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172663

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date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Flood Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure long-term support and funding for flood prevention schemes.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL3997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>This Government has developed a six-year programme of work, involving over 1,400 projects, to improve defences throughout the country between 2015 and 2021. This has been made possible by our record level of commitment by investing £2.3 billion in improving defences over the coming six years. Efficiency gains will ensure this funding goes even further. This work is projected to reduce the risk of flooding or erosion to at least 300,000 households by 2021, and avoid around £30 billion in economic damages.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 29/01/2015 15:37:06 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

172664

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Somerset Rivers Authority
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what legal basis the newly created Somerset Rivers Authority will have; how it will interact with the county council and other local authorities; and how it will be funded in the long term.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL3998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>The Somerset Rivers Authority will be a new joint body in the form of a partnership between existing local organisations. The County Council and five district councils in Somerset will be member organisations and each have a representative on the Authority’s board. The other member organisations will be the Environment Agency, the local Internal Drainage Boards and Natural England. The Wessex Regional Flood and Coastal Committee will also be represented by a member on the Authority’s Board. A review will be carried out to identify a long-term, local funding solution from 2016/17. On 8 December the SoS announced that the SRA would receive funding of £2.7m for 2015/16; £1.9m from Defra and £800,000 from local partners.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 15/01/2015 17:43:34 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

172665

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	Folic Acid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what date in the first quarter of 2015 Public Health England expect to publish the results of the blood folate analysis carried out by the Centre for Disease Control on the samples from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL3999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) expects to publish the results for folate levels in blood samples from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey in mid-March 2015. The exact publication date will be pre-announced on the PHE statistics page of GOV.UK, in line with official statistics procedures.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 21/01/2015 14:21:23 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

172666

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	Folic Acid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in setting up a laboratory in the United Kingdom able to conduct blood folate status analysis.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL4000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The Medical Research Council Human Nutrition Research are in the process of setting up the new method for serum folate in their laboratories in Cambridge, working closely with scientists at the Centre for Disease Control in the United States, who are the leading international experts on this analysis. Work is well advanced and it is hoped that the method will be ready to use to analyse blood samples collected in the National Diet and Nutrition Survey later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 21/01/2015 14:27:51 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

172667

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	Abortion: Neural Tube Defects
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 31 December 2014 (HL3793), to what factors they attribute the rising trend in terminated pregnancies due to neural tube defects; and why the figures for the first three years in the answer differ substantially from the information provided by the Minister in the letter of 18 November 2013 following the debate on 6 November 2013 (HL Deb, cols 284–297).
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL4001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The proportion of terminations for neural tube defects per live births has been between 0.04% and 0.05% for the last 10 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data from the letter of 18 November 2013 are sourced from the British Isles Network of Congenital Anomaly Registers and are estimates for England and Wales; whereas data from the written answer I gave on 31 December 2014, <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=3794" target="_blank">HL3794</a>, are sourced from the Department’s official abortion statistics collected from Abortion Notification form HSA4 for all abortions in England and Wales. The different data sources used explain why the data given in the answer and the letter are different.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 21/01/2015 15:32:07 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

172668

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Cyprus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have actively sought to ameliorate the embargo on the Turkish Cypriot community in accordance with Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 573 (1974); whether they consider that the resolution continues to be binding; and what measures they have taken to ensure that they have exercised equity and equality in dealing with both communities in Cyprus.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL4002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the status quo in Cyprus causes serious difficulties for Turkish Cypriots, and we support measures aimed at reducing their isolation. We remain committed to supporting the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot community including through financial aid and trade liberalisation from the EU. At Cyprus' Universal Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Council, the UK suggested that measures should be taken to enable Turkish Cypriots to participate effectively in cultural, social and economic life and public affairs. We also support the European Commission’s proposal for a direct trade regulation to enhance the Turkish Cypriot community’s access to EU markets. Disagreements over the legal basis mean that this has unfortunately not yet been agreed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>While resolutions of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly are not legally binding, the hope expressed in Resolution 573 for a lasting settlement of the Cyprus problem remains pertinent today. Indeed, the best way of resolving the challenges faced by both communities is through a comprehensive settlement to end the division of the island. We therefore continue to support strongly UN-led efforts to reunify Cyprus through a lasting and just settlement. The UK supports all communities on the island in their efforts towards this goal.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 19/01/2015 15:42:03 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

172669

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	Hepatitis: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect that new treatments for Hepatitis C with cure rates in excess of 90 per cent will be made available on the National Health Service.
tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
uin	HL4003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer my Noble Friend to the Answer I gave to Lord Hunt of Kings Heath in response to his Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=3887" target="_blank">HL3887</a> on 19 January 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL4004 HL4005 question first answered 21/01/2015 14:23:13 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

172670

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	Hepatitis: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consultation has taken place on NHS England's request to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to defer the implementation of its guidance on the use of sofosbuvir for patients with Hepatitis C.
tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
uin	HL4004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer my Noble Friend to the Answer I gave to Lord Hunt of Kings Heath in response to his Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=3887" target="_blank">HL3887</a> on 19 January 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL4003 HL4005 question first answered 21/01/2015 14:23:13 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

172671

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	Hepatitis: Drugs
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 impact on patient health of the delay of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance for Sovaldi for the treatment of Hepatitis C.
tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
uin	HL4005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer my Noble Friend to the Answer I gave to Lord Hunt of Kings Heath in response to his Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=3887" target="_blank">HL3887</a> on 19 January 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL4003 HL4004 question first answered 21/01/2015 14:23:13 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

172672

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	Mental Health Services
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 impact of investment in mental health services through the Better Care Fund on pressures in the healthcare system, and in particular on accident and emergency services.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL4006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>Health and Wellbeing Boards have developed plans for implementing the Better Care Fund which will provide a joint approach to the planning and delivery of health and social care services to the most at risk members of their population, including those with mental health needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The plans submitted in September were subject to a robust assurance process, and make provision for the pooling of £5.3 billion to achieve this aim. Included within this is planned investment of £317 million in mental health services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A particular focus of the Better Care Fund is to reduce the number of unplanned, emergency admissions to hospital which will address pressures on the health and social care systems and result in better experience and outcomes for people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Better Care Fund plans will not start to be implemented until 1 April 2015. However we already know that the local plans set out approaches to provide more care in the community and in people’s homes, with more responsive, proactive services, and reducing the need to go to hospital, including for those with mental health needs.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Better Care Fund will be subject to a rigorous evaluation that will include the impact on particular patient groups (e.g. mental health) and the role of the Better Care Fund in reducing pressures within the health care system, such as accident and emergency.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 21/01/2015 14:36:07 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath