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450937

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date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	North Korea: Human Rights
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 Prior of Brampton on 4 February (HL5344), when Genomic England expects to have reported back to patients from the pilot phase on (1) 100 patients, (2) 250 patients, (3) 500 patients, (4) 1000 patients, and (5) all patients.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL5963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The existing bilateral programme fund, run by our Embassy in Pyongyang, has contributed to a number of projects aimed at improving the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). These include helping to improve food and nutrition for people in rural areas and equipment for the physically disabled. In addition, our funding of English language projects and visits to the UK for government officials, exposes DPRK citizens to other values and cultures. We assess that many of our existing projects contain a human rights element, without strictly being defined as a human rights project. In the coming year we will continue to fund such projects where possible and will assess future human rights projects under the Magna Carta Fund for Human Rights and Democracy. The amount spent on projects categorised as containing a human rights element between 3 September 2013-8 October 2015 was £270,046.61.</p> answering member printed Earl of Courtown question first answered 22/02/2016 16:26:00 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

450938

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Financial Services: North Korea
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 Prior of Brampton on 4 February (HL5345), how many of the 20 patients with reports issued so far by the Genomic England cancer project had (1) a clinically actionable mutation for which the NHS will reimburse the costs of the treatment drug, and (2) a clinically actionable mutation for any trial currently open in the UK; and of those patients in both categories, how many had a clinically actionable mutation in open reading frames that would be covered by a simple next-generation sequencing panel test.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL5964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>In 2006 the United Nations imposed restrictions on a range of goods from entering or leaving North Korea and imposed a travel ban and asset freeze against those persons designated as persons who engage in or provide support for North Korea’s nuclear-related, other weapons of mass destruction related and ballistic missile-related programmes. These restrictions were implemented in the EU in 2007, and have subsequently been expanded by the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Under the current EU Regulation, UK financial institutions are able to establish banking relationships with North Korean banking institutions if there are no reasonable grounds to believe this will contribute to North Korea’s nuclear-related, other weapons of mass destruction related or ballistic missile-related programmes. In practice, there are almost no financial links between the UK and North Korea. North Korea is almost wholly dependent on China for international assistance.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 22/02/2016 17:04:25 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

450946

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what advice has been provided this session to ministers or senior officials in (1) HM Treasury, (2) the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, (3) the Department for Education, (4) the Department for Energy and Climate Change, (5) the Department for Health, and (6) the Department for Work and Pensions, about whether to use secondary legislation or primary legislation for significant legislation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL5972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>Details of the proposals for restricting in-work benefits for EU nationals will be subject to further negotiation and we cannot speculate on these.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 22/02/2016 16:58:21 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

451110

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Management Consultants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether the intention of NHS Improvement to commission management consultancies to work with turnaround trusts is consistent with their aim to limit the use of such consultancies by NHS organisations.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The guidance for use of management consultancies is set out as part of the spending approvals process. Monitor has published the following guidance for foundation trusts “Consultancy spending approval process: Initial guidance to NHS foundation trusts” with the Trust Development Authority (TDA) publishing similar for NHS trusts “Consultancy spending controls: Initial Guidance to NHS Trusts”. Copies of the guidance are attached.</p><p>The guidance is clear that expenditure on management consultancy must demonstrate that the skills and expertise of advisors cannot be delivered through use of existing resources. It is also a requirement that value for money must be demonstrated. This approach is the same for NHS providers, NHS Improvement or any NHS organisation. Therefore we are content NHS Improvement’s approach to managing turnaround programmes is consistent with this requirement.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement ensures that lessons learned from all financial turnaround programmes are taken into account when considering how to handle any financially challenged providers requiring turnaround actions in the future. This includes the use of the best available, most appropriate consultancies with the right blend of skills and experience required to deliver the turnaround programme.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Monitor consultancy guidance.pdf title Monitor guidance 2 file name TDA consultancy guidance.pdf title TDA guidance grouped question UIN HL5978 question first answered 22/02/2016 17:07:36 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

451111

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Management Consultants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they propose to cap the rates paid by NHS bodies to management consultancies, similar to their policy with regard to staff agencies.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>Cabinet Office have published guidance on the use of management consultants <em>Cabinet Office controls guidance: version 4.0 </em>which government departments and their arms length bodies are required to follow. A copy of the guidance is attached.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>National Health Service providers follow a similar consultancy spending approvals process as defined by Monitor and the Trust Development Authority (TDA). Monitor has published the following guidance for foundation trusts <em>Consultancy spending approval process: Initial guidance to NHS foundation trusts</em>, with TDA publishing similar for NHS trusts <em>Consultancy spending controls: Initial Guidance to NHS Trusts</em>. Copies of the guidance are attached. <br></p><p>At this time, these do not include any directive to set caps on rates paid to management consultancies.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Cabinet Office consultancy guidance.pdf title Cabinet Office guidance 2 file name Monitor consultancy guidance.pdf title Monitor guidance 3 file name TDA consultancy guidance.pdf title TDA guidance question first answered 22/02/2016 17:25:18 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

451112

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Management Consultants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether NHS Improvement, in commissioning management consultancies to work with turnaround trusts, will exclude those consultancies which were engaged in any failed initiatives from the previous round of consultancy-driven financial recovery initiatives.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The guidance for use of management consultancies is set out as part of the spending approvals process. Monitor has published the following guidance for foundation trusts “Consultancy spending approval process: Initial guidance to NHS foundation trusts” with the Trust Development Authority (TDA) publishing similar for NHS trusts “Consultancy spending controls: Initial Guidance to NHS Trusts”. Copies of the guidance are attached.</p><p>The guidance is clear that expenditure on management consultancy must demonstrate that the skills and expertise of advisors cannot be delivered through use of existing resources. It is also a requirement that value for money must be demonstrated. This approach is the same for NHS providers, NHS Improvement or any NHS organisation. Therefore we are content NHS Improvement’s approach to managing turnaround programmes is consistent with this requirement.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement ensures that lessons learned from all financial turnaround programmes are taken into account when considering how to handle any financially challenged providers requiring turnaround actions in the future. This includes the use of the best available, most appropriate consultancies with the right blend of skills and experience required to deliver the turnaround programme.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Monitor consultancy guidance.pdf title Monitor guidance 2 file name TDA consultancy guidance.pdf title TDA guidance grouped question UIN HL5976 question first answered 22/02/2016 17:07:36 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

451114

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	Personal Care Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why beauty clinics undertaking nail care are not required to use autoclaves to sterilise their equipment to prevent fungal infections.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 require businesses offering beauty treatments to ensure that any risks to their client’s health from exposure to hazardous substances including micro-organisms, are prevented or effectively controlled. The duty extends to preventing or controlling client’s exposure to the risk of contracting fungal infections. The regulations do not prescribe what specific control measures are necessary. These will be based on the type of treatment carried out and the risks of cross-infection.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where sterilisation is required, autoclaves are the most effective and efficient means to do so, and should be used especially for packaged items and items which have hollow parts or cavities. However alternative methods such as steam sterilisers and disinfectants can be used for simple items such as tweezers.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 22/02/2016 14:56:36 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

451115

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Low Income Scheme: Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many university students aged 19 to 25 use the NHS low-income scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>73,591 NHS low-income scheme applications were processed in 2015, for England, Scotland and Wales, where the claimant was a student aged between 19 and 25; determined by the age of the main claimant on the date the application was processed. The data may not include students aged 19 - 25 where their partner is the claimant. No distinction is made between a student attending further or higher education.</p><p> </p><p>It is possible that a claimant might submit more than one application annually. A breakdown of the numbers of these applications resulting in full Help with Help Cost support is not available.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 22/02/2016 16:59:15 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

451116

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Government Departments: Cheques
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord O’Neill of Gatley on 1 February (HL5090 and HL5091), whether they will now provide the direct link to that information, and why they did not provide that link in those answers.
tabling member printed	Lord Knight of Weymouth
uin	HL5982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The relevant information is available at “Box A5.6D : money transmission services ranked in order of choice” in the Treasury guidance on “Managing Public Money”.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 22/02/2016 17:50:34 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4160 label Biography information for Lord Knight of Weymouth

451120

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consultations took place with the government of New Zealand prior to their decision to introduce new charges for New Zealand citizens for health and dental treatment in the UK from 6 April.
tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
uin	HL5986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>On 6 April 2015 the United Kingdom introduced an immigration health surcharge for non-European Economic Area nationals who come to the UK to temporarily reside for a period of over six months. At the time New Zealand nationals were granted a temporary exemption and we entered into a series of discussions with the New Zealand Government on the introduction of the surcharge for its nationals. The Secretary of State for Health wrote to the New Zealand High Commissioner confirming introduction of the surcharge on 17 December 2015. Introduction of the surcharge for New Zealand nationals was publicly announced by the Home Office on 4 February 2016 and subject to Parliamentary approval, it will come into effect from 6 April 2016.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 22/02/2016 17:05:12 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin