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438504

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	care.data Advisory Group
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current membership of the care.data Advisory Group.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL4600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>The care.data Advisory Group met between March 2014 and October 2015 and has now been disbanded. The group was Chaired by Ciarán Devane, who at the time was a non-executive director of NHS England, and included representatives from the following organisations:</p><br /><p>- Academy of Medical Royal Colleges;</p><p>- Association of Medical Research Charities;</p><p>- Big Brother Watch;</p><p>- British Heart Foundation;</p><p>- British Medical Association;</p><p>- HealthWatch England;</p><p>- Hurley Group;</p><p>- Kings College London;</p><p>- Kings Fund;</p><p>- medConfidential;</p><p>- MIND;</p><p>- National Institute for Health Research;</p><p>- National Voices;</p><p>- Patients4Data;</p><p>- Royal College of General Practitioners;</p><p>- Royal College of Psychiatrists;</p><p>- Clinical Commissioning Groups;</p><p>- UCL Partners; and</p><p>- Wellcome Trust.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 21/12/2015 17:26:06 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

438501

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	UnitingCare Partnership
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the NHS Strategic Projects Team is to be held to account for the advice it gave to the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group, and to the NHS Commissioning Board, on the contract for older people's services in Cambridge and Peterborough.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL4597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>NHS England advises that it will be commissioning an investigation into the circumstances leading up to the termination of the contract between Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group and UnitingCare Partnership LLP to deliver urgent care for the over 65s and adult community services. This will include the role of the Strategic Projects Team. NHS England is also considering how similar contracts will be managed and assured in the future.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL4598 question first answered 21/12/2015 17:22:33 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

438502

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	UnitingCare Partnership
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to establish an independent external assessment of the reasons for the failure of the contract for older people's services in Cambridge and Peterborough; and what plans they have for a moratorium on further large-scale procurements until lessons from that contract have been learnt.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL4598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>NHS England advises that it will be commissioning an investigation into the circumstances leading up to the termination of the contract between Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group and UnitingCare Partnership LLP to deliver urgent care for the over 65s and adult community services. This will include the role of the Strategic Projects Team. NHS England is also considering how similar contracts will be managed and assured in the future.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL4597 question first answered 21/12/2015 17:22:33 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

438493

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	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	Syria: Politics and Government
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they were represented as observers or otherwise at the conference in al-Hassakeh on 8–9 December that formed the Council of Democratic Syria; and what assessment they have made of that conference's final statement.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL4589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>The UK was not an observer or participant at the Democratic Syria Conference for Opposition Forces. The UK does not have any diplomatic presence in Syria and staff are unable to travel to Syria due to significant security threats. This conference brought together Syrian Kurdish and Arab parties that reside in Northern Syria. They discussed the future of the country after four years of war and agreed on the creation of the Syrian Democratic Council, the political branch of the Syrian Democratic Forces. Their final statement says that the Syrian crisis must be solved through negotiation, the fight against terrorism and political change through a transition, followed by free and fair elections and a new constitution. The UK continues to work towards transition in Syria on the basis of the Geneva Communiqué.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 22/12/2015 14:32:48 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

438492

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Syria: International Assistance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure that women and civil society groups are included in proceedings at the Syria Donors' Conference in February 2016.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL4588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>On 16 November, the Prime Minister announced that the UK, Germany, Norway, Kuwait and the United Nations would co-host a conference on the Syria crisis in London on 4 February 2016. The Conference on “Supporting Syria and the Region” will address immediate and longer-term needs of those affected by the conflict. It will include a strong focus on the situation inside Syria, the very human impact on women, girls and youth and ways we can protect them from harm.</p><br /><p>On the day before the event we are supporting a large gathering of civil society, from which a cross-section, including representation of women and girls, will contribute to discussions in the conference.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 22/12/2015 14:12:34 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

438514

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what amount they plan to make available to local authorities to add to the Better Care Fund in each year from 2016–17 to 2019–20 inclusive, in the light of the commitment to make £1.5 billion available by 2019–20 set out in paragraph 2.124 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.
	tabling member printed	Lord Warner
	uin	HL4610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>The annual breakdown of the £1.5 billion that will be made available to local authorities by 2019-20 to add to the Better Care Fund, as announced by the Chancellor in the 2015 Spending Review, has not yet been finalised. More detailed figures will be announced in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 21/12/2015 17:42:37 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

438505

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	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 which hospitals (1) the Prime Minister, (2) the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and (3) the Secretary of State for Health, have visited in an official capacity over the last 12 months, and what was the date of each such visit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL4601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister regularly visits hospitals and health centres and meets with medical professionals. Details of all the United Kingdom official visits which have been made by the Prime Minister are published quarterly. His UK official visits between 1 January 2015 and 31 March 2015 are attached can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prime-minister-official-visits-july-2014-to-march-2015" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/prime-minister-official-visits-july-2014-to-march-2015</a></p><p>Details of all the official UK visits which have been made by Chancellor of the Exchequer are published quarterly. His official visits between 1 January 2015 and 31 March 2015 are attached and can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel-1-january-to-31-march-2015" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel-1-january-to-31-march-2015</a></p><p>The Secretary of State for Health has undertaken the following visits to hospitals in an official capacity since January 2015:</p><p>15 January 2015: Luton and Dunstable University Hospital</p><p>29 January 2015: Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>5 February 2015: Colchester Hospital</p><p>5 February 2015: Queen's Hospital, Barking, Havering and Redbridge</p><p>12 February 2015: Hereford County Hospital</p><p>27 February 2015: Buccleuch Lodge - University Hospitals of South Manchester Trust</p><p>6 March 2015: Princess Alexandra Hospital</p><p>6 March 2015: Lister Hospital</p><p>20 March 2015: Dover Hospital</p><p>12 June 2015: Papworth Hospital</p><p>26 June 2015: Tameside Hospital</p><p>17 July 2015: National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery- University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>23 July 2015: Royal Free Hospital</p><p>23 July 2015: Whipps Cross Hospital</p><p>30 July 2015: Royal London Hospital</p><p>9 September 2015: St Thomas Hospital</p><p>12 November 2015: Guy's and St Thomas Hospital</p><p>7 December 2015: Wrightington Hospital</p><p>9 December 2015: University College London Hospital</p><p>15 December 2015: Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Prime Minister UK official visits July 2014 to March 2015.xlsx title PM Visits 2 file name HMT Ministers' meetings, hospitality, gifts and overseas travel 1 January to 31 March 2015.pdf title HMT Minister's Visits question first answered 21/12/2015 17:33:31 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

438497

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Fluoride: Drinking Water
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their view on the merits of reducing the concentration of fluoride in water supplies subject to fluoridation schemes from 1.0 to around 0.7 part per million, in the light of the experience of countries such as Canada, the Republic of Ireland, Hong Kong and Singapore.
	tabling member printed	Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
	uin	HL4593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>Public Health England advise that there is no current evidence from monitoring data to support a variation of the target level for fluoride in drinking water.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 21/12/2015 17:25:48 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	3446 label Biography information for Earl Baldwin of Bewdley

438491

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Equal Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what actions they are taking to promote equal pay for women in the workplace.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hay of Ballyore
	uin	HL4587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>Unequal pay for equal work is unlawful, and it has been for over 40 years. We have made changes that require employment tribunals to order any employer who loses an equal pay case to carry out an equal pay audit.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/12/2015 15:38:37 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4352 label Biography information for Lord Hay of Ballyore

438487

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Employment: Learning Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to encourage the full-time employment of adults with special learning needs, and what assessment they have made of how successful those measures have been in 2015.
	tabling member printed	Lord Condon
	uin	HL4583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>Increasing disability employment is a key part of the government’s aim to achieve full employment. That is why this Government has an ambition to halve the disability employment gap by creating the opportunity for a million more disabled people to work.</p><br /><p>The Government has a variety of initiatives and programmes in place to support and encourage people with special learning needs to find and retain work. Performance statistics are published for a number of these.</p><br /><p>For example:</p><ul><li>Access to Work provides on-going personalised in-work support for disabled people who are in work or about to start work on a full or part-time basis. Access to Work has had a Hidden Impairments Specialist Advisory team since September. We are also considering whether the Mental Health Support Service model of support could benefit those with hidden impairments other than mental health conditions. Last year Access to Work supported record numbers of people with a Learning Disability or Dyslexia recorded as their Primary Health Condition (6,580 people supported – 520 more people than in 2013/14).</li></ul><br /><ul><li>The most recent Access to Work statistics are attached at Annex A.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>Work Choice is a specialist disability employment programme which provides tailored support for disabled people who face the most complex employment barriers to find and stay in work. DWP has improved the referral process for Work Choice to ensure that information about candidates’ hidden impairments is shared with Work Choice providers. In 2014/15, 5,670 people with a Mild or Moderate to Severe Learning Disability recorded as their Primary Disability were referred to Work Choice. Since 2010, 19,410 people with a Mild or Moderate to Severe Learning Disability recorded as their Primary Disability have started Work Choice, of whom 8,600 have started work – giving a job outcome rate of around 44% for this group.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>The most recent Work Choice statistics are attached at Annex B.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>The Government’s Disability Confident campaign works with employers at a national and local level to help them to understand the benefits of employing disabled people, and promote good practice in recruitment and employment of disabled people, including people with special learning needs.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>DWP also works in close partnership with the Hidden Impairment National Group (HING), a national network of disabled people, medical professionals/ academics and disability specific organisations. This collaboration has produced an ‘Uncovering Hidden Impairments’ toolkit, which supports organisations in both the private and public sectors to confidently recruit and retain talented individuals with hidden impairment conditions, such as special learning needs.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>Jobcentre Plus continues to offer a range of support, including a free helpline for claimants who have difficulty making claims for benefit online because of dyslexia or similar conditions. DWP is working in partnership with Autism Alliance UK to build an autism network across Jobcentre Plus by training nominated autism leads, including Work Coaches and DEAs.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>We have worked with Community Service Volunteers to introduce the Job-Shadowing Work Placement Initiative for young disabled people, including those with special learning needs. The first tranche had a 65% participation rate for young people having autistic spectrum conditions</li></ul> answering member printed Baroness Altmann attachment 1 file name Annex A HL 4583.pdf title Access to Work 2 file name Annex B HL 4583.pdf title Work Choice question first answered 22/12/2015 16:56:39 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	2171 label Biography information for Lord Condon