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172629

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date	07/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Unpaid Work
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many internships are offered by each government department.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL3963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>Data is not held centrally on internships offered by individual Departments; however a number of internship programmes are run centrally by Civil Service Resourcing. Details of these programmes and the targeted groups are listed online.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/civil-service-fast-stream-summer-diversity-internship-programme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/civil-service-fast-stream-summer-diversity-internship-programme</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/civil-service-fast-stream-early-diversity-internship-programme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/civil-service-fast-stream-early-diversity-internship-programme</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.socialmobility.org.uk/programmes/residential-programmes/whitehall-residential-programme/" target="_blank">http://www.socialmobility.org.uk/programmes/residential-programmes/whitehall-residential-programme/</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 12/01/2015 14:41:13 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

172630

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
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 effects of the 2014 European Union Procurement Directives on the existing system that provides educational, care and health support for children who require places in special schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL3964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for ensuring their own compliance with procurement rules and all other relevant legislation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education recently sought legal advice on the relationship and interaction between the duties on local authorities in respect of the placement of children and young people with special educational needs in specialist educational institutions and local authority obligations to tender for services under the public procurement regime and are awaiting a response. In the light of the legal advice the Department receives, we will communicate with local authorities by the spring so they are clear on the position.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 13/01/2015 12:16:42 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

172635

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will list the National Health Service hospitals which declared major incidents in the period 1 December 2014 to 7 January 2015 inclusive; and in each case how long the incidents lasted.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
uin	HL3969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>NHS England, Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority have advised that this information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the context of hospitals currently declaring major incidents, this refers to an emergency situation where particular facilities or resources are under pressure and special arrangements are required to maintain the delivery of some services. It would be for the organisation that had declared the emergency to de-escalate it, in line with its incident response plan.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The use of major incidents has been part of the National Health Service planning process since 2005, and they have been declared in every year since then.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is no central definition but a major incident in a hospital might be called in:</p><p> </p><p>- times of severe pressure such as winter periods or an infectious disease outbreak; and</p><p> </p><p>- a period of particular local pressure such as dealing with a road traffic accident.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL3970 HL3971 question first answered 14/01/2015 14:39:55 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

172636

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for each National Health Service hospital which declared a major incident in the period 1 December 2014 to 7 January 2015 inclusive, how much money was spent per year in the preceding two years on the fees and costs of agencies which were contracted to supply (1) doctors, (2) nurses, and (3) other National Health Service staff, to the hospital concerned.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
uin	HL3970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>NHS England, Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority have advised that this information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the context of hospitals currently declaring major incidents, this refers to an emergency situation where particular facilities or resources are under pressure and special arrangements are required to maintain the delivery of some services. It would be for the organisation that had declared the emergency to de-escalate it, in line with its incident response plan.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The use of major incidents has been part of the National Health Service planning process since 2005, and they have been declared in every year since then.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is no central definition but a major incident in a hospital might be called in:</p><p> </p><p>- times of severe pressure such as winter periods or an infectious disease outbreak; and</p><p> </p><p>- a period of particular local pressure such as dealing with a road traffic accident.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL3969 HL3971 question first answered 14/01/2015 14:39:55 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

172637

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for each National Health Service hospital which declared a major incident in the period 1 December 2014 to 7 January 2015 inclusive, how many beds were occupied by patients whose treatment had been completed but who remained in hospital because alternative health care or treatment were not available for them outside hospital at the time that the major incident was brought into effect.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
uin	HL3971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>NHS England, Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority have advised that this information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the context of hospitals currently declaring major incidents, this refers to an emergency situation where particular facilities or resources are under pressure and special arrangements are required to maintain the delivery of some services. It would be for the organisation that had declared the emergency to de-escalate it, in line with its incident response plan.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The use of major incidents has been part of the National Health Service planning process since 2005, and they have been declared in every year since then.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is no central definition but a major incident in a hospital might be called in:</p><p> </p><p>- times of severe pressure such as winter periods or an infectious disease outbreak; and</p><p> </p><p>- a period of particular local pressure such as dealing with a road traffic accident.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL3969 HL3970 question first answered 14/01/2015 14:39:55 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

172639

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Capital Investment
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 Deighton on 17 December (HL3391), what proportion of the appraisal of a typical road and a rail investment proposal is based on (1) the aggregation of small time savings forecast to be of benefit to users, and (2) other effects such as the wider economic impacts and the various regeneration effects.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL3973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>Transport investment decisions are supported with a 5-part business case. Appraisal information largely informs the economic case, which aims to provide a comprehensive overview of a proposal’s impacts. This includes a wide range of social and environmental factors, as well as time savings and economic impacts. The proportion of benefits falling in these different categories varies on a proposal-by-proposal basis and information on the proportion of benefits from (1) small time savings, and (2) other effects such as wider impacts, is not centrally held.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 15/01/2015 12:17:08 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

172640

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Main Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to improve the infrastructure of the East Coast Main Line to facilitate the improvements to the train services which they have agreed with the new operator of the franchise, Virgin East Coast; and whether these plans are compatible with the outstanding applications of the "open access" operators and the known freight obligations.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL3974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government, as part of the Rail Investment Strategy (RIS) for CP5, provided a £240m connectivity fund for infrastructure improvements on the East Coast Main Line. The apportionment of this fund is being administered by an industry programme board and enhancements under the fund are to deliver an increase in capacity, which the new franchise plans to utilise to deliver their train service.</p><p> </p><p>The new franchise will be responsible for delivering the new Intercity Express Programme (IEP) fleet of class 800 / 801 trains into service. The Government’s RIS for CP5 has specified investments of £330m on the East Coast Main Line to enable the class 800 / 801 fleet to run to a range of destinations.</p><p> </p><p>Through the franchise competition, Virgin Trains East Coast was required, as part of their bid, to protect the existing level of open access and freight services. The infrastructure improvements provided by the RIS for CP5 create additional capacity. Applications to use the capacity are currently with the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) from both the InterCity East Coast franchise and an open access operator. A decision on these applications is expected from the ORR in due course. Any decision on future aspirations for additional open access or freight services will taken by the ORR.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 14/01/2015 11:41:20 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

172643

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Flags
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether under the new arrangements for the design of the United Kingdom's driving licence the Union flag will appear on all driving licences.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL3977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>All driving licences issued to drivers in England, Scotland and Wales will display the Union flag from summer 2015.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 15/01/2015 12:18:57 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

172644

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	EU Immigration: Horn of Africa
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what programme of research they are undertaking on the drivers of migration to support the European Union–Horn of Africa Migration Route Initiative.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL3978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>Following its launch at a Ministerial Conference in Rome on 28 November, the Government is working with other EU Member States and African partners to develop the new Horn of Africa Migration Route Initiative (the Khartoum Process), which is intended to tackle people smuggling and human trafficking in the Horn of Africa.</p><p>Our work under the Khartoum Process to date has drawn upon on a number of sources of information on migration routes in the Horn of Africa and the countries of the region, including information on the drivers of migration. This includes research specifically commissioned or undertaken by HM Government and information provided by its posts in the region. We are also drawing on the broader expertise and information held by other EU partners, and on information provided by international organisations and partner countries in the Horn of Africa.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/01/2015 15:00:30 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

172645

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Eritrea
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 outcomes of the visit to Eritrea by Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Home Office representatives in December 2014.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL3979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>As part of an ongoing dialogue on migration related issues between the UK and Eritrean governments, a joint delegation of senior Home Office and Foreign Office officials visited Eritrea on 9-11 December. The delegation held a number of discussions with government ministers, officials and non-government actors on topics including the current drivers of irregular migration, ways to mitigate it, and voluntary and enforced returns. The meetings were constructive and identified a number of potential areas for joint co-operation, including on returns. We are now considering how best to use the information gathered during the visit to develop our approach to managing migration from Eritrea.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/01/2015 15:01:13 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead