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79728

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date	29/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the results of the cancer patient experience<i></i>survey<i></i>will be used to hold Clinical Commissioning Groups to account for improvements in patient experience through the NHS Outcomes Framework.
tabling member printed	Baroness Howe of Idlicote
uin	HL1620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>Holding clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to account for delivering improved outcomes for patients is a core part of the CCG assurance process. NHS England is working with NHS Improving Quality to develop better ways of using the Cancer Patient Experience Survey (CPES) data within the National Health Service in order to maximise the impact of the survey, to be able to work with successful and struggling organisations to spread best practice for example. Their intention is that the learning from this can then be transferred across all surveys to understand what the barriers are to implementing change and to showcase best practice where real improvements can be demonstrated.</p><p> </p><p>The CPES survey results are delivered to every organisation so each can see how they compare to other organisations. Currently, the action plans are taken into account as part of Peer Reviews. NHS England would expect that every trust board should know its own survey results and take account of them.</p><p> </p><p>We have been working closely with NHS England on the review of the NHS Outcomes Framework, and will be engaging with stakeholders over the summer ahead of publication in the autumn.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/08/2014 10:13:54 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3610 label Biography information for Baroness Howe of Idlicote

79729

registered interest
date	29/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Palliative Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent steps they have taken to improve the provision of palliative care services.
tabling member printed	Baroness Howe of Idlicote
uin	HL1621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>The Department and NHS England are taking steps to improve palliative care services, including the development of a per-patient funding model for palliative care services that aims to improve access to specialist palliative care.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has established palliative care networks across England which are supporting improvements in palliative care services and sharing of good practice. NHS Improving Quality’s (NHS IQ) Transforming End of Life Care (EoLC) in Acute Hospitals programme is also helping to drive improvements for people in hospitals, such as the wider implementation of electronic palliative care registers (EPaCCS). These can provide instant access to key information about EoLC patients to all health professionals with a need to see it. NHS IQ has set an ambition to achieve a 70% roll out of EPaCCs by 2015.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 July 2014, we announced a review of choice in EoLC led by Claire Henry, Chief Executive of the National Council for Palliative Care. The Programme Board leading this work consists of representatives from charities, people with personal experience of EoLC (including carers), clinicians and policy makers. The review will undertake extensive public consultation to define what people want in EoLC services, and will provide advice to the Government on the policy initiatives required to enable people’s preferences to be met. This advice will be provided by early next year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/08/2014 10:13:27 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3610 label Biography information for Baroness Howe of Idlicote

79730

registered interest
date	29/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what opportunity the House of Lords and House of Commons will be given to scrutinise the NHS Mandate 2015–16 ahead of its publication.
tabling member printed	Baroness Howe of Idlicote
uin	HL1622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Act 2012 requires the Secretary of State to publish and lay before Parliament its Mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board (known as NHS England). Before specifying any objectives or requirements in the Mandate, the Secretary of State must consult NHS England, Healthwatch England and any other persons he considers appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>I announced on 22 July 2014 in a Written Ministerial Statement (HL Deb, column WS124-5) that the Government proposes to uphold all of the existing objectives in the current Mandate and maintain a stable Mandate for 2015-16. This will enable the National Health Service to build on its achievements and make further progress on the ambitious agenda already set.</p><p> </p><p>We have been working closely with NHS England on the approach to the Mandate and will be engaging with stakeholders over the summer, ahead of publishing and laying the final Mandate before Parliament in the autumn. The Mandate for 2015-16 will take effect from April 2015.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/08/2014 10:13:05 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3610 label Biography information for Baroness Howe of Idlicote

79734

registered interest
date	29/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hives
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 length of time that patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria wait between initial diagnosis and referral to a specialist in England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill
uin	HL1626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and no assessment has been made.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/08/2014 10:12:38 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4179 label Biography information for Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill

79736

registered interest
date	29/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Multiple Sclerosis
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Cladribine is available for people with multiple<i></i>sclerosis through the National Health Service; and, if not, what steps they are taking to make it available.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL1628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>Cladribine is not licensed for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Prescribers can prescribe a medicine “off label” for unlicensed indications if they consider it to be of benefit to the patient and on condition that they retain full clinical responsibility for that patient.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health Research Horizon Scanning Centre published a report on cladribine for multiple sclerosis in 2008 and this is available at:</p><p> </p><p>www.hsc.nihr.ac.uk/topics/cladribine-movectro-for-multiple-sclerosis-relapsi</p><p> </p><p>We have made no assessment of research undertaken in other countries.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL1629 question first answered 18/08/2014 10:12:15 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

79737

registered interest
date	29/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Multiple Sclerosis
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of research in other countries into the use of Cladribine to treat multiple<i></i>sclerosis; and what such research has been carried out in the United Kingdom for the National Health Service.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL1629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>Cladribine is not licensed for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Prescribers can prescribe a medicine “off label” for unlicensed indications if they consider it to be of benefit to the patient and on condition that they retain full clinical responsibility for that patient.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health Research Horizon Scanning Centre published a report on cladribine for multiple sclerosis in 2008 and this is available at:</p><p> </p><p>www.hsc.nihr.ac.uk/topics/cladribine-movectro-for-multiple-sclerosis-relapsi</p><p> </p><p>We have made no assessment of research undertaken in other countries.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL1628 question first answered 18/08/2014 10:12:15 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

79738

registered interest
date	29/07/2014
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	Sportsgrounds: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they have introduced in 2014 to improve disabled access to sporting venues in line with the Guidelines of the International Paralympic Committee.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL1630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring all spectators have enhanced and appropriate access to sporting venues and services, and that professional sports clubs are aware of their responsibilities towards disabled spectators.</p><p> </p><p>Many smaller clubs struggle to meet even modest provisions for disabled access and raising the bar even higher, while admirable, would be placing an unreasonable burden on those clubs. The International Paralympic Committee’s guidance is there for clubs that want, and can afford, to meet the highest standards on inclusion and accessibility, but the <em>Accessible Stadia</em> guidance helps all clubs to meet the basic standard in the first instance.</p><p> </p><p>As such, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport is working with the Department of Work and Pensions on a range of measures to ensure that the rights of disabled spectators are met by professional sports clubs.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/10/2014 13:04:37 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

79739

registered interest
date	29/07/2014
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	Golf: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to golf clubs which host national and international events in the United Kingdom about the continuing discrimination against women.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL1631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>Last year, the Secretary of State at the time did not attend the Open golf championship at Muirfield in Scotland to highlight their policy on not allowing women members. Prior to this, in 2011, the Minister for Sport at the time, spoke with the Royal and Ancient about the matter of hosting the tournament at clubs that do not allow women members and stressed that he thought that clubs with such rules need to change this policy.</p><p> </p><p>The Open Championship does not receive any financial support from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Ultimately the decision of where to hold the Championship is one for the Royal and Ancient.</p><p> </p><p>It is not unlawful for clubs to restrict membership to men or to women only. It is a matter for single-sex clubs to decide whether they wish to change the membership criteria to extend to men and women. There are, however, provisions in the Equality Act 2010 which mean that where private clubs, including golf or other sports clubs, allow both men and women to become members, they must treat them equally regardless of their sex.</p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 18/08/2014 09:48:51 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

79740

registered interest
date	29/07/2014
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	Basketball
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to implement any of the recommendations of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Basketball's report published in July 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL1632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government is aware of the reach and positive impact that basketball has on many people’s lives and is in discussions with Sport England and UK Sport about ways in which we can look to support the sport further.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/10/2014 13:03:51 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

79741

registered interest
date	29/07/2014
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	National Lottery
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much lottery money has been spent on sports and recreation each year since the establishment of the National Lottery; how much they anticipate will be spent in 2015, 2016, and 2017; and how much of that funding has been allocated for each Olympic and Paralympic sport.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL1633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>The amounts of National Lottery money drawn down by the Lottery sports distributors for spending on the sports good cause were as follows:</p><p> </p><p>1994/95 - £1.8 million</p><p>1995/96 - £40.1 million</p><p>1996/97 - £181.6 million</p><p>1997/98 - £188.3 million</p><p>1998/99 - £397.4 million</p><p>1999/00 - £316.7 million</p><p>2000/01 - £292.5 million</p><p>2001/02 - £359.2 million</p><p>2002/03 - £377.5 million</p><p>2003/04 - £315.5 million</p><p>2004/05 - £241.6 million</p><p>2005/06 - £264.1 million</p><p>2006/07 - £208.8 million</p><p>2007/08 - £216.1 million</p><p>2008/09 - £230.5 million</p><p>2009/10 - £216.6 million</p><p>2010/11 - £224.0 million</p><p>2011/12 - £302.5 million</p><p>2012/13 - £271.6 million</p><p>2013/14 - £358.2 million</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Big Lottery Fund (and its predecessor bodies) spent approximately £1 billion on sports and recreation projects that had a social impact over that period.</p><p> </p><p>The sports distributors estimate that they will drawing down approximately £450 million this financial year and in each of the next three financial years.</p><p> </p><p>UK Sport invests in four-year cycles in line with the Olympic and Paralympic calendars. The breakdown of funding for each sport up to Pyeongchang 2018 can be found on the UK Sport website.</p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 18/08/2014 09:44:47 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan