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164526

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	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	Immigration: Poland
	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 Bates on 20 November (HL2693), whether the Department for Work and Pensions has made an assessment of the contribution of Polish immigrants to the United Kingdom.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL3119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>DWP has made no such assessment, nor would it be within the remit of the Department to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 02/12/2014 12:26:32 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

166216

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	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	Housing Benefit (Habitual Residence) Amendment Regulations 2014
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made following the conclusions of the Social Security Advisory Committee that the Housing Benefit (Habitual Residence) Amendment Regulations 2014 will lead to an increase in homelessness and rough sleeping.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	uin	HL3200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Committee suggests there is a direct link between the policy change and an increase in rough sleeping which we do not agree the evidence supports. The causes of rough sleeping are multiple and difficult to disentangle. The Government wishes to deter EEA migrants from coming to the UK if they do not have a firm offer of or realistic chance of securing work and those who come to the UK to look for work should ensure that they have sufficient resources to pay for their accommodation needs, as well as other support that they or their family may need while here.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 02/12/2014 12:25:57 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie

156479

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health: Weather
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions have taken place internally within the Department of Health regarding the impact of cold homes on the health of older people.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Greengross
	uin	HL2921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p> </p><p /> <p>The impact of cold homes on the health of older people has been discussed internally within the Department (DH) during the development of policy initiatives to prevent major avoidable effects on health during periods of cold weather. These initiatives include the <em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/365756/CWP_2014.pdf" target="_blank">The Cold Weather Plan for England</a></em>, <em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keep-warm-keep-well-leaflet-gives-advice-on-staying-healthy-in-cold-weather" target="_blank">Keep Warm Keep Well</a> </em>leaflet and the <em><a href="http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/get-ready-for-winter" target="_blank">Get Ready For Winter</a></em> campaign hosted by the Met Office.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Further discussions were held at the Annual Cold Weather Plan seminar<strong> – </strong>this stakeholder event brings together colleagues from the DH, Local Government Association, NHS England, Public Health England, academia and the voluntary and community sector to discuss issues around the cold weather plan and how to best support local action. In addition, discussions were held at the Health officials working group – this is a regular meeting attended by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, DH and Public Health England. The aim of this group is to share information on cold weather, fuel poverty and health impacts with a view to ensure the fuel poverty strategy is aligned with health policy.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/12/2014 14:11:48 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2518 label Biography information for Baroness Greengross

164525

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have incorporated a policy regarding use of lethal drones in British Defence Doctrine.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL3118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Armed Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) are operated by the UK's Armed Forces in accordance with the same domestic and international legal framework and Departmental policy that regulates conventional manned aircraft. The Doctrine and Rules of Engagement that govern and underpin the use of armed RPAS are aligned to both current UK policy and International Humanitarian Law (IHL).</p><p>The UK constantly reviews and updates both its policy and doctrine to ensure it remains both operationally effective and fully compliant with IHL.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 02/12/2014 16:30:33 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

156464

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	IVF
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 17 November (HL2642), whether they consider that any of the mitochondrial diseases listed in Annex D of the "Mitochondrial Donation" consultation document could ever arise from a nuclear gene defect; and if so, what is their assessment of the frequency with which it occurs and how that has been reflected when discussing mitochondrial diseases that may be candidates for pronuclear transfer or spindle-chromosomal complex transfer.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL2906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>As stated in my Written Answer of 17 November 2014 (<em>Official Report</em>, col. WA59) the mitochondrial diseases listed in Annex D of the mitochondrial donation consultation document are diseases caused by an inherited mutation in mitochondrial DNA. As such, none of these diseases are caused by a nuclear gene defect. Mitochondrial disorders caused by a nuclear gene defect are distinct from those listed in Annex D.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/12/2014 12:42:21 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

156461

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Malaria
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on how many occasions the Advisory Committee for Malaria Prevention has met in the last two years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Corston
	uin	HL2903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Full meetings of the Advisory Committee for Malaria Prevention occurred in March and August of 2012 and January and December of 2013. The next full meeting is planned for January 2015. There was a sub-group meeting in 2014 to approve the 2014 version of the <em>Guidelines for malaria prevention in travellers from the UK</em>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/12/2014 12:41:24 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	215 label Biography information for Baroness Corston

166092

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hearing Aids: Staffordshire
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will advise the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to prioritise the Quality Standard on hearing loss (adult onset), in the light of proposals from North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group to decommission hearing aids for patients with mild to moderate adult onset hearing loss.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL3150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Hearing loss (adult onset) is included as a topic in the library of quality standards referred to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in March 2012. NICE has also been asked to develop a clinical guideline on hearing loss that will provide the underpinning evidence base for the quality standard. <br> <br> NHS England is now responsible for commissioning quality standards and clinical guidelines relating to NHS Services from NICE and is responsible for liaising with NICE about the prioritisation of topics relating to NHS services.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/12/2014 12:32:18 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

166634

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Faith Schools
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to encourage local authorities to assess the teaching of religion in faith schools.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL3225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Local authorities and their Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE) are responsible for drawing up locally agreed syllabuses which all non-faith-based maintained schools, and some voluntary controlled and faith designated foundation schools, must follow. These syllabuses should be broadly Christian whilst taking account of the teaching and practices of the other principal religions represented in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Faith schools may develop their own syllabuses according to their trust deeds and/or the tenets of their faith.</p><p> </p><p>SACREs should monitor the provision and quality of RE taught according to the agreed syllabus, and provide advice and support on the effective teaching of RE in those schools.</p><p> </p><p>SACREs can draw on resources produced by experts when carrying out their work. For example, the Religious Education Council produced a curriculum framework for religious education in 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 02/12/2014 16:55:55 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

166211

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children in Care: Travellers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps those responsible for Gypsy, Traveller or Roma children in care take to keep those children in touch with their culture and their community.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	uin	HL3195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Local authorities must draw up a care plan for the children they look after.</p><p>The plan sets out how their needs will be met, including how they will maintain family and social relationships (where this is consistent with their welfare) and develop their sense of racial and cultural identity. Further details are set out in the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010 and accompanying statutory guidance.[1]</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-act-1989-care-planning-placement-and-case-review" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-act-1989-care-planning-placement-and-case-review</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 02/12/2014 16:49:07 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

156457

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mefloquine
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and the Advisory Committee for Malaria Prevention have made of the United States Food and Drug Administration's Safety Communication of 29 July 2013 warning of the risk of psychiatric and nerve side effects from taking Lariam (mefloquine) as a malaria prophylactic.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Corston
	uin	HL2899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Mefloquine (brand name Lariam) is one of several drugs licensed for the prevention (<strong>c</strong>hemoprophylaxis) or treatment of malaria. As with any medicine, mefloquine may cause side effects in some people and the potential risks should be balanced against the expected benefits of therapy. Information on possible side effects is available to the medical profession via the Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC), and to patients via the Patient Information Leaflet.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2013, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) strengthened the warnings in the mefloquine SmPC, particularly regarding the well-established risk of neuropsychiatric side effects. The licence holder (Roche) also issued a letter to healthcare professionals at the end of October 2013 to increase awareness of these possible risks, alongside a prescriber checklist and patient alert card to aid compliance with the warnings. In November 2013, the MHRA issued a further communication to healthcare professionals on the risks of mefloquine via its Drug Safety Update bulletin:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>www.mhra.gov.uk/Safetyinformation/DrugSafetyUpdate/CON336723</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As with all medicines, the MHRA will keep the safety of mefloquine under continual review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Advisory Committee for Malaria Prevention (ACMP) carefully considered all available data following the Food and Drug Administration’s safety communication and subsequent modification of the SmPC by Roche in September 2013. SmPC recommendations for monitoring of liver function and eye assessment in long term use have also been added to the guidelines. The ACMP continues to believe that mefloquine is a valuable option for prophylaxis against malaria when appropriate risk assessments are undertaken.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/12/2014 12:38:24 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	215 label Biography information for Baroness Corston