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1662626

registered interest
date	02/10/2023
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	Blood: Contamination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Infected Blood Inquiry, how many people were infected by contaminated blood; how many of those died as a consequence; and how many are now eligible for interim compensation payments under the Infected Blood Support Scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
uin	HL10451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The Infected Blood Inquiry’s terms of reference include the task to “ascertain, as far as practicable, the likely numbers of people who have been infected (directly or indirectly) in consequence of: a) the use of infected blood; and b) the use of infected blood products”.</p><p>To this end, the Inquiry’s Statistical Expert Group has published two reports. The first, published in September 2022, contains estimated numbers of people infected by blood and blood products as well as estimated numbers of those people who subsequently died; however, this excludes those with Hepatitis B and secondary infections. The second supplementary report, published in July 2023, updates the Committee’s estimates of the numbers of people who died because of their infection. Due to its size, a copy of the first report has been placed in the Library. A copy of the second report is attached.</p><p>In July, the Inquiry published a note on interim compensation payments made on behalf of the Government by the four national Infected Blood Support Schemes. The note shows the number of people registered and payments made as of July 2023; however, information on the numbers of eligible people is not available. A copy of the note is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham attachment 1 file name INQY0000456 - Note from Counsel to the Inquiry on Interim Payments made by Devolved Administration Schemes - 21 Jul 2023.pdf title Interim Payments made by Devolved Administration S 2 file name EXPG0000132 - Expert Report to the Infected Blood Inquiry - Statistics (Supplementary) - 01 Jul 2023.pdf title Expert Report to the Infected Blood Inquiry grouped question UIN HL10454 question first answered 16/10/2023 16:58:41 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1662627

registered interest
date	02/10/2023
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	Blood: Contamination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals who are known to have been infected with contaminated blood have died without having received any compensation payment under the Infected Blood Support Scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
uin	HL10452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The various Infected Blood Support Schemes in the United Kingdom have provided ex gratia support payments rather than compensation. Interim compensation payments were made by the Infected Blood Interim Compensation Payment Scheme administered on behalf of the Government by the administrators of the UK infected blood support schemes (and in Scotland by the Scottish Ministers in conjunction with the administrators of the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme).</p><p>The information requested concerning support scheme payments is not available.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL10453 HL10455 question first answered 16/10/2023 16:57:07 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1662628

registered interest
date	02/10/2023
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	Blood: Contamination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals have died as a consequence of infection from contaminated blood who were receiving compensation payments under the Infected Blood Support Scheme, and what was the range of such payments.
tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
uin	HL10453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The various Infected Blood Support Schemes in the United Kingdom have provided ex gratia support payments rather than compensation. Interim compensation payments were made by the Infected Blood Interim Compensation Payment Scheme administered on behalf of the Government by the administrators of the UK infected blood support schemes (and in Scotland by the Scottish Ministers in conjunction with the administrators of the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme).</p><p>The information requested concerning support scheme payments is not available.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL10452 HL10455 question first answered 16/10/2023 16:57:07 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1662629

registered interest
date	02/10/2023
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	England Infected Blood Support Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many people who were infected with contaminated blood (1) are eligible for, and (2) have received, the £100,000 interim compensation payment under the Infected Blood Support Scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
uin	HL10454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The Infected Blood Inquiry’s terms of reference include the task to “ascertain, as far as practicable, the likely numbers of people who have been infected (directly or indirectly) in consequence of: a) the use of infected blood; and b) the use of infected blood products”.</p><p>To this end, the Inquiry’s Statistical Expert Group has published two reports. The first, published in September 2022, contains estimated numbers of people infected by blood and blood products as well as estimated numbers of those people who subsequently died; however, this excludes those with Hepatitis B and secondary infections. The second supplementary report, published in July 2023, updates the Committee’s estimates of the numbers of people who died because of their infection. Due to its size, a copy of the first report has been placed in the Library. A copy of the second report is attached.</p><p>In July, the Inquiry published a note on interim compensation payments made on behalf of the Government by the four national Infected Blood Support Schemes. The note shows the number of people registered and payments made as of July 2023; however, information on the numbers of eligible people is not available. A copy of the note is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham attachment 1 file name INQY0000456 - Note from Counsel to the Inquiry on Interim Payments made by Devolved Administration Schemes - 21 Jul 2023.pdf title Interim Payments made by Devolved Administration S 2 file name EXPG0000132 - Expert Report to the Infected Blood Inquiry - Statistics (Supplementary) - 01 Jul 2023.pdf title Expert Report to the Infected Blood Inquiry grouped question UIN HL10451 question first answered 16/10/2023 16:58:41 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1662630

registered interest
date	02/10/2023
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	Blood: Contamination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals who died as a consequence of infection from contaminated blood were (1) refused compensation payments, and (2) awaiting compensation payments granted, under the Infected Blood Support Scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
uin	HL10455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The various Infected Blood Support Schemes in the United Kingdom have provided ex gratia support payments rather than compensation. Interim compensation payments were made by the Infected Blood Interim Compensation Payment Scheme administered on behalf of the Government by the administrators of the UK infected blood support schemes (and in Scotland by the Scottish Ministers in conjunction with the administrators of the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme).</p><p>The information requested concerning support scheme payments is not available.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL10452 HL10453 question first answered 16/10/2023 16:57:07 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1662631

registered interest
date	02/10/2023
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	Blood: Contamination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what provisions they have made to support the surviving adult children of a parent who died as a result of contamination with infected blood.
tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
uin	HL10456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The Infected Blood Support Schemes in the United Kingdom offer certain discretionary payments following the death of a registered beneficiary, some of which may be available to support surviving adult children, for example, estates of the bereaved can apply for a £10,000 one-off bereavement payment to help with the immediate costs associated with the loss of a loved one.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 16/10/2023 16:44:59 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1662659

registered interest
date	02/10/2023
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	Respiratory System: Diseases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what intensive care unit stockpiles are in existence which are available and suitable for use for a future respiratory pandemic; and what plans they have to maintain these stockpiles and at what levels.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL10484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The United Kingdom currently stockpiles medicines, vaccines, respiratory equipment including ventilators, and clinical consumables for a future pandemic.</p><p>The Department holds a strategic reserve of Intensive Care Unit equipment, originally set up in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is currently scaled to provide support for up to 1,000 intensive care unit bays and holds both invasive and non-invasive ventilators which can be accessed by National Health Service trusts across the UK.</p><p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department additionally procured a range of medicines to support intensive care, based on critical need and supply resilience. This included, but was not limited to, analgesia, sedation, and antibiotics. Options to maintain access to these products, including stockpiling for a future pandemic and potential volumes required, are currently being considered.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 16/10/2023 16:57:27 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

1662660

registered interest
date	02/10/2023
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	Respiratory System: Diseases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether intensive care unit capacity is secure in the event of a future respiratory pandemic, given current UK manufacturing capacity.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL10485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department continues to plan and prepare for a range of pandemic and emerging infectious disease scenarios, including those caused by respiratory (influenza and non-influenza), contact and vector-borne pathogens. The Department’s plans build on lessons learned from exercises and incidents, including the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>The Department currently holds a strategic reserve of intensive care unit equipment, originally established in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The strategic reserve holds both invasive and non-invasive ventilators, with supporting equipment which can be accessed by National Health Service trusts across the United Kingdom and provides capacity to provide support for up to 1,000 intensive care unit bays. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department additionally procured a range of medicines to support intensive care, based on critical need and supply resilience. This included, but was not limited to, analgesia, sedation, and antibiotics. Options to maintain access to these products, including stockpiling for a future pandemic and potential volumes required, are currently being considered.</p><p>NHS England has published Adult Critical Care surge planning guidance, which sets out escalation thresholds and the actions required by trusts, systems, regional and national teams to support a response to any sudden increase in demand on services. A copy of this guidance is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 16/10/2023 16:50:13 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham attachment 1 file name B1214_Adult-critical-care-surge-plan-guidance-080722-002.pdf title Adult critical care surge plan guidance
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

1662298

registered interest
date	21/09/2023
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	Social Services: Digital Technology
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the digitisation of adult social care.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL10418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2023 answer text <p>We are funding a programme of digitisation for adult social care that is delivered through integrated care systems having spent £50 million so far and investing a further £100 million over the next two years.</p><p>This investment is targeted at driving up adoption of digital social care records and other proven care technologies, while improving the foundations for digital working across the sector, including digital skills, cyber security, and connectivity.</p><p>We have made good progress so far, increasing adoption of digital social care records by Care Quality Commission-registered providers from 40% in December 2021 to over 55% today; and over 60% of people now have a digital social care record, enabling care teams to have the right information at their fingertips to deliver safe, outstanding care.</p><p>We are also supporting local systems to identify and invest in care technologies that address local population needs and priorities, while developing a robust evidence base on effective care technologies to inform future investment decisions.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 29/09/2023 12:21:50 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1662310

registered interest
date	21/09/2023
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	Chronic Illnesses: Genetics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the AlphaMissense model by Google, which uses artificial intelligence to analyse the effects of DNA mutations in causing health conditions.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL10430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2023 answer text <p>Genomics England has tested the AlphaMissense model as part of their regular research activities to investigate algorithms that may eventually be used to improve the interpretation of variants for patients with rare diseases or cancer. Many further steps are required before it is clear how this type of algorithm may help expert clinical scientists in the National Health Service to make the best decisions for NHS patients.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 02/10/2023 12:38:15 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick