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100594

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
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	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	Parliament: Veterans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees whether he has any plans, in conjunction with the House of Commons Commission, to identify those posts in the Palace of Westminster which could be filled by recently disabled servicemen and servicewomen and to keep those posts open, in the first instance, only for such individuals.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL2331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>There are no current plans to reserve posts in the Palace of Westminster in the first instance for recently disabled servicemen and servicewomen.</p><p>Employment practice in both Houses is to recruit through fair and open competition and to welcome job applications from people with disabilities, making any reasonable adjustments to enable disabled applicants to compete equally for employment and promotion.</p><p>The bi-cameral workplace equality network ParliABLE promotes awareness and positive approaches to disability through publicity and events which continue to be well supported by Members of both Houses.</p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 04/11/2014 12:36:33 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

100592

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	GP Practice Lists: Immigration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government (1) what is the average length of a general practitioner practice list; (2) what has been the level of net immigration since 2000; and (3) what is the number of additional general practitioners they estimate to have been required because of that immigration change since 2000.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL2329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Figures for 30 September 2013, the latest date for which published figures are available, showed the average number of patients per general practitioner practice was 7,034.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the level of net immigration for 2000 to 2012 is published by the Office of National Statistics at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/migration1/long-term-international-migration/2012/table-2-01a.xls</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Final data, for 2013, will be released on 27 November 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No estimates are made of the number of additional general practitioners needed specifically related to immigration changes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 30/10/2014 16:23:07 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

100595

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ebola
	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 research report by the Keenan Research Centre at St Michael's Hospital in Toronto which estimates that three ebola carriers fly out of the most affected countries each month and that their preferred destination is London; and whether they have any plans to further increase ebola testing at airports.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL2332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The report makes a number of assumptions, including that exit screening procedures were not in place in the major affected countries. Since the report was published in August exit screening in the three most affected countries is now in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Screening is now in operation in Heathrow, Gatwick, Birmingham and Manchester airports and at St Pancras (Eurostar). The purpose of screening is to identify, and give advice to, passengers coming from high risk areas who will be spending time in the United Kingdom. This is to provide them with relevant advice on the nature of the virus, what to be aware of, and what action to take should they begin to display any symptoms.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 05/11/2014 15:52:37 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

100593

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to introduce fitness tests for all operational police officers, with different attainment levels for officers over 40 years of age.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL2330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Annual fitness testing was introduced on 1 September 2014 for officers required to undertake personal safety training, so that they meet its aerobic demands. There are no plans to alter the standard for any age group.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 30/10/2014 16:21:09 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

100596

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to draw to the attention of England and Wales police forces National Health Service statistics about the number of new cases of female genital mutilation; and what recent discussions they have had with police and prosecution authorities about the prosecution rate for female genital mutilation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL2333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>The Minister for Crime Prevention is chairing a cross government FGM roundtable meeting on 10 November, to which the National Policing Lead on Female Genital Mutilation, the Director of Public Prosecutions and other key stakeholders are invited. The meeting will take stock of progress in implementing the extensive package of announcements to tackle FGM made at the Girl Summit hosted by the PM on 22 July. This includes the recently published NHS statistics on cases of FGM and how they can be promoted, alongside new FGM prevalence data, part-funded by the Home Office and published by City University and Equality Now in July 2014.</p><p>The roundtable will also review current progress on police and Crown Prosecution Service activity to tackle FGM.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 07/11/2014 13:28:38 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra