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606677

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date	20/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the publication of <i>Implementing the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health</i>, whether they intend to publish a national Mental Health Strategy.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL2508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government welcomed the independent taskforce’s recommendations for mental health and fully endorses the report. We continue to work across Government departments to progress taking the taskforce recommendations forward.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 02/11/2016 16:10:37 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

606678

registered interest
date	20/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in creating parity of esteem between mental and physical health and how they are currently measuring this.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL2509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to achieving parity of esteem for mental and physical health. The Government welcomed the publication of <em>The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health </em>and <em>Future in Mind: Promoting, protecting and improving our children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing </em>to transform mental health services by 2020, which is a significant step forward in achieving parity of esteem between mental and physical health. We continue to work with NHS England and other arm’s length bodies to embed the recommendations set out in these reports into our national policies and we are committed to reporting regularly and transparently on our progress. Copies of both reports are attached.</p><p> </p><p>We will be holding NHS England to account through the NHS Mandate to ensure that we deliver the commitments set out in these reports.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Future_in_mind.pdf title Future in mind report 2 file name Mental-Health-Taskforce-FYFV-final.pdf title MH FYFV question first answered 02/11/2016 16:05:20 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

606226

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
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 fire risk posed by e-cigarettes and what discussion they have had with the LGA, London Councils and the leaders of Fire Authorities in England about this risk.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL2465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>We recognise e-cigarettes are an emerging technology and have taken action with the Chief Fire Officers’ Association, the then Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and with Electrical Safety First to develop appropriate fire safety messages for consumers.</p><p>These were promoted through the Fire Kills campaign, and continue to be made available on Electrical Safety First’s website - http://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/guides-and-advice/electrical-items/e-cigarettes/.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 02/11/2016 15:56:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

606227

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to give local authorities the power to issue on the spot fines to commercial vehicles that disregard weight and other restrictions on the public highway.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL2466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and the Police are the bodies empowered to issue fixed penalty notices for commercial vehicle offences, including for breach of weight limits.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/11/2016 15:19:39 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

606228

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the RAC, AA and other motoring organisations regarding the timely conduct of pothole repairs on roads in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL2467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport discusses a wide range of issues with the RAC, AA and other motoring organisations with respect to highways maintenance and other issues that affect road users.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is investing over £12 billion in this Parliament for highways maintenance. This comprises over £6 billion to local highway authorities in England, outside London, including £250 million between now and 2021 to help repair potholes and other defects.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/11/2016 15:21:02 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

606231

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussion they have had with local authorities and the emergency services to ensure that roads in England and Wales are kept open in the event of poor winter weather in 2016–17.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL2469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport works closely with the transport sector, including local highway authorities, to prepare for the winter season 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>All key transport operators, including local authorities, train operating companies, Highways England, Network Rail and airports, have contingency plans in place to deal with winter weather that may be encountered.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport continues to liaise with salt producers and regularly updates the salt stock holdings being held across the country. The Government has retained an emergency salt stockpile of around 383,000 tonnes for this winter season. In addition both Highways England and local highways authorities have winter service vehicles for use on the road network, including 500 vehicles for dealing with incidents that may occur on the strategic road network.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport will shortly be writing to local highway authorities in England to remind them of their duties and to advise that they clean their drains and gullies in order to minimise the risk of surface water flooding on the highways for which they are responsible.</p><p> </p><p>It must, however, be recognised that severe winter weather may cause some disruption to the transport network. If travel is disrupted then we expect operators and highway authorities to do everything they can to keep passengers and road users informed whilst ensuring that the networks resume services as quickly as possible.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/11/2016 15:20:38 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark