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450608

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date	04/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Human Embryo Experiments
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 Prior of Brampton on 27 January (HL5039), what specific recommendations the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has made in order to resolve any conflict between the demands of research and the best interests of patients, in particular regarding (1) a demand for sufficient numbers of human embryos at the single-celled zygote stage in order successfully to perform genome editing by means of CRISPR-Cas9, and (2) the usual practice of transferring embryos to the uterus after assessing their potential to develop further after either two to three days or five to six days.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that it requires, through its Code of Practice, that embryo donors will be recruited in a manner compliant with standard licence conditions. These conditions prevent conflict between the demands of research and the best interests of patients.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 12/02/2016 08:28:20 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

450609

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Human Embryo Experiments
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 Prior of Brampton on 27 January (HL5039), whether the recently approved application by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority to perform genome editing in human embryos by means of CRISPR-Cas9 will be performed on embryos specifically created for research or only on those considered to be surplus to infertility treatments; whether that research application included any application for the creation of embryos; and if not, why the person responsible requested that reference to surplus embryos should be removed from the research project title.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that this research project will make use of donated embryos that were originally created for treatment purposes. An application was not made to create embryos for the purposes of this research project.</p><p> </p><p>The removal of ‘surplus’ from the title does not reflect a change in the way embryos will be donated to the research.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 11/02/2016 15:07:15 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

450610

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Human Embryo Experiments
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 Prior of Brampton on 27 January (HL5039), what evidence the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has received that a major cause of miscarriage is the failure of embryos to develop to the blastocyst stage; what records they hold regarding miscarriages occurring after human embryos that were known to be unable to develop further in vitro had been deliberately transferred to the uterus of a patient; and what sanctions are imposed on clinics in which such implantations take place.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has not received any such evidence. With regards the role of the HFEA in granting a research licence, its role is to ensure that any project fulfils one of the purposed set out below:</p><p> </p><p>- Increasing knowledge about serious disease or other serious conditions.</p><p>- Developing treatments for serious diseases or other serious medical conditions.</p><p>- Increasing knowledge about the causes of congenital diseases.</p><p>- Promoting the advances in the treatment of infertility.</p><p>- Increasing knowledge about the causes of miscarriages.</p><p>- Developing more efficient techniques of contraception.</p><p>- Developing methods for detecting gene, chromosome or mitochondrion abnormalities in embryos before implantation.</p><p>- Increasing knowledge about the development of embryos.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 12/02/2016 13:23:38 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

450624

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the planned future HPV vaccine programme will also cover elimination of genital warts.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gould of Potternewton
uin	HL5925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department and Public Health England are currently undertaking a procurement exercise to secure vaccine to support the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme for girls and as this is a competitive tender, it would not be appropriate to pre-judge the outcome of that exercise. The procurement will take account of the costs and benefits of all vaccines offered to establish which provides best value for money for the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is considering the advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation regarding HPV vaccination for men who have sex with men. Consideration will be given to the procurement of vaccine.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 11/02/2016 15:09:17 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3573 label Biography information for Baroness Gould of Potternewton

450635

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Game: Lead
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what recommendations they have made about what is a safe level of consumption of lead-shot game for children.
tabling member printed	Lord Krebs
uin	HL5936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has identified the particular risk to children who frequently consume lead shot game. The FSA has advised since 2012 that those consuming high levels of such game should reduce their intake, and that this is especially important for vulnerable consumers such as children and pregnant women.</p><p> </p><p>This advice was widely reported in the media and on special interest group websites when it was published. The FSA reissued this advice last year. This advice is part of wider food safety advice on NHS Choices. The FSA is considering what further action is required to raise awareness of their advice, particularly with vulnerable groups such as parents and carers of young children.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 11/02/2016 15:01:11 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3736 label Biography information for Lord Krebs

450239

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospices: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the children's hospices grant beyond 2016; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	25657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for the annual grant to children’s hospices and for determining how it will be allocated each year. The palliative care currency is designed to provide a basis for local commissioning discussions, by clearly identifying the costs of care. The currency is being tested by NHS England locally, to ensure it makes sense to commissioners and providers, and the results will be published later in the year. The intention is that there will be an appropriate transition to local commissioning of children’s hospices, but they have pledged to continue the grant until a sustainable alternative means of local funding is in effect.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 25655 25656 question first answered 08/02/2016 15:10:30 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

450242

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Litigation Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data sets are maintained by the NHS Litigation Authority.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	25651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The National Health Service Litigation Authority maintains data sets relating to the following:</p><p> </p><ol><li>Management of clinical negligence and other non-clinical claims against the National Health Service in England on behalf of member organisations;</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>Referrals to the National Clinical Assessment Service;</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="3"><li>Appeals in primary care contract disputes;</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="4"><li>Notifications made under the Performers List Regulations; and</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="5"><li>Operation of the Healthcare Professional Alert Notice System.</li></ol> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 10/02/2016 15:36:21 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

450243

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospices: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the grants available for children's hospices will continue to be paid to them through NHS England.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	25655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for the annual grant to children’s hospices and for determining how it will be allocated each year. The palliative care currency is designed to provide a basis for local commissioning discussions, by clearly identifying the costs of care. The currency is being tested by NHS England locally, to ensure it makes sense to commissioners and providers, and the results will be published later in the year. The intention is that there will be an appropriate transition to local commissioning of children’s hospices, but they have pledged to continue the grant until a sustainable alternative means of local funding is in effect.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 25656 25657 question first answered 08/02/2016 15:10:30 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

450244

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospices: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the effect of the palliative care currency will be on statutory funding for children's hospices.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	25656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for the annual grant to children’s hospices and for determining how it will be allocated each year. The palliative care currency is designed to provide a basis for local commissioning discussions, by clearly identifying the costs of care. The currency is being tested by NHS England locally, to ensure it makes sense to commissioners and providers, and the results will be published later in the year. The intention is that there will be an appropriate transition to local commissioning of children’s hospices, but they have pledged to continue the grant until a sustainable alternative means of local funding is in effect.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 25655 25657 question first answered 08/02/2016 15:10:30 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

450248

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the five disorders most commonly identified by Child and Mental Health services were in (a) England, (b) London, (c) London boroughs and (d) London health trusts in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	25646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/02/2016 17:56:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan