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89924

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/09/2014
	date	01/09/2014
	date tabled	01/09/2014
	ddp created	01/09/2014 20:08:16
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:59:50
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Software
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1766
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/09/2014 12:33:15
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees how many Members of the House of Lords have been unable to access features such as their emails and calendars since the switch to Office 365.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1766
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1766
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Between 14<sup>th</sup> July and 31<sup>st</sup> August, PICT logged cases from 237 Members which directly related to issues resulting from the migration of their mailboxes to Microsoft Office 365. The cases covered a wide variety of issues including reconfiguration of desktops, laptops and mobile devices; we do not know the number of Members who were unable to access their email or calendar.</p><p> </p><p>PICT apologises for the problems that the implementation of Office 365 caused for some Members of the House of Lords.</p> question first answered 22/09/2014 12:33:15 answering member 2124
	creator	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

89925

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/09/2014
	date	01/09/2014
	date tabled	01/09/2014
	ddp created	01/09/2014 20:08:17
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:59:51
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Information and Communications Technology Service
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1767
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/09/2014 12:29:51
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees what is the mean and maximum time delay for PICT to answer telephone helpline calls from Members of the House of Lords.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1767
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1767
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The mean and maximum time for PICT to answer telephone calls to extension 2001 (the PICT Service Desk) is set out by month in the table below. These figures represent all calls to the Service Desk. Unfortunately, it is not possible to produce figures for specific customer groups.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mean wait (minutes: seconds)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Maximum time delay (minutes: seconds)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2014</p></td><td><p>01:52</p></td><td><p>24:14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2014</p></td><td><p>01:27</p></td><td><p>21:37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>01:42</p></td><td><p>17:45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014</p></td><td><p>01:23</p></td><td><p>20:22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2014</p></td><td><p>01:56</p></td><td><p>19:26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2014</p></td><td><p>02:41</p></td><td><p>35:00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2014</p></td><td><p>03:29</p></td><td><p>29:41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2014</p></td><td><p>02:55</p></td><td><p>27:26</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>PICT aims to answer 80% of calls in 20 seconds or less and 90% of calls in 60 seconds or less.</p> question first answered 22/09/2014 12:29:51 answering member 2124
	creator	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

78244

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/07/2014
	date	15/07/2014
	date tabled	15/07/2014
	ddp created	15/07/2014 22:45:25
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:40:54
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dementia
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1139
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/07/2014 14:18:57
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support research into (1) Parkinson’s dementia, and (2) dementia with Lewy bodies.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1139
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1139
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>At the G8 dementia summit in December 2013, the G8 countries agreed to work together to tackle and defeat dementia. The declaration, built on the Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, announced the G8’s ambition to identify a cure or a disease-modifying therapy by 2025 and to increase collectively and significantly the amount of funding for dementia research.</p><p> </p><p>Investment in dementia research by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has increased from £12.6 million in 2009-10 to £26.8 million in 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>The NIHR Newcastle Dementia Biomedical Research Unit focuses on Lewy body dementia, including Parkinson’s disease patients who later develop dementia. This unit is receiving £4.5 million NIHR funding over the period 2012-17. Other current NIHR investment in this specific disease area includes a £2.1 million multicentre study of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor donepezil in early dementia associated with Parkinson’s disease, and a £1.9 million programme grant for research on improving the diagnosis and management of Lewy body dementia in the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>Investment in dementia research by the Medical Research Council (MRC) has increased from £14.8 million in 2009-10 to £25.3 million in 2012-13 (the latest available figure).</p><p> </p><p>In July 2014, the MRC launched the UK Dementias Research Platform (UKDP), <strong>a multi-million pound public-private partnership,</strong><strong> </strong><strong>developed and led by MRC to accelerate progress in, and open up, dementias research.</strong><strong> </strong><strong>The UKDP’s aims are early detection, improved treatment and ultimately, prevention, of dementias. The </strong>MRC is providing £12 million funding for UKDP for an initial period of five years. This is supplemented by a further £4 million from six partner companies, a mixture of cash contributions and valuable company resources such as research tools, analytical capabilities and expertise.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The UKDP is creating the world’s largest population for study for dementias research, bringing together two million participants aged 50 and over, from 22 existing study groups within the United Kingdom. Included are people from the general population, people known to be at-risk of developing dementia, and people diagnosed with early-stage dementia. Plans are for the UKDP to be used for all types of neurodegenerative diseases research and this would include Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia.</p><p> </p><p>Within the MRC dementias portfolio, spend on projects with a specific focus on Lewy body dementia was £1.7 million in 2012-13.</p><p> </p> question first answered 24/07/2014 14:18:57 answering member 2000
	creator	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

79138

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/08/2014
	date	21/07/2014
	date tabled	21/07/2014
	ddp created	21/07/2014 23:12:35
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:46:06
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dementia
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1299
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	29/07/2014 11:54:29
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will seek to issue commissioning guidance to improve links between neurological and dementia services with a view to enabling Parkinson’s dementia to be diagnosed at the earliest opportunity.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1299
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1299
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for commissioning services for people in their area and are responsible for ensuring that people with dementia get the care and support they need.</p><p> </p><p>The dementia enhanced service (DES) requires practices who take up the DES to offer a dementia assessment for patients on the GP register who are “at risk” of developing dementia including:</p><p> </p><p>- People with long-term neurological conditions which have a known neurodegenerative element e.g. Parkinson’s disease</p><p> </p> question first answered 29/07/2014 11:54:29 answering member 2000
	creator	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff