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388820

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services: Living Wage
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the announced National Living Wage from April 2016, what additional costs there will be in the next 12 months for social care providers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	uin	HL1297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The impact of the new National Living Wage on local authority finances will be considered during the Spending Review as part of an overall assessment of spending pressures on local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 22/07/2015 12:33:57 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

388821

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
	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 effect of planned reductions in social care budgets for 2015–16 on local authorities and social care providers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	uin	HL1298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department monitors local authority budget data and expenditure on adult social care as routine. We will continue to work closely with local government and providers to understand current and future funding requirements to support decisions relating to the upcoming Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>This year, the Better Care Fund will provide £5.3 billion of investment in better integrated care, based on joint plans that have been developed locally and putting resources where the local NHS and social services think it is needed. Social care protection is a national condition of the Better Care Fund.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 20/07/2015 10:37:57 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

388822

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure provision of social care for non self-pay service users in the event of systemic failure in the social care market.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	uin	HL1299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>It is important that there is a vibrant market of local care and support providers offering a choice of high quality services that are able to adapt over time to meet changing needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Care Act introduces new duties on local authorities to promote their local market, with a particular focus on quality, diversity and sustainability. The Government recognises that local authorities’ own commissioning is likely to be their most important tool for facilitating their markets. The Government has worked with the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) to co-produce material to help local authorities promote their local markets and improve their own commissioning.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ultimately, local authorities remain locally accountable for how their budgets are allocated, including spend on care and support. However, the Care Act is clear that prices agreed with care providers will have to reflect the new duties outlined above in relation to the promotion of sustainability of the overall market. The Government recently published statutory guidance setting out how local authorities should meet these new duties when commissioning, including the consideration of the actual costs of care and support when negotiating fee levels. A copy of the guidance is attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More widely, as in any market, provider exits and entries are inevitable. Where continuity of care is at risk because a provider’s business has failed, local authorities must temporarily step in to ensure an individual’s needs continue to be met, including the needs of both those that are self- and state-funded. In order to help local authorities respond to potential situations where a provider is particularly large or geographically concentrated, and where an individual local authority may struggle to carry out this duty on its own, the Government has created a new market oversight function which will be carried out by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The CQC will act to oversee the finance of specified providers with a view to providing local authorities with early warning of financial failure and to ensure effective contingency plans can be put in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has also commissioned the ADASS to publish guidance for local authorities to assist them in developing contingency plans for managing provider failure which should be available by summer 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 21/07/2015 16:33:41 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Care Act guidance.pdf title Care Act Guidance
	tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

389124

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Department of Health: Public Appointments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will list those persons appointed as chairs of non-departmental public bodies by the Department of Health.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	uin	HL1310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>A list of chairs of the Department’s non-departmental public bodies is as follows:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Organisation Chair</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee</p></td><td><p>John Rees</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards</p></td><td><p>William Worth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Pharmacopoeia Commission</p></td><td><p>Kevin Taylor</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Care Quality Commission</p></td><td><p>Michael Mire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commission on Human Medicines</p></td><td><p>Stuart Ralston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment</p></td><td><p>David Lovell</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food Standards Agency</p></td><td><p>Tim Bennett</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health and Social Care Information Centre</p></td><td><p>Kingsley Manning</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Education England</p></td><td><p>Keith Pearson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Research Authority</p></td><td><p>Jonathan Montgomery</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority</p></td><td><p>Sally Cheshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Tissue Authority</p></td><td><p>Sharmila Nebhrajani</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent Reconfiguration Panel</p></td><td><p>Bernard Ribeiro</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency</p></td><td><p>Michael Rawlins</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monitor</p></td><td><p>Joan Hanham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Institute for Health &amp; Care Excellence</p></td><td><p>David Haslam</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Blood and Transplant</p></td><td><p>John Pattullo</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Business Services Authority</p></td><td><p>Silla Maizey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Commissioning Board</p></td><td><p>Malcolm Grant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Litigation Authority</p></td><td><p>Ian Dilks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Pay Review Body</p></td><td><p>Jerry Cope</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Pensions Board</p></td><td><p>Rachel Court</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Trust Development Authority</p></td><td><p>Peter Carr</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Health England</p></td><td><p>David Heymann</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration</p></td><td><p>Paul Curran</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Standing Commission on Carers</p></td><td><p>David Croisdale-</p><p>Appleby</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Further details about appointments made to the Department of Health’s public bodies are published routinely at:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dh-non-executive-appointments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dh-non-executive-appointments</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 24/07/2015 12:04:26 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

387712

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Medical Records: Transgender People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps are being taken to ensure that the Health and Social Care Information Centre informs transsexual patients whose health data has been wrongly disclosed to third parties.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
	uin	HL1089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) takes every precaution to ensure compliance with legislation and that identifiable data is not disclosed without a legal basis to do so. There are strict controls set out within the Data Protection Act that govern the disclosure of sensitive data.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In all scenarios involving patient’s health data being wrongly disclosed, irrespective of the personal circumstances of a patient, HSCIC would seek to ensure appropriate reporting, investigations and corrective actions took place.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL1090 question first answered 20/07/2015 10:38:41 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

387713

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health and Social Care Information Centre: Gender Recognition
	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 the Health and Social Care Information Centre does not contravene section 22 of the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
	uin	HL1090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) takes every precaution to ensure compliance with legislation and that identifiable data is not disclosed without a legal basis to do so. There are strict controls set out within the Data Protection Act that govern the disclosure of sensitive data.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In all scenarios involving patient’s health data being wrongly disclosed, irrespective of the personal circumstances of a patient, HSCIC would seek to ensure appropriate reporting, investigations and corrective actions took place.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL1089 question first answered 20/07/2015 10:38:42 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

390003

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Food: Imports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Food Standards Agency plays any part in the condemnation of food carried on heavy goods vehicles that are found to have carried unauthorised persons in the trailers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL1438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>The Food Standards Agency receives notifications from the Border Force of potential contaminated food carried by goods vehicles and notifies the food business operator via their local authority. Under food law, in cases where contamination has potentially taken place, the decision as to whether foodstuffs are fit for consumption lies with the business operator, which is responsible for ensuring that any foodstuffs it places on the market are compliant with all relevant food safety and food hygiene legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 24/07/2015 13:19:36 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

390004

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Food: Imports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the cost of condemning food carried in vehicles transporting unauthorised persons is met by the supplier, the importer, the seller or the insurer.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL1439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>The cost of condemned food contaminated by unauthorised persons is a commercial issue for the parties involved.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 24/07/2015 13:19:21 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

390005

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Food: Imports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether statistics on the nature and value of food condemned because of contamination by unauthorised persons travelling on the importing vehicle are gathered by any government department or agency.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL1440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on the nature and value of food condemned are not gathered by any Government department or agency.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 24/07/2015 13:17:04 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

381712

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mefloquine: Armed Forces
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what advice they have received from Public Health England on Lariam (mefloquine), in particular in relation to members of the armed forces serving in Afghanistan.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Corston
	uin	HL565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Lariam (mefloquine), is an extremely effective antimalarial and is one of a number of antimalarials for travellers currently recommended by the Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention (ACMP), an expert advisory committee of Public Health England (PHE) established in 1998 to formulate evidence-based guidelines on malaria prevention in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The use of mefloquine, for travellers, including military personnel, to high risk areas should be based on an individual risk assessment that takes into consideration the destination of travel, planned activities while travelling and the individual’s current health and medical history.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The ACMP regularly reviews data on safety and efficacy of all antimalarials. Whenever new evidence about antimalarials appears the ACMP considers this as part of its continuous process of developing advice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The ACMP will be meeting in summer 2015 to finalise the 2015 revision of the ACMP guidelines. This meeting will review current evidence on the use of mefloquine, including data provided by Roche, and recommendations made by other countries including the United States with regard to the use of mefloquine for malaria prevention.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL566 HL567 question first answered 30/06/2015 16:05:46 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	215 label Biography information for Baroness Corston