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388047

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Homelessness: Young People
	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 report by the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research <i>Estimating the scale of youth homelessness in the UK</i>; and what steps they are taking to increase young people's access to affordable housing.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	uin	HL1173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to preventing youth homelessness and notes with interest the research that improves understanding of the issue. We are taking specific action in England to support young homeless people into stable accommodation, education and employment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have invested £14 million to enable Crisis to support 10,000 vulnerable single people into privately rented tenancies,of which 41 projects are specifically targeted at young people. Our Fair Chance Fund payment by results scheme aims to support 1,600 vulnerable homeless 18-25 year olds into accommodation, education and employment, backed by £15 million. In addition, £40 million is being shared among Platform for Life, a low rent shared accommodation programme to help young homeless people with low needs have a stable base for work and study; and the Homelessness Change Programme, to improve the physical and mental health outcomes for rough sleepers. We have also implemented the ‘Youth Accommodation Pathway’, a delivery model that supports young people to remain in the family home where it is safe to do so and offers tailored support for those who cannot.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, nearly 186,000 affordable homes were delivered between 2011 to 2015 exceeding target by almost 16,000. This Government will ensure 275,000 new affordable homes are delivered between 2015 and 2020.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 15/07/2015 14:32:19 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

388820

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services: Living Wage
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the announced National Living Wage from April 2016, what additional costs there will be in the next 12 months for social care providers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	uin	HL1297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The impact of the new National Living Wage on local authority finances will be considered during the Spending Review as part of an overall assessment of spending pressures on local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 22/07/2015 12:33:57 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

388821

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
	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 effect of planned reductions in social care budgets for 2015–16 on local authorities and social care providers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	uin	HL1298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department monitors local authority budget data and expenditure on adult social care as routine. We will continue to work closely with local government and providers to understand current and future funding requirements to support decisions relating to the upcoming Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>This year, the Better Care Fund will provide £5.3 billion of investment in better integrated care, based on joint plans that have been developed locally and putting resources where the local NHS and social services think it is needed. Social care protection is a national condition of the Better Care Fund.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 20/07/2015 10:37:57 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

388822

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social 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 provision of social care for non self-pay service users in the event of systemic failure in the social care market.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	uin	HL1299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>It is important that there is a vibrant market of local care and support providers offering a choice of high quality services that are able to adapt over time to meet changing needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Care Act introduces new duties on local authorities to promote their local market, with a particular focus on quality, diversity and sustainability. The Government recognises that local authorities’ own commissioning is likely to be their most important tool for facilitating their markets. The Government has worked with the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) to co-produce material to help local authorities promote their local markets and improve their own commissioning.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ultimately, local authorities remain locally accountable for how their budgets are allocated, including spend on care and support. However, the Care Act is clear that prices agreed with care providers will have to reflect the new duties outlined above in relation to the promotion of sustainability of the overall market. The Government recently published statutory guidance setting out how local authorities should meet these new duties when commissioning, including the consideration of the actual costs of care and support when negotiating fee levels. A copy of the guidance is attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More widely, as in any market, provider exits and entries are inevitable. Where continuity of care is at risk because a provider’s business has failed, local authorities must temporarily step in to ensure an individual’s needs continue to be met, including the needs of both those that are self- and state-funded. In order to help local authorities respond to potential situations where a provider is particularly large or geographically concentrated, and where an individual local authority may struggle to carry out this duty on its own, the Government has created a new market oversight function which will be carried out by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The CQC will act to oversee the finance of specified providers with a view to providing local authorities with early warning of financial failure and to ensure effective contingency plans can be put in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has also commissioned the ADASS to publish guidance for local authorities to assist them in developing contingency plans for managing provider failure which should be available by summer 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 21/07/2015 16:33:41 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Care Act guidance.pdf title Care Act Guidance
	tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

388823

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Public Appointments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will list those persons appointed as chairs of non-departmental public bodies by the Home Office.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	uin	HL1300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>Listed below are current chair appointments to non-departmental public bodies made by the Home Office and announced in line with the Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments (April 2012):</p><p>William (Bill) Griffths – Disclosure and Barring Service</p><p>Margaret Beels – Gangmasters Licensing Authority</p><p>Christopher Spencer – Independent Family Returns Panel</p><p>Professor Sir David Metcalf – Migration Advisory Committee</p><p>Elizabeth France – Security Industry Authority</p><p>Professor Leslie Iverson – Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs</p><p>John Landers – Animals in Science Committee Professor Dame Shirley Pearce – College of Policing</p><p>Dame Ann Owers – Independent Police Complaints Commission</p><p>Chris Hughes – National DNA Database Ethics Group</p><p>David Lebrecht – Police and National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body</p><p>Jonathan Hoyle – Technical Advisory Board</p><p>Home Office public appointments are usually announced via the department’s GOV.UK website or, in some instances, via the appointing body’s website</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/07/2015 16:08:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

388824

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Public Appointments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will list those persons appointed as chairs of non-departmental public bodies by the Department for Education.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	uin	HL1301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education has made three such appointments. The Rt Hon Alan Milburn was appointed as chair of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, Dr Patricia Rice was appointed as chair of the School Teachers’ Review Body and Anne Longfield was appointed as the Children’s Commissioner.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 20/07/2015 13:06:03 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

388825

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Public Appointments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will list those persons appointed as chairs of non-departmental public bodies by the Ministry of Justice.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	uin	HL1302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The Minister of State for Civil Justice, Ministry of Justice (Lord Faulks QC): Details of the Chairs of Ministry of Justice Non-Departmental Public Bodies have been lodged in the House library. These, and further details, are also available in a Cabinet Office publication, Public Bodies 2014, available at: <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-bodies-2014" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-bodies-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-bodies-2014</a></p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/07/2015 15:06:58 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks attachment 1 file name HL1302 - Annex A.doc title Public Bodies 2014 - Chairs
	tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

389124

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Department of Health: Public Appointments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will list those persons appointed as chairs of non-departmental public bodies by the Department of Health.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	uin	HL1310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>A list of chairs of the Department’s non-departmental public bodies is as follows:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Organisation Chair</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee</p></td><td><p>John Rees</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards</p></td><td><p>William Worth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Pharmacopoeia Commission</p></td><td><p>Kevin Taylor</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Care Quality Commission</p></td><td><p>Michael Mire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commission on Human Medicines</p></td><td><p>Stuart Ralston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment</p></td><td><p>David Lovell</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food Standards Agency</p></td><td><p>Tim Bennett</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health and Social Care Information Centre</p></td><td><p>Kingsley Manning</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Education England</p></td><td><p>Keith Pearson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Research Authority</p></td><td><p>Jonathan Montgomery</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority</p></td><td><p>Sally Cheshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Tissue Authority</p></td><td><p>Sharmila Nebhrajani</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent Reconfiguration Panel</p></td><td><p>Bernard Ribeiro</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency</p></td><td><p>Michael Rawlins</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monitor</p></td><td><p>Joan Hanham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Institute for Health &amp; Care Excellence</p></td><td><p>David Haslam</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Blood and Transplant</p></td><td><p>John Pattullo</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Business Services Authority</p></td><td><p>Silla Maizey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Commissioning Board</p></td><td><p>Malcolm Grant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Litigation Authority</p></td><td><p>Ian Dilks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Pay Review Body</p></td><td><p>Jerry Cope</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Pensions Board</p></td><td><p>Rachel Court</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Trust Development Authority</p></td><td><p>Peter Carr</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Health England</p></td><td><p>David Heymann</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration</p></td><td><p>Paul Curran</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Standing Commission on Carers</p></td><td><p>David Croisdale-</p><p>Appleby</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Further details about appointments made to the Department of Health’s public bodies are published routinely at:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dh-non-executive-appointments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dh-non-executive-appointments</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 24/07/2015 12:04:26 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

389125

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Public Appointments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will list those persons appointed as chairs of non-departmental public bodies by the Cabinet Office.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	uin	HL1311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2015 answer text <p>The current chair appointments to non-departmental public bodies made by the Cabinet Office are listed below:</p><p> </p><p>Baroness Browning Advisory Committee on Business Appointments</p><p>Lord Bew Committee on Standards in Public Life</p><p>Lord Kakkar House of Lords Appointments Commission</p><p>Dr Martin Read CBE Senior Salaries Review Body</p><p>Sir Peter Ainsworth Big Lottery Fund</p><p>Sir George Newman Security Vetting Appeals Panel</p><p>Sir David Normington GCB First Civil Service Commissioner</p><p>The Speaker of the House of Commons (ex officio) Boundary Commissions for England and Wales</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Cabinet Office publishes a list of chairs of non-departmental public bodies on Gov.uk as part of the <em>Public Bodies</em> series of reports. The most recent report is as of 31 March 2015. Public Bodies is an online publication <em>(</em><a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank"><em>gov.uk</em></a><em> and </em><a href="http://data.gov/" target="_blank"><em>data.gov</em></a><em>) </em>and a hard copy of each annual report is available in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 27/07/2015 15:41:24 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

389126

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Public Appointments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will list those persons appointed as chairs of non-departmental public bodies by the Department for Transport.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	uin	HL1312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The table below list the chairs of ‘Executive’ and ‘Advisory’ non-departmental bodies (NDPBs) which are appointed by the Department for Transport.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>NDPBs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Chair </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Transport Police Authority</p></td><td><p>Millie Banerjee</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Directed Operated Railways Ltd</p></td><td><p>Doug Sutherland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd</p></td><td><p>Sir David Higgins</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport Focus</p></td><td><p>Jeff Halliwell</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee</p></td><td><p>Keith Richards</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p /><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p /><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/07/2015 10:48:50 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top