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450933

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date	08/02/2016
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 they will place in the Library of the House a full copy of the responses to peer reviewers by the person responsible for the recently approved licence application submitted to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) to perform genome editing in human embryos by means of CRISPR-Cas9; to what extent the HFEA’s Executive followed the recommendations raised by both of their peer reviewers; and on how many occasions the HFEA’s Executive have made decisions against the recommendations of all appointed peer reviewers.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) publishes on its website the inspection report relating to a licence renewal application and the minutes of the Licence Committee’s decision. It does not publish other information associated with a licence application.</p><p> </p><p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (as amended) permits the genetic modification of embryos in research, subject to an HFEA licence. As the regulator, the HFEA’s responsibility is to apply the test in the legislation, namely that the research is necessary or desirable for any of the purposes specified in the Act and that the use of embryos is necessary. The Licence Committee has added a condition to the licence that no research using genome editing may take place until it has received approval from an NHS Research Ethics Committee.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL5649 HL5773 HL5960 question first answered 11/02/2016 17:51:32 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

450935

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	North Korea: Guided Weapons
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 4 February (HL5341), what consideration the NHS has given to offering to share outcome data with test providers, where suitable consents can be captured, on the forthcoming re-procurement of the NHS regional genetics labs, such as from the National Cancer Intelligence Network; and what assessment they have made of the impact of doing so on their procurement process, in the light of the experience of Genomic Enterprise.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL5961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right Hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), strongly condemned the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s satellite launch of 7 February, which used ballistic missile technology in clear violation of a number of UN Security Council Resolutions. On 8 February the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Mr Swire), summoned the DPRK’s Ambassador to make clear the UK’s strong condemnation of the launch. The DPRK’s actions are a further threat to regional security and the stability of the Korean peninsula. It is clear that the DPRK continues to prioritise its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes over the welfare of its people.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work closely with other members of the UN Security Council to ensure significant and substantive measures are agreed in response to the DPRK’s provocations. On 8 February the Prime Minister, my right Hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), and the Foreign Secretary raised this with the Chinese Ambassador and reiterated the need for progress on a new UN Resolution.</p><p> </p><p>We are not part of discussions with the Republic of Korea on a missile defence system, but we respect and support our allies' need to defend themselves.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 17/02/2016 15:04:04 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

450937

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	North Korea: Human Rights
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 4 February (HL5344), when Genomic England expects to have reported back to patients from the pilot phase on (1) 100 patients, (2) 250 patients, (3) 500 patients, (4) 1000 patients, and (5) all patients.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL5963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The existing bilateral programme fund, run by our Embassy in Pyongyang, has contributed to a number of projects aimed at improving the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). These include helping to improve food and nutrition for people in rural areas and equipment for the physically disabled. In addition, our funding of English language projects and visits to the UK for government officials, exposes DPRK citizens to other values and cultures. We assess that many of our existing projects contain a human rights element, without strictly being defined as a human rights project. In the coming year we will continue to fund such projects where possible and will assess future human rights projects under the Magna Carta Fund for Human Rights and Democracy. The amount spent on projects categorised as containing a human rights element between 3 September 2013-8 October 2015 was £270,046.61.</p> answering member printed Earl of Courtown question first answered 22/02/2016 16:26:00 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

450944

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what the average waiting time is for a result to be given of a DEXA bone density scan in each NHS region in England; and what assessment they have made of the average waiting time for such results in (1) Scotland, and (2) Wales.
tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
uin	HL5970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Genomics England has set an objective to deliver 8,000 clinical reports by the end of 2016. The precise details of the reports from the pilot and main phases will become clearer once the phenotypic data is collected and linked to the genome data.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 11/02/2016 13:19:44 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin

451113

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Improvement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much money is being spent by NHS Improvement on a re-design of that organisation.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The forecast spend for the design of NHS Improvement is £800,000. This includes the development of a single organisational structure and new operating model to better support the National Health Service to drive improvements.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 11/02/2016 15:00:39 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

451115

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Low Income Scheme: Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many university students aged 19 to 25 use the NHS low-income scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>73,591 NHS low-income scheme applications were processed in 2015, for England, Scotland and Wales, where the claimant was a student aged between 19 and 25; determined by the age of the main claimant on the date the application was processed. The data may not include students aged 19 - 25 where their partner is the claimant. No distinction is made between a student attending further or higher education.</p><p> </p><p>It is possible that a claimant might submit more than one application annually. A breakdown of the numbers of these applications resulting in full Help with Help Cost support is not available.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 22/02/2016 16:59:15 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

451119

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Osteoporosis
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average waiting time for a result to be given of a DEXA bone density scan in each NHS region in England; and what assessment they have made of the average waiting time for such results in (1) Scotland, and (2) Wales.
tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
uin	HL5985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Data are not collected on the average waiting time for a result to be given for a dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan. Data are collected on the average waiting time from referral to test, and these are shown in the following table for the four NHS England commissioning regions for most recent period, which is November 2015. Health is a devolved matter in Scotland and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Table: average median waiting times in weeks for a DEXA scan from referral by NHS England commissioning region, November 2015</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Number of weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North of England</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands and East of England</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South of England</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 11/02/2016 13:18:56 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin

451143

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Legislation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what advice has been provided this Session for ministers or senior officials in the Department of Health on whether to use secondary legislation or primary legislation for significant legislation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL6009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>There has been no change in approach to the use of primary and secondary legislation since the General Election. Each piece of legislation is approached within the context of the policy and the existing legislative framework. There is no evidence of an increase in the number of statutory instruments laid since 2010 or since the General Election. Briefing produced by the House of Commons Library (CBP 7438) shows that the number of statutory instruments laid before the House of Commons peaked at 1,885 in the 2005-06 session, compared to 1,378 last session and 540 so far this session.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 22/02/2016 16:58:50 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

451241

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Palliative Care: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to support young people who have been receiving palliative care and are transitioning from children's to adults' services.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	26248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department has provided grant funding to Together for Short Lives which is the membership organisation for children’s hospices to support the Transition Taskforce to provide guidance and training that supports good transitions locally between children’s and adult services for those with life-limiting conditions or needing palliative care.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 11/02/2016 16:24:48 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

451288

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Liver Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the potential future savings to the public purse of reducing (a) hepatitis C related end-stage liver disease and (c) liver cancer.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	26348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p>No such formal assessment has been made, although the potential benefits of new treatments becoming available are widely recognised.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/02/2016 13:59:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon