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1299872

registered interest
date	04/03/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Gambling: Rehabilitation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to include consideration of issues relating to gambling harm in the professional sports community in the development of the cross-Government addiction strategy.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL13934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>Due to the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic on departmental resources, work on the cross-Government addiction strategy has been delayed. The scope of the strategy is yet to be determined, with work on this expected to resume later in 2021.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 15/03/2021 14:49:24 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1288465

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding of the study in the Nature Human Behaviour journal The association between gambling and financial, social and health outcomes in big financial data, published on 4 February, that an individual is more likely to become a heavy gambler in a period of six months than to go from heavy gambling to abstention; and what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of existing gambling treatment programmes.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL13498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2021 answer text <p>We have made no such assessment. Public Health England is currently undertaking an evidence review on the prevalence, determinants and harms associated with gambling, and the social and economic burden of gambling-related harms. The review is expected to be completed in March 2021.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan includes a commitment to open 15 specialist problem gambling clinics by 2023/24. As these services expand, NHS England will continue to explore how to make best use of existing treatment models to help problem gamblers.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 04/03/2021 12:51:34 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1274601

registered interest
date	07/01/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the cost of gambling addiction to the NHS in each of the last five years; and (2) the likely cost in each of the next five years.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL11899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>The exact figures on the cost to the National Health Service of gambling addiction is not collected centrally. However, the NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan 2019/20 – 2023/24 has committed to spending up to £15 million on problem gambling by 2023/24.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 21/01/2021 12:31:18 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1271932

registered interest
date	16/12/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Suicide: Gambling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to Government Response to the House of Lords Gambling Industry Committee Report: Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry, published on 8 December, how they intend to record gambling related suicides.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL11547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2021 answer text <p>As detailed in the Government’s response to the Committee’s Report, we have no plans to separately identify gambling-related suicides as, amongst other things, coroners do not usually provide what might be understood as the ‘reason’ for a suicide in their verdicts, which would seriously compromise the reliability and, therefore, the validity of any resulting data.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 07/01/2021 17:21:49 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1271555

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health: Surveys
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Government Response to the House of Lords Gambling Industry Committee Report: Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry, published on 8 December, what plans they have to ensure that any company that (1) was previously connected to, or (2) has a conflict of interest with, the gambling industry is not procured by NHS Digital to carry out the 2021 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL11491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2020 answer text <p>Crown Commercial Services, through their RM6018 Research Marketplace Dynamic Purchasing System, ran a Call for Competition (CFC) on behalf of NHS Digital to put in place a contract for the provision of the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2021.</p><p>The CFC requested bidders to declare any conflict of interest, which as part of the tender process we would have subsequently conducted due diligence on. In this case we not aware of any such conflicts of interest for bidders. As of 18 December 2020, this is a live procurement.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 29/12/2020 10:38:59 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1257422

registered interest
date	01/12/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hospices: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide funding to charitable hospice care providers who have lost community funding during the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL10989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>The Department and NHS England and NHS Improvement recognise the huge role palliative and end of life care services, including hospices, have played in the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This importance was acknowledged in the provision of over £150 million in additional funding to the hospice sector between April and July. Further additional funding of up to £125 million has now been announced to enable hospices to continue their vital end of life care services and deliver even greater support for the National Health Service.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement can confirm that Rennie Grove Hospice received £1,000,317 between April and July this year. Rennie Grove, like other hospices, will be eligible to apply for the further additional funding now being made available.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL10991 question first answered 15/12/2020 16:52:34 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1257423

registered interest
date	01/12/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hospices: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the funding that clinical commissioning groups provide to the charitable hospice sector.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL10990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2021 answer text <p>The Department and NHS England and NHS Improvement recognise the huge role palliative and end of life care services, including hospices, have played in the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This importance was acknowledged in the provision of over £150 million in additional central funding to the hospice sector between April and July. Further additional funding of up to £125 million has now been announced to enable hospices to continue their vital end of life care services and deliver even greater support for the NHS.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 04/01/2021 16:27:35 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1257424

registered interest
date	01/12/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Rennie Grove Hospice Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide funding to Rennie Grove Hospice Care to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL10991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>The Department and NHS England and NHS Improvement recognise the huge role palliative and end of life care services, including hospices, have played in the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This importance was acknowledged in the provision of over £150 million in additional funding to the hospice sector between April and July. Further additional funding of up to £125 million has now been announced to enable hospices to continue their vital end of life care services and deliver even greater support for the National Health Service.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement can confirm that Rennie Grove Hospice received £1,000,317 between April and July this year. Rennie Grove, like other hospices, will be eligible to apply for the further additional funding now being made available.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL10989 question first answered 15/12/2020 16:52:34 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1254013

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hospices: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on charitable hospice care providers.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL10540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement regularly assess the effect of the COVID-19 outbreak on the hospice sector and are in regular discussions with stakeholders in the sector about the challenges they face.</p><p>Between April and July, £150 million in additional funding was provided to the hospice sector. Further funding of up to £125 million has now been made available to enable hospices to continue their vital end of life care services.</p><p>Alongside this, hospices have benefited from the financial support offered by HM Treasury to all charities, such as paying no business rates for their shops next year and applying for a Business Interruption Loan. Charities, alongside other sectors, can also access the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the replacement Job Support Scheme.</p><p>No specific assessment has been made of the impact of visiting restrictions in hospitals on the level of demand experienced by charitable hospice care providers.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL10541 question first answered 02/12/2020 14:30:17 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1254014

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hospices: Charities
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have put in place to financially support charitable hospice care providers; and what assessment they have made of the impact of visiting restrictions in hospitals on the level of demand experienced by such providers.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL10541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement regularly assess the effect of the COVID-19 outbreak on the hospice sector and are in regular discussions with stakeholders in the sector about the challenges they face.</p><p>Between April and July, £150 million in additional funding was provided to the hospice sector. Further funding of up to £125 million has now been made available to enable hospices to continue their vital end of life care services.</p><p>Alongside this, hospices have benefited from the financial support offered by HM Treasury to all charities, such as paying no business rates for their shops next year and applying for a Business Interruption Loan. Charities, alongside other sectors, can also access the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the replacement Job Support Scheme.</p><p>No specific assessment has been made of the impact of visiting restrictions in hospitals on the level of demand experienced by charitable hospice care providers.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL10540 question first answered 02/12/2020 14:30:17 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans