent brewing sector on support required by that sector to begin operating again once social distancing measures are lifted. (39638)

23 Matt Western (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to tackle late payments to small businesses. (39739)

24 Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the viability of allowing shops selling domestic garden supplies that have closed due to the covid-19 outbreak to re-open. (39802)

25 Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what support the Government will provide to charities who are responding to the covid-19 outbreak but are unlikely to benefit from the support schemes announced to date. (39679)

26 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will increase the Community Radio Fund for 2020-21 to provide additional support to community radio stations experiencing financial hardship as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. (39540)

27 ruth Edwards (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what support is available to small publishers producing freesheet newspapers during the covid-19 outbreak. (39800)

28 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of students who (a) are eligible for and (b) have signed up to National Voucher Scheme in the UK. (39614)

29 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to speed up the processing of applications for the National Voucher Scheme. (39615)

30 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure childcare options are accessible and flexible once the covid-19 social distancing measures are lifted. (39633)

31 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on working with external partners to deliver the planned digital integration of the Tax-Free Childcare scheme once covid-19 social distancing measures are lifted. (39634)

32 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to revise the temporary free school meals eligibility criteria to (a) increase the household income threshold


for families with no recourse to public funds and (b) allow children from undocumented families who are not receiving s4 or s17 support to claim for free school meals during the covid-19 outbreak. (39641)

33 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to extend the temporary free school meals eligibility criteria once covid-19 social distancing measures are lifted. (39642)

34 Colum Eastwood (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department is providing to university students tied into rental agreements during the covid-19 outbreak. (39748)

35 Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether examination boards will be required to refund schools for fees paid for examinations that have been cancelled as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. (39645)

36 Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the equity of the free school meal income threshold for families with no recourse to public funds; and if he will make a statement. (39501)

37 Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will appoint a Special Envoy for Children reporting directly to the Prime Minister to lead an emergency Children’s Taskforce on the impact Covid-19 is having on children. (39621)

38 Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will (a) bring forward a Comprehensive Children’s Recovery Plan and (b) provide ringfenced resources for schools, local authorities, civil society, and children’s service providers. (39622)

39 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an estimate of the potential increase in demand for school places within the maintained sector as a result of parents withdrawing their children from independent schools in response to the covid-19 outbreak. (39564)

40 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to allow parents who are in the covid-19 at risk groups to decide whether their children return to school, when schools reopen. (39792)

41 Zarah Sultana (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will support the roll out of a national programme of timed access to school playing fields for families who are unable to access green spaces safely and easily. (39681)

42 Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on support for students renting private accommodation who are not able to make rental payments due to loss of earnings during the covid-19 outbreak. (39801)


43 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support the Government is providing to farmers to ensure they are able to harvest their crops during the covid-19 outbreak. (39702)

44 Scott Mann (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the results of the survey conducted in 2016 by his Department and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science on the effect on the economy of recreational angling. (39546)

45 rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Government-supplied food parcels have been delivered (a) nationally (b) to City of York council in each week since 1 March 2020. (39588)

46 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to provide to support the people in the agricultural sector affected by market disruption during the covid-19 outbreak through with a mechanism similar to the retail and hospitality grant scheme. (39794)

47 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold urgent discussions with with key stakeholders in the diary industry on managing the milk supply chain. (39795)

48 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the ability of charity sector to meet the needs of people in food (a) poverty and (b) insecurity during the covid-19 outbreak. (39677)

49 Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that charges for healthcare are not a barrier to the treatment of covid-19 in developing countries. (39671)

50 Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that critical services to prevent (a) maternal, (b) newborn and (c) child deaths in developing countries are maintained during the covid-19 pandemic. (39672)

51 Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that humanitarian (a) access and (b) policies are protected in the global response to the covid-19 pandemic. (39673)

52 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she last met with Dr Seth Berkley, the chief executive of GAVI. (39684)


53 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she last met with Stephanie Draper, the chief executive of Bond, the UK network for organisations working in international development. (39685)

54 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she last met with Henrietta H Fore, the chief executive of UNICEF. (39686)

55 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment her Department has made of how lessons from the Ebola epidemic can be used to help support countries during the covid-19 pandemic. (39722)

56 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding available through the rapid response facility to support the poorest and most vulnerable countries during the covid-19 pandemic. (39723)

57 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to add flexibility to existing grants to NGOs to enable them to support countries affected by covid-19 in the Global South. (39724)

58 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the cancellation of the 2020 Nutrition for Growth summit, what plans her Department has to announce funding for nutrition. (39725)

59 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to (a) support and (b) scale-up local health systems in the Global South. (39726)

60 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with Nick O'Donohoe, CEO of the CDC, about the role CDC investments can play in ensuring private sector health companies provide free treatment and care to tackle the covid-19 outbreak. (39727)

61 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to guarantee that a potential vaccine to tackle covid-19 is affordable and accessible to all countries. (39728)

62 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with private creditors on cancelling the debt repayments of countries in the global south to enable those countries to focus their finances on resourcing their health systems. (39729)


63 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to support poor and vulnerable people living in middle income countries who are vulnerable to covid-19. (39730)

64 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps she has taken to help (a) tackle overcrowding and (b) provide adequate sanitation in camps which support refugees and internally displaced persons. (39731)

65 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with women’s rights organisations based in the global south to help to inform her Department's response to the covid-19 pandemic. (39732)

66 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that funding allocated by her Department to prevent and tackle the spread of covid-19 in developing countries is not used to (a) support the security sectors and (b) facilitate human rights abuses in those countries. (39733)

67 Anthony Mangnall (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she plans to take to ensure that adequate funding is allocated to the protection of women and girls and gender-based violence services, as part of her Department’s response to the covid-19 pandemic. (39745)

68 Christian Matheson (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Palestinians' access to healthcare throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territories during the covid-19 pandemic. (39660)

69 Zarah Sultana (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the effect on UK export licensing of the 11 December 2019 communication to the ICC calling on it to investigate UK Government-authorised exports of arms to members of the Saudi/UAE-led coalition in Yemen. (39813)

70 Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions the Government has had with the Chinese Government on the two million covid-19 antibody tests ordered from AllTest Biotech and Wondfo Biotech (a) before and (b) after those tests were discovered to be insufficiently accurate by a University of Oxford laboratory; and if she will make a statement. (39459)

71 Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions ministers in her Department have had with ministers in the Department for Health and Social Care on the two million covid-19 antibody tests ordered from AllTest Biotech and Wondfo Biotech (a) before and (b) after those tests were discovered to be insufficiently accurate by a University of Oxford laboratory; and if she will make a statement. (39460)


72 Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with her Turkish counterpart to secure the import of essential medical supplies to the UK; and if she will make a statement. (39461)

73 Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with her Indian counterpart to help secure the import of essential medical supplies to the UK; and if she will make a statement. (39462)

74 Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has held with her German counterpart to secure the import of essential medical supplies to the UK; and if she will make a statement. (39463)

75 Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with her Spanish counterpart on the import of essential medical supplies to the UK from that country; and if she will make a statement. (39464)

76 Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions her Department has had with commissioners in the European Commission to secure the import of essential medical supplies to the UK; and if she will make a statement. (39465)

77 Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with her Emirati counterpart to help secure the import of essential medical supplies to the UK; and if she will make a statement. (39466)

78 Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Department of Health on the export of personal protective equipment from the UK; and if she will make a statement. (39467)

79 Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions (a) she and (b) other Ministers in her Department have had with their Turkish counterparts on facilitating the departure from that country of the RAF aircraft containing personal protective equipment that arrived in the UK on 22 April 2020; and if she will make a statement. (39469)

80 Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when her Department plans to publish a response to its consultation entitled The UK Global Tariff, which ended on 5 March 2020; and if she will make a statement. (39470)

81 Stephen Farry (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to support logistics networks between the UK and Ireland during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement. (39784)


82 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to fund an extension scheme for railway season ticket holders who have not used their season tickets as as a result of the Government's measures to prevent the transmission of covid-19; and if he will make a statement. (39619)

83 Kenny MacAskill (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to allow participants in drink driving awareness courses to complete their required attendance. (39758)

84 David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that there is a national network of truckstops open to lorry drivers while covid-19 lockdown measures are in place that are able to provide hot food, shower and toilet facilities. (39495)

85 Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has to amend the system of refunds for rail season tickets to ensure that commuters are not adversely affected when claiming refunds as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. (39543)

86 Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of whether an increase in the proportion of employees covered by group income protection insurance would support the Government’s aim to reduce ill health-related job loss. (39454)

87 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on when the FCA plans to (a) publish and (b) implement regulations directing pension savers to Pension Wise when they choose to access their pension savings. (39556)

88 rachel Hopkins (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new universal credit applications have been made by Luton South constituents since 23 March 2020. (39716)

89 rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the level of the rate of statutory sick pay; and what discussions she has held with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on increasing that rate. (39584)

90 rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to remove the (a) lower earnings limit and (b) 28-week cap for people claiming statutory sick pay. (39585)

91 rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed universal credit in each week from 1 March 2020 in (a) York and (b) throughout the UK. (39586)


92 David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance she has issued to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on the discharge of HSE's responsibilities during the covid-19 outbreak. (39496)

93 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many items of personal protective equipment have been shipped from the UK in each month of 2020. (39532)

94 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date did the UK Government sign the EU's ventilator procurement scheme known as the Joint Procurement Agreement. (39538)

95 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many at home covid-19 antigen tests have (a) been sent to homes and (b) delivered results since 31 January 2020. (39542)

96 Ben Bradley (Mansfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of cardiovascular disease. (39787)

97 Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on NHS trusts working with local manufacturers and businesses to secure supply of personal protective equipment; and whether trusts will be reimbursed for stock acquired locally. (39612)

98 Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) quantity and (b) items of personal protective equipment were transported from Turkey to the UK by the RAF on 20 April 2020. (39477)

99 Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the suspension of the European Working Time Directive on the physical and mental wellbeing of the NHS workforce; and what the timeframe is for the reinstatement of that Directive. (39776)

100 Alberto Costa (South Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to enable birthing partners to be present at (a) emergency and (b) unplanned births. (39563)

101 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people that need access to urgent dental care receive treatment as soon as possible. (39606)

102 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS plans to provide access to urgent dental care during the covid-19 outbreak. (39607)

103 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure professionals in primary and secondary care have access to adequate training on how to fit personal protective equipment. (39608)


104 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that potential shortages of personal protection equipment in primary care does not lead to an increase in patients attending secondary care. (39609)

105 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that health professionals working in prisons have adequate provision to employ telemedicine when appropriate. (39610)

106 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care how many student nurses are being used to work on wards caring for patients with covid-19; to what extent hours worked on those wards by student nurses will count towards their required placement hours; and if those student nurses are being recompensed for hours worked beyond their placement requirements. (39528)

107 Dr Luke Evans (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) availability of access to emergency dental treatment based on clinical need and (b) quality of that treatment during the covid-19 outbreak. (39807)

108 Katherine Fletcher (South Ribble): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to restore NHS services promptly that have been temporarily closed at (a) Chorley and South Ribble hospital A&E and (b) other hospitals in England during the covid-19 outbreak. (39680)

109 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the risk of covid-19 spreading in dental practices; and what steps he will take to minimise those risks. (39720)

110 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the (a) coverage and (b) fit of masks that are being supplied to front line key workers with beards. (39721)

111 Dame Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the Government's target travel time is for patients accessing urgent dental care during the covid-19 outbreak. (39506)

112 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been discharged from hospital after recovering from covid-19 in each (a) age group, (b) category of sexual identity, (c) ethnic group and (d) category of underlying health condition. (39830)

113 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been (a) admitted to and (b) discharged from hospital as a result of covid-19 in each (a) region and (b) NHS Trust. (39675)


114 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the location of each operational regional testing centre. (39676)

115 rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how are cases of covid-19 in care homes being reported; and whether that data is being published. (39589)

116 rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how are (a) cases of and (b) deaths from covid-19 being recorded by local authorities; and in what format that data is being recorded. (39590)

117 rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how deaths caused by covid-19 are being reported (a) in and (b) outside of the NHS and care sector; and when the Government plans to publish the combined data on those deaths. (39591)

118 rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that there are city centre satelite testing facilities in York for health and care staff who cannot drive to the testing facility at the park and ride located outside the city centre. (39592)

119 rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to build capacity to secure a test and trace strategy to tackle the covid-19 outbreak. (39593)

120 rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government will implement contact tracing to tackle the covid-19 outbreak. (39594)

121 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to help ensure that care homes have adequate food supplies during the covid-19 outbreak. (39472)

122 Sir Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to maintain private prescriptions of medical cannabis to vulnerable children with intractable epilepsy during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement. (39502)

123 Sir Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what financial support his Department is providing to families with severely epileptic children who are reliant on private prescriptions for medical cannabis and whose ability to fundraise for those prescriptions is limited by covid-19 lockdown restrictions. (39503)


124 Sir Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide temporary financial support to the families of vulnerable children with intractable epilepsy who cannot (a) access or (b) fund-raise for private prescriptions for medical cannabis during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement (39504)

125 Sir Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the ability of families of vulnerable children with intractable epilepsy to a) fund and b) maintain access to private prescriptions for medical cannabis; and if he will make statement. (39505)

126 Dr Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure that doctors in training are recruited to the first year of core training posts for August 2020. (39611)

127 Dr Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure that doctors in training are recruited to the first year of higher training posts for August 2020. (39662)

128 Dr Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure that dental surgeries receive supplies of personal protective equipment. (39663)

129 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to streamline NHS procurement processes for personal protective equipment during the covid-19 outbreak. (39491)

130 Selaine Saxby (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to help ensure that residents of care homes living with dementia can maintain contact with their relatives to preserve their cognitive and communication skills during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement. (39808)

131 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to increase the (a) pay and (b) statutory sick pay of carers during the covid-19 outbreak. (39768)

132 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to issue guidance to front line NHS and care workers on the reuse of personal protective equipment. (39789)

133 Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that any UK-based research breakthroughs on a covid-19 vaccine are prioritised for mass production by the UK's pharmaceutical sector. (39652)

134 Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to include (a) Harrow, (b) Barnet and (c) Brent in any future contact tracing pilot to tackle covid-19; and if he will make a statement. (39468)


135 Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has provided (a) military training, (b) internal security training and (c) public order training to Chile since January 2015; and if he will make a statement. (39646)

136 Anthony Mangnall (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he plans to make to his international counterparts to secure a global ban on wet markets. (39742)

137 Anthony Mangnall (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of a longer-term funding cycle for Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative projects. (39743)

138 Anthony Mangnall (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he has made on developing a three-year strategy for the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative. (39744)

139 Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his Russian counterpart on that country's policy of borderization of the Kareli Municipality in Georgia. (39517)

140 Mhairi Black (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to test people arriving at UK airports for covid-19. (39533)

141 Amy Callaghan (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will allow people who have the ability to work on their current visa but have no access to public funds to be temporarily granted access to public funds for income during the covid-19 outbreak. (39761)

142 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that asylum seekers have adequate space and facilities to self isolate if those people have symptoms of covid-19 while living in shared Home Office-provided accommodation for asylum-seekers. (39527)

143 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to pursue deportation proceedings during the covid-19 outbreak. (39826)

144 rachel Hopkins (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the UK meets its obligation to reunite child refugees with family members in the UK where their applications have been accepted. (39717)

145 rachel Hopkins (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has undertaken an assessment of the financial effect of the covid-19 outbreak on people who have no recourse to public funds. (39718)


146 rachel Hopkins (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to suspend the no recourse to public funds status during the covid-19 outbreak. (39719)

147 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department has provided to UK Border Force to ensure that seasonal agricultural workers arriving in the UK do not display symptoms of covid-19. (39484)

148 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will extend the deadline for applications for EU Settled Status during the covid-19 outbreak. (39473)

149 Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of applications from the non-EEA (a) spouse and (b) partner of a UK citizens to (a) extend their leave and (b) apply for indefinite leave to remain that will be made in the next 12 months. (39648)

150 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure migrants in immigration detention are able to access soap and sanitiser. (39786)

151 robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that British Armed Forces servicemen and women stationed overseas have adequate supplies of personal protective equipment and medical supplies to protect them from covid-19. (39639)

152 robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans for armed forces personnel stationed overseas to return to the UK to help in tackling the covid-19 outbreak. (39640)

153 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Sir Stephen Lovegrove's Covid-19 guidance to arms companies dated 27 March 2020, which defence contractors qualify as key workers. (39616)

154 Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will offer additional defence support to his Georgian counterpart in respect of the continued borderization of that country's sovereign territory by Russia. (39518)

155 Zarah Sultana (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what effect the order by the Court of Appeal in June 2019 not to issue new licences for the export of equipment to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen has had on the Government's obligations to Saudi Arabia under existing Government-to-Government agreements for the supply of military equipment; and if he will make a statement. (39815)


156 Simon Baynes (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken provide food and support to people identified by the NHS as the most vulnerable in society. (39814)

157 Dr Luke Evans (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) building regulations and (b) thermal insulation standards facilitate the development of zero carbon heated homes. (39809)

158 Dr Luke Evans (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) private and (b) social renters are able to remain in their homes after the covid-19 outbreak in the event of (i) redundancy and (ii) other changes in their financial and personal circumstances. (39810)

159 Anthony Mangnall (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress he has made on considering responses to the 2018 consultation on the business rates treatment of self-catering accommodation. (39746)

160 Anthony Mangnall (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will extend the Community Housing Fund for a further five years. (39747)

161 Anthony Mangnall (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the number of second homes that are (a) liable to pay council tax and (b) liable to pay business rates. (39749)

162 rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has had discussions with City of York council on the provision of funerals at crematoriums; and if he will make a statement. (39587)

163 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending eligibility for the Small Business Grant Fund to include small businesses which are not registered for business rates because they rent a space within a larger property and pay a proportion of business rates to the landlord. (39566)

164 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment is made of the suitability of the contents of food parcels, provided to vulnerable people, in regard to their (a) medical, (b) religious and (c) ethical preferences. (39632)


165 Alexander Stafford (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, is he will grant a (a) 3 and (b) 6 month extension to the deadline for completion of an annual gas safety check for housing association properties during the covid-19 outbreak. (39818)

166 Alexander Stafford (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Regulator of Social Housing plans will relax requirements for in-date gas safety certificates until the end of 2020 to account for the backlog of gas inspections in (a) housing association and (b) other social housing properties during the covid-19 outbreak. (39819)

167 Alexander Stafford (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether housing providers are required to visit their properties to (a) undertake emergency inspections for dangerous gas issues and (b) facilitate repairs during the covid-19 outbreak. (39820)

168 Alexander Stafford (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether social housing residents retain the right to request a gas safety check when practical to complete during and after the period of lockdown, provided that (a) a risk assessment has been carried out and (b) the inspection can be completed in line with Public Health England guidelines. (39821)

169 Ms Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Serious Further Offence Review in the case of Joseph McCann, published on the 5 March 2020, what assessment he has made of the role of caseloads for probation staff in criminal justice system failures in the case of Joseph McCann. (39519)

170 Ms Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Serious Further Offence Review in the case of Joseph McCann published on the 5 March 2020, what steps he plans to take to reduce caseloads for probation staff. (39520)

171 Ms Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Serious Further Offence Review in the case of Joseph McCann published on the 5 March 2020, what assessment he has made of the role of (a) the loss of experience and (b) inadequacies in training within probation teams in criminal justice system failures in the case of Joseph McCann. (39521)

172 Ms Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Serious Further Offence Review in the case of Joseph McCann published on the 5 March 2020, what steps he plans to take to (a) improve retention of experienced staff and (b) improve training within probation teams. (39522)

173 Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of suspending the issue of county court judgments to small businesses during the covid-19 outbreak to help ensure that those businesses are able to receive and respond efficiently to those judgments. (39541)


174 Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to ensure that court hearings proceed during the covid-19 outbreak. (39678)

175 Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to support law centres that have been financially adversely affected by the covid-19 outbreak. (39803)

176 Scott Benton (Blackpool South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that small businesses who pay business rates as part of their rental agreement with their landlord are able to access the Small Business Grants Fund for covid-19 support on the same basis as those small businesses who are directly registered for business rates payments. (39682)

177 Scott Benton (Blackpool South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that manufacturers making Blackpool rock and other products exclusively for the tourism sector can access the covid-19 small business grants scheme on the same basis as other tourism businesses. (39683)

178 Scott Benton (Blackpool South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the covid-19 grant scheme for tourism and hospitality firms to small bed and breakfast businesses that are currently ineligible because they pay council tax and not business rates. (39740)

179 Amy Callaghan (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish further guidance for charities who are struggling financially due to the covid-19 outbreak. (39762)

180 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to waive bankruptcy fees for people who become bankrupt as a result of the economic effects of the covid-19 outbreak. (39531)

181 Stephen Farry (North Down): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the circumstances in which 2019-20 financial year self-assessment tax returns could be used for the purposes of the self-employed income support scheme. (39790)

182 Stephen Farry (North Down): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to consider dividends in determining income of business owners under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. (39791)

183 Stephen Farry (North Down): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to review the £50,000 trading profit threshold for eligibility for the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme. (39793)

184 Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the economic effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the hospice sector; and what financial support he is providing to (a) hospices and (b) health charities to ensure that they can provide services during that outbreak. (39674)


185 Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to offer additional financial support, beyond Statutory Sick Pay, to front-line staff who are self-isolating as a result of covid-19. (39628)

186 rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to provide additional time to nurseries to enable them to comply with the guidance published by his Department on 22 April 2020 on furloughing staff. (39580)

187 rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to extend the Self-employment Income Support Scheme to (a) businesses and (b) individuals that do not currently qualify for that scheme. (39582)

188 rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many buinesses have accessed the business interruption loan scheme; and what the value is of loans made to date. (39583)

189 David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will allow dividend income from an employer to be taken into account when calculating the income of directors of small private companies for the purposes of the Coronavirus Job retention scheme. (39497)

190 David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the Government's self-employed income support scheme to director-owned small private companies where the directors of those companies cannot be furloughed due to ongoing business commitments. (39498)

191 Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend business rates relief to dental surgeries. (39705)

192 Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend business rates relief to veterinary practices. (39708)

193 Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend business rates relief to physiotherapy practices. (39709)

194 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a temporary VAT exemption on personal protection equipment orders for the social care sector during the covid-19 outbreak. (39485)

195 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the combined effect on social enterprises of the covid-19 outbreak and the cessation of social investment tax relief after the sunset clause is reached in 2021. (39486)

196 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the operation of social investment tax relief to support social enterprises and charities during and after the covid-19 outbreak. (39487)


197 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment with the Secretary of State for Education of the potential merits of extending eligibility to early-years providers to benefit from both Early Years Entitlement Funding and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. (39488)

198 Andrew rosindell (Romford): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of further fiscal steps to support nurseries during the covid-19 outbreak. (39489)

199 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to protect the long-term financial future of dental practices throughout the UK. (39475)

200 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the business loan scheme to ensure that dental practices are able to access financial support where necessary. (39476)

201 Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the business rates holiday for 2020-21 to supply chain businesses servicing the retail, leisure, and hospitality sector that ceased trading as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. (39500)

202 Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet with representatives of the high street banking sector to discuss access to cash in rural areas following Clydesdale Bank's decision to reverse planned branch closures. (39738)

203 Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effect on access to cash in rural areas of bank branch closures during the covid-19 outbreak. (39822)

204 Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the use of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme by businesses that are able to continue operating at full staff strength during the covid-19 outbreak to ensure that resources are prioritised for the businesses and employees in most need. (39655)

205 Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps are being taken to protect pregnant women who are unable to work from home. (39769)

206 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the Government plans to commence section 36 of the Equalities Act 2010. (39526)


207 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on granting early access to the state pension for women reaching state pension age in 2020-21 in response to the covid-19 outbreak. (39620)

Questions for Answer on Wednesday 29 April


1 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent from the public purse on advertising aimed at warning the public of the dangers of covid-19 between 23 March 2020 and 23 April 2020 in (a) newspapers, (b) commercial radio, (c) internet advertising and (d) commercial television. (39827)

2 N Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons a British Sign Language interpreter is not provided in the Government’s daily press briefings on covid-19; and if he will take steps to ensure that a British SIgn Language interpreter is included in future briefings. (39766)

3 N Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when (a) the Government and (b) Public Health England began to record data on ethnicity in the number of deaths due to covid-19. (39829)

4 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many UK businesses have been contacted by his Department to provide support in the manufacture of personal protective equipment. (39562)

5 N Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that Government strategies to ease social distancing measures take into account the living circumstances of multi-generational households. (39560)

6 N Conor McGinn (St Helens North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what dates the National Security Council has met since 24 July 2019; who chaired those meetings; and which Ministers were present. (39626)

7 N Taiwo Owatemi (Coventry North West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the timetable is for discussions between the Government and victims and families of the contaminated blood scandal on a framework for compensation. (39759)

8 N rachel reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the level of stock was of (a) FFP3 masks, (b) FFP2 masks, (c) fluid-repellent gowns, (d) fluid-resistant gowns and (e) protective visors on 1 January 2020 and in each fortnight since that date. (39550)


9 N rachel reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many UK businesses have offered support to the Government for the manufacture of personal protective equipment. (39551)

10 N rachel reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many items of personal protective equipment have been exported from the UK since 1 January 2020; and if he will provide a breakdown of those items. (39553)

11 N rachel reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much personal protective equipment stock was available for social care workers in each fortnight from 1 January 2020 to date; and what the composition of that stock was. (39554)

12 N rachel reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what deliveries of personal protective equipment have arrived in the UK since 1 January 2020, by date of delivery; and what equipment was contained within each of those deliveries. (39555)

13 N rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many UK companies he has commissioned to manufacture (a) ffp2 and (b) ffp3 masks since 1 March 2020; and what the average weekly output of those manufacturers is for each mask type. (39578)

14 N James Murray (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason (a) version 2 of the Construction Leadership Council’s guidance stated that no construction work should be carried out on site if social distancing could not be enforced and (b) that guidance was relaxed in version 3 of that publication. (39780)

15 N James Murray (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to enforce staggered start times for construction sites to enable social distancing for construction workers on public transport during rush hour. (39781)

16 N James Murray (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to protect construction workers during the covid-19 outbreak. (39782)

17 N Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to support community radio stations through the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement. (39659)

18 N Tracy Brabin (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many companies in the creative industries have claimed support through the (a) Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (b) Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (c) VAT payment deferral (e) PAYE self-assessment payment deferral and (f) Statutory Sick Pay rebate; the amounts supplied through each; and if he will publish this information on a regular basis. (39797)


19 N Tracy Brabin (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many workers in the creative industries are beneficiaries of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. (39798)

20 N Tracy Brabin (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of organisations in the creative industries that are using the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme top up their employees' salaries to 100 per cent. (39799)

21 N Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department has made available to (a) arts companies and (b) arts venues to ensure the sustainability of those organisations during the covid-19 outbreak. (39624)

22 N Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the financial implications of the covid-19 outbreak on (a) arts companies and (b) arts venues. (39625)

23 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has plans to increase the funding allocated to the Community Radio Fund to cover emergency payments to community radio stations following the outbreak of covid-19. (39599)

24 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the financial situation of community radio stations following the outbreak of covid-19. (39600)

25 N rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to allocate additional funding to cover the overhead costs of charities and other not-for-profit organisations facing reduced income during the covid-19 outbreak. (39581)

26 N Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne 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 network resilience. (39664)

27 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Minister for Universities plans to respond to the letter from the hon Member for Sheffield Central dated 27 March 2020 on support for students. (39658)

28 N Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to allow schools to challenge examination boards and Ofqual where student grades are adjusted on the basis of statistical modelling. (39785)

29 N Colum Eastwood (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on ensuring that students tied into private rental agreements are supported during the covid-19 outbreak. (39750)


30 N Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on (a) the number of (i) international student numbers and (ii) domestic student numbers intending to take up a university place in the 2020 academic year and (b) research and innovation funding. (39637)

31 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the processing times for supermarket vouchers as an alternative for pupils in receipt of free school meals via the Edenred online portal following the outbreak of covid-19. (39598)

32 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contingency planning his Department has undertaken on supporting teachers and students to learn remotely. (39483)

33 N Kate Osborne (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to make additional funding available to cover childcare costs for key workers during the covid-19 outbreak who would normally rely on relatives for childcare. (39828)

34 N Kate Osborne (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support students in year 9 that have missed out on education as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. (39817)

35 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to provide support to care homes that are facing difficulties accessing deliveries of fresh produce. (39734)

36 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken by his Department to ensure food supply chains are safeguarded during the covid-19 outbreak. (39701)

37 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure farmers have access to the seasonal workers required to harvest crops during the covid-19 outbreak. (39703)

38 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure food supply during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement. (39704)

39 N Kate Osborne (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how often updates to the list of people that are clinically extremely vulnerable to covid-19 are sent to supermarkets. (39816)

40 N Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many businesses have applied to the Coronavirus Fisheries Support Scheme. (39690)


41 N Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many businesses have received a direct cash grant through the Coronavirus fisheries support scheme. (39691)

42 N Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many projects to support fishermen in selling their catch to local communities have been funded by the Government's fisheries support scheme. (39775)

43 N Jane Stevenson (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial support is available to animal sanctuaries and rescue centres during the covid-19 outbreak. (39811)

44 N Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Commonwealth Development Corporation is taking to adapt its global investments to respond to the health and economic effects of the covid-19 pandemic. (39571)

45 N Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the use of expired anti-retroviral (ARV) HIV medication in (a) Zimbabwe and (b) other African countries; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that flows of in-date ARVs are maintained to tackle HIV during the covid-19 pandemic. (39572)

46 N Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she or ministers in her Department last met Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund for HIV, TB and Malaria; and what steps she is taking to ensure continued support for the Global Fund's work. (39573)

47 N Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund, what (a) changes to existing and (b) new programmes she has made or established in response to the covid-19 global pandemic. (39574)

48 N Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what Official Development Assistance qualifying spending over £1 million she has (a) authorised, (b) suspended and (c) transferred to other Government Departments since 15 January 2020. (39575)

49 N Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Official Development Assistance has been (a) committed and (b) distributed to tackle the covid-19 pandemic. (39698)

50 N Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she plans to respond to Question 15079 asked by the hon Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston on 12 February 2020. (39699)


51 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what additional support her Department is providing to countries in the Global South at risk of acute food insecurity as a result of the covid-19 pandemic. (39700)

52 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if the Government will make it is policy to ban all animal fur products. (39529)

53 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the effectiveness of legislation on hostile takeovers. (39650)

54 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on the potential for hostile takeovers of UK companies. (39651)

55 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, who the (a) executive and (b) non-executive members of the Trade Remedies Investigations Directorate are; whether any of those members have (a) recently given notice of resignation or (b) had their appointments terminated. (39661)

56 N Olivia Blake (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what process the Government will use to decide which rail routes and stations closed after the Beeching report are re-opened; what the Government's timeframe is for that process; and if he will consider reopening (a) the Woodhead line, (b) the direct Derby to Manchester line (via Bakewell), and (c) Millhouses station in Sheffield, Hallam constituency. (39796)

57 N ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people who have booked holidays that have been cancelled as a result of the covid-19 outbreak will receive a full refund in cash if they are ATOL protected; and if he will make a statement. (39667)

58 N Florence Eshalomi (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which stations in London have been made accessible under the Access for All programme; and by which Network Rail Control Period they became accessible in. (39770)

59 N Florence Eshalomi (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which stations in London have been made accessible outside of the Access for All programme since 2006; and by which Network Rail Control Period they became accessible in. (39771)

60 N Florence Eshalomi (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which stations in London are due to be made accessible under the Access for All programme during Network Rail Control Period 6. (39772)

61 N Florence Eshalomi (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which stations in London are due to be made accessible outside of the Access for All programme during Network Rail Control Period 6. (39773)


62 N Florence Eshalomi (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals on regulating rickshaws and pedicabs in (a) London and (b) the UK. (39774)

63 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to remove restrictions on delivery times throughout the food supply chain to mitigate the effects of the covid-19 outbreak. (39530)

64 N Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to extend compulsory basic training certificates for motorcycle riders during the covid-19 outbreak. (39656)

65 N Claire Hanna (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government plans to take to support consumers who are eligible for a refund under the The Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 and who have not received a refund within the legislative time limit of 14 days. (39697)

66 N John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on long term rail passenger demand of the covid-19 outbreak on (a) suburban (b) inter-city rail, (c) light rail and (d) underground systems. (39474)

67 N Jane Stevenson (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support is available for private coach companies during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement. (39760)

68 N Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Access to Work claims can be processed electronically during the covid-19 outbreak. (39763)

69 N Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made on the effect of changes to Child Maintenance Service payments on single mothers during the covid-19 outbreak. (39765)

70 N Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many child maintenance arrangements have been (a) altered and (b) withdrawn by the Child Maintenance Service since 1 March 2020. (39643)

71 N Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff employed in the Child Maintenance Service have been redeployed to other duties in her Department since 1 March 2020. (39644)

72 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the length of the waiting time for universal credit; and what steps she is taking to increase the number of staff available to provide support for universal credit claimants during the covid-19 outbreak. (39735)


73 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants had their applications for universal credit (a) approved and (b) rejected in the (i) Sheffield City Region and (ii) Barnsley Central constituency since 1 March 2020. [R] (39601)

74 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants had their applications for an advance on their first payment (a) approved and (b) rejected in the (i) Sheffield City Region and (ii) Barnsley Central constituency since 1 March 2020. [R] (39602)

75 N Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have submitted claims for universal credit in Wales from 23 March 2020 by local authority area. (39515)

76 N Owen Thompson (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff are providing telephone support for people in Scotland trying to apply for universal credit; and what the average call waiting time is for those applicants. (39631)

77 N Owen Thompson (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to suspend all (a) telephone and (b) paper-based reviews of people in receipt of disability living allowance who have been notified of a reassessment for personal independence payments. (39635)

78 N Owen Thompson (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people in receipt of disability living allowance who have received notification for reassessment for personal independence payments will cease to receive those payments if they (a) do not attend a reassessment over the (i) phone and (ii) on paper and (b) cannot attend a reassessment due to the inability of a carer to provide the necessary support due to social distancing measures introduced during the covid-19 outbreak. (39636)

79 N Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has plans to increase carer's allowance to reflect the (a) additional care that carers may be providing and (b) financial difficulties they may face as a result of loss of income during the covid-19 outbreak. (39479)

80 N Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the speed of NHS procurement of personal protective equipment; and if he will make a statement. (39613)

81 N rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2020 to Question 34318, how many (a) consultants in communicable disease control and (b) community infection control nurses work in the NHS in England. (39507)


82 N rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 21 April 2020 to Question 34316, what data his Department collects on the testing of close contacts of people who (a) have been or (b) are suspected as having been infected with covid-19. (39508)

83 N rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Answer of 21 April 2020 to Question 34315, how many personnel in are involved in carrying out contact tracing to identify people who may be at risk of transmitting covid-19. (39509)

84 N rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2020 to Question 34315, how many close contacts of people infected with covid-19 have been identified in England since 1 March 2020. (39510)

85 N rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2020 to Question 34315, how many close contacts of people infected with covid-19 have been traced. (39511)

86 N Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made on the effect of the suspension of the Care Act 2014 in the Coronavirus Act 2020 on deaf and disabled people’s access to social care. (39764)

87 N rosie Duffield (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his Department's policy to allow people in a supported living setting to take their planned respite with their families during the covid-19 outbreak. (39696)

88 N Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) source clinically approved covid-19 tests from UK companies, (b) introduce a mechanism to allow those companies to apply for the covid-19 tests they produce to be clinically approved and introduced into circulation and (c) publish the requirements necessary for covid-19 tests to be clinically approved for use. (39539)

89 N Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the Prime Minister's statement of 16 March 2020 that pregnant women should avoid unnecessary social contact and the Government's policy not to compel employers to furlough pregnant employees; and what steps he is taking to protect the health of pregnant women during the covid-10 outbreak. (39649)

90 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department made of the adequacy of (a) the funding available and (b) supply levels of personal protective equipment for local authorities that wish to provide that equipment to social care providers in their area. (39604)


91 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of social care workers that have (a) tested positive for covid-19 and (b) are taking time off work with suspected covid-19. (39605)

92 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Health and Safety Executive on the safety of NHS workplaces in the last two months due to the covid-19 outbreak. (39482)

93 N Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government is supporting clinical trials of convalescent plasma therapy in treating covid-19; and what evidence he has received on the effectiveness of those treatments. (39523)

94 N Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which local authorities have informed his Department that they have taken the decision to operate the Care Act easements provided for under the Coronavirus Act 2020. (39524)

95 N Ben Lake (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether covid-19 is recognised as an industrial disease when contracted by health care professionals. (39737)

96 N Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons Clipper Logistics deliveries of personal protective equipment have not been delivered to the Brighton and Hove area; on what date those deliveries are expected to arrive; (a) how and (b) for what reasons Clipper Logistics was selected to make those deliveries; and if he will make a statement. (39617)

97 N Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the risk posed by covid-19 to black, Asian, and minority ethnic communities in comparison to the population as whole. (39559)

98 N rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) ffp2 and (b) ffp3 masks have been (i) manufactured in the UK and (ii) imported into the UK in each week since 1 March 2020. (39576)

99 N rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) ffp2 and (b) ffp3 masks have been distributed to each (i) local authority area and (ii) NHS Trust since 1 March 2020. (39577)

100 N rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) ventilators and (b) non-invasive ventilators have been delivered to the NHS since 1 March 2020. (39579)


101 N Conor McGinn (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of covid-19 symptom tracker online apps that have been approved by his Department; and what guidance his Department has published on downloading Government approved apps. (39534)

102 N Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is the Government's policy that hospital patients will not be discharged to care homes unless those patients have tested negative for covid-19. (39493)

103 N Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that care home workers and NHS staff are regularly tested for covid-19 even when those people are not displaying symptoms. (39494)

104 N Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 tests have been (a) requested and (b) completed for care workers on each day since 1 March 2020. (39804)

105 N Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 tests have been (a) requested and (b) completed for residents in care homes on each day since 1 March 2020. (39805)

106 N Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of 19 February 2020 UN Special Procedures letter to the Government of the People's Republic of China concerning violations of human rights of healthcare workers in Hong Kong; and what representations he is making to the governments of the People's Republic of China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on those allegations. (39567)

107 N Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to develop a coordinated response to the two letters from six United Nations Special Procedures to the Government of the People's Republic of China, on alleged mistreatment of healthcare workers and the use of teargas and other hazardous substances by the Hong Kong Police Force. (39568)

108 N Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on support for an international, independent inquiry on the treatment of healthcare workers by the Hong Kong Police Force. (39569)

109 N Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to impose Magnitsky-style sanctions on people directly or indirectly responsible for violations of human rights against healthcare workers in Hong Kong and the alleged misuse of teargas and other hazardous substances by the Hong Kong Police Force. (39570)


110 N Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that British nationals in foreign countries are tested for covid-19. (39547)

111 N Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British nationals have been repatriated in response to the covid-19 outbreak. (39548)

112 N Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that repatriated British nationals are (a) tested for covid-19 and (b) subject to a quarantine period upon their arrival in the UK. (39549)

113 N rachel Hopkins (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much emergency funding he plans to allocate to the British Council to enable that organisation to continue operating and paying staff after May 2020. (39754)

114 N rachel Hopkins (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of funding required from the Government to enable the British Council to continue to operate following the reduction in the income of that organisation as a result of the covid-19 pandemic. (39755)

115 N rachel Hopkins (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the British Council is not required to reduce the (a) wages of its staff and (b) number of jobs in that organisation as a result of the covid-19 pandemic. (39756)

116 N rachel Hopkins (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to protect the future of British Council by providing emergency funding to that organisation until its income from English teaching abroad has returned to the level it was prior to the covid-19 pandemic. (39757)

117 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how the ticket cost of £600 per person for nationals returning from Bangladesh was determined; and if he will make a statement. (39456)

118 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how the ticket cost of £581 per person for UK nationals returning from India was determined; and if he will make a statement. (39457)

119 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made an estimate of the costs incurred by UK citizens trapped in (a) India, (b) Pakistan and (c) Bangladesh after each country's recent ban on international flights. (39458)


120 N Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department is providing to BAME women who have experienced domestic abuse during the covid-19 outbreak. (39692)

121 N Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department is providing to LGBTQ+ individuals who have experienced domestic abuse during the covid-19 outbreak. (39693)

122 N Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will allocate ring-fenced funding to local authorities for the housing of domestic abuse survivors. (39694)

123 N Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will introduce a coordination system, developed in conjunction with specialist Violence Against Women and Girls providers and with local authorities, to allocate hotel spaces alongside specialist support to people deemed in priority need as a result of domestic abuse. (39695)

124 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2020 to Question HL2717 on Migrant Camps: Coronavirus and with reference to the Department for International Development's concern about the risk posed by coronavirus in relation to migrant camps in Greece, if her Department will increase the number of unaccompanied child refugees taken out of those camps and brought to the UK; and if she will make a statement. (39687)

125 N Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that non-EEA (a) spouses and (b) partners of UK citizens residing in the UK applying (a) to extend their leave and (b) for indefinite leave to remain are not disadvantaged by the economic effect of the covid-19 outbreak. (39647)

126 N Gavin robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department is offering to visa applicants whose eligibility for a visa has been negatively affected by the covid-19 outbreak. (39537)

127 N Liz Saville roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of (a) suspending no recourse to public funds conditions and (b) providing a specific support package for people with no recourse to public funds during the covid-19 pandemic. (39741)

128 N Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department uses to choose destinations for relocation of people released from custody early on licence (with conditions) with no fixed abode, and who are classified as foreign national offenders. (39595)


129 N Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how local authorities are (a) notified and (b) supported by her Department when foreign national offenders are released from custody early on licence (with conditions) with no fixed abode. (39596)

130 N Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders who have been released from custody early on licence (with conditions) with no fixed abode have been relocated in the last 12 months. (39597)

131 N Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) perfluorooctane sulfate and (b) perfluooctane acid firefighting foams there are on military bases in the UK; and if he will make a statement. (39512)

132 N Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure military access to GPS satellites resilient to jamming of signals for (a) communications, (b) direct energy weapons, (c) route planning and (d) local confirmation; and if he will make a statement. (39513)

133 N Mr Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ventilators that may be used to support people with covid-19 there are on board the HMS Queen Elizabeth. (39736)

134 N Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the planned period of cover is for the funding allocated to local authorities for increased costs during the covid-19 outbreak. (39525)

135 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether people who are classified as extremely vulnerable are able to apply for priority access to supermarkets, without needing to apply for free food packages. (39481)

136 N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to enable town and parish councils to recover lost income caused by the covid-19 crisis; and what discussions he has held with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the equity of compensation arrangements for such losses by town and parish councils, relative to those applying to the principal local authorities. (39453)

137 N Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to help prevent people living in multi-generational households from being at increased risk of covid-19. (39557)

138 N Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the living circumstances of people in multi-generational households will be taken into account by the Government when social distancing measures are potentially amended. (39558)


139 N Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure local authorities have adequate personal protective equipment to respond effectively to the covid-19 outbreak. (39561)

140 N Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to extend access to the (a) Covid-19 Small Business Grant Fund and (b) the Retail, Hospitality, and Leisure Grant Fund to businesses (i) occupying shared premises or (ii) that pay their rent via their landlord on a Rent plus Rates basis. (39712)

141 N Steve reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the financial effect on local authorities of responding to the covid-19 outbreak. (39552)

142 N Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the non-ACM cladding remediation fund applies to (a) combustible cladding with a Euroclass rating of B as well as cladding with a Euroclass rating of C or below, (b) all types of combustible cladding, or just to HPL and timber, (c) the removal of combustible insulation installed beneath combustible cladding, (d) the removal of combustible insulation installed beneath A1 or A2 cladding and (e) the removal of combustible insulation installed in External Wall Insulation systems with render. (39499)

143 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of local authority Serious Case Reviews into child deaths have involved families with no recourse to public funds in each of the last five years. (39455)

144 N Sir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that parole board hearings can be heard by video link so that offenders in custody, of whom a probation recall report recommends release, can have their cases resolved without further delay; and if he will make a statement. (39471)

145 N Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are being taken to initiate virtual court hearings for serious criminal cases during the covid-19 outbreak. (39516)

146 N Matt rodda (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what due diligence process the Department followed to assess the preferred bidder for Reading Gaol; and whether Departmental staff or contactors undertook that process. (39751)

147 N Matt rodda (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what impact assessment the Government has made of the covid-19 outbreak on the sale of Reading Gaol and the preferred bidder’s financial status. (39752)


148 N Matt rodda (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what form payment for the Reading Gaol site will be made, and whether that payment will be phased or paid as a lump sum. (39753)

149 N Conor McGinn (St Helens North): To ask the Prime Minister, what the status is of the Government’s Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, announced in February 2020 and led by Alex Ellis; and what the timetable is for its publication. (39627)

150 N Dan Carden (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it remains his Department's policy to participate in the OECD joint publication of aggregate data from the country by country reporting of multinational companies. (39777)

151 N Dan Carden (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to publish aggregate data from the country by country reporting of multinational companies. (39778)

152 N Dan Carden (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the UK’s company level data from country by country reporting of multinational companies. (39779)

153 N Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he will take to encourage philanthropy and charitable giving to offset the effect of covid-19 on the charity sector. (39665)

154 N Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to enable theatres to continue to claim employee wages through the Job Retention Scheme until they can fully re-open. (39623)

155 N Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the economic effect of the covid-19 outbreak on university towns and cities. (39668)

156 N Claire Hanna (Belfast South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support company directors and self-employed company owners who pay themselves via dividends and are therefore ineligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. (39783)

157 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether employees of umbrella companies can be furloughed beyond the dates of assignments with subcontractors. (39480)

158 N Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of changing the Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme to help industries such as the steel industry that are experiencing a shortage of skilled workers to reduce the hours of their employees in preference to furlough. (39629)


159 N Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits to industries such as the steel industry which are experiencing shortages of skilled workers of amending the Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme to enable employers to furlough employees for shorter periods of time. (39630)

160 N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support he is providing to small-to-medium transport companies that are substantially engaged in the importing and distribution of personal protective equipment and other essential medical supplies; and if he will make it his policy to offer such companies (a) business rate relief and (b) support grants similar to those available to retail, hospitality and tourism businesses. (39450)

161 N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that directors of businesses, who cannot be themselves be furloughed while administering the payments of their staff members on furlough, receive financial support comparable to that received by such members of staff; and what other steps he plans to take to support directors of small businesses during the covid-19 outbreak. (39451)

162 N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support he plans to allocate to (a) optometrists, (b) physiotherapy, chiropractic and osteopathy clinics, (c) podiatrists and (d) other healthcare practices that are receiving near-zero patient income due to the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make it his policy to exempt such healthcare practices from fees normally payable to their regulators. (39452)

163 N Conor McGinn (St Helens North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to provide financial assistance to employees who were working before 19 March 2020, but are exempt from the furlough scheme due to a real-time information submission after this date by their employer. (39618)

164 N Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether employers can furlough employees who are (a) shielding, (b) vulnerable, (c) pregnant and (d) unable to work as a result of caring responsibilities resulting from covid-19. (39514)

165 N Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend business rates relief to ophthalmologists. (39706)

166 N Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to prevent medical businesses, such as dentists and ophthalmologists, from becoming insolvent as they are unable to access small business support. (39707)

167 N Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will remove the requirement to make annual profits of less than £50,000 for the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme. (39710)


168 N Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the support available for self-employed people whose income primarily comes from dividends. (39711)

169 N Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fishing and aquaculture businesses have applied to the (a) Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme and (b) Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme in England. (39688)

170 N Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many loans have been granted to fishing and aquaculture companies under the Government's Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans Scheme. (39689)

171 N Gavin robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of including the 2019-20 tax returns of self-employed graduates under the Self-employed Income Support Scheme. (39535)

172 N Gavin robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of giving directors of limited companies capped access to the Self-employed Income Support Scheme of up to £2,500 per month; and if he will make a statement. (39536)

173 N Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on (a) recruiting and (b) training additional HMRC customs agents. (39478)

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