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registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts
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 social and economic consequences of restricting zero-hours contracts to students and pensioners.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave to question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2017-07-17/HL893/" target="_blank">HL893</a> that states that the government has not made an estimate of the social and economic consequences of restricting zero hours contracts to students and pensioners.</p><p> </p><p>The government has not assessed the social and economic consequences of restricting zero hours contracts to students and pensioners. The Matthew Taylor review found that zero hours contracts have a part to play in a modern, flexible labour market and benefit those who cannot or do not want to work in a regular contract.</p><p> </p><p>However, this government shares the concerns regarding flexible work arrangements. That is why in October 2016 my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister asked Matthew Taylor to carry out an independent review to consider employment practices and whether they need to change to keep pace with modern business models. We are now considering the report and will respond in full later in the year.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 18/10/2017 14:50:21 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

752447

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the social and economic consequences of restricting zero-hours contracts to students and pensioners.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>Government has not made an estimate of the social and economic consequences of restricting zero hour contracts to students and pensioners.</p><p>Further to my oral statement in the House on 11 July regarding the publication of the independent Review of Modern Working Practices by Matthew Taylor, the Review concluded that the UK has employment levels and rates that are at historic highs. It also concluded that the UK is widely recognised as having one of the most flexible labour markets in the world and many people working on atypical contracts value the flexibility that they bring and choose to work this way.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 31/07/2017 12:49:10 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

752448

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the TUC estimate that some 500,000 workers are on zero-hours contracts or in insecure temporary employment; and what percentage of the total workforce aged 21 to 65 this represents.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The latest ONS Labour Force Survey shows that the number of people who report they are on a ‘zero hour contract’ in their main employment was 905,000 in the 4<sup>th</sup> quarter of 2016, which represents 2.8% of those in employment ages 16-65+, with nearly 70% happy with their hours.</p><p>Due to the age categories in which ONS reports this data, it is not possible to get a figure for 21 to 65 years old.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 20/07/2017 16:01:29 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

752449

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many workers aged 21 to 65 are recognised as self-employed; and what percentage of the total workforce this represents.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The latest ONS Labour Force Survey shows the number of people reporting to be self-employed was 4.8 million in the 4<sup>th</sup> quarter of 2016.</p><p>Due to the age categories in which ONS reports this data, it is not possible to get a figure for 21 to 65 year olds.</p><p>However, as a proportion of the total number of people in employment (31,713,000), self-employed people between the ages of 25 and 64 account for 13.1% of total employment. Self-employed people between the ages of 18 and 64 account for 13.7% of total employment.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 20/07/2017 16:01:17 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

750539

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Horizon Europe
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by Lord Prior of Brampton on 11 July (HL Deb) on Good work: the Taylor review of modern working practices, why no reference was made to zero-hours contracts; what consideration they are giving to increasing the level of employment rights protections afforded to workers employed under such contracts towards the level afforded to full-time workers, or the self-employed; and whether they intend to introduce a right to weekly guaranteed minimum paid hours.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The oral statement referred to was to bring to the notice of the House the publication of the independent Matthew Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices. Zero hours contracts are just one example of a working practice in the UK labour market and Matthew in his review has considered the labour market as a whole. I refer the noble Lord to the full transcript of the <a href="http://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2017-07-11/debates/805C6758-D847-475F-98D2-49F75499FAF8/TaylorReviewOfModernWorkingPractices" target="_blank">statement</a> where zero hours contracts are discussed.</p><p> </p><p>This Government will give the report the careful consideration it deserves and will respond in full later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 24/07/2017 10:47:07 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Attachment to HL671.pdf title Extract from Official Report
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

389151

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Speech and Language Therapy: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to take steps to increase the number of training posts for speech and language therapists available in 2016–17.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>The National workforce plan for England 2015-16 outlines that commissions for Speech and Language Therapists has increased since 2014-15 by 3.7%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Health Education England is currently working with local organisations and key external stakeholders to develop the National Workforce Plan for England covering the period 2016-17. This will be published in December 2015. The plan takes account of what local providers require by way of future staffing levels including Speech and Language Therapists.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 23/07/2015 11:17:22 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

347588

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Palliative Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why only 19 per cent of NHS Trusts offer palliative care; and what steps they are taking to ensure that (1) pain control is always available in hospitals, and (2) terminally ill patients can converse with their families in privacy.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>It is not the case that only 19% of National Health Service trusts offer palliative care. The latest National Clinical Audit of Care of the Dying (2014) showed that, of the 131 trusts surveyed, all trusts offered at least a five-day face-to-face specialist palliative care service, including 21% of trusts offering at least a 7-day face-to-face service. 91% of trusts offered an out-of-hours specialist palliative care telephone service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Effective pain control is one of the key elements of palliative and end of life care, as noted in <em>One Chance to Get it Right</em>, the report published in June 2014 by the Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying people. The Five Priorities for Care of the Dying Person, which are set out in that report, state that an individual plan of care, which includes pain relief as part of symptom control, should be agreed, coordinated and delivered with compassion for every person approaching the end of life.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Priorities for Care also highlight the importance of sensitive communication, and state that discussions involving staff, people nearing the end of life and those close to them should be conducted in a way that maximises privacy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We would expect NHS organisations and staff to do all that they can to ensure that this happens for all people nearing the end of life.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 11/06/2015 14:51:08 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

347589

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Palliative Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to enable the highest possible proportion of terminally ill patients to die at home, or in a hospice.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p><em>What’s important to me: A Review of Choice in End of Life Care</em>, published in February 2015, provided advice to Government on how end of life care services could be supported to enable people’s choices to be delivered.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is considering the report and its recommendations and will respond in full later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 09/06/2015 12:44:23 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton