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753930

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Social Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government (1) which local authority children's services departments have been found by Ofsted since January 2015 to be persistently or systemically failing; (2) which were made subject to the appointment of commissioners; and (3) which are currently run by commissioners.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL1075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department has categorised local authority children’s social care services as ‘systemic’ or ‘persistent’ failures since December 2015 when it introduced a tougher intervention regime. The following authorities have been subject to this new policy:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>LA</p></td><td><p>Systemic/Persistent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>Persistent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandwell</p></td><td><p>Persistent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay</p></td><td><p>Persistent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>Persistent &amp; Systemic</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>All of these authorities have been subject to the appointment of Commissioners, with the exception of Barnet where recruitment for a Commissioner has not yet concluded. These authorities retain accountability for the effective running of their children’s services. Commissioners do not run the services, but do make recommendations to the Secretary of State on whether operational control of services should be removed from the council. Where Ministers accept a recommendation that services should transfer to alternative delivery arrangements, such as a new Children’s Services Trust, Commissioners will oversee this process</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 31/07/2017 08:43:09 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

748834

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many diagnoses of HIV were made as a result of the admission of a patient to a hospital accident and emergency department in each of the last five for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify HIV in the Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) accident and emergency (A&amp;E) Diagnosis scheme. A table showing unpublished data collected through the HIV and AIDS Reporting System with Public Health England, is attached due to the size of the data.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 18/07/2017 16:07:54 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name HL497 table formatted.docx title HIV diagnoses in A&E 2011-15
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

748833

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many hospital admissions for acute anxiety have been recorded in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with a primary diagnosis of acute anxiety from 2011/12 to 2015/16.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Sum of FAEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>8,662</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>8,680</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>9,293</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>9,874</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>10,199</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><ol><li>A FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider.</li><li>FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes.</li><li>Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.</li></ol> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 18/07/2017 10:46:48 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

748835

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many incidents of the shooting of cats by airguns were reported to the police in (1) 2015, and (2) 2016; and how many of those incidents related to fatal shootings.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office holds information on the number of offences recorded by the police that involved an air gun. The shooting of cats by an air gun cannot be separately identified within this information.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/07/2017 13:58:01 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

751979

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many individuals infected with blood contaminated by hepatitis C or HIV in the 1970s and 1980s remain alive.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/07/2017 15:09:01 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

748836

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D–Day in 2019.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government's plans to formally commemorate the 75th Anniversary of D-Day in 2019 have yet to be decided. Elements of Defence routinely support annual local events both in the UK and in France.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 13/07/2017 14:21:57 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

749912

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Type 45 Destroyers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what proportion of GP surgeries use (1) the Guidance on Risk Assessment and Stroke Prevention for Atrial Fibrillation tool, and (2) other tools, to audit the management of atrial fibrillation patients, broken down by clinical commissioning group, in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>NHS England advises that the data requested is not collected in the format requested.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/07/2017 11:05:07 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

749913

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what proportion of patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation are treated with (1) anticoagulant therapy, and (2) antiplatelet therapy, broken down by clinical commissioning group, in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/07/2017 15:07:40 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

751980

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Government: Energy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what proposals they have to encourage private and social landlords to allow tenants to have pets, in order to avoid the separation of pets from their owners.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>There are properties in both the social and private rented sectors where pets are allowed. In the case of social landlords, it would be set out in the tenancy agreement whether pets are allowed and this is at the discretion of the landlord. Similarly, in the private rented sector, it is a matter for landlords to agree with their tenants as to whether pets are permitted. The government recognises that not all properties may be suitable for tenants with pets but encourages landlords to offer flexibility where possible.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 25/07/2017 13:36:42 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

753933

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Social Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps are being taken to improve the performance of Ofsted in responding to family members who raise matters of concern in relation to children's services departments and children's homes.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL1079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to you and a copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 31/07/2017 08:46:17 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood