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79608

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Association of British Insurers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish details of all meetings between ministers and the Association of British Insurers in the past 12 months.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL1504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings and discussions with a wide variety of organisations as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Lists of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on gov.uk[1].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury/series/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury/series/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton attachment 1 file name quarterly information 1 october - 31 december 2013 0563lw.pdf title Quarterly information 1 2 file name quarterly information 1july - 30 september 2013 0563lw.pdf title Quarterly information 2 question first answered 18/08/2014 14:44:30 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

79586

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Taxation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the additional annual funding that would be raised by (1) each one per cent rise in income tax, (2) each one per cent rise in national insurance contributions, (3) abolishing the ceiling on national insurance contributions, (4) doubling the duty on (a) tobacco, (b) alcohol, and (c) gambling, and (5) for each one per cent increase in inheritance tax (with current exemption arrangements).
	tabling member printed	Lord Warner
	uin	HL1484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>Information on the revenue effects of changes in income tax, national insurance contributions, tobacco, alcohol and inheritance tax is available and published in the table ‘Direct effects of illustrative tax changes’ published on the GOV.UK website[1].</p><p> </p><p>The table is a ‘ready reckoner’ showing estimates of the effects of various illustrative tax changes, on tax receipts in 2014-15 to 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/297451/20140318_DirectEffectofillustrativechanges_Mar_v0.1.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/297451/20140318_DirectEffectofillustrativechanges_Mar_v0.1.pdf</a></strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 18/08/2014 14:43:15 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton attachment 1 file name direct effects of illustrative tax changes 0558lw.pdf title Direct effects of illustrative tax changes
	tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

79787

	registered interest
	date	30/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Compulsorily Detained Mental Patients
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people were sectioned under the Mental Health Acts in each year of the last decade, disaggregated by racial profile; how many of those people had a co-occurring learning disability or autism spectrum disorder; and how many were children.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Uddin
	uin	HL1676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>We do not centrally hold the number of people with a learning disability or autism spectrum disorder who were formally detained under Mental Health Act 1983 in each year of the last decade, disaggregated by racial profile, including the numbers of which were children.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information we do hold has been placed in the Library.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/08/2014 10:06:16 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name HL1676 - Lib Doc Table.xlsx title Detentions under Mental Health Act
	tabling member	1827 label Biography information for Baroness Uddin

79776

	registered interest
	date	30/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Practitioners
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what categories of Quality and Outcomes Framework payments are available to general practitioner practices.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Browning
	uin	HL1665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>The national Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) is a voluntary incentive scheme that provides additional reward to general practitioner (GP) practices for how well they care for patients based on performance against a number of agreed indicators. Each indicator is worth a maximum number of points and GP practices are then rewarded financially on the number of points they achieve. All GP practices can choose to take part in QOF and the majority choose to do so.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Employers publish detailed guidance on the QOF. A copy of this guidance has been placed in the Library.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/08/2014 10:07:43 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name HL1665 - Lib Doc.pdf title GUIDANCE FOR GMS CONTRACT 2014/15
	tabling member	236 label Biography information for Baroness Browning

79790

	registered interest
	date	30/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	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 Deighton on 28 July (WA 247), in addition to the "qualitative assessment of the economic impacts" of the Childcare Payments Bill provided in the impact assessment, what specific estimates they have made of the impact on tax receipts from mothers paying income tax and national insurance.
	tabling member printed	Lord Sutherland of Houndwood
	uin	HL1679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>Details of the estimated economic effects from the introduction of Tax-Free Childcare can be found in the Childcare Payments Bill Impact Assessment[1]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/318698/document2014-06-10-104244-1.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/318698/document2014-06-10-104244-1.pdf</a></strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 18/08/2014 14:43:40 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton attachment 1 file name Childcare Payments Bill Impact Assessment 0580lw.pdf title Chldcare Payment Bill Impact Assessment
	tabling member	2173 label Biography information for Lord Sutherland of Houndwood

79155

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average call waiting time in each of the last five years of the HM Revenue and Customs helpline.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lipsey
	uin	HL1316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>The Government publishes monthly performance figures from 2011-12 onwards for the HMRC contact centre, including time waiting in a queue. The data is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-plan-indicators" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-plan-indicators</a></p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 18/08/2014 14:44:06 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton attachment 1 file name 0573lw.pdf title overall call centre contact
	tabling member	2492 label Biography information for Lord Lipsey

79640

	registered interest
	date	28/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mesothelioma
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much was spent on mesothelioma research in 2013 and 2014.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL1532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>In 2013-14, the Medical Research Council (MRC) spent £1.7 million on mesothelioma research, and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) spent £0.4 million on this topic through its research programmes, research centres and units, and research fellowships. Total spend by the NIHR on mesothelioma research is higher than this because expenditure by the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) on this topic cannot be disaggregated from total CRN expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>The amount of funding designated for mesothelioma research in 2014 and 2015 is not available. The usual practice of the NIHR and MRC is not to ring-fence funds for expenditure on particular topics; research proposals in all areas can be considered for the funding available.</p><p> </p><p>The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including mesothelioma. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. In all disease areas, the amount of NIHR funding depends on the volume and quality of scientific activity. The NIHR has highlighted to the research community that it wants to encourage research applications in mesothelioma and we hope this will lead to an increased level of research activity.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL1533 question first answered 18/08/2014 10:18:59 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

79641

	registered interest
	date	28/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mesothelioma
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much funding has been designated for mesothelioma research in 2014 and 2015.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL1533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>In 2013-14, the Medical Research Council (MRC) spent £1.7 million on mesothelioma research, and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) spent £0.4 million on this topic through its research programmes, research centres and units, and research fellowships. Total spend by the NIHR on mesothelioma research is higher than this because expenditure by the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) on this topic cannot be disaggregated from total CRN expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>The amount of funding designated for mesothelioma research in 2014 and 2015 is not available. The usual practice of the NIHR and MRC is not to ring-fence funds for expenditure on particular topics; research proposals in all areas can be considered for the funding available.</p><p> </p><p>The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including mesothelioma. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. In all disease areas, the amount of NIHR funding depends on the volume and quality of scientific activity. The NIHR has highlighted to the research community that it wants to encourage research applications in mesothelioma and we hope this will lead to an increased level of research activity.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL1532 question first answered 18/08/2014 10:18:59 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

79646

	registered interest
	date	28/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Neurofibromatosis
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government out of all known patients with neurofibromatosis Type 1, how many were treated in the last 12 months at the two designated national specialist care centres.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL1538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>Whilst the number of people with neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) in England is estimated to number 11,267, the number of patients with a confirmed diagnosis is not collected.</p><p> </p><p>In the following table we have provided the number of finished admission episodes (FAEs) for patients with a primary diagnosis of NF1 who were treated at the two national specialist centres in 2012-13, the most recent period for which data is available. An FAE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. It should be noted the figures do not represent a count of patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>FAEs in 2012-13 for patients with primary or secondary diagnosis of NF1 (non-malignant)</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trust</p></td><td><p>Numbers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>213</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guys and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>124</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p>Information concerning the number of patients waiting to be treated at the two national centres is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL1539 question first answered 18/08/2014 10:18:05 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

79647

	registered interest
	date	28/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Neurofibromatosis
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many patients with neurofibromatosis Type 1 are waiting to be treated at the two designated national specialist care centres.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL1539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>Whilst the number of people with neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) in England is estimated to number 11,267, the number of patients with a confirmed diagnosis is not collected.</p><p> </p><p>In the following table we have provided the number of finished admission episodes (FAEs) for patients with a primary diagnosis of NF1 who were treated at the two national specialist centres in 2012-13, the most recent period for which data is available. An FAE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. It should be noted the figures do not represent a count of patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>FAEs in 2012-13 for patients with primary or secondary diagnosis of NF1 (non-malignant)</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trust</p></td><td><p>Numbers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>213</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guys and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>124</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p>Information concerning the number of patients waiting to be treated at the two national centres is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL1538 question first answered 18/08/2014 10:18:04 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath