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1203735

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he plans to resume driving tests at all venues that were in use prior to the covid-19 lockdown.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	59656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>As the health and safety of staff and customers is key, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is working closely with the Department for Transport to prepare for a safe return to testing. It will announce details of resumption of testing in due course.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 22/06/2020 15:58:33 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1204268

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Aviation: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2020 to Question 53422 on Aviation: Coronavirus, to which NHS hospitals were sick passengers identified by cabin crew transferred or further assessment and covid-19 testing between 22 January 2020 and 12 March 2020; and how many passengers were transferred to each of those NHS hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	59746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p>From the records held in the central airport monitoring hub a total of 62 sick passengers were identified by cabin crew<strong>. </strong>Data on which National Health Service hospitals passengers were transferred to after possible COVID-19 identification by cabin crew are not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 02/07/2020 18:14:33 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 31039 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1204274

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Hong Kong
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the extension from six months to 12 months of the rights of BN(O) passport holders to work in the UK in the event that China imposes its national security law on Hong Kong will be conditional on having a sponsor and a job offer that meets a minimum-salary threshold.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	59784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK will continue to defend the rights &amp; freedoms of the people of Hong Kong. Should China push ahead and impose national security legislation on Hong Kong then we will provide a generous offer to BN(O)s of a bespoke immigration route providing unrestricted access to work and study with a pathway to apply for citizenship.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office and domestic departments on the offer to British Nationals (Overseas) and will set out more detail in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 59785 59786 59787 question first answered 22/06/2020 16:08:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1204276

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Coal: Imports and Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much coal in (a) tonnes and (b) cash terms the UK has (i) imported and (ii) exported in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	59906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>Information on UK coal trade is published in the Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/856169/DUKES_2019_long_term_trends_dataset.xls" target="_blank">table G.2</a>.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Coal import volume, thousand tonnes</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Coal export volume, thousand tonnes</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Coal import value (c.i.f.), £m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Coal export value (f.o.b.), £m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>36,504</p></td><td><p>646</p></td><td><p>2,635</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>23,579</p></td><td><p>715</p></td><td><p>1,850</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>31,966</p></td><td><p>986</p></td><td><p>2,987</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>42,235</p></td><td><p>726</p></td><td><p>3,133</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>45,523</p></td><td><p>843</p></td><td><p>2,988</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>39,386</p></td><td><p>617</p></td><td><p>2,323</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>22,517</p></td><td><p>486</p></td><td><p>1,255</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>8,679</p></td><td><p>638</p></td><td><p>621</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>8,205</p></td><td><p>488</p></td><td><p>924</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>10,128</p></td><td><p>701</p></td><td><p>1,153</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: H.M. Revenue and Customs</p><p> </p><p>In this table coal includes steam coal, coking coal, coke and anthracite. Data for 2019 will be published on 30 July 2020.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/06/2020 14:44:38 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1204281

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: British National (Overseas)
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under the terms of the Government's offer to extend the rights of BN(O) passport holders to work in the UK from six months to 12 months should China's national security law be imposed on Hong Kong, for how long will BN(O) passport holders need to be resident in the UK before they can apply for citizenship.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	59785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK will continue to defend the rights &amp; freedoms of the people of Hong Kong. Should China push ahead and impose national security legislation on Hong Kong then we will provide a generous offer to BN(O)s of a bespoke immigration route providing unrestricted access to work and study with a pathway to apply for citizenship.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office and domestic departments on the offer to British Nationals (Overseas) and will set out more detail in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 59784 59786 59787 question first answered 22/06/2020 16:08:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1204283

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: British National (Overseas)
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the extension from six months to 12 months of the rights of BN(O) passport holders to work in the UK in the event that China imposes its national security law on Hong Kong, if she will confirm whether people wishing to apply for British citizenship will not be deported back to Hong Kong when their 12 months comes to an end.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	59786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK will continue to defend the rights &amp; freedoms of the people of Hong Kong. Should China push ahead and impose national security legislation on Hong Kong then we will provide a generous offer to BN(O)s of a bespoke immigration route providing unrestricted access to work and study with a pathway to apply for citizenship.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office and domestic departments on the offer to British Nationals (Overseas) and will set out more detail in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 59784 59785 59787 question first answered 22/06/2020 16:08:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1204284

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: British National (Overseas)
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the offer to extend the rights of BN(O) passport holders to work in the UK from six months to 12 months should China's national security law be imposed on Hong Kong, whether people wishing to apply for British citizenship will be allowed to remain in the UK for as long as it takes for them to qualify for citizenship rights, and for their applications to be processed.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	59787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK will continue to defend the rights &amp; freedoms of the people of Hong Kong. Should China push ahead and impose national security legislation on Hong Kong then we will provide a generous offer to BN(O)s of a bespoke immigration route providing unrestricted access to work and study with a pathway to apply for citizenship.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office and domestic departments on the offer to British Nationals (Overseas) and will set out more detail in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 59784 59785 59786 question first answered 22/06/2020 16:08:02 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1204297

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Total Allowable Catches
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to remove Total Allowable Catch limits from particular stocks.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	59663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>We have no plans to remove total allowable catch limits. Any decision to remove a stock from management by setting a total allowable catch would need to be guided by robust scientific evidence. Scientific advice for 2020 for most stocks in the North East Atlantic will be published by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea on 30 June.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 22/06/2020 14:43:09 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1204298

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Bangladesh: Migrant Camps
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what additional funding her Department has allocated to programmes in Cox’s Bazar Bangladesh to (a) support the covid-19 response and (b) maintain and expand gender-based violence services in response to the prevalence of that violence in those camps.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	59720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK has provided an initial £11 million to support COVID-19 preparedness and response efforts in the Rohingya camps and surrounding host communities. This has been allocated to existing UN and Non-Governmental Organisation UK partners. It is also maintaining essential humanitarian services in the camps, such as shelter, food, registration and civil documentation, healthcare, water and sanitation, and hygiene.</p><p>Part of this funding is focused on ensuring critical gender-based violence and child protection services keep operating for all those who need them. For example, the UK has provided additional funding to UNFPA for gender-based violence (GBV) services, including activities disseminating anti-GBV messaging and anti-GBV role modelling activities with adolescent boys and girls.</p><p>The Rohingya Refugee response in Cox’s Bazar district has been reduced to only critical services since 8 April. While women and girls’ safe spaces are not functioning as normal (to prevent the spread of the virus), all protection services including GBV services have continued throughout. DFID officials are collaborating with UN agencies on the provision and continuity of GBV services. UN agencies have worked closely with the Bangladesh government to prepare and respond to COVID-19 in the refugee camps and ensure vital and lifesaving operations are not jeopardised.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams grouped question UIN 59721 question first answered 22/06/2020 16:54:38 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1204299

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Bangladesh: Migrant Camps
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to UN agencies and the Government of Bangladesh to ensure that gender-based violence (GBV) services are designated as essential in order to allow for continuity of GBV service provision in Cox’s Bazar during the covid-19 response.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	59721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK has provided an initial £11 million to support COVID-19 preparedness and response efforts in the Rohingya camps and surrounding host communities. This has been allocated to existing UN and Non-Governmental Organisation UK partners. It is also maintaining essential humanitarian services in the camps, such as shelter, food, registration and civil documentation, healthcare, water and sanitation, and hygiene.</p><p>Part of this funding is focused on ensuring critical gender-based violence and child protection services keep operating for all those who need them. For example, the UK has provided additional funding to UNFPA for gender-based violence (GBV) services, including activities disseminating anti-GBV messaging and anti-GBV role modelling activities with adolescent boys and girls.</p><p>The Rohingya Refugee response in Cox’s Bazar district has been reduced to only critical services since 8 April. While women and girls’ safe spaces are not functioning as normal (to prevent the spread of the virus), all protection services including GBV services have continued throughout. DFID officials are collaborating with UN agencies on the provision and continuity of GBV services. UN agencies have worked closely with the Bangladesh government to prepare and respond to COVID-19 in the refugee camps and ensure vital and lifesaving operations are not jeopardised.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams grouped question UIN 59720 question first answered 22/06/2020 16:54:38 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi