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1145332

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/09/2019
	date	06/09/2019
	date tabled	06/09/2019
	ddp created	06/09/2019 17:27:56
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	06/09/2019 17:35:12 01/10/2019 11:13:04
	hansard heading	USA: Diplomatic Service
	house id	2
	identifier	HL17783
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/09/2019 16:24:10
	question first ministerially corrected	01/10/2019 10:41:03
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the inquiry into the leaking of confidential messages from Sir Kim Darroch will conclude.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL17783
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17783
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">On 12 July, the Metropolitan Police Service announced it would be carrying out an investigation under the terms of the Official Secrets Act. That investigation is on-going.</ins></p>
	creator	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin written parliamentary question 1145332
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	518

1145215

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/09/2019
	date	05/09/2019
	date tabled	05/09/2019
	ddp created	05/09/2019 19:22:21
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	05/09/2019 19:25:20 02/10/2019 14:52:02
	hansard heading	Energy: Meters
	house id	2
	identifier	HL17742
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/09/2019 16:27:08
	question first ministerially corrected	02/10/2019 14:20:44
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made towards the roll-out of smart meters.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL17742
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17742
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. I will correspond directly with my noble Friend.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">There were 14.9 million smart and advanced meters operating in Great Britain at the end of June 2019. The Government publishes quarterly reports on the number of smart electricity and gas meters installed in Great Britain as part of its Smart Meters statistics collection.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government is committed to every home and small business being offered smart meters by the end of 2020.</ins></p><p> </p>
	creator	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1145216

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/09/2019
	date	05/09/2019
	date tabled	05/09/2019
	ddp created	05/09/2019 19:22:22
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	05/09/2019 19:25:23 02/10/2019 14:52:05
	hansard heading	Energy: Imports
	house id	2
	identifier	HL17743
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/09/2019 16:27:01
	question first ministerially corrected	02/10/2019 14:20:25
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the UK’s current dependency on energy supplied by interconnectors.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL17743
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17743
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. I will correspond directly with my noble Friend.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The latest figures on electricity supplied by interconnectors are available in the 2019 ‘Energy Trends: Electricity’, published by BEIS. In Q1 2019, net imports of electricity via interconnectors were 6.0 TWh for the UK. This is equivalent to 6.4% of total demand over the period. In Great Britain, as part of the Capacity Market process, National Grid Electricity System Operator assesses how much capacity will be needed in the years ahead factoring in the risks of particular technologies not delivering. This annual process includes an assessment of how interconnectors should be derated to reflect the likely reliability of electricity flow during times of stress. We then secure all the capacity needed through the Capacity Market, ensuring we meet our reliability standard.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In Northern Ireland, the Single Electricity Market operates as a single, shared wholesale electricity market between Ireland and Northern Ireland, with electricity flows between Ireland and Northern Ireland treated as internal flows. The Single Electricity Market’s capacity remuneration mechanism is working well to ensure security of supply of electricity in Northern Ireland.</ins></p>
	creator	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1145218

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/09/2019
	date	05/09/2019
	date tabled	05/09/2019
	ddp created	05/09/2019 19:22:24
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	ddp modified	05/09/2019 19:25:26 30/09/2019 11:54:02
	hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments: Greater Manchester
	house id	2
	identifier	HL17745
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/09/2019 16:57:04
	question first ministerially corrected	30/09/2019 11:22:30
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 7 August (HL17449), in what format the data are available for average annual waiting times for each accident and emergency department in Greater Manchester in each of the last five years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL17745
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17745
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member. </del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Data is not available in the format of average waiting times at individual accident and emergency (A&amp;E) units. Data is available at a National Health Service trust provider level as some NHS trusts have more than one A&amp;E unit. The data for providers in Greater Manchester, 2013-14 to 2018-19 (provisional) is attached, due to the size of the data. 2018-19 data is provisional and subject to change.</ins></p><p> </p> attachment 1 file name Table for HL17745 formatted.docx
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	publisher	25277
	tabling member	452

1145219

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/09/2019
	date	05/09/2019
	date tabled	05/09/2019
	ddp created	05/09/2019 19:22:25
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	05/09/2019 19:25:28 26/09/2019 17:18:04
	hansard heading	Pre-sentence Reports: Females
	house id	2
	identifier	HL17746
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/09/2019 16:26:55
	question first ministerially corrected	26/09/2019 16:46:47
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many women sentenced in (1) the magistrates courts, and (2) the Crown Courts, in England and Wales did not have a pre-sentence report prepared for them in each of the last five years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL17746
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17746
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">It is not possible to give figures for the number of sentenced women who did not have a pre-sentence report (PSR), as this would involve a process of matching court record data with probation data and the cost of doing so would be disproportionate.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Regarding the women’s prison population according to age, as at 30 June 2019, the total number of female prisoners was 3,770. The age distribution is shown in the table below:</ins><br /></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Age</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Under 21</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">115</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">21-30</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,011</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31-35</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">696</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">36-40</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">690</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">41-50</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">784</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">51-60</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">366</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Over 60</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">108</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p>
	creator	452
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	452

1145220

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/09/2019
	date	05/09/2019
	date tabled	05/09/2019
	ddp created	05/09/2019 19:22:27
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	05/09/2019 19:25:30 26/09/2019 17:18:05
	hansard heading	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Prisons
	house id	2
	identifier	HL17747
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/09/2019 16:27:17
	question first ministerially corrected	26/09/2019 16:46:27
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the courts in England and Wales used prison as a place of safety in each of the last five years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL17747
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17747
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">Prison may be used as a ‘place of safety’ if the court is satisfied that an individual should be kept in custody for his/her own protection. This is set out under the Bail Act 1976.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Specifically, for individuals with serious mental illness, the Mental Health Act 1983 sets out that a person may be remanded in custody for between 7 and 28 days awaiting available treatment and detention in hospital.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on either of the circumstances set out. The decision to remand is taken by the individual sentencing court, and reasons for remand are not recorded centrally.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government is clear that those suffering from a mental disorder of a nature or degree that warrants treatment and detention in hospital (i.e. a severe mental disorder) should be able to access that treatment as quickly as possible. Our forthcoming response to the independent review of the Mental Health Act will address the recommendation in that context around prison as a ‘place of safety’.</ins><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p>
	creator	452
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	452

1145221

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/09/2019
	date	05/09/2019
	date tabled	05/09/2019
	ddp created	05/09/2019 19:22:28
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	05/09/2019 19:25:32 26/09/2019 17:18:02
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
	house id	2
	identifier	HL17748
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/09/2019 16:27:41
	question first ministerially corrected	26/09/2019 16:47:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many women currently in prison are aged (1) under 21, (2) 21–30, (3) 31–35, (4) 36–40, (5) 41–50, (6) 51–60, and (7) over 60, years old.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL17748
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17748
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">It is not possible to give figures for the number of sentenced women who did not have a pre-sentence report (PSR), as this would involve a process of matching court record data with probation data and the cost of doing so would be disproportionate.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Regarding the women’s prison population according to age, as at 30 June 2019, the total number of female prisoners was 3,770. The age distribution is shown in the table below:</ins><br /></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Age</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Under 21</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">115</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">21-30</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,011</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31-35</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">696</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">36-40</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">690</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">41-50</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">784</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">51-60</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">366</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Over 60</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">108</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member</del></p>
	creator	452
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	452

1145226

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/09/2019
	date	05/09/2019
	date tabled	05/09/2019
	ddp created	05/09/2019 19:22:34
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	ddp modified	05/09/2019 19:25:42 30/09/2019 11:46:01
	hansard heading	Medical Treatments: Greater London
	house id	2
	identifier	HL17753
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/09/2019 16:57:08
	question first ministerially corrected	30/09/2019 11:14:24
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they took to ensure that board members of the Clinical Commissioning Groups in South East London read the South East London Treatment Access Policy Document 2019/20 in full before agreeing to it.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL17753
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17753
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The level of provision of local health services, including fertility treatment, available to patients is, and has been since the 1990s, a matter for local healthcare commissioners, who must consider the needs and priorities of all their population. Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have the current statutory responsibility to commission high-quality services that meet the needs of their local population. Decisions about treatment should always be based on patients’ clinical needs.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Secretary of State has no power to direct individual CCGs in relation to their commissioning functions. The Department has no role in the oversight of individual CCG board activities. If there are concerns about provision of care, we expect NHS England to ensure the CCG is not breaching its statutory responsibility to provide services that meet the needs of the local population. Where performance concerns are identified, NHS England has the ability to exercise formal legal powers to either provide an enhanced support to a CCG, or in rare circumstances to intervene where it is believed that a CCG is failing, or is at risk of failing, to discharge its functions.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">NHS England has advised that the CCGs in south east London have agreed to undertake a rapid review of the NHS South East London’s Treatment Access Policy Document in relation to access criteria for funding in vitro fertilisation (IVF) by the end of November 2019. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The CCGs have made a public apology for any offence caused by the wording in the Treatment Access Policy Document in relation to single women’s access to IVF treatment and the review document it refers to and agree that this wording is unacceptable. The statement on page 34 is based on evidence from a review of literature undertaken in 2011 by commissioners and public health doctors. The review references literature available at the time.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The rapid review will also specifically consider issues relating to equality and discrimination in relation to single women. The CCGs will publish the review alongside any changes to the revision of the policy.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">NHS England and NHS Improvement are aware that the CCGs are undertaking a review of the policy, as the body responsible for that policy. All CCG governing bodies were asked to review and approve any changes to the NHS South East London Treatment Access Policy made for 2019/20.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In taking clinical decisions about fertility treatment and taking account of their public sector equality duty, CCGs should make assessments based on clinical infertility and not on relationship status.</ins></p>
	creator	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1145230

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/09/2019
	date	05/09/2019
	date tabled	05/09/2019
	ddp created	05/09/2019 19:22:38
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	05/09/2019 19:25:49 01/10/2019 11:14:03
	hansard heading	China: Prisoners
	house id	2
	identifier	HL17757
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/09/2019 16:25:11
	question first ministerially corrected	01/10/2019 10:42:40
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Minister for Asia and the Pacific on 26 March (HC Deb, col 61WH) on forced live organ extraction that they "need to properly and fully investigate such reports and allegations, and establish the facts”, what steps they have taken to investigate forced live organ extraction in China.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL17757
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17757
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">I set out the Government’s position in Parliament on 25 July in response to an Oral Question. I noted the time and energy that the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China has dedicated to this issue. The evidence presented at the hearings they organised provided disturbing details about the mistreatment of Falun Gong practitioners, and raised worrying questions about China’s transplant system. Officials have reviewed the evidence thoroughly. While the evidence is not incontrovertible, we take these allegations seriously and have consulted the World Health Organization (WHO), NGOs and international partners. The WHO’s view is that China is implementing an ethical, voluntary organ transplant system in accordance with international standards, though they do have concerns about overall transparency.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We currently do not have any plans to make representations to the Chinese Government on allegations of systematic, state-sponsored organ harvesting, nor raise the allegations at the UN Human Rights Council (UN HRC). However, we regularly raise concerns about the treatment of religious and ethnic minorities, both directly with Chinese officials and at the UN HRC.</ins></p><p> </p>
	creator	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover written parliamentary question 1145230 1145231
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	2539

1145231

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/09/2019
	date	05/09/2019
	date tabled	05/09/2019
	ddp created	05/09/2019 19:22:39
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	05/09/2019 19:25:51 01/10/2019 11:14:05
	hansard heading	China: Prisoners
	house id	2
	identifier	HL17758
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/09/2019 16:24:30
	question first ministerially corrected	01/10/2019 10:42:31
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Minister for Asia and the Pacific on 26 March (HC Deb, col 61WH) on forced live organ extraction, what conclusions they drew from the report by the Independent Tribunal into Forced Organ Harvesting from Prisoners of Conscience in China Final Judgement and Summary Report, published on 17 June; and what steps they intend to take in response.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL17758
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17758
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">I set out the Government’s position in Parliament on 25 July in response to an Oral Question. I noted the time and energy that the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China has dedicated to this issue. The evidence presented at the hearings they organised provided disturbing details about the mistreatment of Falun Gong practitioners, and raised worrying questions about China’s transplant system. Officials have reviewed the evidence thoroughly. While the evidence is not incontrovertible, we take these allegations seriously and have consulted the World Health Organization (WHO), NGOs and international partners. The WHO’s view is that China is implementing an ethical, voluntary organ transplant system in accordance with international standards, though they do have concerns about overall transparency.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We currently do not have any plans to make representations to the Chinese Government on allegations of systematic, state-sponsored organ harvesting, nor raise the allegations at the UN Human Rights Council (UN HRC). However, we regularly raise concerns about the treatment of religious and ethnic minorities, both directly with Chinese officials and at the UN HRC.</ins></p><p> </p>
	creator	2539
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	2539