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172308

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date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government further to the answer by Earl Howe on 16 December 2014 (HL Deb, cols 101–2), what status the Guidance in Relation to the Requirements of the Abortion Act 1967 has, and whether abortion providers are legally required to comply with it.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>When exercising power under section 1(3) of the Abortion Act 1967 to approve a place for the termination of pregnancy, the Secretary of State will only consider a provider if they undertake to comply with the Required Standard Operating Procedures which in turn require compliance with the Department’s guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 20/01/2015 11:57:19 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

172309

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Earl Howe on 30 October 2013 (WA 259), 26 November 2013 (WA 263), 3 December 2013 (WA 36), 3 December 2014 (HL3158), 16 December 2014 (HL3461) and 5 January (HL3839), whether the Chief Medical Officer’s views are the only obstacle they are aware of to a universally agreed definition of genetic modification; if not, what are the "rather mixed and odd ways" in which others have used terms like "genetic modification," "GM" and "germline".
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>I have nothing to add to the information I gave the noble Lord in my Written Answers of 16 December 2014 (<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=3461" target="_blank">HL3461</a>) and 6 January 2015 (<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=3839" target="_blank">HL3839</a>).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 20/01/2015 11:56:34 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

172310

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Statement by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health, Jane Ellison, on 17 December 2014 (HC Deb, cols 96–7WS) and the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 5 January (HL3754), why the draft Regulations laid before Parliament do not mention the regulatory process that would involve analysis of the POLG gene; whether they still consider Leigh syndrome to be one of "the most serious disorders that can arise from unhealthy mitochondria"; and whether certain patients presenting with Leigh syndrome might therefore be contraindicated as candidates for pronuclear transfer or spindle-chromosomal complex transfer due to heterozygosity for POLG mutations as reported in the Journal of Pediatrics (May 2007, Volume 150, Issue 5, pages 531–534), Human Mutation (February 2009, Volume 30, Issue 2, pages 248–254), Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (May 2009, Volume 1787, Issue 5, pages 484–490) and the European Journal of Paediatric Neurology (September 2012, Volume 16, Issue 5, pages 542–548).
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that it will design the regulatory process following the passage of any regulations to allow mitochondrial donation. Should Parliament pass the mitochondrial donation regulations, the technique could only be licensed for the avoidance of serious diseases caused by inherited mutations in mitochondrial DNA, not nuclear DNA. It is anticipated that the regulatory process would require case by case approval of each application relating to each particular patient.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 20/01/2015 12:09:07 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

172311

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Fraud
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the quality of service and value-for-money provided by Capita in operating the National Benefit Fraud Hotline.
tabling member printed	Lord Ashcroft
uin	HL3894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The National Benefit Fraud Hotline is one of 10 service lines delivered by Capita on behalf of DWP as part of the Network Services Directorate Call Off. There are multiple performance requirements within the contract to assure DWP that Capita are delivering a quality value for money service, the key ones being that Capita answer 90% of customer calls offered to them, and that they maintain a quality score of 89% for these calls against key quality criteria. These requirements are consistent with those in in-house DWP contact centres.</p><p> </p><p>Capita are consistently achieving both of the above metrics with calls answered scores as high as 98% and quality scores as high as 97% in recent weeks.</p><p> </p><p>DWP regularly audit the Capita quality team and undertake activities to ensure that scoring is in alignment with that of DWP.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 12/01/2015 15:15:05 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2568 label Biography information for Lord Ashcroft

172312

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Diego Garcia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 17 June 2014 (HL126), with regard to the use of Diego Garcia for rendition flights, what is the latest situation in relation to such flights.
tabling member printed	Lord Ashcroft
uin	HL3895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>I can confirm that the answer given by the former Senior Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, my noble Friend, the right hon. Baroness Warsi on 17 June 2014 still stands.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 13/01/2015 14:04:11 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2568 label Biography information for Lord Ashcroft

172313

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Nepal
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Bates on 8 December 2014 (HL3326) and 18 December 2014 (HL3645), how many applications from Nepal were received in 2014 in Delhi and how many of these were approved.
tabling member printed	Lord Ashcroft
uin	HL3896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>There were 7,022 Visa applications made in Nepal and processed in New Delhi between Jan - Sep 2014. Of these, 5,251 were approved.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/01/2015 15:03:45 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2568 label Biography information for Lord Ashcroft

172314

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Decorations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Astor of Hever on 15 December 2014 (HL3258), whether any gallantry medals have been awarded but not gazetted in the last 15 years.
tabling member printed	Lord Ashcroft
uin	HL3897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>Unless precluded on National Security grounds all gallantry medals awarded are a matter of public record via an announcement in the London Gazette.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 20/01/2015 16:18:33 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	2568 label Biography information for Lord Ashcroft

172315

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	EU Budget: Contributions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 15 December 2014 (HL3255), why the repayment conditions were not agreed in advance of the European Commission announcing the additional contribution to the European Union Budget; and what contingency planning they had undertaken to prepare for such an additional repayment demand.
tabling member printed	Lord Ashcroft
uin	HL3898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>In line with the Own Resources system – which underpins Member State contributions to the EU budget – adjustments are made to Member State contributions towards the end of each year, as a result of statistical revisions to factors underlying the contributions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As the Prime Minister said in his statement following the October European Council last year, in some years the UK adjustment has been negative and in some years we contribute a little bit more. This happens every year. However, what has never happened is for €2 billion to be demanded.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister also made clear that it was an unacceptable way for the Commission to suddenly present a bill like this for such a vast sum of money and with so little time to pay it.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Commission Vice-President Georgieva confirmed that there was no way that Member States could have known the net figure until 17 October 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following intensive discussions with the Commission and at the November ECOFIN meeting, the Government halved the bill for the UK, delayed the bill, will pay no interest on the bill, and has changed the rules of the European Union so that such unacceptable behavior never happens again.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 20/01/2015 15:01:43 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	2568 label Biography information for Lord Ashcroft

172316

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether a Freedom of Information request which would exceed the financial threshold can be validly submitted on the basis that the enquirer pays the excess so that the information is provided.
tabling member printed	Lord Ashcroft
uin	HL3899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>Public authorities may provide information in response to a request for information exceeding the “appropriate limit” in section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on the basis that the requester pays certain costs. The Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 set out fees that may be charged in such cases under section 13 of the Act. However, it is entirely left to the discretion of the public authority whether or not to offer to comply on payment of such a fee.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 14/01/2015 16:57:08 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2568 label Biography information for Lord Ashcroft

172317

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 16 December 2014 (HL3641), whether they have discussed the risk factors relating to the entry into the country of foreign citizens with the government of the United States; and if so, why their assessment of the risks posed by Israeli citizens entering the United Kingdom differs from the assessment made by the government of the United States about entry into that country.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL3900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government regularly discusses a range of immigration issues with the Government of the United States, including on migration. We do not disclose the details of such discussions.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 13/01/2015 14:32:15 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner