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418783

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date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Homes
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 appropriateness of the use of the terms "love" and "darling" in a care home; and whether they have given advice to the Care Quality Commission and local authorities on such matters.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL2218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care. All providers of regulated activities must register with CQC and comply with Regulations and a set of fundamental standards of safety and quality.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>One of these fundamental standards relates to treating users of services with dignity and respect. The CQC issues guidance to providers on how they should meet the fundamental standards. The guidance on the standard governing dignity and respect includes the following:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- when people receive care and treatment, all staff must treat them with dignity and respect at all times. This includes staff treating them in a caring and compassionate way; and</p><p> </p><p>- all communication with people using services must be respectful. This includes using or facilitating the most suitable means of communication and respecting a person's right to engage or not to engage in communication; and</p><p> </p><p>- people using the service should be addressed in the way they prefer, and local colloquial terms may fit such guidelines perfectly well.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 17/09/2015 16:28:10 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

418790

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Weapons
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the current Code of Practice on the Police use of Firearms and Less Lethal Weapons specifically prohibits the Metropolitan Police Service from deploying water cannons; and whether that Code of Practice is binding upon chief constables.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL2225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The Code of Practice on Police Use of Firearms and Less Lethal Weapons 2003, made under section 39A of the Police Act 1996 determines the framework by which police forces use both conventional firearms and less lethal weapons. The Authorised Professional Practice on the Use of Force, Firearms and Less Lethal Weapons clearly states that “only less lethal weapons that have been approved by the Secretary of State may be used by the UK police service.” Water cannon is classed as a less lethal weapon and the Home Secretary’s decision not to authorise its use followed the established authorisation process.</p><p>The deployment of water cannon by police forces in England and Wales is therefore prohibited.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL2189 question first answered 17/09/2015 11:39:41 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

418791

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Catering
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees what costs were incurred in the recruitment of the House of Lords Executive Chef.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL2226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The recruitment exercise for an executive chef is ongoing. We have paid £346.61 to publicise the vacancy in relevant forums. Other anticipated costs include a £350 fee for an external recruitment panel member and the marginal cost of ingredients for a cooking test. Other costs are not envisaged, although we do reimburse reasonable candidate travel expenses.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 18/09/2015 13:19:10 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

418842

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	National Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether it is his policy to facilitate the transfer of funds of the National Debt Fund Charity to the Treasury in a manner that is consistent with the charitable objectives of the National Debt Fund.
tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Hurd
uin	10237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>Options are being considered for the future of the Fund, consistent with its object of extinguishing or reducing the national debt. A proposal will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 10207 question first answered 17/09/2015 15:53:51 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd

418844

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer to Question 8779 of 10 September 2015, how many employers have participated in HM Revenue and Custom's new national minimum wage campaign to date.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	10284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The National Minimum Wage campaign launched on 29 July 2015. Information on the number of employers, workers covered and total arrears identified through the campaign will be made available when details for each voluntary disclosure have been finalised.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/09/2015 10:11:52 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

418860

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Government employees are in receipt of tax credits.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	10319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/09/2015 08:53:41 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

418867

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Gift Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much in Gift Aid was paid out to (a) Cancer Research UK, (b) Oxfam, (c) Greenpeace, (d) RSPCA and (e) RSPB in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Simon Hart
uin	10330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) is responsible for administering Gift Aid.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC has a statutory duty to maintain taxpayer confidentiality and cannot comment on the affairs of individual taxpayers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes national statistics showing the total cost of Gift Aid and other charitable tax reliefs https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/charitable-donations-and-tax-reliefs-statistics<br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/09/2015 08:55:10 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart

418919

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Avian Influenza
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many avian influenza outbreaks there have been in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>There were no outbreaks of avian influenza in Great Britain in 2010, 2011, 2012 or 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2014, there was one case of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 in Yorkshire.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2015, there have been two cases of avian influenza: one low severity H7N7 case in Hampshire and one highly pathogenic H7N7 case in Lancashire. The two cases were not linked.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There has not been an outbreak of avian influenza in Northern Ireland in the past five years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/09/2015 14:46:29 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

418929

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	North Korea: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) UN and (b) South Korean government on human right abuses in North Korea.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>We regularly discuss the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) appalling human rights record with close allies and partners. In August, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), met the Republic of Korea's Foreign Minister, Yun Byung-se, in Seoul for a wide-ranging dialogue. This included discussion of how the UK and the Republic of Korea could work together to improve the DPRK’s human rights record. In September, I travelled to the UN in Geneva. During this visit, I met the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid bin Ra’ad, and raised the human rights situation in the DPRK. While in Geneva, I also addressed the UN Human Rights Council, where I set out the Government’s particular concerns in the DPRK.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 17/09/2015 14:42:45 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

418955

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding to support unaccompanied asylum seeking children was provided to each local authority and gateway authority in the last financial year.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	10379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>For the year 2014-15, £76.2m of funding was distributed to the following local authorities and gateway authorities, to support unaccompanied asylum seeking children:</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>UASC Payments 2014/15</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Local Authority</td><td>Total Payments</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Derby City Council</td><td>60,492</td></tr><tr><td>Derbyshire County Council</td><td>96,767</td></tr><tr><td>Leicester City Council</td><td>160,917</td></tr><tr><td>Leicestershire County Council</td><td>354,023</td></tr><tr><td>Lincolnshire County Council</td><td>649,455</td></tr><tr><td>Northamptonshire County Council</td><td>2,403,486</td></tr><tr><td>Nottingham City Council</td><td>211,457</td></tr><tr><td>Nottinghamshire County Council</td><td>651,265</td></tr><tr><td>Rutland County Council</td><td>154,922</td></tr><tr><td>Bedfordshire County Council</td><td>306,585</td></tr><tr><td>Bedford Borough</td><td>327,471</td></tr><tr><td>Cambridgeshire County Council</td><td>319,325</td></tr><tr><td>Essex County Council</td><td>1,782,602</td></tr><tr><td>Hertfordshire County Council</td><td>1,177,796</td></tr><tr><td>Luton Borough Council</td><td>268,203</td></tr><tr><td>Norfolk County Council</td><td>182,759</td></tr><tr><td>Peterborough City Council</td><td>194,124</td></tr><tr><td>Southend on Sea Borough Council</td><td>19,667</td></tr><tr><td>Suffolk County Council</td><td>514,378</td></tr><tr><td>Thurrock Council</td><td>830,624</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Barking &amp; Dagenham</td><td>383,498</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Barnet</td><td>710,452</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Bexley</td><td>279,434</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Brent</td><td>1,034,550</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Bromley</td><td>415,609</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Camden</td><td>525,334</td></tr><tr><td>Corporation of London</td><td>165,888</td></tr><tr><td># London Borough of Croydon</td><td>17,085,960</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Ealing</td><td>552,022</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Enfield</td><td>1,096,646</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Greenwich</td><td>372,232</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Hackney</td><td>415,840</td></tr><tr><td>Hammersmith &amp; Fulham</td><td>383,850</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Haringey</td><td>899,597</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Harrow</td><td>568,975</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Havering</td><td>357,530</td></tr><tr><td># London Borough of Hillingdon</td><td>3,391,309</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Hounslow</td><td>831,919</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Islington</td><td>986,664</td></tr><tr><td>Royal Borough of Kensington &amp; Chelsea</td><td>471,619</td></tr><tr><td>Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames</td><td>574,373</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Lambeth</td><td>303,739</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Lewisham</td><td>405,180</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Merton</td><td>394,422</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Newham</td><td>795,419</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Redbridge</td><td>529,182</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames</td><td>356,182</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Southwark</td><td>353,935</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Sutton</td><td>262,274</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Tower Hamlets</td><td>491,800</td></tr><tr><td>London Borough of Waltham Forest</td><td>545,062</td></tr><tr><td>Wandsworth Borough Council</td><td>420,347</td></tr><tr><td>Westminster City Council</td><td>495,821</td></tr><tr><td>Westminster City Council - LASC</td><td>187,795</td></tr><tr><td>Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council</td><td>125,708</td></tr><tr><td>Durham County Council</td><td>51,235</td></tr><tr><td>Middlesbrough Borough Council</td><td>12,425</td></tr><tr><td>North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council</td><td>7,171</td></tr><tr><td>Stockton On Tees Borough Council</td><td>38,550</td></tr><tr><td>Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council</td><td>42,603</td></tr><tr><td>Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council</td><td>13,277</td></tr><tr><td>Bury Metropolitan Borough Council</td><td>71,524</td></tr><tr><td>Cheshire East Council</td><td>83,385</td></tr><tr><td>Cheshire West Council</td><td>8,662</td></tr><tr><td>Halton Borough Council</td><td>88,284</td></tr><tr><td>Lancashire County Council</td><td>26,713</td></tr><tr><td>Liverpool City Council</td><td>246,616</td></tr><tr><td>Manchester City Council</td><td>441,113</td></tr><tr><td>Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council</td><td>59,174</td></tr><tr><td>Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council</td><td>65,542</td></tr><tr><td>St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council</td><td>25,915</td></tr><tr><td>Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council</td><td>4,331</td></tr><tr><td>Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council</td><td>31,098</td></tr><tr><td>Warrington Borough Council</td><td>34,675</td></tr><tr><td>City of Edinburgh Council</td><td>62,693</td></tr><tr><td>Dumfries &amp; Galloway</td><td>19,312</td></tr><tr><td>East Ayrshire</td><td>18,673</td></tr><tr><td>Glasgow City Council</td><td>828,741</td></tr><tr><td>North Lanarkshire Council</td><td>53,624</td></tr><tr><td>Bracknell Forest Borough Council</td><td>58,478</td></tr><tr><td>Brighton &amp; Hove City Council</td><td>227,067</td></tr><tr><td>Buckinghamshire County Council</td><td>553,882</td></tr><tr><td>East Sussex County Council</td><td>167,193</td></tr><tr><td>Hampshire County Council</td><td>544,915</td></tr><tr><td># Kent County Council</td><td>11,425,555</td></tr><tr><td>Medway Council</td><td>71,725</td></tr><tr><td>Milton Keynes Council</td><td>562,002</td></tr><tr><td>Oxfordshire County Council</td><td>910,092</td></tr><tr><td>Portsmouth City Council</td><td>146,402</td></tr><tr><td>Reading Borough Council</td><td>124,184</td></tr><tr><td>Slough Borough Council</td><td>301,664</td></tr><tr><td>Southampton City Council</td><td>100,958</td></tr><tr><td>Surrey County Council</td><td>2,047,557</td></tr><tr><td>West Berkshire Council</td><td>237,857</td></tr><tr><td>West Sussex County Council</td><td>826,868</td></tr><tr><td>Windsor &amp; Maidenhead Royal Borough</td><td>258,656</td></tr><tr><td>Wokingham District Council</td><td>7,440</td></tr><tr><td>Bath &amp; North East Somerset Council</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Bath &amp; NE Somerset</td><td>4,970</td></tr><tr><td>Bournemouth Borough Council</td><td>54,173</td></tr><tr><td>Bristol City Council</td><td>303,990</td></tr><tr><td>Devon County Council</td><td>63,359</td></tr><tr><td>Gloucestershire County Council</td><td>126,530</td></tr><tr><td>North Somerset Council</td><td>127,819</td></tr><tr><td>Plymouth City Council</td><td>108,508</td></tr><tr><td>Poole Borough Council</td><td>25,915</td></tr><tr><td>Somerset County Council</td><td>108,279</td></tr><tr><td>South Gloucestershire Council</td><td>25,915</td></tr><tr><td>Swindon Borough Council</td><td>104,512</td></tr><tr><td>Wiltshire County Council</td><td>144,556</td></tr><tr><td>Caerphilly County Borough Council</td><td>36,068</td></tr><tr><td>Cardiff Council</td><td>340,328</td></tr><tr><td>Carmarthenshire County Council</td><td>55,123</td></tr><tr><td>Ceredigion County Council</td><td>11,857</td></tr><tr><td>Gwynedd Council</td><td>6,035</td></tr><tr><td>Isle of Anglesey County Council</td><td>37,062</td></tr><tr><td>Monmouthshire County Council</td><td>25,418</td></tr><tr><td>Newport City Council</td><td>104,874</td></tr><tr><td>Pembrokeshire County Council</td><td>45,440</td></tr><tr><td>Wrexham County Borough Council</td><td>5,396</td></tr><tr><td>Birmingham City Council</td><td>349,898</td></tr><tr><td>Coventry City Council</td><td>284,535</td></tr><tr><td>Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council</td><td>55,868</td></tr><tr><td>Shropshire County Council</td><td>20,803</td></tr><tr><td># Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council</td><td>1,463,111</td></tr><tr><td>Staffordshire County Council</td><td>601,701</td></tr><tr><td>Stoke on Trent City Council</td><td>110,338</td></tr><tr><td>Telford &amp; Wrekin Council</td><td>2,840</td></tr><tr><td>Warwickshire County Council</td><td>1,090,893</td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council</td><td>69,509</td></tr><tr><td>Worcestershire County Council</td><td>171,195</td></tr><tr><td>Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council</td><td>68,089</td></tr><tr><td>City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council</td><td>66,882</td></tr><tr><td>Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council</td><td>23,217</td></tr><tr><td>Kingston Upon Hull City Council</td><td>154,452</td></tr><tr><td>Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council</td><td>44,544</td></tr><tr><td>Leeds City Council</td><td>372,426</td></tr><tr><td>North East Lincolnshire Council</td><td>21,797</td></tr><tr><td>North Lincolnshire Council</td><td>88,912</td></tr><tr><td>North Yorkshire County Council</td><td>7,384</td></tr><tr><td>Sheffield City Council</td><td>195,525</td></tr><tr><td>Wakefield Metropolitan District Council</td><td>347,193</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>76,221,555</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td># - a Gateway authority.</td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/09/2015 15:37:11 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed