questions tabled on tue 21 apr 2020 · 4 tim farron (westmorland and lonsdale): to ask the...

Published: Wednesday 22 April 2020

Questions for Answer on Wednesday 22 April

Questions for Written Answer

1 Sir Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of UK nationals working as contractors who have been replaced by specialists from overseas in the latest period for which figures are available. [Transferred] (37378)

2 Jonathan Gullis (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to support veterans and their families in (a) Stoke-on-Trent, (b) Kidsgrove and (c) England. [Transferred] (37764)

3 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of deaths due to covid-19 have been among homeless people; and how that death rate compares with death rates for the same period of time in previous years. [Transferred] (37994)

4 Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to extend the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme to businesses that have no rateable property but have been adversely affected by the covid-19 outbreak. [Transferred] (37553)

5 Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will suspend state aid rules for the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme so that loss-making companies can be considered eligible for that scheme. [Transferred] (37514)

Questions tabled on Tuesday 21 April 2020

Includes questions tabled on earlier days which have been transferred.

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2 QUESTIONS TABLED ON TUESDAy 21 APRIL 2020Published: Wednesday 22 April 2020

6 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to amend the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme to remove the requirement for the lender to ask for personal guarantees. [Transferred] (37712)

7 Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to safeguard children from abuse while schools are closed due to covid-19. [Transferred] (37977)

8 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support he is providing to (a) childminders and (b) families that rely on childminding services during the covid-19 outbreak. [Transferred] (37437)

9 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to provide support to garden centres and plant nurseries during the covid-19 outbreak. [Transferred] (37837)

10 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make representations to his international counterparts on establishing the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2020 as an online conference. [Transferred] (38038)

11 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have died as a result of chickenpox in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in each of last five years. [Transferred] (37651)

12 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that garden centres are able to sell their plants that will otherwise go to waste during the covid-19 outbreak. [Transferred] (37448)

13 Alexander Stafford (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) key workers and (b) vulnerable people who are self-isolating are given priority access to supermarket delivery slots online during the covid-19 outbreak. [Transferred] (37740)

14 Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on support for private ferry companies affected by the economic effect of the covid-19 outbreak. [Transferred] (37493)

15 Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support the Government is making available to the transport sector during the covid-19 outbreak. [Transferred] (37541)

16 Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a specific support package to (a) protect jobs in and (b) support the travel industry. [Transferred] (37588)

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17 Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of jobs at risk from the potential collapse of the UK travel industry as a result of the cessation of international travel in response to the covid-19 pandemic. [Transferred] (37589)

18 Stuart Anderson (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has plans to provide financial support for burial costs to people in financial hardship with relatives who have died as a result of covid-19. [Transferred] (37747)

19 Sir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) public and (b) private sector organisations contributed to Exercise Cygnus; and how many of those organisations have been consulted following that exercise on its the findings and recommendations; and if he will make a statement. [Transferred] (37419)

20 Sir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish (a) the findings of Exercise Cygnus 2016 and (b) information on which recommendations have been implemented. [Transferred] (37420)

21 Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether final year trainee (a) doctors and (b) nurses will be charged tuition fees while working for the NHS during the covid-19 outbreak. [Transferred] (37381)

22 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take support student nurses that began their courses in 2017 and are therefore not eligible for the grant announced by the Government in December 2019. [Transferred] (37445)

23 Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to make an assessment of the adequacy of the World Health Organisation’s response to initial evidence of the covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan. [Transferred] (37620)

24 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that there is an adequate supply of fabric for industry and voluntary groups to provide personal protective equipment for NHS and care workers. [Transferred] (37884)

25 Dr Luke Evans (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent an increase in the level of domestic violence cases during the covid-19 outbreak. [Transferred] (37849)

26 Jess Phillips (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the charity sector on community support provision for children affected by domestic abuse. [Transferred] (37710)


27 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to support charity workers in faith organisations during the covid-19 outbreak. [Transferred] (37972)

28 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support Mosques with charity work during the month of Ramadan during the covid-19 outbreak. [Transferred] (37974)

29 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to grant Business Improvement Districts' levy payers 100 percent levy relief during the covid-19 outbreak. [Transferred] (37711)

30 Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) removing or (b) lowering the credit rating eligibility threshold for the Covid Corporate Financing Facility to enable larger corporates without the requisite credit rating to gain access to that scheme. [Transferred] (37702)

31 Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to take steps to encourage companies to rehire and furlough employees that ceased work on or after 28 February 2020 to take up a new job which has fallen through as a result of covid-19. [Transferred] (37690)

32 Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support furloughed employees that were employed after 28 February 2020 and are not eligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. [Transferred] (37687)

Questions for Answer on Thursday 23 April


1 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that banks taking part in the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme do not require a personal guarantee from business directors to secure loans of less than £250,000. [Transferred] (37661)

2 N Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will pay tax credits claimants transitioning to universal credit until the their first universal credit payment is received. [Transferred] (37506)


3 N Anna McMorrin (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure expectant fathers that have been furloughed and are receiving 80 per cent of their normal pay are not disadvantaged in qualifying for Statutory Paternity Pay because of a reduction in their earnings. [Transferred] (37832)

4 N Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to support supply teachers who are employed through an agency and are not eligible for furlough via the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. [Transferred] (37627)

5 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) kennels and (b) dog walking businesses are able to operate outdoors under the guidance on covid-19 announced on 23 March 2020. [Transferred] (37478)

6 N Dr Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to introduce restrictions on international air travel to the UK as a result of covid-19. [Transferred] (38030)

7 N Jess Phillips (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting up an enforcement telephone line for employees to report employers that are not following social distancing guidance relating to covid-19. [Transferred] (37708)

8 N Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to introduce (a) more stringent testing at airports and (b) a period of quarantine for people entering the UK from regions that have a high incidence of covid-19. [Transferred] (38024)

9 N Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if the Government will extend the validity period of marriage notices issued in 2020 by 12 months to allow weddings cancelled as a result of the outbreak of covid-19 to take place. [Transferred] (37869)

10 N Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that small business insurers recognise covid-19 as a notifiable disease. [Transferred] (37471)

11 N Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether nannies are eligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. [Transferred] (37628)

12 N Sir Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to fully re-open the Valuation Office Agency in order to clear the backlog of that Agency`s outstanding queries during the covid-19 outbreak. [Transferred] (37379)

13 N Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.247 on page 63 of the Budget 2020 Red Book and pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2020 to Question 28573 on Red Diesel; what


discussions has he had with representatives of the Local Government Association on the potential effect on local government of the removal of the entitlement to use red diesel from April 2022. [Transferred] (37522)

Questions for Answer on Monday 27 April


1 N Sir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many offers of help have been received via www.gov.uk/coronavirus-support-from-business; what the maximum time is within which offers are acknowledged; how many substantive responses have been provided; and if he will make a statement. (38419)

2 N Sir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it the policy of the Government to publish all recommendations resulting from Exercise Cygnus in 2016 other than those which directly affect national security; and if he will make a statement. (38420)

3 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps they are taking to work with the devolved administrations to combat the covid-19 outbreak. (38508)

4 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to support the civil service to work securely and safely at home during the covid-19 outbreak. (38510)

5 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a national office for carbon removal. (38544)

6 N Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether furloughed directors of small limited companies can carry out (a) marketing, (b) future sales planning and (c) other non-income generating tasks for their businesses in preparation for re-opening shuttered hospitality venues whilst using the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. (38667)

7 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the economic effect of the covid-19 lockdown on the events and exhibitions industry. (38500)

8 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment has made of the effect of the covid-19 lockdown on the recruitment sector. (38509)


9 N Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to use tax receipts held by the HMRC in parity with the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme to determine financial support for freelancers in the North Sea oil and gas supply industry facing financial difficulties. (38495)

10 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many businesses have had their Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme applications (a) approved and (b) rejected in the (i) Sheffield City Region and (ii) Barnsley Central constituency. [R] (38591)

11 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has been made of the performance of the energy system in meeting changes in demand due to the covid-19 outbreak. (38504)

12 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans the Government has to rearrange COP 26 in Glasgow. (38505)

13 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support Companies House is giving to businesses to assist with responding to the covid-19 outbreak. (38507)

14 N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy that (a) businesses that have become profitable after recent restructuring should not be precluded from being granted emergency business loans on the basis of unprofitable trading figures prior to their restructuring and (b) those businesses should be assessed on their recent profitability on the same basis as start-up businesses of a similar size. (38410)

15 N Mr Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses that have (a) made applications for loans under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme and (b) have received approval for those applications, broken down by each bank to which those businesses applied. (38473)

16 N Mr Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when businesses that furloughed staff in March will receive their first furlough payments. (38588)

17 Dr Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the hospitality industry. (38466)

18 Dr Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to provide support to the hospitality industry during the covid-19 outbreak. (38467)


19 Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of masts that will be required to roll out 5G throughout the UK. (38427)

20 N Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on allocating funding to provide electronic equipment and connectivity for education and social use to vulnerable people. (38575)

21 N Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to provide electronic equipment with internet connectivity to vulnerable and under privileged people during the covid-19 outbreak. (38576)

22 N Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect on people who do not have access to the internet of the decline in face-to-face services during the response to the covid-19 outbreak. (38577)

23 N Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding of the FIFPro report published on 16 April 2020 that the covid-19 outbreak represents an existential threat to women's football. (38579)

24 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) officials in his Department and (b) representatives of the Charity Commission have had discussions with (i) funding organisations and (ii) institutional donors regarding the use of restricted project funds by (A) charities and (B) civil society organisations to cover core running costs during the covid-19 outbreak. (38454)

25 N Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the guidance issued by his Department to private nurseries on furloughing employees during the covid-19 outbreak. (38480)

26 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to support school students who do not have internet access during the covid-19 outbreak. (38506)

27 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that university students who do not have access to (a) the internet and (b) a computer at home are able to complete their studies. (38513)


28 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) his Department and (b) the Student Loans Company plan to provide support to (i) current and (ii) prospective students whose parents have lost their jobs as a result of the covid-19 outbreak by (A) facilitating access to full maintenance loans and (B) reinstating maintenance grants. (38455)

29 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the data entitled Coronavirus (COVID-19): attendance in education and early years settings published by his Department on 21 April 2020, what proportion of the children classified as vulnerable were (a) classified as children in need and (b) hold an Education, Health and Care plan. (38665)

30 Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the steps required to meet the World Health Organization guideline values for PM2.5; and if he will publish those assessments. (38589)

31 N Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure people who are blind or partially sighted are able to access essential groceries. (38643)

32 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking with the food retail sector to ensure continuity of food supply. (38523)

33 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking with supermarkets to help vulnerable people to shop for groceries online. (38524)

34 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the destruction of biodiversity and habitats on levels of emerging zoonotic diseases. (38461)

35 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made a recent assessment of the effect of the food production system (a) in the UK and (b) globally on levels of emerging zoonotic diseases; and if he will make a statement. (38462)

36 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that schools are reducing their use of single use plastic. (38565)

37 Dr Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the agricultural industry. (38463)

38 Dr Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the agricultural supply chain. (38464)


39 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support small independent veterinary practices during the covid-19 outbreak. (38666)

40 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding the Government plans to provide to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in each year from 2021 to 2025. (38559)

41 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) availability and (b) adequacy of (i) medical and (ii) sanitation supplies in response to the covid-19 outbreak in Kashmir. (38670)

42 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what additional support the Government is providing to people in Kashmir to help the region with the covid-19 outbreak. (38671)

43 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department is providing support to organisations or projects researching a covid-19 vaccine. (38521)

44 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her department is taking to (a) provide new and additional funding and (b) support local actors in Yemen to respond to the covid-19 pandemic with (i) public health promotion, (ii) livelihoods assistance and (iii) increasing food security. (38450)

45 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic UNFPA Global Response Plan, what steps her Department is taking to (a) work with the United Nations Population Fund to secure the supply of reproductive health products and (b) ensure that women and girls in developing countries continue to have access to (i) contraception and (ii) safe abortion throughout the covid-19 outbreak. (38452)

46 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support the Overseas Territories to deal with the covid-19 pandemic. (38529)

47 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps her Department has taken to ensure the sustainability of global supply chains during the covid-19 pandemic. (38534)

48 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to UK-based charities and small businesses to help those organisations tackle the covid-19 outbreak in the developing world. (38535)


49 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to help to build resilience amongst domestic health services and systems in developing countries during the covid-19 outbreak. (38536)

50 Christian Wakeford (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to support developing countries in Africa to tackle the covid-19 outbreak. (38630)

51 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on protecting the UK manufacturing industry from dumping practices during the covid-19 outbreak. (38531)

52 N Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness of the Brexit voucher schemes in (i) Ireland and (ii) the Netherlands and (b) the potential merits of introducing a similar scheme in the UK to support SMEs with their trade with European partners after the UK leaves the EU. (38412)

53 N Dame Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will suspend all HS2 (a) preparation and (b) construction work during the covid-19 outbreak. (38409)

54 N Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Government will extend the validity period of learner driver theory test certificates to ensure learner drivers who cannot take a practical driving test as a result of the outbreak of covid-19 do not have to retake the theory test. (38624)

55 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimates his Department has made of how many drivers in (a) the Scottish Borders, (b) Scotland, and (c) the UK will benefit from the MOT extension due to the covid-19 outbreak. (38515)

56 N Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many EU citizens holding (a) settled status and (b) pre-settled status have had their applications for universal credfit refused since 1 March 2020. (38426)

57 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of suspending the requirement to complete the online work journal in order to continue receiving universal credit payments for people who do not have computer or internet access from home during the covid-19 outbreak. (38542)

58 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has she made of the effect of increased hours and overtime worked by (a) carers and (b) NHS staff during the covid-19 outbreak on tax credit calculations. (38555)


59 N Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to respond to Question 30815 of 17 March 2020 from the hon. Member for Edinburgh East. (38568)

60 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to publish a response to her Department’s consultation on statutory sick pay. (38413)

61 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the continued delivery of the national screening programme during the covid-19 pandemic. (38525)

62 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many items of (a) fluid repellent surgical face masks, (b) disposable respirators (FFP3/ FFP2/ N95), (c) fluid repellent gowns, (d) eye goggles and (e) visors have been delivered to each trust in England in each month of 2020. (38526)

63 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff have been tested for covid-19 in each trust in England. (38527)

64 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff in each CCG have been tested for covid-19. (38528)

65 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of purchasing covid-19 antibody tests. (38530)

66 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new ventilators have been (a) procured and (b) delivered to NHS trusts in response to the covid-19 pandemic. (38532)

67 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many elective operations have been cancelled in NHS trusts in England in each month of 2020 to date. (38533)

68 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS dentistry services will continue to be available after the covid-19 outbreak. (38537)

69 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what personal protective equipment has been distributed to dietitians in the UK. (38621)

70 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's guidance on the use of personal protective equipment, whether (a) naso-gastric or (b) naso-jejunal tubes are classed as an aerosol generating procedure; and what advice his Department took to reach this decision. (38623)


71 Paul Bristow (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide details of the evidential threshold that his Department requires antibody tests to meet in order to detect people that have had covid-19. (38639)

72 N Sir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy that retired therapists who return to work as volunteers for the NHS during the covid-19 pandemic are able to re-register with their former professional bodies to obtain insurance equivalent to that being provided for retired doctors re-registering with the GMC; and if he will make a statement. (38417)

73 N Sir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of personal protective equipment being used in hospitals where covid-19 patients are being treated can be fully sterilised after use; and what his policy is on minimising single-use products when laundry sterilisation is available. (38418)

74 Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) list the recommendations made by Exercise Cygnus in 2016, (b) set out those recommendations that have been implemented by the Government and (c) provide the reasons for not implementing those remaining recommendations. (38414)

75 N Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the names of businesses (a) that have contacted the Government offering to produce personal protective equipment and (b) whose offers have been accepted. (38446)

76 N Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to assess the viability of businesses that have approached the Government to produce personal protective equipment to the necessary standard for use in the NHS and social care settings. (38447)

77 N Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanism he has established for the receipt and assessment of offers from businesses for the production of personal protective equipment. (38448)

78 N Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what level of production of personal protective equipment he estimates will be produced by UK businesses in each of the next three months; and when that equipment will be available for use. (38449)

79 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2020 to Question 33582 on Coronavirus: Hospital Beds, what estimate the Government has made of the cost to the public purse of reimbursing the independent sector. (38543)


80 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of streamlining the clinically extremely vulnerable persons' registration process so that an applicant can register without an NHS number. (38552)

81 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients who have been discharged from hospitals to care homes in (a) Birmingham, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England have been tested for covid-19 in each of the last 12 weeks. (38554)

82 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the care sector has been instructed to follow the version 1 Admission and Care of Residents during COVID-19 Incident in a Care Home guidance document published on 2 April 2020, since 6 April 2020 when that guidance was withdrawn; and what guidance the care sector has been instructed to follow since 6 April 2020. (38564)

83 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Admission and Care of Residents during COVID-19 Incident in a Care Home guidance document, version 1, published on 2 April 2020, will be updated. (38571)

84 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the levels of covid-19 infection amongst migrant groups with no recourse to public funds (NRPF) status; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with NRPF status have access to public health information and services. (38512)

85 N Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will allocate funding to reimburse medical companies that import medical equipment necessary for the treatment by the NHS of patients with covid-19 for the increased costs of shipping that equipment from North America, Europe and Asia to the UK to meet the needs of the NHS. (38434)

86 N Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will (a) reimburse companies' increased air freight costs and (b) vary NHS (i) tenders and (ii) framework to cover the uplift in transport costs for products supplied to the NHS for the treatment of covid-19 patients. (38435)

87 Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has taken steps to reduce the increase in fees charged by airfreight carriers to medical companies that supply equipment for the NHS to treat covid-19 patients. (38436)

88 N Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of increased air freight fees on the operation of medical companies importing goods at fixed product prices. (38437)


89 N Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with the Department for Transport on increasing the number of air freight transport routes in operation to minimise delays to the import of medical supplies. (38438)

90 N Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government is working with air freight companies to prioritise the supply of medical equipment for the treatment of covid-19 patients at an appropriate cost. (38439)

91 Tom Hunt (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of equipping frontline NHS staff with general service respirators from military and civilian authority stocks during the covid-19 outbreak. (38641)

92 Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase pay for care workers in line with the national living wage. (38578)

93 Dame Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the number of fully operating urgent dental centres open for patient referral in each (a) NHS administrative area and (b) county. (38440)

94 Dame Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of supply of FFP3 for aerosal generating procedures at urgent dental centres. (38441)

95 Dame Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many urgent dental centres are operating in North Yorkshire and Humber; and which NHS clusters have not yet identified a potential urgent dental centre. (38442)

96 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department have taken to prepare for a pandemic in each of the last 10 years. (38636)

97 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department took prior to the covid-19 outbreak to (a) prepare for and (b) mitigate the effect of a pandemic; and whether his Department is following a pandemic preparedness strategy for the covid-19 outbreak. (38637)

98 N Ben Lake (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will update the Covid-19: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Plan, published on 10 April 2020, to state that care providers in Wales and Scotland may be supplied with PPE. (38496)


99 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding the Government has provided to set up NHS Louisa Jordan. (38522)

100 N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the contact details for a team in his Department that companies able to supply large quantities of PPE from abroad can use to explain what PPE products they are able to supply; and if he will take steps to ensure that those companies receive a timely response. (38411)

101 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to collect sex-disaggregated data as part of the NHS coronavirus status checker. (38456)

102 N Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional ventilators have been provided (a) in total and (b) to each NHS Trust since 31 January 2020. (38595)

103 N Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the availability of personal protective equipment in NHS Trusts since 31 January 2020. (38596)

104 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 testing sites are operational. (38597)

105 N Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the 50 testing sites for covid-19 will become fully operational. (38598)

106 N Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the geographical availability of covid-19 testing stations. (38599)

107 N Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what procedures are in place for referring (a) NHS and (b) social care workers to covid-19 testing stations. (38600)

108 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff have undertaken additional training to support patients with respiratory needs since 31 January 2020. (38601)

109 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new ventilators have been manufactured in the UK since 31 January 2020. (38602)

110 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new ventilators have been purchased from outside the UK since 31 January 2020. (38603)


111 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that additional personal protective equipment is provided to all (a) NHS Trusts and (b) social care settings. (38604)

112 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that staff receive adequate (a) information and (b) training on the safe use of personal protective equipment. (38605)

113 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on how many occasions since 1 January 2020 has guidance on personal protective equipment been updated by his Department; and if he will place copies in the Library of each iteration of that guidance. (38606)

114 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of generic drugs since the start of the covid-19 outbreak; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the outbreak on the supply of medicines. (38607)

115 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to re-introduce contact tracing for people who test positive for covid-19. (38608)

116 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to publish a testing and tracing strategy. (38609)

117 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of when an antibody test for covid-19 will become available; and what plans he has for the roll out of that test. (38610)

118 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the proposed 100,000 tests per day for covid-19 will be (a) antigen and (b) antibody tests. (38611)

119 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to introduce a death-in-service benefit for NHS workers. (38612)

120 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has undertaken since 2010 of the pandemic planning exercises commissioned between 2005 and 2010. (38613)

121 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the recommendations of Exercise Cygnus in 2016; and if he will publish those recommendations. (38614)


122 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to introduce mass community testing for covid-19. (38619)

123 N Mr Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that deaths from covid-19 in care homes are accurately recorded. (38634)

124 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19-free hospital sites have been created for cancer care in England; and what plans there are to deliver additional such sites in the next four weeks. (38580)

125 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have visited covid-19-free hospital sites since the establishment of those sites; and how many of those patients were cancer patients. (38581)

126 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are on Patient Tracking Lists (a) in total and (b) by NHS trust. (38582)

127 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients on Patient Tracking Lists are safely monitored and followed up. (38583)

128 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many oncologists (a) in total and (b) by NHS trust have been diverted to respond directly to the Covid-19 outbreak. (38584)

129 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of covid-19-related staff absence (a) by illness and (b) by diversions on cancer treatment. (38585)

130 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cancer-related clinical trials have been (a) cancelled and (b) suspended as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. (38586)

131 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the long-term effect on cancer research of the suspension and cancellation of clinical trials. (38587)

132 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the availability of cancer treatment pathways returns to its previous level after the relaxation of covid-19 measures. (38645)

133 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) total and (b) routine cervical smears have been delayed (i) across NHS England and (ii) by NHS Trust as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. (38646)


134 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cancer treatments considered essential and urgent have been delayed across NHS England. (38647)

135 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has carried out increased monitoring on cancer (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment statistics during the covid-19 outbreak. (38648)

136 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of provisionally registering pre-registration pharmacists in response to the covid-19 outbreak. (38649)

137 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the supply line to community pharmacies. (38651)

138 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of authorising pharmacists to supply prescription-only medicines without a prescription to patients who have previously been prescribed those medicines during the covid-19 outbreak. (38652)

139 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that dentists at urgent dental care hubs receive adequate supplies of personal protective equipment. (38653)

140 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have been treated in urgent dental care hubs (a) in total and (b) by hub. (38654)

141 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) mean and (b) median wait is for a patient referred to an urgent dental care hub for initial treatment. (38655)

142 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the ability of patients to access urgent dental care hubs. (38656)

143 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to assist patients to travel to urgent dental care hubs. (38657)

144 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentists (a) have been trained and (b) are waiting for training to work at urgent dental care hubs. (38658)

145 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there are any (a) regional or (b) local differences in ability to receive urgent medical treatment during the covid-19 outbreak based on levels of deprivation. (38659)


146 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor levels of health inequality during the covid-19 outbreak. (38660)

147 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that health inequalities are not exacerbated by the Government's response to the covid-19 outbreak. (38661)

148 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made any assessment on levels of (a) tobacco and (b) alcohol use during the covid-19 outbreak. (38662)

149 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mental health support has been provided to primary care providers in England in response to the covid-19 outbreak. (38663)

150 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he held discussions with delegates at the most recent G20 meeting on a proposal for a global covid-19 testing, treatment and vaccine scheme. (38539)

151 N Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on cancer (a) treatment and (b) care. (38551)

152 N Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to decreasing emergency attendances since lockdown measures were introduced in response to the covid-10 outbreak, what steps his Department is taking to encourage seriously ill people to go to hospital. (38553)

153 Dr Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of assaults on NHS staff in England since the beginning of the covid-19 outbreak. (38465)

154 John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England supplied personal protective (a) clothing and (b) equipment to hospitals prior to the covid-19 outbreak. (38397)

155 John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which body is responsible for buying personal protective equipment in a district general hospital. (38398)

156 John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Public Health England is responsible for emergency stocks for all NHS England facilities. (38399)

157 John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new domestic suppliers of personal protective equipment have been signed up in the last two months by NHS England and Public Health England. (38400)


158 John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to prevent competition for supplies of personal protective equipment (a) between (i) individuals, (ii) hospitals and (iii) surgeries and (b) between (A) local and (B) national supply. (38401)

159 John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which body is responsible for giving regulatory approval for (a) a new design of PPE clothing and (b) a new supplier's PPE product. (38402)

160 John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the error rate is for the current tests for covid-19. (38403)

161 John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how long on average people with covid-19 remain infected. (38404)

162 John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the recovery rate is for people admitted to intensive care with covid-19. (38405)

163 Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients suffering with lupus are able to access adequate supplies of hydroxychloroquine. (38644)

164 N Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, whether he plans to issue further guidance on (a) self-isolation and (b) testing to UK nationals returning from abroad. (38423)

165 N Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure that (a) chemotherapy and (b) organ transplants that have been suspended due to the covid-19 outbreak are resumed as soon as possible. (38424)

166 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support autistic people and their families during the covid-19 lockdown. (38425)

167 Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase manufacturing capacity to mass produce a potential coronavirus vaccine. (38560)

168 Christian Wakeford (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether officials in his Department have held discussions with representatives of Israeli medical technology companies on the (a) use and (b) importation of medical technologies developed in that country to tackle the covid-19 outbreak in the UK. (38631)

169 Christian Wakeford (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) funding and (b) other resources the Government is allocating to the search for (a) a vaccine and (b) different treatment options for covid-19. (38632)


170 Paul Bristow (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations officials in his Department have made to their Chinese counterparts about the treatment of Africans in (a) Guangdong province and (b) the rest of that country. (38638)

171 N Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British nationals stranded abroad as a result of the covid-19 outbreak have registered with his Department for flights to return to the UK. (38489)

172 N Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of British nationals stranded abroad as a result of the covid-19 outbreak who (a) are over the age of 70 and (b) have a serious medical condition who have registered with his Department for flights to return to the UK from abroad. (38491)

173 N Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of British nationals stranded abroad as a result of the covid-19 outbreak who have registered with his Department for flights to return to the UK who have not yet returned to the UK. (38492)

174 N Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British nationals stranded abroad in India as a result of the covid-19 outbreak who registered with his Department for flights to return to the UK were staying in the regions of (a) Punjab and (b) Gujarat. (38493)

175 Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that British nationals stranded abroad as a result of the covid-19 outbreak not allocated a seat on UK Government charter flights are able to return to the UK. (38494)

176 Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of British residents in (a) India and (b) Pakistan who are unable to return to the UK due to the covid-19 outbreak. (38616)

177 Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British residents, who do not hold British passports, have registered for charter flights to return to the UK. (38622)

178 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria the Government uses to prioritise registrations for seats on return flights for British nationals stranded abroad due to the covid-19 pandemic. (38573)


179 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2020 to Question 35014 on Coronavirus: Disease Control, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the need for (a) the UK and (b) other countries to follow the World Health Organisation guidelines on covid-19. (38625)

180 N Simon Hoare (North Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether William Shawcross, the Special Representative on UK victims of Qadhafi-sponsored IRA terrorism, has submitted his report on the feasibility of calculating the number of people affected and the compensation due to those people from the Libyan Government. (38548)

181 Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to assist British seafarers stranded overseas as a result of the covid-19 pandemic to return to the UK. (38433)

182 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of deaths in Kashmir as a result of covid-19; and whether he has made an assessment of the accuracy of the estimated deaths published by the Indian Government. (38668)

183 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the covid-19 pandemic, what representations he has made to his Indian counterpart on communications in Kashmir. (38669)

184 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many emergency repatriation loans have been paid and what the total value is of those loans. (38519)

185 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support the British Overseas Territories during the covid-19 outbreak. (38520)

186 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the joint statement on the fifth anniversary of the conflict in Yemen, published on 26 March 2020, what representations officials in his Department have made to their Saudi Arabian counterparts on a permanent ceasefire in Yemen; and whether arms and military equipment is being (a) sold and (b) transferred to that country through existing (i) open and (ii) single export licences. (38451)

187 N Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will allow non-British nationals on repatriation flights to allow for key workers with visas to return to the UK. (38432)


188 N Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to assist the repatriation of non-UK nationals resident in the UK. (38570)

189 Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to schedule repatriation flights from Karachi in Pakistan to enable UK residents physically unable to undertake the 752-mile journey to Lahore or the 877-mile journey to Islamabad from Karachi to return home to the UK; and if he will make a statement. (38415)

190 Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on migrants in the UK who have no recourse to public funds. [R] (38626)

191 Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to suspend the no recourse to public funds condition during the covid-19 lockdown. [R] (38627)

192 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of migrants and asylum seekers with the right to work but no recourse to public funds; and what plans she has to review that policy in response to the covid-19 outbreak. (38514)

193 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to ensure that non-British nationals working in the (a) NHS and (b) social care sector to tackle the covid-19 outbreak are supported in extending their visas (i) during and (ii) after the outbreak. (38516)

194 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to review the pay cap on the Government’s proposed points based immigration system in response to the covid-19 outbreak to ensure that skilled nurses and carers are able to (a) continue to live in the UK and (b) travel to the UK to work. (38517)

195 N Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of racially-motivated hate crimes recorded by the police in each week of 2020 to date were against people of Chinese ethnicity. (38538)

196 Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) prevent the transmission of covid-19 in immigration removal centres and (b) protect (i) staff and (ii) detainees in those centres from that infection during the covid-19 outbreak. (38487)

197 N Peter Kyle (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will extend spousals visas where one spouse is unable to re-enter the country before their visa expiration date due to global travel restrictions. (38501)


198 N Peter Kyle (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will allow the extension of visas for foreign nationals who are unable to re-enter the country before their visa expiration date due to global travel restrictions. (38511)

199 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of occasions animal testing laboratories have been compelled to euthanise animals because staff are (a) working from home, self-isolating, sick or furloughed and (b) as a result of reduced demand for testing; and what guidance her Department has issued in this respect. (38457)

200 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to ensure that animals in laboratories where staff are self-isolating, sick, working from home or on reduced hours receive (a) care and (b) protection through (i) continued inspection of the testing facilities in those laboratories and (ii) other means. (38458)

201 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the effect of social distancing measures for covid-19 on the staffing of animal testing laboratories, what steps she plans to take to ensure that euthanasia of animals in those laboratories occurs (a) as a last resort and (b) after adoption and relocation of those animals has been explored. (38459)

202 Holly Lynch (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are currently detained in immigration detention centres. (38482)

203 Holly Lynch (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the nationalities of people that are currently detained in immigration detention centres. (38483)

204 Holly Lynch (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people detained in immigration detention centres are foreign national offenders. (38484)

205 Holly Lynch (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people detained in immigration detention centres have been held for longer than 28 days. (38485)

206 Holly Lynch (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many under 18 year olds are detained in immigration detention centres; and if she will publish a breakdown of the ages of people detained that are under 28 years old. (38486)

207 N Stuart C McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration detainees have been moved from Larne House detention centre in Northern Ireland to immigration detention centres in (a) Scotland and (b) England since 23 March 2020; and what risk assessments have been undertaken in respect of those moves. (38497)


208 N Conor McGinn (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to tackle covid-19- related cyber crime through false online fundraising and donation portals. (38561)

209 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether individuals subject to the ECAA-2 Visa will have access to the (a) Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, (b) Small Business Grant Fund and (c) Self-Employed Income Support Scheme. (38569)

210 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department (a) has taken and (b) will take to ensure adequate supplies of soap and hand sanitizer at immigration removal centres. (38617)

211 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many covid-19 tests have been conducted in immigration removal centres as of 21 April 2020; and what testing strategy is in place for those centres. (38618)

212 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on families of the Minimum Income Requirements for non-EEA spouses and partners in the event that those family members are facing financial difficulties as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. (38421)

213 N Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to grant relevant NHS staff indefinite leave to remain until the end of the covid-19 pandemic. (38422)

214 N Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to bring to the UK child refugees that have been granted permission to join their families following the cancellation of their flights as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. (38490)

215 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the military pension and the interaction of that pension with other state benefits in the provision of financial support to veterans on low incomes. (38572)

216 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has offered assistance to the Scottish Government to help tackle the covid-19 outbreak. (38518)

217 N Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many overseas student pilots are being trained at RAF Valley. (38429)

218 N Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether training flights have been conducted from RAF Valley since 23 March 2020. (38430)


219 N Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the use of army heavy goods vehicles to transport essential medical equipment across the UK. (38431)

220 Alberto Costa (South Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of resources available to local authorities who are housing homeless people during the covid-19 outbreak. (38593)

221 Alberto Costa (South Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities that are facing (a) delays in the fulfillment of Section 106 obligations as a result of the shutdown of construction sites and (b) the risk that applicants may use the covid-19 outbreak to avoid their legal obligations. (38594)

222 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps his Department has taken to help ensure a continuing supply of food and essential supplies to vulnerable people in local communities. (38540)

223 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local coordination centres have been established to mitigate disruption to logistics as a result of the covid-19 outbreak in (a) England, (b) London and (c) the London Borough of Barnet. (38541)

224 N Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what formula the Government used to determine the additional funding for local authorities to the covid-19 outbreak. (38547)

225 N Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment the Government has made of the effect of covid-19 on the adequacy of local authority finances. (38549)

226 N Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with local authority leaders in England on the funding that local authorities require to respond to the covid-19 outbreak. (38550)

227 N Mr Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when local authorities sent letters to businesses informing them how to apply for the Small Business Grants Fund, listed by each local authority; how many businesses eligible for that fund are in each local authority area, how many businesses responded to those letters with payment details by 17 April 2020; and how many businesses each local authority had paid a grant to by 21 April 2020. (38472)


228 John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to make changes to housing build out rates for local authorities as a result of the disruption to the industry during the covid-19 outbreak. (38408)

229 N Conor McGinn (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of terrorism-related charges have been released before the end date of their sentence in each year since 2010. (38562)

230 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been moved from prisons in England to (a) HMP Berwyn, (b) HMP Cardiff, (c) HMP Parc, (d) HMP Swansea and (e) HMP Usk/Prescoed since the start of the covid-19 lockdown on 23 March 2020. (38474)

231 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many inmates are housed in double cells in (a) HMP Berwyn, (b) HMP Cardiff, (c) HMP Parc, (d) HMP Swansea and (e) HMP Usk/Prescoed as at April 2020. (38475)

232 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many inmates will be temporarily released from (a) HMP Berwyn, (b) HMP Cardiff, (c) HMP Parc, (d) HMP Swansea and (e) HMP Usk/Prescoed as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. (38476)

233 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what arrangements are in place in Wales to support prisoners released back into their local communities in response to the covid-19 outbreak. (38477)

234 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what additional funding will be made available to the Welsh Government to provide temporary accommodation for prisoners that have been released as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. (38478)

235 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with (a) the Welsh Government and (b) representatives of Public Health Wales on the release of prisoners from prisons in Wales as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. (38479)

236 Alexander Stafford (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to (a) protect shop workers from violent attacks and (b) ensure that offenders are prosecuted. (38628)

237 Alexander Stafford (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to increase sentences for violent offences against shop workers. (38629)

238 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much additional testing capacity has been created by regional testing centres in Scotland. (38556)


239 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with banks on helping Scottish businesses to respond to the covid-19 outbreak. (38557)

240 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the National Farmers' Union Scotland in response to the covid-19 outbreak. (38558)

241 Stuart Anderson (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reviewing the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in the event of future lockdowns to offer rotating short-term funding to avoid employers furloughing all staff simultaneously. (38642)

242 N Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to allow agency workers to be furloughed if those workers meet the same PAYE criteria as workers employed directly by their employer. (38545)

243 N Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the Self-employment Income Support Scheme to include self employed people who are paid by dividends. (38546)

244 N Sir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons mortgage consultancy firms do not qualify for the same treatment in respect of business rates relief as estate agents during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement. (38416)

245 Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer,if he will introduce funding to enable people who cannot access superfast broadband to stay connected online during lockdown through mobile data packages. (38620)

246 N Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with banks operating the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans Scheme on the interest rates for those loans. (38468)

247 N Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many loans under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme have been allocated to businesses since that scheme was announced. (38469)

248 N Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on funding programmes to provide electronic equipment and connectivity for education and social use to vulnerable people. (38574)


249 Dr Luke Evans (Bosworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the value of gift aid from 25 per cent to 50 per cent that gift aid charities can claim on donations until the end of August 2020. (38664)

250 N Sir David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department has issued on (a) discretionary and (b) non-discretionary commission to organisations that are furloughing staff through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. (38428)

251 N Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the guidance issued to private nurseries on furloughing employees during the covid-19 outbreak. (38488)

252 Nick Fletcher (Don Valley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to support travel agents during the covid-19 outbreak. (38640)

253 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of lowering the 50 per cent threshold for the proportion of applicants' income that must come from self-employment in order to access the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme. (38498)

254 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support veterinary practices with increased overheads due to the requirement to remain open to provide emergency care. (38499)

255 N Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a universal basic income. (38615)

256 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to encourage businesses to furlough through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme those staff who are shielding as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. (38481)

257 Dame Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing the £50,000 eligibility cap for the Self-Employed Income Support scheme for people classed as key workers. (38443)

258 Dame Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing the exclusion of dental practices and other medical providers from the covid-19 business rate relief scheme for the retail and hospitality sectors. (38444)

259 Dame Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on supporting private dental practices during the covid-19 outbreak. (38445)


260 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding was allocated from the public purse to pandemic preparedness in each year since 2010. (38635)

261 N Peter Kyle (Hove): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will enable childcare providers that receive early years entitlement funding to access the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. (38592)

262 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of people in the Scottish Borders who have been furloughed as part of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. (38502)

263 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many successful applications have been made to the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme. (38503)

264 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has made to (a) his counterparts in the G20 Group, (b) the World Bank and (c) the International Monetary Fund in support of the cancellation of debt for developing countries to support the (i) public health and (ii) economic response to the covid-19 outbreak. (38453)

265 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that the economic response to the covid-19 outbreak aligns with the (a) delivery of UK carbon budgets (b) UK's commitment to the 1.5 degree goal of the Paris climate agreement and (c) Government’s national and global ambitions on biodiversity and habitats; and if he will make a statement. (38460)

266 Mr Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of holiday pay accrued by furloughed staff on the ability of the economy to recover after the covid-19 outbreak. (38633)

267 Mr Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government allow new employees to qualify for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme if they can evidence that they started their employment prior to 19 March 2020 even if their employer had not registered them by that date with HMRC. (38470)

268 Mr Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending Government support schemes in response to the covid-19 outbreak to include company directors who pay themselves through dividends. (38471)

269 John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to support small business owners that are unable to trade during the covid-19 outbreak and depend dividends on their shares as their source of income. (38406)


270 John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assumptions a business should make on when they can resume trading so they can produce a meaningful budget and loan proposal when seeking a loan under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme. (38407)

271 N Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of people who have been furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme being able to continue to work on critical elements of their employers' operations not related to income generation or trading; and when he plans to respond to the letter dated 31 March 2020 from the hon Member for Edinburgh East on that subject. [R] (38566)

272 N Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to enable employees that had a signed contract but had not started work prior to the announcement of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to be furloughed under that scheme; and when he plans to respond to the letters of 27 March 2020 and 16 April 2020 from the hon. Member for Edinburgh East. (38567)

273 N Owen Thompson (Midlothian): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme applications have been (a) approved and (b) rejected to date. (38563)

274 N Matt Western (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure businesses who pay business rates via their rent are eligible for coronavirus business support grant funds. (38590)

Questions for Answer on Tuesday 28 April


1 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has provided to community pharmacies on the sale of Ibuprofen during the covid-19 outbreak. (38650)

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