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64597

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/07/2014
	date	27/06/2014
	date tabled	27/06/2014
	ddp created	27/06/2014 17:12:30
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:27:48
	answering body	Department for International Development
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Burma
	house id	2
	identifier	HL684
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	08/07/2014 16:17:08
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how Chin and Karenni children are likely to be reached by the Myanmar Education Consortium in Myanmar.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL684
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL684
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p> </p><p>A local partner of the Myanmar Education Consortium (MEC), Kayan New Generation Youth, is working with Karenni communities in four states: Kayah, Kayin, Naypyidaw and Shan (south). The MEC is not currently supporting partners in Chin State. However, it is supporting a local organisation, Linguistic Society, working in Rakhine, which is developing early childhood care and development material in one of the ethnic languages used in Southern Chin and adjoining Myebone township in Rakhine.</p><p> </p> question first answered 08/07/2014 16:17:08
	creator	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

76632

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/07/2014
	date	09/07/2014
	date tabled	09/07/2014
	ddp created	09/07/2014 21:19:41
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:36:17
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion: Wales
	house id	2
	identifier	HL974
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	14/07/2014 12:54:50
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how UK Trade and Investment's role in promoting and assisting Welsh businesses is monitored effectively.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL974
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL974
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Welsh Government and the UK Government have concurrent powers to promote international trade and inward investment. UK Trade &amp; Investment (UKTI) has lead UK responsibility for the provision of support and assistance to new and existing exporters of goods and services both at home and overseas. The Welsh Government is responsible for devising and implementing additional programmes to meet the particular needs of companies in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>UKTI works closely with the Welsh Government's trade and Investment team who deliver services on the ground in Wales. Companies in Wales therefore have access to the support provided both by Welsh Government and UKTI.</p><p> </p><p>UKTI uses its Performance and Impact Monitoring Surveys (PIMS) to measure the performance and impact of its support across the UK. The PIMS evidence is periodically complemented by independent impact evaluations. For the most recent example please see:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-trade-investment-performance-and-impact-monitoring-survey" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-trade-investment-performance-and-impact-monitoring-survey</a></p><p> </p><p>Whilst it is for the Welsh Government to ensure that the support they provide is monitored effectively, UKTI meets with them regularly to discuss progress and issues arising, at chief executive level, at director level and through ongoing discussions at operational level, both through UKTI headquarters and the Investment Services Team that carries out inward investment on its behalf. Following a request for support in developing their capability, UKTI provided a secondment to the Welsh Government to support their work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 14/07/2014 12:54:50
	creator	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

65257

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/07/2014
	date	02/07/2014
	date tabled	02/07/2014
	ddp created	02/07/2014 21:54:47
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:30:18
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Levodopa
	house id	2
	identifier	HL787
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	09/07/2014 15:17:06
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how individual funding requests relating to the prescription of Duodopa for patients with advanced Parkinsonism are handled in the National Health Service.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Walton of Detchant
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL787
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL787
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>In April 2013 NHS England assumed responsibility for commissioning adult specialist neurosciences services, including the majority of services for people with Parkinson's disease.</p><p> </p><p>Individual funding requests relating to treatments that NHS England is responsible for commissioning are handled in line with NHS England's individual funding requests standard operating procedure, which is at:</p><p> </p><p>www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cp-04.pdf</p><p> </p> question first answered 09/07/2014 15:17:06
	creator	1716 label Biography information for Lord Walton of Detchant
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1716 label Biography information for Lord Walton of Detchant

65252

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/07/2014
	date	02/07/2014
	date tabled	02/07/2014
	ddp created	02/07/2014 21:54:39
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:30:11
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Self-harm
	house id	2
	identifier	HL782
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	14/07/2014 16:15:34
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) men, and (2) women, aged over 18 received hospital treatment for self-harm in each year since 2010.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL782
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL782
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The following table shows the count of finished episodes with a cause of self-harm in males and females over the age of 18 in the years from 2010 to 2013:</p><p> </p><p>Count of finished admission episodeswith a cause code of self-harm and a count of accident and emergency attendances (excluding planned attendances) with a patient group of deliberate self-harm for (1) females 18 and over, and (2) males 18 and over for 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Activity in English National Health Service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Accident and emergency attendances</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Finished admission episodes</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>45,270</p></td><td><p>52,022</p></td><td><p>41,974</p></td><td><p>55,315</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>49,022</p></td><td><p>55,516</p></td><td><p>42,683</p></td><td><p>55,376</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>45,988</p></td><td><p>51,128</p></td><td><p>40,542</p></td><td><p>51,692</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><em>Source:</em> Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> question first answered 14/07/2014 16:15:34
	creator	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

76567

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	08/07/2014
	date tabled	08/07/2014
	ddp created	08/07/2014 22:43:31
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:34:20
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	2
	identifier	HL911
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	21/07/2014 15:28:28
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many United Kingdom nationals have been arrested outside the United Kingdom for the sexual abuse of children in the last five years; and how many of those individuals were working or volunteering in children's homes and schools.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL911
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL911
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Between 27 April 2012 and 31 May 2014 the ACPO Criminal Records Office received 24 notifications concerning convictions for the rape of a minor; 15 concerning sexual exploitation of children; 39 concerning sexual assault of a minor and 40 relating to child pornography. These statistics are only for notifications from the 19 EU countries with which the UK exchanges criminal records electronically. <br><br>Between 1 January 2010 and 26 April 2012 the ACPO Criminal Records received 56 notifications concerning convictions for sexual offences against children and 23 notifications concerning child pornography. These figures are for notifications from all EU Member States. <br><br>Between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2014 the ACPO Criminal Records Office received 34 notifications concerning convictions for sexual offences against children and 8 concerning child pornography. These notifications are from countries outside the European Union. Information in this form was not available prior to 1 June 2012. <br><br>Separate records from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) show that there were 51 new cases of child sex offences in 2013 and, so far this year, 31 new cases of child pornography. These will involve people seeking consular assistance from the FCO and so will include individuals in custody, not just those who have been convicted. There may also be some overlap between the FCO statistics and those from the ACPO Criminal Records Office. <br><br>Information is not held centrally on the number of these people who were working or volunteering in children’s homes and schools, whether inside or outside the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p> question first answered 21/07/2014 15:28:28
	creator	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

64621

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/07/2014
	date	30/06/2014
	date tabled	30/06/2014
	ddp created	30/06/2014 21:32:45
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:28:16
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Protection of Freedoms Act 2012
	house id	2
	identifier	HL704
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/07/2014 14:56:47
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications there have been to date, and in the last three months, for the Secretary of State to disregard a conviction under the terms of section 92 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012; how many of those applications have been successful; how many are still pending resolution; how many have been refused; and of those refused what were the most common reasons for refusal.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL704
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL704
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Since the Government commenced sections 92-101, Protection of Freedoms Act on 1 October 2012, the Home Office has received applications for 185 offences from 147 individuals seeking to have their historical convictions or cautions for certain offences disregarded under these provisions.</p><p> </p><p>For the last three months, from 1 April 2014, the Home Office has received applications for 23 offences from 13 individuals seeking to have their <br>historical convictions or cautions for certain offences disregarded under these provisions.</p><p> </p><p><br>The Home Secretary has determined that 45 offences were eligible for disregard under sections 92; 130 offences were not eligible for disregard under sections 92; there are 10 applications pending decision to date.</p><p> </p><p>The most common reasons for a decision of ineligibility were either a failure to fully meet the criteria required under section 92, or that that the conviction was out of scope, as prescribed at sections 92 and 101 of the Act</p><p> </p> question first answered 17/07/2014 14:56:47
	creator	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

65918

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/07/2014
	date	07/07/2014
	date tabled	07/07/2014
	ddp created	07/07/2014 21:44:22
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:32:01
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	2
	identifier	HL845
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	14/07/2014 12:59:38
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many child asylum applicants have been refused financial and other support by social services departments because their credibility has been challenged, in the last year for which figures are available.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL845
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL845
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty to provide support to unaccompanied asylum seeking children, as they would to any other looked after child. Where the age of a person is uncertain and there are reasons to believe that the person is a child, that person is presumed to be a child in order to receive immediate access to assistance, support and protection. Local authorities may only conduct an age assessment where there is significant reason to doubt that the claimant is a child. This assessment must adhere to standards established within case law.</p><p>The Government does not hold any data on numbers of child asylum applicants refused support by local authorities.</p> question first answered 14/07/2014 12:59:38
	creator	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

64133

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/07/2014
	date	25/06/2014
	date tabled	25/06/2014
	ddp created	25/06/2014 22:20:55
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:26:44
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Practitioners
	house id	2
	identifier	HL637
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	09/07/2014 14:10:47
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many full-time equivalent general practitioners have been employed by the National Health Service in each of the last five years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL637
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL637
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>General Practitioners (GPs) are independent contractors who hold contracts with NHS England to provide primary healthcare services for the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>The annual National Health Service General and Personal Medical Services workforce census, published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, shows the numbers of GPs working in the NHS in England at 30 September each year. The numbers of full-time equivalent GPs working in the NHS in England from 2009 to 2013 are shown in the following table. The latest available statistics are as at 30 September 2013 and were published on 25 March 2014.</p> question first answered 09/07/2014 14:10:47
	creator	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

64107

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/07/2014
	date	25/06/2014
	date tabled	25/06/2014
	ddp created	25/06/2014 22:20:50
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:26:06
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
	house id	2
	identifier	HL611
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	10/07/2014 14:04:22
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many mandatory custodial sentences have been imposed under the provisions of section 142 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL611
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL611
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 introduced the new offences of threatening with a knife or offensive weapon in a public place or school. These offences carry a mandatory minimum sentence of a four month Detention and Training Order for 16-17 year olds, and six months custody for adults.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The latest available figures on the number of custodial sentence given for the offence of threatening with a knife or offensive weapon are available at table 8 of the Knife Possession Sentencing Quarterly Brief January – March 2014. This quarterly bulletin was published on 11 June 2014 and is available from the Ministry of Justice website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/knife-possession-sentencing-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/knife-possession-sentencing-quarterly</a></p><p> </p><p>The figures provided have been drawn from an extract of the Police National Computer (PNC) data held by the Department. The PNC holds details of all convictions and cautions given for recordable offences committed in England and Wales. In addition, as with any large scale recording system the PNC is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is clear that people who are convicted of threatening with a knife should always go to prison. Sentencing in individual cases remains a matter for the courts and they may depart from the mandatory minimum custodial sentence if there are particular circumstances which would make it unjust to do so. Parliament has provided the courts with tough sentencing options. The Government is keeping this whole area under close scrutiny and the Sentencing Council are likely to provide further guidelines on knife offences in due course.</p><p> </p> question first answered 10/07/2014 14:04:22
	creator	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

65274

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/07/2014
	date	02/07/2014
	date tabled	02/07/2014
	ddp created	02/07/2014 21:54:51
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:30:42
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking
	house id	2
	identifier	HL804
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	15/07/2014 14:09:43
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many non-governmental organisations they consulted prior to approaching the NSPCC to run a human trafficking hotline.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL804
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL804
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are working with the NSPCC to pilot a Modern Slavery Helpline as part of a wider communications and marketing campaign, to raise awareness of modern slavery. The NSPCC will be given funding of up to £50,000 for one year to host the helpline. We have engaged NSPCC by means of a formal Grant Agreement, not a Contract, which will be managed using standard Home Office grant terms and conditions in accordance with the principles of Managing Public Money. On this occasion, no other organisations were invited to submit delivery proposals.<br><br>The helpline will be established by the end of July 2014. We will work with a number of non-governmental organisations, prior to the launch of the helpline, to ensure that callers to the helpline have access to a range of organisations that can provide additional help, advice and support. <br><br>Our longer term requirements for a helpline will be considered as part of the National Referral Mechanism review, which will conclude later this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 15/07/2014 14:09:43
	creator	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey