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63770

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Coalition Governments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government by what date they plan to publish their response to the report of the Constitution Committee on Constitutional implications of coalition government (5th Report, Session 2013–14, HL Paper 130) published in February 2014.
	tabling member printed	Lord Norton of Louth
	uin	HL554
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the Answer I gave to Lord Lexden on 23 June 2014 (Official Report) Column Ref: WA113.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 01/07/2014 11:48:38 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	3187 label Biography information for Lord Norton of Louth

63769

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill (Draft)
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government by what date they plan to publish their response to the report of the Joint Committee on the Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill (HL Paper 103, Session 2013–14) published in December 2013.
	tabling member printed	Lord Norton of Louth
	uin	HL553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government continues to reflect on the report from the Joint Committee on Prisoner Voting Rights and is considering its recommendations.</p><p>This is not a straightforward issue and the Government is looking carefully at the Committee's conclusions, which included new options for implementation.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 01/07/2014 16:10:25 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	3187 label Biography information for Lord Norton of Louth

63778

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Spinal Injuries
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how long the waiting lists for beds for patients with spinal injuries are at the spinal units at (1) the National Spinal Injuries Centre, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, (2) the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre, Salisbury, and (3) the Royal National OrthopaedicHospital, Stanmore.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
	uin	HL562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that all three centres have periodically experienced problems admitting patients promptly, especially for those patients requiring ventilation, and consequently waiting lists for admission have developed. To ensure patients awaiting admission receive appropriate assessment and support, the centres have been providing outreach care to patients at the hospitals to which they are admitted, which will usually be a major trauma centre.</p><p> </p><p>The fluctuations of waiting times and the ability to discharge a patient to the next phase of their care are key factors in enabling the admission of new patients to a centre. NHS England, the eight specialist centres in England and the Spinal Injuries Association are working together to recommend changes to the continuing care process that would enable spinal cord injured patients to move to the next stage of their care as soon as clinically appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The overall bed complement for England is being reviewed through a demand and capacity project, led by the Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Reference Group (CRG). The CRG aims to produce a report in 2015-16.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL561 question first answered 01/07/2014 11:44:59 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton

63792

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police Community Support Officers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Community Support Officers there are nationally, and how they are distributed across police forces.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
	uin	HL576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures provided show the number of full-time equivalent police community support officers in each police force area, English region and Wales, as at 30 September 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Figures as at 31 March 2014 are due to be published on 17 July 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 30/06/2014 14:13:32 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach attachment 1 file name Table for PQ 576.doc title Table for PQ HL576
	tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

63818

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many engineer officers have been recruited by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary as a result of recent advertisement.
	tabling member printed	Lord MacKenzie of Culkein
	uin	HL602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) continually monitors its manpower numbers and plans its recruitment and retention strategies accordingly. As part of that overall programme there are ongoing and specific RFA Recruitment Campaigns. The direct contribution from individual campaigns is not known, not least as interest may grow over time, but I understand that between January and June this year 18 joining offers have been made to individuals wishing to become engineering officers in the RFA.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever grouped question UIN HL601 question first answered 02/07/2014 15:53:38 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
	tabling member	2507 label Biography information for Lord MacKenzie of Culkein

63775

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Help to Buy Scheme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have bought a house with the assistance of the Help to Buy scheme.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Courtown
	uin	HL559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This Government is committed to supporting people's aspirations to own their own home. That is why we have introduced schemes like Help to Buy: Equity Loan, Help to Buy: Newbuy and Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee. The latest figures show that so far 35,317 families have bought a house with the assistance of the Help to Buy schemes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 03/07/2014 16:25:01 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown

63789

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	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	Advisory Bodies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how scientists are appointed to their advisory committees; how they ensure that an appropriate range of expertise and experience is represented on those committees; and how they ensure that the best scientists apply for membership of the committees.
	tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
	uin	HL573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Code of Practice for Science Advisory Committees (CoPSAC[1]) lays out the procedures for appointment to Committees.</p><p> </p><p>CoPSAC indicates that the arrangements for the appointment of Committee members and the lines of accountability should be set out in each Committee's Terms of Reference.</p><p> </p><br /><p>[1]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/278498/11-1382-code-of-practice-scientific-advisory-committees.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/278498/11-1382-code-of-practice-scientific-advisory-committees.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 08/07/2014 14:53:54 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

63803

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving under Influence: Drugs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action has been taken regarding the education of healthcare professionals in respect of the changes to the drug driving legislation.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
	uin	HL587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government published the summary of responses to the consultations on its proposed drugs and limits to be specified in regulations on 27 March 2014, which is available in the libraries of the House and at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/drug-driving-proposed-regulations" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/consultations/drug-driving-proposed-regulations</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government's proposals on the limits for those drugs most associated with medical use were based upon scientific and medical advice and were supported in the public consultation. There are therefore no plans to review the limits and Parliament will shortly have the opportunity to debate the regulations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The summary sets out the issues raised in the consultation and the action Government proposes to take including the education of healthcare professionals. Guidance to healthcare professionals was published on 3<sup>rd</sup> July 2014 after consulting with the medical colleges and is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/drug-driving" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/drug-driving</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is for the police to amend their procedures to take account of the new drug driving legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer grouped question UIN HL586 HL588 question first answered 08/07/2014 14:49:52 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

63777

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Spinal Injuries
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that there are enough designated beds in spinal injury centres for patients with spinal injuries resulting in paralysis.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
	uin	HL561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that all three centres have periodically experienced problems admitting patients promptly, especially for those patients requiring ventilation, and consequently waiting lists for admission have developed. To ensure patients awaiting admission receive appropriate assessment and support, the centres have been providing outreach care to patients at the hospitals to which they are admitted, which will usually be a major trauma centre.</p><p> </p><p>The fluctuations of waiting times and the ability to discharge a patient to the next phase of their care are key factors in enabling the admission of new patients to a centre. NHS England, the eight specialist centres in England and the Spinal Injuries Association are working together to recommend changes to the continuing care process that would enable spinal cord injured patients to move to the next stage of their care as soon as clinically appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The overall bed complement for England is being reviewed through a demand and capacity project, led by the Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Reference Group (CRG). The CRG aims to produce a report in 2015-16.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL562 question first answered 01/07/2014 11:44:59 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton

63813

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they plan to take to ensure that all Government employees are paid the Living Wage.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government supports all employers who choose to pay the living wage and encourages businesses to pay the living wage where it is affordable. The majority of Government departments already pay their employees above the living wage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is for workers and employers to decide the level of wages above the National Minimum Wage based on current circumstances. This includes the Government as an employer and procurer.</p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 01/07/2014 14:46:53 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick