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628223

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date	03/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	University Technical Colleges
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 impact of university technical colleges on improving the supply of British workers with high quality science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills, and in reducing the skills shortages experienced by UK businesses.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL2958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>We know that university technical colleges (UTCs) can be a popular choice with young people who want to follow a technical curriculum and we anticipate that as UTCs become more established and more young people choose to attend them, they will help to meet the needs of our science, technology and engineering industries. At full capacity, the UTCs currently open or in development will offer around 35,000 places for young people to help them gain skills for the world of work.</p><p> </p><p>The UTC programme is relatively new and the destination data we hold is limited. Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 destination data for all schools is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/destinations-of-ks4-and-ks5-pupils-2015-provisional" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/destinations-of-ks4-and-ks5-pupils-2015-provisional</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 09/11/2016 12:22:53 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

628224

registered interest
date	03/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	University Technical Colleges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to encourage employers and universities to become involved with the university technical colleges programme.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL2959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education awards an annual grant to the Baker Dearing Educational Trust to provide advice, guidance and support for employers and universities wishing to become involved with the university technical colleges programme.</p><p>We have seen many examples of universities sponsoring good schools and that is why we have set out in the Schools that Work for Everyone consultation our proposals for universities having a greater involvement in the establishment and sponsorship of schools including UTCs.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 09/11/2016 17:51:36 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

627556

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan to ensure full adoption of the British HIV Association standards to deliver optimal HIV diagnosis and care.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gould of Potternewton
uin	HL2932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for the commissioning of services to test and diagnose HIV. NHS England commissions treatment and care for those accessing HIV services from the point of HIV diagnosis onwards. Commissioners will take account of the British HIV Association standards, but these are not mandatory. Public Health England (PHE) has a comprehensive surveillance system that captures new HIV diagnoses and subsequent HIV care throughout the United Kingdom. These data are not only used to monitor the numbers living with HIV, but the quality of care received. This information directly informs the commissioning of HIV services which ensures data are complete and includes every individual in HIV care.</p><p> </p><p>In the UK, PHE data demonstrate 97% of patients were linked to care within three months of diagnosis in 2015 and overall, 96% of people seen for HIV care received treatment with anti-retroviral therapy, and 94% of those treated achieved viral suppression. People with a suppressed viral load are extremely unlikely to pass on their infection. These data show that the benefits of early HIV testing are fully realised as the vast majority of people are rapidly linked to care, and effectively treated, so that they are no longer at risk from passing on their infection.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL2934 question first answered 09/11/2016 17:13:46 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3573 label Biography information for Baroness Gould of Potternewton

627559

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking, additional to the Public Health Outcomes Framework, to ensure that the benefits of early testing for HIV are realised.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gould of Potternewton
uin	HL2934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for the commissioning of services to test and diagnose HIV. NHS England commissions treatment and care for those accessing HIV services from the point of HIV diagnosis onwards. Commissioners will take account of the British HIV Association standards, but these are not mandatory. Public Health England (PHE) has a comprehensive surveillance system that captures new HIV diagnoses and subsequent HIV care throughout the United Kingdom. These data are not only used to monitor the numbers living with HIV, but the quality of care received. This information directly informs the commissioning of HIV services which ensures data are complete and includes every individual in HIV care.</p><p> </p><p>In the UK, PHE data demonstrate 97% of patients were linked to care within three months of diagnosis in 2015 and overall, 96% of people seen for HIV care received treatment with anti-retroviral therapy, and 94% of those treated achieved viral suppression. People with a suppressed viral load are extremely unlikely to pass on their infection. These data show that the benefits of early HIV testing are fully realised as the vast majority of people are rapidly linked to care, and effectively treated, so that they are no longer at risk from passing on their infection.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL2932 question first answered 09/11/2016 17:13:46 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3573 label Biography information for Baroness Gould of Potternewton

627560

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what further steps they intend to take to ensure that HIV indicator conditions, such as shingles and glandular fever, are understood by medical professionals as an opportunity to offer a HIV test.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gould of Potternewton
uin	HL2935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>Health Education England has developed a number of e-learning sessions on Sexual Health and HIV across programmes designed for foundation trainees, general practitioners, dentists and radiologists, as well as specialists. The programmes cover topics such as HIV testing, the importance of early diagnosis and oral manifestations of HIV and AIDS. The content for these programmes is available to all National Health Service employees irrespective of their speciality.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department has funded the Medical Foundation for AIDS and Sexual Health to produce resources to support non-specialist clinicians in primary and secondary care services to offer HIV testing to help reduce late diagnosis of HIV. This includes <em>HIV Testing in Practice</em>, an interactive web-based resource for primary care which went live in November 2014.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 09/11/2016 17:12:56 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3573 label Biography information for Baroness Gould of Potternewton

627576

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Islamic State: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that future air strike missions against land targets in Syria or Iraq, in which RAF aircraft are involved, have had their targets independently verified and approved in advance by British military personnel.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL2950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>RAF strikes are approved through a strict assessment process undertaken by British military, policy and legal advisers. All the available information is considered in accordance with strict targeting criteria to ensure compliance with UK and international laws and UK Rules of Engagement. The authorisation to conduct a strike is only given when this process is complete and the conditions for the release of weapons are met.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 09/11/2016 15:23:17 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

627577

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 21 October (HL2323), when they expect to be able to report to Parliament the results of the coalition investigation into the air attack on 17 September.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL2951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>We await the outcome of the coalition investigation into the airstrike in Syria on 17 September. Once it is published by the coalition, we will inform Parliament of its conclusions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 09/11/2016 15:29:22 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

625804

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Richmond upon Thames
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total funding given to each hospital within the Borough of Richmond in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how much of that funding was for new capital expenditure.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kramer
uin	HL2823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Overall capital expenditure for each of the last three years for South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, which is responsible for Richmond Royal Hospital and Barnes Hospital in the Borough of Richmond, is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£2,080,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£9,723,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£22,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£11,825,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Overall capital expenditure for each of the last three years for Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust, which is responsible for Teddington Memorial Hospital in the Borough of Richmond, is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£482,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£1,885,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£2,768,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£5,135,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 09/11/2016 17:09:10 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer

625809

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Northolt
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the decision proposing a third runway at Heathrow, what will be the future of nearby RAF Northolt.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL2828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>RAF Northolt remains a core Ministry of Defence (MOD) aerodrome. Current operations at RAF Northolt aerodrome remain unaffected at this time by the announcement of the proposals for a third runway at Heathrow.</p><p>However, NATS Holdings (formerly National Air Traffic Services), the air traffic services provider, has advised that the delivery of any new capacity within the London and South East area will require substantial redesign of current airspace structures. The impact on the current levels of operations at other aerodromes in the region such as RAF Northolt will be addressed during the design phase, and the MOD remains a key stakeholder in all Civil Aviation Authority airspace design work.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 09/11/2016 15:25:41 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

625820

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Waiting Lists
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are penalised for breaches of targets set out in the NHS Constitution and pledges on waiting times, and Acute Hospital Trusts (AHTs) are not penalised for the same breaches; and if so, whether this represents differing treatment of CCGs and AHTs by NHS England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Shephard of Northwold
uin	HL2839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>National Health Service clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are not directly penalised for each breach of NHS Constitution waiting time commitments, or the associated operational standards. However, access to Quality Premium scheme funding, which CCGs can earn in addition to their normal allocations for achieving specific improvements in care or outcomes, is partially dependent on each CCG’s performance against waiting times standards. More broadly, NHS England is supported by legislation in exercising formal powers of direction if it is satisfied that a CCG is failing or at risk of failing to discharge its functions. The NHS Standard Contract provides for financial sanctions against acute hospital trusts for breaching waiting time operational standards.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England issues planning guidance annually, the latest of which is<em> NHS Operational Planning and Contracting Guidance 2017-2019</em>. This sets out the waiting time standards, other operational standards and quality requirements that providers of NHS healthcare services are expected to meet in order to deliver the rights and pledges in the NHS Constitution. Copies of the Guidance and the NHS Constitution are attached.</p><p> </p><p>These requirements are set out in the NHS Standard Contract that must be used by CCGs for all contracts with hospital providers of NHS healthcare services. The Contract sets out the consequences of breaches of the waiting time standards and other requirements by hospital providers. For waiting time standards, this consequence is in the form of a financial sanction.</p><p> </p><p>However, from 2016-17, the operation of contractual sanctions for poor performance against waiting time standards has been suspended where a hospital provider is receiving funding from the Sustainability and Transformation Fund (STF), and meets certain other specified conditions, including the agreement of performance trajectories with NHS Improvement and NHS England. These arrangements are arranged at avoiding ‘double jeopardy’ for hospital providers within scope of the STF. If they fail to achieve their agreed performance trajectories, these hospital providers will face withdrawal of an element of their STF funding by NHS Improvement, but will not face application of the normal contractual sanctions by their commissioners.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name The NHS Constitution for England.pdf title NHS Constitution 2 file name NHS-operational-planning-guidance-201617-201819.pdf title NHS Operational Planning Guidance question first answered 09/11/2016 17:10:39 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	132 label Biography information for Baroness Shephard of Northwold