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350112

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date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Patients
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many patients with serious mental illnesses absconded from care in (1) 2009–10, (2) 2010–11, (3) 2011–12, (4) 2012–13, and (5) 2013–14.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested. Mental health providers have been required to notify the Care Quality Commission (CQC) of patients who have been absent without leave. The following table shows the number of notifications of patients absent without leave since 2010-11 and 2012-13, latest data available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notifications of absence without leave from 2010-11 to 2012-13</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Notifications</p></td><td><p>4183</p></td><td><p>4896</p></td><td><p>3923</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Care Quality Commission</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 1 April 2010, providers have been required to notify the CQC of any inpatients who are absent without leave, which is defined by certain parameters. For the first three years of this data collection, providers were required to notify the CQC of all patients absent without leave whose absence records were still open at midnight on the day the absence began. Incidences of absences at any time from high security hospitals, and the return of persons from unauthorised absences had to be recorded also.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Between 2010-11 to 2012-13, all mental health providers were required to notify the CQC of patients who were absent without leave.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 1 April 2013, only mental health providers with a designated level of security of high, medium or low are required to notify the CQC of patients who are absent without leave. In 2013-14 there were 909 notifications of absence without leave from services designated as low, medium or high security.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There has been no assessment of the risk to the public of patients absent without leave. Instances of mental health patients absent without leave causing harm to the public are rare. We would expect mental health providers to work with their commissioners, other partners and the authorities if a patient reported as absent without leave poses a significant risk to the public.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There has been no assessment of the impact of availability of mental health beds on the numbers of patients reported as absent without leave. Commissioners and mental health providers work together to ensure the availability of inpatient beds for people who require them based on need.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL427 HL428 question first answered 23/06/2015 15:03:12 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

350113

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Patients
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 risk to the public from the increase in the number of seriously mentally ill patients who have absconded from care since 2009–10.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested. Mental health providers have been required to notify the Care Quality Commission (CQC) of patients who have been absent without leave. The following table shows the number of notifications of patients absent without leave since 2010-11 and 2012-13, latest data available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notifications of absence without leave from 2010-11 to 2012-13</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Notifications</p></td><td><p>4183</p></td><td><p>4896</p></td><td><p>3923</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Care Quality Commission</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 1 April 2010, providers have been required to notify the CQC of any inpatients who are absent without leave, which is defined by certain parameters. For the first three years of this data collection, providers were required to notify the CQC of all patients absent without leave whose absence records were still open at midnight on the day the absence began. Incidences of absences at any time from high security hospitals, and the return of persons from unauthorised absences had to be recorded also.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Between 2010-11 to 2012-13, all mental health providers were required to notify the CQC of patients who were absent without leave.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 1 April 2013, only mental health providers with a designated level of security of high, medium or low are required to notify the CQC of patients who are absent without leave. In 2013-14 there were 909 notifications of absence without leave from services designated as low, medium or high security.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There has been no assessment of the risk to the public of patients absent without leave. Instances of mental health patients absent without leave causing harm to the public are rare. We would expect mental health providers to work with their commissioners, other partners and the authorities if a patient reported as absent without leave poses a significant risk to the public.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There has been no assessment of the impact of availability of mental health beds on the numbers of patients reported as absent without leave. Commissioners and mental health providers work together to ensure the availability of inpatient beds for people who require them based on need.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL426 HL428 question first answered 23/06/2015 15:03:12 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

350114

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Patients
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 the cut in mental health in-patient beds on the number of patients with serious mental illnesses who have absconded from care.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested. Mental health providers have been required to notify the Care Quality Commission (CQC) of patients who have been absent without leave. The following table shows the number of notifications of patients absent without leave since 2010-11 and 2012-13, latest data available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notifications of absence without leave from 2010-11 to 2012-13</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Notifications</p></td><td><p>4183</p></td><td><p>4896</p></td><td><p>3923</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Care Quality Commission</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 1 April 2010, providers have been required to notify the CQC of any inpatients who are absent without leave, which is defined by certain parameters. For the first three years of this data collection, providers were required to notify the CQC of all patients absent without leave whose absence records were still open at midnight on the day the absence began. Incidences of absences at any time from high security hospitals, and the return of persons from unauthorised absences had to be recorded also.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Between 2010-11 to 2012-13, all mental health providers were required to notify the CQC of patients who were absent without leave.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 1 April 2013, only mental health providers with a designated level of security of high, medium or low are required to notify the CQC of patients who are absent without leave. In 2013-14 there were 909 notifications of absence without leave from services designated as low, medium or high security.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There has been no assessment of the risk to the public of patients absent without leave. Instances of mental health patients absent without leave causing harm to the public are rare. We would expect mental health providers to work with their commissioners, other partners and the authorities if a patient reported as absent without leave poses a significant risk to the public.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There has been no assessment of the impact of availability of mental health beds on the numbers of patients reported as absent without leave. Commissioners and mental health providers work together to ensure the availability of inpatient beds for people who require them based on need.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL426 HL427 question first answered 23/06/2015 15:03:12 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

350116

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Agency Nurses: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many agency nurses worked in London teaching hospitals in (1) 2011–12, (2) 2012–13, and (3) 2013–14; and how many are working or have worked in the National Health Service in the current financial year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of agency nurses that work or have worked in London teaching hospitals.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 23/06/2015 15:43:37 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

350117

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Agency Nurses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many agency nurses worked across the National Health Service in (1) 2011–12, (2) 2012–13, and (3) 2013–14; and how many are working or have worked in the National Health Service in the current financial year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of agency nurses that work or have worked across the National Health Service.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 23/06/2015 15:45:38 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

350118

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Foundation Trusts: Private Finance Initiative
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many NHS foundation trusts have major Private Finance Initiative contracts; and how many of those hospitals are in debt.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>37 of the 153 National Health Service foundation trusts have a completed major (over £10 million capital cost) Private Finance Initiative scheme. Of these 37, 20 will end 2014-15 with a financial deficit.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 23/06/2015 15:46:00 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

350122

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Reserve
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average age of an Army Reserve Officer.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>As at 1 April 2015, the average age of Army Reserve Officers was 26 years (untrained) and 44 years (trained), providing an overall average of 43 years.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 23/06/2015 16:32:17 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

350126

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the estimated increase in council tax arrears following changes to council tax benefit.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for assessing the impact of their local council tax support schemes, including on arrears, and ensuring that this is taken into account when schemes are reviewed.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/06/2015 11:17:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

350129

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Calais
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they have taken in recent weeks, and what action they intend to take, to respond to the number of displaced people in Calais.
tabling member printed	Lord Condon
uin	HL443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The large number of displaced people in Calais is, in part, a consequence of the Schengen Area, in which the UK does not participate. The maintenance of law and order on French soil is, of course, a matter for French Government, but it is in the UK's interest to work with them to bolster security at the port.</p><p>The Home Secretary and French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve set out a number of commitments in a joint declaration on 20 September 2014 to tackle problems at the port of Calais. This included £12m from the UK Government to help reinforce security.</p><p>We continue to work with the French Government to implement the practical solutions that have been agreed. We are also working to address the wider problem of illegal migration, for example by increasing joint intelligence work with the French to target the organised crime gangs behind people smuggling.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/06/2015 15:47:34 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2171 label Biography information for Lord Condon