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106147

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date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 23 October (HL2026), why students without grade C maths and English whose school leaving age was raised in 2013 will have to wait until September 2015 for the new core maths level 3 and will be without a special "stepping stone" qualification in English.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL2619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The new core maths qualification is designed for students who have already achieved a GCSE grade C and wish to continue studying maths but not necessarily at AS/A level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Qualifications are already available for students that have not achieved a GCSE C grade in either maths or English but are not yet ready to retake their GCSE.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A list of 263 stepping stone qualifications for teaching from September 2014 was published on 17 July and is updated regularly. 178 of those qualifications are specifically for English, 79 for maths and 6 combined.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 18/11/2014 15:48:59 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

106156

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	Oral Questions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether she will propose to the Procedure Committee a review of the system for tabling oral questions in the House of Lords in respect of the requirement for members to queue.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL2628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The process for tabling oral questions was considered in detail in the 2012-13 session. In response to concerns raised about the current “first-come-first-served” system - including a concern about the requirement to queue raised by my Noble Friend, Lady Sharples - the Procedure Committee proposed the introduction of a ballot in its place (Procedure Committee, 3rd Report, Session 2012-13). The House remitted the issue back to the Procedure Committee for further consideration (HL Deb 9 Jan 2013, cols 145-172). <br><br>That further review did not identify a clear consensus as to whether a ballot was preferred to the “first-come-first-served” system (see Procedure Committee, 5th Report, Session 2012-13; see also HL Deb 24 April 2013, cols 1406-1417). <br><br>I know that strong views persist on both sides of the argument about this issue. I will write to the Chairman of the Procedure Committee on my Noble Friend’s behalf to suggest that the matter might be discussed at a future meeting of the Procedure Committee.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 18/11/2014 14:34:08 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

106157

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Decorations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will award the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal retrospectively to retired members of the armed forces who served for 15 years or more.
tabling member printed	Lord Tyler
uin	HL2629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Although work continues to determine how to implement the recommendations of Sir John Holmes' independent Military Medals Review, it has already been decided that the Long Service and Good Conduct medal will not be awarded retrospectively to retired officers. A significant factor in this decision is the difficulty which would be encountered in gaining access to the records of all those who have left the Armed Forces when considering eligibility.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 18/11/2014 17:39:04 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	225 label Biography information for Lord Tyler

106165

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prerogative of Mercy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many times the royal prerogative of mercy has been exercised in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland respectively in the past five years; and of that number, how many, if any, in each of the countries have been without consultation with the relevant police authorities.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL2637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The exercise of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy may currently take one of three forms:</p><p> </p><p>i) The grant of a Free Pardon;</p><p>ii) The grant of a conditional Pardon;</p><p>iii) Remission of all or part of a penalty by either a) a pledge of public faith, which most commonly occurs when an offender's release dates are incorrectly calculated or b) for meritorious conduct, such as saving the life of another offender/member of staff or coming to the aid of a member of staff.</p><p> </p><p>By Constitutional convention, the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (in succession to the Home Secretary) is responsible, in England and Wales (and the Channel Islands), for recommending to Her Majesty the Queen the exercise of the prerogative of mercy to grant a Royal Pardon. In Northern Ireland the responsibility lies with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for reserved matters and the Justice Minister for Northern Ireland for devolved matters, and in Scotland it is devolved to the First Minister. The Secretary of State for Defence also has the responsibility in relation to members of the armed forces.</p><p> </p><p>In the past five years, only two free pardons were granted by Her Majesty the Queen in England in 2009 and 2014 respectively.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to Remission Pardons the Royal Prerogative of Mercy has not been exercised on this basis. However, for England &amp; Wales no records are held for the period prior to 1 February 2013.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of the two free pardons that have been issued, the Police Authority was consulted in one of these decisions while the other pardon was granted posthumously and the Police Authority was not consulted.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 18/11/2014 13:37:45 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

106168

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health, Jane Ellison, on 12 September (HC Deb, col 750W), what evidence would be required to predict the cohort of patients that may develop ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome; whether the incidence of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome would be part of any such evidence base; and, if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has advised that, with regard to the Human Fertility journal article, it has nothing to add to the answers given to the noble Lord on 22 October 2008 (Official Report WA110), 9 July 2012 (Official Report, cols. WA 202-3) and 8 January 2013 (WA23). Data regarding the cohort of patients described in Fertility and Sterility (volume 101, issue 4, pages 967–973) were not shared with the HFEA. However, the HFEA has access to the published article.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It would be for clinicians and professional bodies to decide on the evidence required to predict the cohort of patients that may develop ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome and to treat symptoms in accordance with guidelines.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the answer given on 23 Jan 2013 (Official Report WA217), the HFEA would refer to evidence based guidelines, produced by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, on these matters.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL2690 question first answered 18/11/2014 12:39:40 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

106173

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
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 whether they will place in the Library of the House a full copy of the correspondence between the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and the authors of "Pregnancy derived from human nuclear transfer" published in Fertility & Sterility (2003, Vol. 80, Supplement 3).
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that neither its members nor its executive have been in correspondence with the authors of the abstract referred to.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/11/2014 15:49:50 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

106176

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the assessment undertaken by HM Revenue and Customs during the recent consultation of the potential effect of standardised packaging on the illicit tobacco market.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL2647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government continues to carefully consider all issues relevant to the introduction of standardised packaging of tobacco products.</p><p> </p><p><br> The Department currently has no plans to place this information into the Library. Releasing this information at the present time would undermine Ministers and officials’ capacity for consideration and debate, which is required for proper deliberation of this developing policy.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL2648 question first answered 18/11/2014 12:40:44 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

106177

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will place in the Library of the House any correspondence between the Home Office and Department of Health regarding standardised packaging of tobacco products since 2011; and what were the contents of that correspondence.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL2648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government continues to carefully consider all issues relevant to the introduction of standardised packaging of tobacco products.</p><p> </p><p><br> The Department currently has no plans to place this information into the Library. Releasing this information at the present time would undermine Ministers and officials’ capacity for consideration and debate, which is required for proper deliberation of this developing policy.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL2647 question first answered 18/11/2014 12:40:45 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

106178

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Action on Smoking and Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what meetings took place between the Department of Health and Action on Smoking and Health in each of the last three years; and, for each meeting, who were the attendees, including job titles, and what were the nature, location and minutes or outcomes of each meeting.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL2649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department holds regular meetings with ASH to monitor delivery according to the terms of the grant awarded under Section 64 of the Health and Social Care Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials meet a range of organisations on a regular basis to discuss tobacco control. Identifying the notes taken at these meetings would involve a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of Ministerial meetings with external stakeholders are published quarterly in arrears on the Gov.UK website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2014</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of the amounts awarded to ASH under Section 64 of the Health and Social Care Act are below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Project name</p></td><td><p>Award</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Capitalising on Smokefree: the way forward.</p></td><td><p>£220,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>Supporting the Tobacco Plan for England 2011-2012</p></td><td><p>£150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>Supporting the Tobacco Plan for England 2012-2013</p></td><td><p>£150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>Supporting the Tobacco Plan for England 2013-2014</p></td><td><p>£175,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>Supporting the Tobacco Plan for England 2014-2015</p></td><td><p>£200,000*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Awarded but not yet paid.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>ASH has not received any funding from Public Health England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The applications for grants provided under Section 64 of the Health and Social Care Act are considered individually on their own merit. Any grants awarded are monitored according to the objectives set out in the grant award letter in line with terms and conditions set out in the Act. ASH provides the Department with an end of grant report for each grant.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL2650 HL2651 question first answered 18/11/2014 12:42:54 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

106179

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Action on Smoking and Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much funding Action on Smoking and Health received from the Department of Health or Public Health England in each of the last five years; and on what basis any funding was made available including performance agreements or measures.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL2650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department holds regular meetings with ASH to monitor delivery according to the terms of the grant awarded under Section 64 of the Health and Social Care Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials meet a range of organisations on a regular basis to discuss tobacco control. Identifying the notes taken at these meetings would involve a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of Ministerial meetings with external stakeholders are published quarterly in arrears on the Gov.UK website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2014</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of the amounts awarded to ASH under Section 64 of the Health and Social Care Act are below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Project name</p></td><td><p>Award</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Capitalising on Smokefree: the way forward.</p></td><td><p>£220,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>Supporting the Tobacco Plan for England 2011-2012</p></td><td><p>£150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>Supporting the Tobacco Plan for England 2012-2013</p></td><td><p>£150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>Supporting the Tobacco Plan for England 2013-2014</p></td><td><p>£175,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>Supporting the Tobacco Plan for England 2014-2015</p></td><td><p>£200,000*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Awarded but not yet paid.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>ASH has not received any funding from Public Health England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The applications for grants provided under Section 64 of the Health and Social Care Act are considered individually on their own merit. Any grants awarded are monitored according to the objectives set out in the grant award letter in line with terms and conditions set out in the Act. ASH provides the Department with an end of grant report for each grant.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL2649 HL2651 question first answered 18/11/2014 12:42:54 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer