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61553

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Learning Disability: Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that people with learning disabilities are not excluded from NHS England's five-year strategic plan for National Health Service commissioners to improve quality of and access to health care, outlined in Everyone Counts: Planning for Patients 2014/15–2018/19.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hollins
	uin	HL322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government's Mandate to NHS England, sets out our ambitions for the health service, which include an objective that NHS England ensures clinical commissioning groups work with local authorities to ensure that vulnerable people, particularly those with learning disabilities and autism, receive safe, appropriate, high quality care. NHS England sets out how it will achieve the objectives in the Mandate in its 2014-15 – 2016-17 business plan. The Government will hold NHS England to account for its achievement.</p><p> </p><p><em>Everyone Counts: Planning for Patients 2014/15 to 2018/19</em>sets out a framework within which commissioners will need to work with providers and partners in local government to develop five year plans to secure the continuity of sustainable high quality care for all. Building on <em>Everyone Counts</em>, NHS England is beginning a programme of work to consider how to improve quality of and access to health care for people with learning disabilities. Within the framework there is specific reference to <em>Transforming Care: A national response to Winterbourne View Hospital. </em>This is a non-negotiable item that NHS England expects to be part of every relationship between commissioners and providers. As part of this, clinical commissioning groups, local authorities and specialised commissioners should work together to implement the core specification which describes the core principles that must be present in all education, health and social care services for children, young people, adults and older people with learning disabilities and/or autism who either display, or are at risk of displaying, behaviour that challenges.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is committed to work to reduce premature mortality amongst people with learning disability, including actions in response to the Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 26/06/2014 14:01:36 question first ministerially corrected 26/06/2014 15:34:49 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe previous answer version 6304 answering member printed Earl Baldwin of Bewdley answering member 3446
	tabling member	4190 label Biography information for Baroness Hollins

61527

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Crime
	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 Taylor of Holbeach on 11 June (WA 387), whether they will publish in the Official Report the increase or decrease in crime statistics since 2010 for each of the Police Authorities in England and Wales, including London, and for each area covered by Police and Crime Commissioners.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hughes of Woodside
	uin	HL296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 18/06/2014 17:35:16 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name PQ HL296.pdf title ONS Letter to the PEER
	tabling member	1051 label Biography information for Lord Hughes of Woodside

61528

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Nuclear Power Stations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what nuclear power stations there are in the United Kingdom; which of those are being decommissioned; what has been the cost to date of each station; and what is the estimated cost of completion of the decommissioning process.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rowlands
	uin	HL297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The current and former nuclear power stations designated to NDA are Berkeley, Bradwell, Calder Hall, Chapelcross, Dungeness A, Hinkley Point A, Hunterston A, Oldbury, Sizewell A, Trawsfynydd and Wylfa.</p><p>All are being decommissioned with the exception of Wylfa which continues to generate.</p><p>The costs of each station since their respective generation end dates, and during the period in which they have been in NDA ownership (since 1 April 2005) have been:</p><p> </p><p>Berkeley £400 million</p><p> </p><p>Bradwell £590 million</p><p> </p><p>Calder Hall £265 million</p><p> </p><p>Chapelcross £490 million</p><p> </p><p>Dungeness A £285 million</p><p> </p><p>Hinkley Point A £370 million</p><p> </p><p>Hunterston A £345 million</p><p> </p><p>Oldbury £72 million</p><p> </p><p>Sizewell A £280 million</p><p> </p><p>Trawsfynydd £540 million</p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost of completion (the remaining lifetime cost) for all of the sites named is £16.5 billion.</p><p>EDF / British Energy stations are: Hunterston B, Hinkley Point B, Hartlepool, Heysham 1, Dungeness B, Heysham 2, Torness, Sizewell B.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 24/06/2014 16:24:56 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	554 label Biography information for Lord Rowlands

61529

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	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	Welfare to Work
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the final cost of terminating the welfare to work contracts made before May 2010.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rowlands
	uin	HL298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We have interpreted the question as referring to the early cancellation of Flexible New Deal (FND) contracts in 2011.</p><p> </p><p>I would draw your attention to the DWP Annual Accounts 2011-12 (page 174) FND exit costs.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214340/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-2012.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214340/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-2012.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 18/06/2014 11:36:55 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	554 label Biography information for Lord Rowlands

61530

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	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	Work Capability Assessment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the decision by Atos Healthcare to end its contract early, whether that contract will now be made public.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
	uin	HL299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>A redacted copy of the Medical Services Contract between the Department for Work and Pensions and Atos Healthcare was placed in the House of Lords library on 14<sup>th</sup> September 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The Health Services Category Team are currently undertaking the necessary contractual action following the mutual Termination of the Medical Services Contract with Atos and an updated version of the contract will be placed in the library by 30<sup>th</sup> July 2014.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 19/06/2014 14:02:26 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow

61531

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	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: Medical Examinations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated current backlog of persons waiting to be assessed by Atos Healthcare for (1) Employment Support Allowance, and (2) Disability Living Allowance, broken down by region of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales; what action they are taking to address the backlog; and on what evidence they base their attribution of the delays to failings within Atos.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
	uin	HL300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below shows outstanding Employment and Support Allowance new claims, existing Employment and Support Allowance recipients awaiting a review and Incapacity Benefit claimants awaiting reassessment, at the end of April 2014 for England, Scotland and Wales. The figures exclude cases referred to Atos Healthcare where the claimant has yet to return their ESA50 questionnaire.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p>ESA New claims awaiting a Work Capability Assessment</p></td><td><p>Existing ESA recipients awaiting a review Work Capability Assessment</p></td><td><p>Incapacity Benefit recipients awaiting reassessment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>333,000*</p></td><td><p>201,000*</p></td><td><p>74,000*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>34,000*</p></td><td><p>13,000*</p></td><td><p>2,000*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>28,000*</p></td><td><p>20,000*</p></td><td><p>7,000*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Note: figures are based on operational management information received from Atos Healthcare and are rounded to the nearest thousand.</p><p> </p><p>The total Disability Living Allowance claimants' awaiting an assessment at the end of April 2014 nationally was 800. Figures are based on operational management information received from Atos Healthcare and are rounded to the nearest hundred.This information is not routinely collated to regional area.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland has a separate contract with Atos Healthcare for the delivery of assessments in Northern Ireland. Therefore, questions relating to waiting times in Northern Ireland should be addressed to the Minister for Social Development in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with our supplier to deliver the best possible service for claimants, driving up performance and quality to help reduce waiting times and process claims as quickly as possible. We are continuing to monitor and robustly manage this contract.</p><p> </p><p>Identification by the Department of a reduction in Atos Healthcare's quality led to decisive action in the form of a retraining and re-accreditation exercise and an overhaul of audit arrangements when we instructed Atos Healthcare to introduce an improvement plan in July 2013. The quality of reports provided by Atos Healthcare has improved significantly but the Department continues to monitor quality closely.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 26/06/2014 15:19:52 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow

61532

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many companies currently providing contracted services to government departments and agencies use zero hours contracts.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
	uin	HL301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 24/06/2014 11:15:57 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow

61533

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to lower the level of fees for access to employment tribunals.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Drake
	uin	HL302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Justice Secretary is committed to reviewing the impact of the introduction of fees in the employment tribunal system. The Ministry of Justice is currently finalising arrangements for the timing and scope of the review to ensure that the impacts can be properly assessed. An announcement will be made when the review begins, and again when it has been completed, setting out the results.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 24/06/2014 13:52:30 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	4155 label Biography information for Baroness Drake

61534

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Succession
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is any regulation of heir hunters in the way they operate or the fees they charge beneficiaries; if not, whether they have plans to introduce such regulations; and, if not, why not.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hoyle
	uin	HL303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>There is no regulation in place that specifically covers the way probate researchers operate or the fees they charge beneficiaries.</p><p> </p><p>Relationships between probate researchers and their clients are normally contractual arrangements and subject to contract law.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is planning to introduce regulation of the activity of conducting private investigations, surveillance or inquiries, which could bring some probate and asset researchers into scope for statutory licensing by the Security Industry Authority.</p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 26/06/2014 15:17:01 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	1000 label Biography information for Lord Hoyle

61535

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	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	World War II: Anniversaries
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to recognise women who worked in munitions factories during the Second World War as part of the 70th anniversary commemorations marking the end of conflict.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Taylor of Bolton
	uin	HL304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p><br>The Government fully appreciates the efforts and the often very dangerous conditions experienced by those who worked in factories producing vital equipment for the armed forces that helped contribute to winning the Second World War. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has been working with the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Recognition for Munitions Workers, which was set up in 2011 to explore ways to ensure that the valiant collective efforts of all those who worked in munitions factories are not forgotten.</p><p>Following the very successful commemorations to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day we will now be focussing in more detail across government on how the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in 2015 might be marked in an appropriate manner. No decisions have yet been made on how the anniversary will be marked, but we expect an announcement on the commemorations to be made by the Government later in the year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 03/07/2014 16:43:53 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	407 label Biography information for Baroness Taylor of Bolton