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386470

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what military or logistical assistance they plan to give the Kurdish fighters of the People’s Protection Units defending Kobani; and whether they now plan to join the United States in mounting aerial bombardment of Daesh military targets in Syria.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Whilst the UK has not given specific military or logistic assistance to the fighters of People's Protection Units in Kobane, the UK is a major contributor to the wider global coalition working to counter ISIL across Iraq and Syria, which has assisted the Kurdish force to liberate and defend the area.</p><p>Whilst UK intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft have been deployed over Syria, the Government has made it clear that it would seek further Parliamentary approval before UK aircraft conducted air strikes in Syria, unless there was a critical British interest at stake or a need to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 09/07/2015 15:41:02 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

228967

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the dates of meetings ministers and officials from the Department of Health had with (1) the Portman Group, (2) Drinkaware, (3) Diageo, (4) the Wine and Spirits Trade Association, (5) the British Beer and Pub Association, and (6) SABMiller, between 1 November 2014 and 17 March 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL5932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Dates of meetings attended by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and officials from the Department:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- 5 November 2014 – Responsibility Deal alcohol network meeting, attendance included the Portman Group, Diageo, the Wine and Spirits Trade Association, the British Beer and Pub Association and SABMiller;</p><p> </p><p>- 18 November 2014 – Responsibility Deal Plenary Group meeting, attendance included the Portman Group; and</p><p> </p><p>- 3 March 2015 – The All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group reception promoting lower alcohol beers and wines. Attendance included Portman Group, the Wine and Spirits Trade Association, the British Beer and Pub Association and SABMiller.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of meetings held by Ministers and the Permanent Secretary with external organisations are also published quarterly in arrears and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-overseas-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-overseas-travel-and-meetings</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Dates of meetings attended by officials from the Department only:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- 14 November 2014 – Meeting with industry on the EU alcohol strategy, attendance included the Wine and Spirits Trade Association, the British Beer and Pub Association and the Portman Group;</p><p> </p><p>- 4 December 2014 – Drinkaware medical panel meeting;</p><p> </p><p>- 21 January 2015 – Meeting with the Portman Group;</p><p> </p><p>- 3 February 2015 – Drinkaware Board meeting;</p><p> </p><p>- 5 February 2015 – Meeting with the Wine and Spirits Trade Association;</p><p> </p><p>- 16 February 2015 – Meeting with the Portman Group;</p><p> </p><p>- 17 February 2015 – Meeting with the Portman Group;</p><p> </p><p>- 19 February 2015 – Meeting with SABMiller;</p><p> </p><p>- 25 February 2015 – Meeting with the Portman Group;</p><p> </p><p>- 26 February 2015 – Meeting with SABMiller; and</p><p> </p><p>- 26 February 2015 – Meeting with Drinkaware.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 26/03/2015 12:59:13 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

228968

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the dates of meetings ministers and officials from the Department of Health had with public health representatives to discuss the health impacts of potential cuts in alcohol duty between 1 November 2014 and 17 March 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL5933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Ministers and officials in the alcohol policy team meet with public health representatives and experts on a regular basis in the course of their normal activities. Discussions on the general evidence base for the impacts of changes in alcohol duty may have been raised during these meetings. There have been no discussions on specific changes in alcohol duty.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 26/03/2015 13:28:45 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

226468

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of the containment of the ebola epidemic in West Africa, they intend to review the ebola screening arrangements at Heathrow.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL5590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Screening arrangements at London Heathrow and the other ports remain under constant review.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/03/2015 14:59:12 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

226469

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Short-term Holding Facilities: Heathrow Airport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the results of their consultation with Public Health England on how the refurbishment plans for short-term holding facilities at Heathrow might be delivered.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL5591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) and the Border Force have agreed arrangements to release accommodation space at London Heathrow in order to provide temporary holding room space for Border Force. These changes do not compromise current screening operations which continue to be delivered through close and effective working between PHE, Border Force and Heathrow Airport Limited.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/03/2015 15:00:18 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

175569

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Liver Diseases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve care and treatment for patients with hepatic encephalopathy.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL4412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>NHS England, Public Health England (PHE) and the Department of Health are working jointly with stakeholders to make sure that patients with liver disease, including those who may develop hepatic encephalopathy, are supported. PHE is also working with stakeholders to develop a liver disease framework.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to carry out a clinical audit into services for people with advanced liver disease for all causes. However, liver cancer outcomes for the specialised services which NHS England commissions are currently audited and a national audit of outcome dimensions for the treatment of hepatitis C will be established by NHS England in due course. In addition, PHE is working with the Lancet Commission on Liver Disease to use routine data to investigate elements of care for people with advanced liver disease.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also taking action to prevent people developing liver disease in the first place by tackling two of the main causes of liver disease – obesity and alcohol misuse. This includes:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- our Call to Action on Obesity, which sets out two national ambitions for a downward trend in level of excess weight in children and adults by 2020; and</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- our Alcohol Strategy, which aims to cut the number of people drinking above the lower-risk guidelines.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL4413 question first answered 03/02/2015 13:55:48 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

175570

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Liver Diseases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to work with NHS England to ensure that a clinical audit is carried out into services for people with advanced liver disease from all causes.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL4413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>NHS England, Public Health England (PHE) and the Department of Health are working jointly with stakeholders to make sure that patients with liver disease, including those who may develop hepatic encephalopathy, are supported. PHE is also working with stakeholders to develop a liver disease framework.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to carry out a clinical audit into services for people with advanced liver disease for all causes. However, liver cancer outcomes for the specialised services which NHS England commissions are currently audited and a national audit of outcome dimensions for the treatment of hepatitis C will be established by NHS England in due course. In addition, PHE is working with the Lancet Commission on Liver Disease to use routine data to investigate elements of care for people with advanced liver disease.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also taking action to prevent people developing liver disease in the first place by tackling two of the main causes of liver disease – obesity and alcohol misuse. This includes:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- our Call to Action on Obesity, which sets out two national ambitions for a downward trend in level of excess weight in children and adults by 2020; and</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- our Alcohol Strategy, which aims to cut the number of people drinking above the lower-risk guidelines.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL4412 question first answered 03/02/2015 13:55:48 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

100031

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Liver Diseases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to reverse the rise in liver deaths in England between 2001 and 2012 shown by Public Health England’s report <i>Liver Disease Profiles</i>.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL2237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has a comprehensive range of action aimed at reducing the incidence and mortality from liver disease. It monitors the incidence, mortality and outcomes of treatment for liver disease and the risk factors: alcohol obesity and Hepatitis B and C. PHE has a wide range of action to tackle unhealthy alcohol consumption, obesity and viral hepatitis through strengthening local action, promoting healthy choices, and giving appropriate information to support healthier lives. <br> <br> In response to the All Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group report PHE has committed to producing a PHE Liver Disease Framework. This will focus on public health action to tackle risk factors for liver disease and inequalities in relation to liver disease. Work has already begun to bring together expertise within PHE on the major risk factors for liver disease (alcohol, hepatitis B and C and obesity), data on liver disease and its risk factors and on death and dying from liver disease. Many of the actions to tackle the major risk factors require a coordinated approach between PHE and NHS England.</p><p> </p><p><br> NHS England is responsible for delivering improvements in outcomes against the NHS Mandate and in line with the NHS Outcomes Framework. NHS England are adopting a broad strategy for delivering improvements in relation to premature mortality, working with commissioners and PHE to support clinical commissioning groups in understanding where local challenges lie and in identifying the evidence in relation to the priorities for reducing mortality at a national level.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 03/11/2014 11:52:44 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

99976

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the introduction of enhanced screening arrangements for ebola at the United Kingdom’s main ports of entry for people travelling from the affected regions, what advice they have received from the Chief Medical Inspector about arrangements at ports of entry for quarantining suspected ebola patients and for providing trained staff and equipment to move those patients to isolation units in hospitals.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL2191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) is leading on arrangements for enhanced screening for Ebola which is being rolled out at Heathrow, Gatwick and St Pancras (Eurostar), and Birmingham and Manchester airports thereafter. This screening will be for passengers that Border Force officers identify as having travelled from Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia or for those passengers who identify themselves to staff.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Screening is being implemented by PHE staff, who follow official protocols. PHE has issued guidance to its staff and for professionals across other sectors, about how to deal with a suspected case of Ebola. There are established and tested procedures for transporting patients with highly infectious diseases to hospitals when required.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 03/11/2014 11:53:35 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

49858

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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	To ask Her Majesty's Government by what date they will revisit the decision on whether to include Gypsies and Irish Travellers as an ethnic category in the NHS National Data Dictionary; and what account they have taken of the recommendation by the National Inclusion Health Board to the Health and Social Care Information Centre to use the 2011 Census ethnic category classifications in national data collection.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL6855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>NHS England, in collaboration with other bodies, will shortly produce guidance that advises on the codes for data collection, including those for ethnicity. National Health Service organisations continue to use the 2001 codes in order to support consistency with other data systems within the NHS. NHS organisations can choose to use either the 2001 or the 2011 categories.</p><p> </p><p>Additional codes can be included as appropriate at a local level to reflect the demographic make-up of the local population. This allows local monitoring to take place in a way that supports service planning, decision-making, and key processes such as the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment.</p><p> </p><p>We envisage this position will be revisited, with decisions to change this advice based upon the breadth of utilisation of the new coding system.</p><p> </p><p>The Department, Public Health England and NHS England are together considering the findings and recommendations in the report from the National Inclusion Health Board.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury