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62469

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:17:05
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:21:07
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Productivity
	house id	2
	identifier	HL398
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/06/2014 12:51:36
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the latest available figures on output (1) per worker, and (2) per hour worked, in the United Kingdom; and how those figures compare with the equivalents for Germany, France and the United States.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL398
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL398
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> question first answered 23/06/2014 12:51:36 answering member 1816
	creator	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

62470

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:17:05
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:21:08
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Diabetes
	house id	2
	identifier	HL399
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/06/2014 12:55:05
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that people with diabetes are able to access innovative medicines.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL399
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL399
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We want to ensure that patients, including those with diabetes, have access to new and effective treatments on terms that represent value to the National Health Service and the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended a number of medicines for diabetes. National Health Service commissioners are legally required by regulations to fund those medicines recommended by NICE in its technology appraisal guidance.</p> question first answered 25/06/2014 12:55:05 answering member 2000
	creator	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton

62471

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:17:05
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:21:10
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Diabetes
	house id	2
	identifier	HL400
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	30/06/2014 10:55:27
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they plan to review NHS England's progress in implementing the Action for Diabetes plan.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL400
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL400
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Action for Diabetes sets out the broad vision and direction for how NHS England will support improvements in outcomes for people with and at risk of diabetes in the coming years, as a direct commissioner of services and supporting clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in their commissioning role.</p><p> </p><p>Outcomes for people with diabetes will continue to be measured through the NHS Outcomes Framework and the CCG Outcomes Indicator Set, which are both updated and published annually. Outcomes for people with diabetes will also be assessed through the National Diabetes Audit, which includes the core audit, the national inpatient diabetes audit, the national diabetes pregnancy audit, the national patient experience of diabetes services survey and the national diabetes foot audit. The latter of these is due to be launched this summer.</p> question first answered 30/06/2014 10:55:27 answering member 2000
	creator	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton

62472

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:17:05
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:21:11
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Diabetes
	house id	2
	identifier	HL401
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/07/2014 11:37:32
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps are being taken to ensure that people with diabetes receive the care processes recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL401
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL401
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The management of people with diabetes is measured and reported on through the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), the CCG Outcomes Indicator Set (OIS) and National Diabetes Audit. These publications and data are used by local commissioners, providers and healthcare professionals to assess the quality of the services provided and to drive improvements.</p><p> </p><p>General practitioners (GPs) are incentivised to ensure completion of the care processes recommended by The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) through the QOF. The latest available data (2011-12) shows a 60.5% completion rate of all the eight measurable NICE-recommended care processes for diabetes. However, it is for individual GP practices, working with the CCGs in their area, to assess their own performance on completion of the care processes, and take action where improvement is necessary.</p><p> </p><p>CCGs can use the information reported from the OIS indicator on completion of the care processes for people with diabetes to assess progress in improvement in their area and against their peers. Where completion rates are low, CCGs can then take action jointly with other practices in their area to make improvements.</p><p> </p><p>To support local commissioning, NHS England has also developed a non-mandatory service specification for diabetes, based on the diabetes NICE Quality Standard, which is currently being piloted with some CCGs. The pilot will be evaluated to assess how useful the specification has been to commissioners, and this will inform decisions about its future development.</p><p> </p><p>The Patient Experience of Diabetes Services survey, part of the National Diabetes Audit, is measuring the healthcare experiences of people with diabetes in England and Wales. The survey pilot tested an online-only approach to measure patient experience in GP and specialist diabetes services. Any diabetes service in England and Wales should be able to use the survey to get feedback from their patients. The survey can help to raise standards and drive out variation, and also empower services to understand at a local level how satisfied their patients are with the service being provided.</p> question first answered 01/07/2014 11:37:32 answering member 2000
	creator	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton

62473

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:17:06
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:21:12
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Diabetes
	house id	2
	identifier	HL402
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/07/2014 11:37:33
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps are being taken to ensure that the treatment targets for people with diabetes recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence are being met.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL402
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL402
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The management of people with diabetes is measured and reported on through the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), the CCG Outcomes Indicator Set (OIS) and National Diabetes Audit. These publications and data are used by local commissioners, providers and healthcare professionals to assess the quality of the services provided and to drive improvements.</p><p> </p><p>General practitioners (GPs) are incentivised to ensure completion of the care processes recommended by The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) through the QOF. The latest available data (2011-12) shows a 60.5% completion rate of all the eight measurable NICE-recommended care processes for diabetes. However, it is for individual GP practices, working with the CCGs in their area, to assess their own performance on completion of the care processes, and take action where improvement is necessary.</p><p> </p><p>CCGs can use the information reported from the OIS indicator on completion of the care processes for people with diabetes to assess progress in improvement in their area and against their peers. Where completion rates are low, CCGs can then take action jointly with other practices in their area to make improvements.</p><p> </p><p>To support local commissioning, NHS England has also developed a non-mandatory service specification for diabetes, based on the diabetes NICE Quality Standard, which is currently being piloted with some CCGs. The pilot will be evaluated to assess how useful the specification has been to commissioners, and this will inform decisions about its future development.</p><p> </p><p>The Patient Experience of Diabetes Services survey, part of the National Diabetes Audit, is measuring the healthcare experiences of people with diabetes in England and Wales. The survey pilot tested an online-only approach to measure patient experience in GP and specialist diabetes services. Any diabetes service in England and Wales should be able to use the survey to get feedback from their patients. The survey can help to raise standards and drive out variation, and also empower services to understand at a local level how satisfied their patients are with the service being provided.</p> question first answered 01/07/2014 11:37:33 answering member 2000
	creator	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton

62474

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:17:06
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:21:14
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Elections
	house id	2
	identifier	HL403
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	26/06/2014 14:07:52
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what procedures are in place to ensure that members of the armed forces posted overseas receive, and are able to post, postal ballot papers; and whether any members of the armed forces have complained as a result of not being able to do so in each of the last ten years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL403
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL403
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Well established processes are in place to ensure that members of the Armed Forces posted overseas are able to vote in all those elections for which they are eligible. <br><br>The MOD runs an annual information campaign on Electoral Registration which sets out the options for Armed Forces personnel and their families to register to vote. Where Armed Forces personnel are to be posted overseas they are encouraged to appoint a proxy as this removes any doubt about whether a postal vote can be received and returned in time before polls close. Some personnel prefer to cast their own vote and the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 has extended the electoral timetable so that Returning Officers are able to send postal ballot papers out earlier than previously allowed. This will give Armed Forces Personnel more time to receive and return their ballots if they have chosen this option. <br><br>The MOD continues to work with the Electoral Commission and the British Forces Post Office, as it has done for previous elections, to ensure that postal ballot papers are identified and quickly processed through the mail system where operationally possible. <br><br>Information about complaints related to an inability to vote whilst overseas for the last ten years is not held centrally.</p> question first answered 26/06/2014 14:07:52 answering member 3428
	creator	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

62475

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:17:06
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:21:15
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Elections
	house id	2
	identifier	HL404
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/06/2014 16:34:18
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to explore the possibility of electronic voting in elections for members of the armed forces posted overseas.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL404
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL404
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government has no plans to explore the possibility of electronic voting in elections for members of the armed forces posted overseas.</p><p>The Government has extended the electoral timetable for UK Parliamentary elections from 17 to 25 working days which will allow postal votes to be issued sooner and facilitate postal voting being viable for electors who are living overseas, including members of the armed forces.</p><p> </p> question first answered 23/06/2014 16:34:18 answering member 1816
	creator	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

62476

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:17:06
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:21:16
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Deployment
	house id	2
	identifier	HL405
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	26/06/2014 14:13:37
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many members of the armed forces are currently posted overseas.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL405
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL405
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>At 1 April 2014 there were approximately 18,070 Regular Armed Forces Personnel stationed overseas. This figure excludes Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service personnel and mobilised reservists.<br><br><br>Details of the locations by country and breakdown by Service are reported as part of our Quarterly Location Statistics and the latest report is available at:<br><br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/312590/qls_april_14.pdf<br><br><br>The next quarterly report is due to be published on 21 August 2014.</p> question first answered 26/06/2014 14:13:37 answering member 3428
	creator	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

62477

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:17:06
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:21:18
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Affordable Housing
	house id	2
	identifier	HL406
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	30/06/2014 12:37:21
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they define affordable housing in terms of (1) maximum proportion of after-tax income of those on average earnings needed to pay rent, and (2) multiple of gross income needed to buy a house.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL406
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL406
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>We do not define affordable housing in those terms. The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (sections 68 – 70) defines social housing as low cost rental accommodation and low cost home ownership accommodation. In the Act, a low cost rent is simply defined as below the market rate. Low cost home ownership is defined by its availability for occupation on a shared ownership or equity percentage basis. This provides flexibility to support a range of people with different housing needs through our affordable housing programmes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For planning purposes, the definition set out in the National Planning Policy Framework is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>“ Social rented, affordable rented and intermediate housing, provided to eligible households whose needs are not met by the market. Eligibility is determined with regard to local incomes and local house prices. Affordable housing should include provisions to remain at an affordable price for future eligible households or for the subsidy to be recycled for alternative affordable housing provision.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Social rented housing is owned by local authorities and private registered providers (as defined in section 80 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008), for which guideline target rents are determined through the national rent regime. It may also be owned by other persons and provided under equivalent rental arrangements to the above, as agreed with the local authority or with the Homes and Communities Agency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Affordable rented housing is let by local authorities or private registered providers of social housing to households who are eligible for social rented housing. Affordable Rent is subject to rent controls that require a rent of no more than 80% of the local market rent (including service charges, where applicable).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Intermediate housing is homes for sale and rent provided at a cost above social rent, but below market levels subject to the criteria in the Affordable Housing definition above. These can include shared equity (shared ownership and equity loans), other low cost homes for sale and intermediate rent, but not affordable rented housing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Homes that do not meet the above definition of affordable housing, such as “low cost market” housing, may not be considered as affordable housing for planning purposes.“</p><p> </p> question first answered 30/06/2014 12:37:21 answering member 4205
	creator	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

62478

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:17:06
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:21:19
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
	house id	2
	identifier	HL407
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	02/07/2014 16:44:19
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Category A prisoners have escaped in each of the last 10 years; and how long after the escape each was recaptured or how long each such uncaptured prisoner has been at large.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL407
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL407
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Category A escapes remain extremely rare occurrences. The table below provides details of the two Category A escapes that have occurred in the last 10 years; both have been recaptured.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Category A Escape occurring between April 2002 and March 2013</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Category A escapers</p></td><td><p>Days spent unlawfully at large</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>418<sup>(1)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0<sup>(2)</sup></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Neither prisoner escaped from a prison establishment.</p><p><sup>(1) </sup>This prisoner escaped from prison contractor transport, through force of arms.</p><p><sup>(2) </sup>This prisoner escaped from the witness box during a court hearing and was recaptured in less than 1 hour.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of improved risk assessment procedures the number of prisoners absconding from open prisons has reduced significantly over the last 10 years. There were 225 absconds in 2013-14 compared to 1,301 in 2003-04.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of escapes and absconds, by prison, since 1995 are provided in the Prison Digest contained in the Prison and Probation Trusts Performance Statistics. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225234/prison-performance-digest-12-13.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225234/prison-performance-digest-12-13.xls</a></p><p> </p> question first answered 02/07/2014 16:44:19 answering member 4183
	creator	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford