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100928

registered interest
date	24/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Regional Schools Commissioners: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was their reason for dividing responsibility for London between three regional school commissioners.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL2396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The Regional Schools Commissioners structure has been designed to share London’s expertise and track record in school improvement with wider geographic areas.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 29/10/2014 12:28:20 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

100929

registered interest
date	24/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Regional Schools Commissioners: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the recommendation of the London Assembly Education Panel, in its report <i>London learners, London lives</i> published on 16 September, that London should be covered by a single London-wide, London-only regional school commissioner.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL2397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education determined the structure for Regional Schools Commissioners in December 2013 and they began their role in September 2014. The Government has not seen evidence that restructuring the regions is necessary and currently has no plans to make changes to the regional boundaries.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 29/10/2014 12:29:35 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

100642

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have undertaken an impact assessment of the potential impacts on the National Health Service of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership which is being negotiated between the European Union and the United States.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL2373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will not affect the way the United Kingdom Government runs the National Health Service. It has been made clear by negotiators from both the United States and the European Union that it is up to the UK alone to decide how the NHS is run and any assertion that TTIP will undermine the Government’s control of the NHS is a red herring.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The TTIP could offer great benefits to British business and for British jobs. Greater consistency in existing and new regulatory requirements would make it easier for companies - especially small and medium enterprises - to access markets and, for patients, potentially help to increase access to new medicines and medical devices.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL2374 HL2375 question first answered 29/10/2014 12:27:46 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

100643

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the implications for the National Health Service and the staff who work in the National Health Service if the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is agreed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL2374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will not affect the way the United Kingdom Government runs the National Health Service. It has been made clear by negotiators from both the United States and the European Union that it is up to the UK alone to decide how the NHS is run and any assertion that TTIP will undermine the Government’s control of the NHS is a red herring.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The TTIP could offer great benefits to British business and for British jobs. Greater consistency in existing and new regulatory requirements would make it easier for companies - especially small and medium enterprises - to access markets and, for patients, potentially help to increase access to new medicines and medical devices.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL2373 HL2375 question first answered 29/10/2014 12:27:47 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

100644

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the implications for hospitals and foundation trusts if the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is agreed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL2375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will not affect the way the United Kingdom Government runs the National Health Service. It has been made clear by negotiators from both the United States and the European Union that it is up to the UK alone to decide how the NHS is run and any assertion that TTIP will undermine the Government’s control of the NHS is a red herring.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The TTIP could offer great benefits to British business and for British jobs. Greater consistency in existing and new regulatory requirements would make it easier for companies - especially small and medium enterprises - to access markets and, for patients, potentially help to increase access to new medicines and medical devices.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL2373 HL2374 question first answered 29/10/2014 12:27:46 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

100694

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in light of the announcement that a new set of standards is to be established for teaching assistants in England, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in the devolved administrations on ensuring consistency in standards for teaching assistants across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	211668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>School staffing policy is a matter for the devolved administrations. A review of teacher assistant standards for schools in England was launched recently. It is led by Kate Dethridge who is being supported by a panel of experts. A public call for evidence will be initiated shortly which will explore good practice across schools. The Department for Education also plans carry out a public consultation once the standards have been agreed by the expert panel. Use of the standards will be voluntary.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 29/10/2014 12:53:16 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

100506

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Torbay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many visits were made by Ministers of her Department to Torbay constituency in the 12 months to October 2014; whom the invitation for each such visit was issued by; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such visit.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
uin	211531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>None. I visited Torbay in April 2014 but this was a political visit which was arranged and paid for by the Conservative Party.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 29/10/2014 13:00:20 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

100550

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Darzi of Denham on 22 July 2008 (HL4926 and HL4927) and by Earl Howe on 9 July 2012 (HL1211), of how many cycles the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority are aware in which fresh embryo transfers took place after 15 or more eggs were collected over each of the past ten years.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The number of treatment cycles in which fresh embryo transfers took place after 15 or more eggs were collected, in each of the last 10 years, is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Years</p></td><td><p>Cycles in which fresh embryo transfers took place after 15 or more eggs were collected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>5602</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>5737</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>5843</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>6345</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>6589</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>7344</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>7801</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>8195</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>8200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013(1)</p></td><td><p>8128</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(1) 2013 is the most recent year for which information is available.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 29/10/2014 12:25:39 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

100591

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Orthopaedics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government in how many Clinical Commissioning Groups rates of (1) major, and (2) minor, amputations are more than 33 per cent above the national average; and how the national average compares with other European Union member states.
tabling member printed	Lord Harrison
uin	HL2328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to distinguish in Hospital Episode Statistics between 'major' and 'minor' amputations.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has calculated the England average rate of amputation per 100,000 population and highlighted the clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) of residence having rates more than 33% higher than the national average. There are 25 such CCGs.</p><p> </p><p>This is not a count of people as the same person may have had more than one episode of care within the same time period.</p><p> </p><p>We do not have information on a comparison of rates of amputation with other European Union member states.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Clinical Commissioning Group of residence</p></td><td><p>Count of finished consultant episodes</p></td><td><p>Population</p></td><td><p>Rate per 100,000 population</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS SCARBOROUGH AND RYEDALE CCG</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>110,488</p></td><td><p>61.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE CCG</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>314,504</p></td><td><p>53.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS DONCASTER CCG</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>302,739</p></td><td><p>52.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS MANSFIELD AND ASHFIELD CCG</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>192,539</p></td><td><p>52.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS BLACKPOOL CCG</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>141,976</p></td><td><p>50.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS KNOWSLEY CCG</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>145,936</p></td><td><p>50.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS DURHAM DALES, EASINGTON AND SEDGEFIELD CCG</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>273,043</p></td><td><p>50.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS KERNOW CCG</p></td><td><p>272</p></td><td><p>540,178</p></td><td><p>50.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS FAREHAM AND GOSPORT CCG</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>196,078</p></td><td><p>50.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS LANCASHIRE NORTH CCG</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>158,528</p></td><td><p>49.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS NORTHERN, EASTERN AND WESTERN DEVON CCG</p></td><td><p>421</p></td><td><p>869,408</p></td><td><p>48.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS STOKE ON TRENT CCG</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>258,114</p></td><td><p>48.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS TELFORD AND WREKIN CCG</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>167,682</p></td><td><p>47.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS HEREFORDSHIRE CCG</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>184,932</p></td><td><p>47.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS HULL CCG</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>257,204</p></td><td><p>47.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS NORTH KIRKLEES CCG</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>186,706</p></td><td><p>47.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS BOLTON CCG</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>278,984</p></td><td><p>47.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS EAST STAFFORDSHIRE CCG</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>123,945</p></td><td><p>46.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS COASTAL WEST SUSSEX CCG</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>476,677</p></td><td><p>46.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS LINCOLNSHIRE EAST CCG</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>228,111</p></td><td><p>46.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS HALTON CCG</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>125,692</p></td><td><p>46.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS NEWARK &amp; SHERWOOD CCG</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>115,897</p></td><td><p>45.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS THANET CCG</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>135,661</p></td><td><p>45.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS SOMERSET CCG</p></td><td><p>243</p></td><td><p>534,950</p></td><td><p>45.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS BRADFORD CITY CCG</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>82,319</p></td><td><p>44.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 29/10/2014 12:26:37 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2488 label Biography information for Lord Harrison

100053

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Statues: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Department for Culture, Media and Sport holds an archive and register (including plans, drawings etc.) relating to consent given by the Secretary of State for the erection of statues under the Public Statues (Metropolis) Act 1854; if so, whether they make that archive publicly accessible; and what plans they have for any such archive.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
uin	HL2259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold an archive or register relating to consent given by the Secretary of State for the erection of statues under section 5 of the Public Statues (Metropolis) Act 1854.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 29/10/2014 13:04:08 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty