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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

1204271

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the costs of Operation Kenova have been to date.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	59685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>Operation Kenova is the independent investigation into a range of activities surrounding an alleged agent codenamed Stakeknife, led by former chief constable Jon Boutcher. Since it was established in 2016, Operation Kenova has taken on three further investigations at the request of the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>As this is an independent investigation, funding is the responsibility of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 22/06/2020 16:18:54 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

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

1204317

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Towns Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much in cash terms has been spent from the Towns Fund to date.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	59870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>In December, we paid out £16.4 million in capacity funding to local authorities from the initial 100 towns selected to agree Town Deals. This was to support the development of a Town Deal Board and Town Investment Plan for each of the shortlisted towns in their area.</p><p>To date we have also allocated £14.5 million in Future High Streets Fund revenue funding to places to develop detailed business cases for their proposals.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 22/06/2020 14:15:26 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1204318

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Towns Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will provide a breakdown of any capital funding which has been allocated to local authorities from the Towns Fund.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	59871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>Local authorities have not yet received any capital funding from the Towns Fund. Now that we have published the Towns Fund further guidance, I am looking forward to Towns coming forward with their transformative proposals through their Town Investment Plans</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 22/06/2020 14:15:57 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden