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348808

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date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sierra Leone: Ebola
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress is being made in ensuring that rapid diagnostic tests for ebola are available in Sierra Leone.
tabling member printed	Lord Crisp
uin	HL287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>Prompt diagnosis of Ebola is vital for an effective response. The UK is investing £1.34 million in new research to fight the virus, including the ongoing development of two rapid diagnostic tests for diagnosis of Ebola by the Institut Pasteur and University of Westminster. The UK is also providing support to other research programmes on Ebola diagnostics and treatments, through enabling the use of the UK funded treatment facilities and laboratories.</p><p> </p><p>The Defence Science and Technology Laboratories (DSTL) has been working with BBI Detection to provide Public Health England (PHE) with prototypes of a rapid diagnostic device, named the UK Ebola Lateral Flow Device. The device has been evaluated in Sierra Leone by PHE to determine its utility in the outbreak setting, and the decision on whether to proceed with production now rests with the manufacturer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl of Courtown grouped question UIN HL288 question first answered 22/06/2015 16:14:46 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	3783 label Biography information for Lord Crisp

348809

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sierra Leone: Ebola
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the rapid diagnostic test developed by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratories will be made available for use in Sierra Leone.
tabling member printed	Lord Crisp
uin	HL288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>Prompt diagnosis of Ebola is vital for an effective response. The UK is investing £1.34 million in new research to fight the virus, including the ongoing development of two rapid diagnostic tests for diagnosis of Ebola by the Institut Pasteur and University of Westminster. The UK is also providing support to other research programmes on Ebola diagnostics and treatments, through enabling the use of the UK funded treatment facilities and laboratories.</p><p> </p><p>The Defence Science and Technology Laboratories (DSTL) has been working with BBI Detection to provide Public Health England (PHE) with prototypes of a rapid diagnostic device, named the UK Ebola Lateral Flow Device. The device has been evaluated in Sierra Leone by PHE to determine its utility in the outbreak setting, and the decision on whether to proceed with production now rests with the manufacturer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl of Courtown grouped question UIN HL287 question first answered 22/06/2015 16:14:46 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	3783 label Biography information for Lord Crisp

348810

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Doctors: Qualifications
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many practising doctors received their qualifications (1) in the United Kingdom, and (2) elsewhere.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested about the number of practising medical doctors with qualifications received in the United Kingdom and elsewhere is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The General Medical Council (GMC) is the independent regulator of medical doctors in the UK and is responsible for doctor registration. Information provided by the GMC on the number of doctors registered with a license to practise as at 9 June 2015, broken down by whether their primary medical qualification was gained in the UK or elsewhere, is shown in the following table. However, it should be noted that although these doctors have a licence to practise, they may not be actively practising.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>Qualified</p><p>in the UK</p></td><td><p>Qualified Elsewhere</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of doctors registered with a license to practise</p></td><td><p>232,931</p></td><td><p>153,306 (66%)</p></td><td><p>79,625 (34%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> The General Medical Council</p><p> </p><p><em>Note:</em> The ‘qualified elsewhere’ column includes those qualified in the European Economic Area (EEA) excluding the UK and those trained outside of the EEA. <em> </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 18/06/2015 14:46:16 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

348811

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Qualifications
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many nurses working in the NHS received their qualifications (1) in the United Kingdom, and (2) elsewhere.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested about the numbers of nurses working in the National Health Service with qualifications gained in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the independent regulator of nurses and midwives in the UK and is responsible for nurse registration. Information provided by the NMC on the total number of registered nurses and midwives at the end of each financial year since 2010, broken down by whether they trained in the UK or elsewhere is shown in the following table. However, it should be noted that those on the NMC register may not be practising or working in the NHS.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year ending 31 March</p></td><td><p>Total effective registrants</p></td><td><p>Qualified in the UK</p></td><td><p>Qualified Elsewhere</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>665,983</p></td><td><p>584,589 (88%)</p></td><td><p>81,394 (12%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>670,011</p></td><td><p>587,451 (88%)</p></td><td><p>82,560 (12%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>672,622</p></td><td><p>588,815 (88%)</p></td><td><p>83,807 (12%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>675,278</p></td><td><p>590,364 (87%)</p></td><td><p>84,914 (13%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>680,882</p></td><td><p>592,945 (87%)</p></td><td><p>87,937 (13%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>686,797</p></td><td><p>593,536 (86%)</p></td><td><p>93,261 (14%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> The Nursing and Midwifery Council</p><p> </p><p><em>Note: </em>The ‘elsewhere’ column includes those nurses and midwives trained in the European Economic Area excluding the UK and those trained outside of the EEA. <em> </em></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 18/06/2015 14:51:19 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

348812

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
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	Council Tax Reduction Schemes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the impact of changes to the council tax reduction scheme, in particular on (1) the extra amounts now payable by people hitherto receiving (a) full or (b) partial rebates, and (2) arrears of council tax.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>These are local schemes and it is for local authorities to consider the effect on specific groups of council tax payers.</p><p> </p><p>Council tax collection rates in England remain high at 97% in 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>This is a devolved matter in Scotland and Wales; council tax does not operate in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 18/06/2015 11:43:08 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

348813

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
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	Council Tax Reduction Schemes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of recipients of council tax support are in employment.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>This data is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL438 HL439 question first answered 18/06/2015 11:45:54 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

348814

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	State Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many state secondary schools there are in England; and how many of these have not had a student enter into Oxford or Cambridge University as an undergraduate over the past five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Davies of Stamford
uin	HL293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The number of state-funded secondary schools is available in the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ Statistical First Release published by Department for Education. Table 2a of the ‘National tables’ spreadsheet contains information for each year since 2003.</p><p>Detailed destinations information such as destinations to Oxford and Cambridge Universities is only compiled for students completing Key Stage 5 (A levels or other level 3 qualifications), and is published in the Department for Education “Destinations of Key stage 4 and key stage 5 pupils” experimental statistical first release. Figures are therefore only available for secondary schools where they have sixth forms. Data has only been published for four years up to the 2011/12 cohort and information for the previous five years cannot be provided. In the latest destinations data (published 27 January 2015), destinations for institutions are available in table IN1 of the ‘Key stage 5: institution level tables’ spreadsheet.</p><p>The table below summarises the published information. Data have only been published for four years up to the 2011/12 cohort so information for the previous five years cannot be provided.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Number of state-funded secondary schools at January 2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of state funded schools in 2012/13 Key Stage 5 destination cohort</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number with no student having sustained participation at Oxford or Cambridge University as an undergraduate, over the 4 cohorts of destinations data available</strong> [1]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>State-funded schools</strong></p></td><td><p>3,329</p></td><td><p>1,870</p></td><td><p>533</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] To be included in the destinations measure, young people have to show sustained participation in an education or employment destination in all of the first two terms of the year after they took an A level or other level 3 qualifications (October to March).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 18/06/2015 15:09:48 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	346 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Stamford

348815

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Tunnel: Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have, if any, to undertake, in conjunction with the government of France, an independent study into the safety of open lorry shuttle wagons operating through the Channel Tunnel.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government continues to work closely with our French counterparts through the Channel Tunnel Intergovernmental Commission to supervise and monitor the safety of the Channel Tunnel. The design of HGV Shuttles is only one aspect of the technical and operational measures that have been put in place and regularly reviewed to ensure the Channel Tunnel remains an acceptably safe operation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/06/2015 11:35:13 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

348816

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
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	Thames Water
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with Thames Water regarding (1) its payment to its offshore shareholders of £170 million in dividends, (2) its non-payment of United Kingdom tax, and (3) the pay increase given to its chief executive officer, in the light of the fact that the company is in receipt of a government guarantee to finance the Thames Tideway Tunnel.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has had no discussions with Thames Water in this regard.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The payment of dividends is a matter for Thames Water.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government cannot comment on the tax affairs of individual companies. Thames Water is resident for tax in the UK and is required by law to pay all taxes for which it is liable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Thames Water Chief Executive Officer’s pay is also a matter for the Thames Water Board and its shareholders.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is not providing a guarantee to Thames Water. The Thames Tideway Tunnel project is being delivered in the private sector and will be financed and delivered by a competitively tendered Infrastructure Provider that is an entirely separate entity to Thames Water. Details of the contingent Government Support Package for this entity were announced in a Written Ministerial Statement on 5 June 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 18/06/2015 15:47:34 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

348817

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Fracking
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government in respect of which areas (1) they have granted licences for exploratory drilling in relation to fracking, (2) applications have been made for such licences but have not yet been determined, and (3) applications have been made for planning permission relating to exploratory drilling for fracking.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences (PEDLs) are not specific to shale gas. They grant exclusive rights to extract hydrocarbons, including shale gas but also other forms, within a particular onshore area. A separate consent is required before any drilling or hydraulic fracturing (fracking) can take place. So far the Government has granted hydraulic fracking consent for shale to Cuadrilla’s Lancashire operations.</p><p>The Oil &amp; Gas Authority does not have any undetermined consent applications. Applications for new PEDLs under the 14<sup>th</sup> Onshore Licensing Round are being considered – 95 applications for 295 licence blocks have been made.</p><p>Planning permission is a matter for the local Mineral Planning Authority. However, the applications submitted by Cuadrilla in Lancashire and by Third Energy in North Yorkshire are in the public domain.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 16/06/2015 12:21:17 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves