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450660

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date	04/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	UK Commission for Employment and Skills: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he commissioned an independent evaluation of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills before deciding to withdraw funding from it; and if so, if he will publish it.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	25899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>No independent evaluation of UKCES was commissioned. The decision by Whitehall Departments to withdraw funding from UKCES during 2016-17 was taken as part of the spending review given the need to make savings in non-participation budgets to allow the core adult skills participation budgets to be protected in cash terms.</p><p> </p><p>The decision had regard to the range of priorities needing to be funded from non-participation budgets. BIS is working with UKCES and the users of its services, including the Devolved Administrations, to manage the implications of this decision.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/02/2016 17:20:56 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

447958

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
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 what assessment the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has made of recent research suggesting that the eggs of older women can be rejuvenated through injections of mitochondria from other cells; what data collected from clinics the HFEA holds regarding the incidence of aneuploidy in oocytes over time, and what evidence it has received from (1) OvaScience, (2) Professor Simon Fishel, and (3) other sources, that mitochondrial defects are primarily responsible for age-related exponential increases in oocyte aneuploidy; what published randomised trials the HFEA has been made aware of regarding the Augment technique, and what assessment it has made of those trials; and what assessment the HFEA has made of the credibility of claims by OvaScience and those previously made by Clonaid, in the light of data available in peer-reviewed journals.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) advises that it does not hold data from clinics on the incidence of aneuploidy in oocytes over time, nor has it received evidence from OvaScience, Professor Simon Fishel or other sources that mitochondrial defects are primarily responsible for age-related increases in oocyte chromosomal aneuploidy.</p><p> </p><p>The HFEA also advises that it has not been made aware of any published randomised trials regarding the Augment technique and has not made an assessment of the credibility of claims by OvaScience and those previously made by Clonaid, in the light of data available in peer-reviewed journals. It is currently considering whether techniques, which involve addition of autologous mitochondria to eggs, would be legal in the United Kingdom (under the framework of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, as amended). Part of this consideration involves considering the claims made for Augment by Ovascience.</p><p> </p><p>The HFEA has not received any formal applications for clinical use of the Augment technique, and has not made an assessment of the ruling by the US Food and Drugs Administration to which the Noble Lord refers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL5453 question first answered 09/02/2016 15:39:36 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

447959

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
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 what are the proposed protocols for (1) detection of aneuploidy in embryos following application of the proposed Augment technique, and (2) demonstrating that injected mitochondria either disperse so as to be equally inherited by each blastomere of any resulting embryos or are concentrated in the inner cell mass, in the recent application received by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) for a pilot trial in the UK; what estimate the HFEA has been provided regarding (1) the likely financial costs to patients undergoing the proposed Augment procedure, and (2) the potential impact on clinical pregnancy rates of any assessments deemed to be scientifically necessary; and what assessment the HFEA has made of the ruling by the US Food and Drugs Administration in 2013 that Augment is a novel drug in need of extensive and expensive safety testing.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) advises that it does not hold data from clinics on the incidence of aneuploidy in oocytes over time, nor has it received evidence from OvaScience, Professor Simon Fishel or other sources that mitochondrial defects are primarily responsible for age-related increases in oocyte chromosomal aneuploidy.</p><p> </p><p>The HFEA also advises that it has not been made aware of any published randomised trials regarding the Augment technique and has not made an assessment of the credibility of claims by OvaScience and those previously made by Clonaid, in the light of data available in peer-reviewed journals. It is currently considering whether techniques, which involve addition of autologous mitochondria to eggs, would be legal in the United Kingdom (under the framework of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, as amended). Part of this consideration involves considering the claims made for Augment by Ovascience.</p><p> </p><p>The HFEA has not received any formal applications for clinical use of the Augment technique, and has not made an assessment of the ruling by the US Food and Drugs Administration to which the Noble Lord refers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL5452 question first answered 09/02/2016 15:39:36 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

447963

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Visits
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 Faulks on 22 December 2015 (HL4639), what recent discussions they have had with the National Offender Management Service about bringing the guidance on Incentives and Earned Privileges schemes for men's prisons in line with the guidance for women's prisons set out in issue 297 of Prison Service Order 4800, which states that incentive schemes "should never be linked to any access to family visits".
tabling member printed	Baroness Howe of Idlicote
uin	HL5457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>Men and women prisoners have the same entitlements to visits. Both are eligible to family days where relevant, in addition to the normal visits entitlement. Prisons should not treat men and women prisoners differently with respect to visits solely on the basis of their gender.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL5458 HL5459 question first answered 09/02/2016 15:38:43 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	3610 label Biography information for Baroness Howe of Idlicote

447964

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Visits
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 Faulks on 22 December 2015 (HL4650), why children's visits to their fathers in prison continue to be part of Incentives and Earned Privileges schemes when children's visits to their mother in prison are excluded from such schemes under issue 297 of Prison Service Order 4800.
tabling member printed	Baroness Howe of Idlicote
uin	HL5458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>Men and women prisoners have the same entitlements to visits. Both are eligible to family days where relevant, in addition to the normal visits entitlement. Prisons should not treat men and women prisoners differently with respect to visits solely on the basis of their gender.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL5457 HL5459 question first answered 09/02/2016 15:38:43 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	3610 label Biography information for Baroness Howe of Idlicote

447965

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Visits
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 Faulks on 22 December 2015 (HL4641), what assessment they have made of the compatibility of restricting children's visits to their fathers in prison through the Incentives and Earned Privileges scheme with children's rights under (1) Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, and (2) Article 9 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
tabling member printed	Baroness Howe of Idlicote
uin	HL5459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>Men and women prisoners have the same entitlements to visits. Both are eligible to family days where relevant, in addition to the normal visits entitlement. Prisons should not treat men and women prisoners differently with respect to visits solely on the basis of their gender.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL5457 HL5458 question first answered 09/02/2016 15:38:43 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	3610 label Biography information for Baroness Howe of Idlicote

447968

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Labour Turnover
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what strategy they have in place to increase retention of teachers in the profession.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>Teacher retention rates have remained stable for over a decade and the turnover rate in teaching is lower than for the economy as a whole. Approximately 90% of all teachers are still in service in the year after they qualify and 72% of those who qualified in 2009 were still in teaching five years later. Over 60 percent of teachers remain in service 10 years after qualifying.</p><p>The Government recognises that it is vital for schools to be able to retain good teachers. That is why we have made policy interventions in areas such as improving pupil behaviour and reducing unnecessary workload.</p><p>The Department has appointed behaviour expert Tom Bennett to lead a review to ensure new teachers are fully trained in managing behaviour in 21st century schools.</p><p>Three groups have been established to address the biggest concerns that teachers raised in the workload challenge: marking, planning and data management. All three groups are due to report in Spring 2016 and the Department is commissioning a biennial survey to track teacher workload, starting in Spring 2016.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 09/02/2016 17:19:03 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

447972

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Bicycles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees whether the House will provide further bicycle parking spaces, and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL5466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The House of Lords currently has 47 covered bicycle parking spaces in State Officers’ Court, 12 spaces in Chancellor’s Court and six spaces in Black Rod’s Garden. The House keeps opportunities to increase the number of spaces under review, and following completion of works on the Cast Iron Roofs and Chancellor’s Court, will consider again the provision of further bicycle parking spaces.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 09/02/2016 15:34:26 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

447973

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the efficacy of the rollout of high speed broadband, and when they expect the rollout to be completed.
tabling member printed	Lord Condon
uin	HL5467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>Broadband Delivery UK’s (BDUK) Superfast Broadband Programme remains on track to achieve 90% superfast broadband coverage within the next few months, and 95% by December 2017. The programme has provided coverage to more than 3.5 million homes and businesses across the UK that would otherwise not have it, and will reach 4 million by spring 2016.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 09/02/2016 16:57:47 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2171 label Biography information for Lord Condon

447975

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Screening: Prisoners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many prisoners have been tested for (1) hepatitis B, (2) hepatitis C, and (3) HIV, in each of the last three years.
tabling member printed	Lord Dholakia
uin	HL5469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) collects data on people in prison tested for blood-borne viruses (BBVs) via the Sentinel Surveillance Study. This system does not currently receive reports from all prisons in England where testing occurs. Currently 28 prisons report data representing approximately 30% of the standing prison population in England so this data does not represent the total amount of testing currently happening in the prison estate.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 shows data from this system on the total number of prisoners tested for BBVs in the calendar years 2012-2014. Similar information from this study for the year 2015 will not be available until mid-year 2016. NHS England also collects data on levels of testing for BBVs in prisons via the Health &amp; Justice Indicators of Performance (HJIPs). The numbers of tests for BBVs in these data are presented in Table 2. The higher number is due to the greater coverage of prisons by this dataset. NHS England data is not used for 2012, 2013 and 2014 is not available because HJIPs were only introduced last year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 09/02/2016 16:56:45 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Tables for HL5469.docx title Table 1 and Table 2 HL5469
tabling member	2685 label Biography information for Lord Dholakia