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792383

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) cis women, and (2) trans and non-binary people, have been recruited to take part in NHS England’s HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis impact trial.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL3337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The number and gender of individuals recruited to take part in the NHS England funded HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) Impact trial is being captured in the trial dataset but will not be available until 2018.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment on whether members of the Black African community are less likely to attend sexual and reproductive health services than other citizens has been carried out in relation to sexually transmitted infections and HIV.</p><p> </p><p>The purpose of the trial is to assess under real world conditions the impact of PrEP and to inform service commissioners about how to support clinical and cost effective PrEP access in the future for men who have sex with men (MSM) and non MSM, including those in the Black African community. Places are being reserved for groups at high HIV risk other than men who have sex with men.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) regularly publishes a variety of data sources and reports to monitor the sexual health of the nation. This includes key sexual health indicators in the PHE public health profiles and the annual HIV report. Departmental officials meet regularly with PHE to discuss progress on sexual health, including the ambitions in the Framework for Sexual Health in England.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL3338 HL3339 HL3341 question first answered 29/11/2017 17:47:22 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

792384

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken to ensure that (1) cis women, and (2) trans and non-binary people, at risk of HIV are recruited to take part in the HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis impact trial.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL3338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The number and gender of individuals recruited to take part in the NHS England funded HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) Impact trial is being captured in the trial dataset but will not be available until 2018.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment on whether members of the Black African community are less likely to attend sexual and reproductive health services than other citizens has been carried out in relation to sexually transmitted infections and HIV.</p><p> </p><p>The purpose of the trial is to assess under real world conditions the impact of PrEP and to inform service commissioners about how to support clinical and cost effective PrEP access in the future for men who have sex with men (MSM) and non MSM, including those in the Black African community. Places are being reserved for groups at high HIV risk other than men who have sex with men.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) regularly publishes a variety of data sources and reports to monitor the sexual health of the nation. This includes key sexual health indicators in the PHE public health profiles and the annual HIV report. Departmental officials meet regularly with PHE to discuss progress on sexual health, including the ambitions in the Framework for Sexual Health in England.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL3337 HL3339 HL3341 question first answered 29/11/2017 17:47:22 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

792385

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether members of the Black African community are less likely to attend sexual and reproductive health services than other citizens, and if so what action they have taken to recruit at-risk people from that population to take part in the HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis impact trial.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL3339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The number and gender of individuals recruited to take part in the NHS England funded HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) Impact trial is being captured in the trial dataset but will not be available until 2018.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment on whether members of the Black African community are less likely to attend sexual and reproductive health services than other citizens has been carried out in relation to sexually transmitted infections and HIV.</p><p> </p><p>The purpose of the trial is to assess under real world conditions the impact of PrEP and to inform service commissioners about how to support clinical and cost effective PrEP access in the future for men who have sex with men (MSM) and non MSM, including those in the Black African community. Places are being reserved for groups at high HIV risk other than men who have sex with men.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) regularly publishes a variety of data sources and reports to monitor the sexual health of the nation. This includes key sexual health indicators in the PHE public health profiles and the annual HIV report. Departmental officials meet regularly with PHE to discuss progress on sexual health, including the ambitions in the Framework for Sexual Health in England.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL3337 HL3338 HL3341 question first answered 29/11/2017 17:47:22 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

792387

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what equalities impact assessments local authorities are required to make when reducing spending on HIV support services, given that those most at risk tend to belong to marginalised communities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL3340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Public Sector Equality Duty sets out what councils must do to ensure they are compliant with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010. It requires public bodies to have due regard to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination, advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it; and foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it. The Equality Duty does not impose a legal requirement to conduct an Equality Impact Assessment.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 29/11/2017 17:43:46 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

792388

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how (1) Public Health England, and (2) the Department of Health, plan to monitor progress made against the Framework for Sexual Health in England, particularly with regard to HIV services.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL3341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The number and gender of individuals recruited to take part in the NHS England funded HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) Impact trial is being captured in the trial dataset but will not be available until 2018.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment on whether members of the Black African community are less likely to attend sexual and reproductive health services than other citizens has been carried out in relation to sexually transmitted infections and HIV.</p><p> </p><p>The purpose of the trial is to assess under real world conditions the impact of PrEP and to inform service commissioners about how to support clinical and cost effective PrEP access in the future for men who have sex with men (MSM) and non MSM, including those in the Black African community. Places are being reserved for groups at high HIV risk other than men who have sex with men.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) regularly publishes a variety of data sources and reports to monitor the sexual health of the nation. This includes key sexual health indicators in the PHE public health profiles and the annual HIV report. Departmental officials meet regularly with PHE to discuss progress on sexual health, including the ambitions in the Framework for Sexual Health in England.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL3337 HL3338 HL3339 question first answered 29/11/2017 17:47:22 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

771206

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Surrogacy: Lone Parents
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 O'Shaughnessy on 12 October (HL1633), whether they have considered the potential discriminatory effects of the remedial order against infertile single women, particularly those who use surrogacy to have a child if their eggs or embryos have been rendered infertile, or who have had their uterus removed as a result of cancer or other illness, or have been born with functioning ovaries but not a uterus.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL2007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The provision of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, which requires an applicant to have provided their own gametes to bring about the pregnancy is unchanged by the ruling of the High Court. An Equality Impact Assessment has been completed in respect of the draft remedial order.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 30/10/2017 15:50:09 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

769203

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Surrogacy: Lone Parents
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 O'Shaughnessy on 19 September (HL1420), whether the remedial order relating to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 which will allow single people to apply for parental orders following a surrogacy arrangement will allow applications from single people who are unable to provide their own genetic material; and if not, what assessment they have made of any potential discriminatory effects this could have, in particular against infertile single women.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL1937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>Remedial orders have a very limited purpose, which is to correct incompatibilities identified in human rights legislation. In this case the remedial order is intended to correct the provision in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 that currently only permits couples to apply for a parental order following a surrogacy arrangement, which the High Court ruled was incompatible with Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights.</p><p> </p><p>The provision of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 which requires an applicant to have provided their own gametes to bring about the pregnancy is unchanged by the ruling of the High Court. An Equality Impact Assessment has been completed in respect of the draft remedial order.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 24/10/2017 15:01:40 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

764296

registered interest
date	02/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Surrogacy: Lone Parents
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 O’Shaughnessy on 19 September (HL1420), whether, under the proposed remedial order relating to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, single people who are unable to provide their own genetic material will be permitted to apply for a parental order following a surrogacy arrangement; and if not, what consideration they have taken of the potential discriminatory effects of this, in particular against infertile single women.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL1633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>Remedial orders have a very limited purpose, to correct incompatibilities identified in Human Rights legislation. In this case the remedial order is intended to correct the provision in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 that currently only permits couples to apply for a parental order following a surrogacy arrangement, which the High Court ruled was incompatible with Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The provision of the Act which requires an applicant to have provided their own gametes to bring about the pregnancy is unchanged by the ruling of the High Court.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 12/10/2017 14:32:08 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

758549

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Surrogacy: Lone Parents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Remedial Order relating to the Human Fertility and Embryology Act 2008 which will allow single people to apply for parental orders following a surrogacy arrangement will be laid; and whether it will apply to both single male applicants and single female applicants.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL1420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>Drafting work on the remedial order is ongoing, which we currently estimate will be laid in the autumn session of Parliament.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The order would apply equally to male and female applicants.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/09/2017 15:21:52 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

750529

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Surrogacy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the conclusion of the report by the Surrogacy UK Working Group on Surrogacy Law, Surrogacy in the UK: Myth bashing and reform, published in November 2015, whether they continue to support the inclusion of a review of the law on surrogacy in the Law Commission's 13th programme of law reform; and whether they will commit to their own review of the law on surrogacy if the Law Commission does not take this forward.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>It is the Government’s intention to lay the remedial order, which will allow single people to apply for a parental order in a surrogacy arrangement, after the summer recess. The order will include a provision to allow for retrospective application for a parental order by single people.</p><p> </p><p>The Government supports the inclusion of a review of surrogacy legislation in the Law Commission’s 13<sup>th</sup> programme of law reform. The Department has not made any alternative plans for a review of surrogacy but would consider options carefully, if, for any reason, the Law Commission decides not to proceed.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL660 question first answered 19/07/2017 13:51:01 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker