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1108820

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date	01/04/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hospitals: Human Remains
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of data from the Human Tissue Authority that over the past three years there were 253 "serious incidents" in hospital morgues where corpses were accidentally damaged, bereaved relatives shown the wrong body, or the remains of unborn babies incinerated against the wishes of the family.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL14927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government assesses data from the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) on serious incidents at quarterly accountability meetings.</p><p>When these incidents occur they are upsetting for the families of those involved; although they are rare, when they do happen we are assured that the HTA work with establishments to ensure that a thorough investigation takes place, and that improvements are made to reduce the risk of similar incidents happening again.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 05/04/2019 10:42:15 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1108841

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Patients: Transport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 4 April 2017 (HL Deb, col 940), what improvements have been made in the waiting time for hospital patient transport; and what is the average waiting time.
tabling member printed	Lord Harries of Pentregarth
uin	HL14948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>Patient transport service waiting time data is not collected centrally.</p><p>The provision of non-emergency patient transport services is a matter for local National Health Service commissioners, including setting performance standards, monitoring performance and taking improvement action where needed. This ensures that services are best adapted to local conditions, and where services fall short we expect commissioners to take swift action.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 05/04/2019 10:42:44 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	3813 label Biography information for Lord Harries of Pentregarth

1108842

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Incontinence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on what grounds incontinence pads provided through the NHS were changed from Attends to Tena; and what tests were carried out as to their relative effectiveness.
tabling member printed	Lord Harries of Pentregarth
uin	HL14949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>NHS Supply Chain has not changed supply of incontinence pads from Attends to Tena. Both these and other brands are available for purchase from NHS Supply Chain.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 05/04/2019 10:36:22 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	3813 label Biography information for Lord Harries of Pentregarth

1108849

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Human Remains: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 19 March (HL14296), what was the outcome of their discussions with the Human Tissues Authority about concerns around bodies imported for display.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL14956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government has had discussions with the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) about concerns around bodies imported for public display. We are assured by the HTA that it seeks every assurance that the use of imported bodies for public display is compliant with the legal requirements of their country of origin.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 05/04/2019 10:32:52 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1108851

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Human Remains: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 19 March (HL14296), what concerns were raised in their discussions with the Human Tissue Authority; and whether they plan to seek to amend the Human Tissue Act 2004 as a result of those discussions.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL14958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government discussed with the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) the provisions of the Human Tissue Act 2004, which requires that people who wish to be displayed in public after their death must give their written consent. These provisions do not apply to bodies imported from abroad. The Government is in further discussions with the HTA about any non-legislative activity which the Authority could pursue.</p><p> </p><p>There are no current plans to review the Human Tissue Act 2004.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 05/04/2019 10:35:47 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1105826

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether university income from student tuition fee loans is classed as public or private funds; what legal advice, if any, they have received to this effect; and whether they will publish any such advice.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL14912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The government pays universities directly in respect of the tuition fee loans which are approved for eligible students each year. Students are then legally obliged to repay any tuition fee loans in accordance with the contract they sign when taking out the loan. The Office for National Statistics classifies the money provided by the government to cover tuition fees as a debt for the purposes of the public finances. The government does not ordinarily disclose its legal advice as that is protected by legal professional privilege.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 05/04/2019 12:00:21 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn