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518708

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date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	St Helena: Hotels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Institute for Apprenticeships will take over any of the functions carried out by Ofsted, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education or Ofqual, such as the inspection of apprenticeship provision or the regulation of qualifications, and if so, which.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL2
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>The role of the Institute for Apprenticeships will be to ensure the quality of apprenticeship standards.</p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeships will only attract funding from government or the levy if they are against an approved standard or framework. Each standard will contain a plan for how the apprenticeship will be assessed. Although this will be approved by the Institute, the Institute will not assess the apprenticeship training itself: the register of training providers is owned by the Skills Funding Agency and Ofsted will continue to inspect providers.</p><p>The Institute will, however, need to ensure there is consistency between the levels of assessment being applied, as part of its role in approving standards and assessment plans.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL3 question first answered 01/06/2016 11:50:20 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

518709

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Absent Voting: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what role the new Institute for Apprenticeships will have in regulating the quality of apprenticeships, and what powers it will have to undertake that role.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL3
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>The role of the Institute for Apprenticeships will be to ensure the quality of apprenticeship standards.</p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeships will only attract funding from government or the levy if they are against an approved standard or framework. Each standard will contain a plan for how the apprenticeship will be assessed. Although this will be approved by the Institute, the Institute will not assess the apprenticeship training itself: the register of training providers is owned by the Skills Funding Agency and Ofsted will continue to inspect providers.</p><p>The Institute will, however, need to ensure there is consistency between the levels of assessment being applied, as part of its role in approving standards and assessment plans.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL2 question first answered 01/06/2016 11:50:21 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

518710

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Arab States: Travel Information
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 role of fast broadband and mobile phones in sending diagnostic information between patients in their own homes and medical practitioners.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government supports the wider use of information technologies in health and social care and the creation of a paperless National Health Service by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Investments in health technology were announced in the autumn statement and will help patients and staff access the services they need and facilitate use of online services and apps including those that enable communication between patients and their medical and other health and social care practitioners.</p><p> </p><p>The Government welcomes the recommendations to increase take-up of internet enabled services that were made by Martha Lane Fox in December 2015. These recommendations will inform the delivery of the National Implementation Board’s contribution to the implementation of the NHS strategic plan for England outlined in the NHS Five Year Forward View.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 25/05/2016 13:50:43 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

518711

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Borders: Calais
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to make morbidly obese persons whose obesity is caused by over-eating and lack of exercise pay some or all of the cost of NHS treatment received for that condition.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL5
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>There are no plans to make persons whose obesity is caused by over-eating and lack of exercise pay any of the cost of National Health Service treatment received for that condition.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Constitution states in its second principle “Access to NHS services is based on clinical need, not an individual’s ability to pay. NHS services are free of charge, except in limited circumstances sanctioned by Parliament.” A copy of the NHS Constitution is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 26/05/2016 16:38:11 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name NHS_Constitution_July2015.pdf title NHS Constitution
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

518712

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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	Sleeping Rough
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what information they have collected on the number of racoon dogs in the UK; whether they have any plans to ban the ownership of racoon dogs outside licensed zoos; and what action they plan to take to exterminate any in the wild.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL6
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>No data is collected on the number of raccoon dogs in the UK.</p><p>There are currently no plans to ban the ownership of this species inside or outside licensed zoos.</p><p>It is currently an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to release a raccoon dog, or allow one to escape, into the wild. If an animal were to escape it would first be the responsibility of the owner to recapture the animal. If, however, there was a threat that the species were to become established in the wild, action would be undertaken to capture and remove the animals in accordance with a draft rapid response protocol currently being prepared as part of the GB non-native species strategy.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 26/05/2016 14:58:29 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

518713

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Sleeping Rough: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the remarks by the Prime Minister on 9 May regarding the “risk” to “peace and stability on our continent” should the UK vote to leave the EU, what contingency plans they are preparing for deploying Army Reserves.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL7
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>In his speech on 9 May, the Prime Minister was clear that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off by remaining a member of the EU. If the UK were to leave the EU, the withdrawal negotiation would need to address a wide range of difficult issues, including co-operation on foreign policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 02/06/2016 14:29:01 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

518714

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	London-Exeter Railway Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what warnings and advice they intend to give to the public about the incidence of treatment-resistant head lice in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL8
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>There are no plans to issue any specific warnings or advice around the incidence of treatment-resistant head lice. Guidance for the treatment of head lice is to wet comb using a head lice comb, as opposed to using insecticides.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 26/05/2016 16:33:22 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

518715

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	London-Exeter Railway Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what warnings and advice they intend to give to the public, in the light of research on the severity of community-onset boils and abscesses in the UK, published in <i>Epidemiology and Infection </i>in December 2014 by Laura Shallcross et al.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL9
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) is not planning to launch any new guidance or introduce warnings in light of the study referred to in the question and any public advice now falls within the remit of NHS Choices.</p><p> </p><p>PHE published national guidance for the diagnosis, treatment and management of PVL-positive strains of S Aureus (PVL-SA) infections, an element of this includes the management of skin boils and abscesses caused by PVL-SA. PVL-SA are strains of a bacterium called <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> that can produce a particular toxin (Panton-Valentine Luekocidin or PVL). Such strains are strongly associated with skin boils and abscesses which can be aggressive and recurrent in nature. A copy of the <em>Guidance on the diagnosis and management of PVL-associated Staphylococcus aureus infections (PVL-SA) in England</em> is attached.</p><p> </p><p>PHE produced two leaflets called <em>Patient Information Sheet</em> – <em>Staphylococcus aureus </em>and<em> Boils and Skin Infections: Information for the Public</em> advising individuals on boils and abscesses caused by PVL-SA in response to particular “at risk” local environments and scenarios including schools, sporting groups and military recruits. The main advice in these leaflets is information as to where PVL-SA bacteria can be found, the infections it can cause and practical advice on how patients can minimise the risk of transferring the bacteria to others and experiencing repeated infections. Copies of both leaflets are attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Guidance on the diagnosis and management of PVL associated SA infections....pdf title Guidance on Diagnosis 2 file name Boils and skin Infection Leaflet.pdf title Boils and skin infection leaflet 3 file name 6 PVL info - patient leaflet - 080710.pdf title PVL Patient Leaflet question first answered 26/05/2016 16:28:30 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

518717

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that women in safe houses and refuges who need to keep their address anonymous are not prevented from voting.
tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
uin	HL11
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2016 answer text <p>Electors who need to keep their name and address anonymous are able to submit an application for anonymous registration. As part of their application, electors must satisfy the Electoral Registration Officer that their safety, or that of people they live with, would be at risk if the register contained their name and address. For this purpose electors must provide either a court order or an attestation by a “qualifying officer”, which includes senior police officers and chief social workers. The evidential threshold for applications for anonymous electoral registration is to ensure that it is available only to those whose personal safety would genuinely be at risk if their details appeared on the electoral register, rather than for the purpose of gaining additional privacy.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 31/05/2016 13:37:54 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

518718

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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	Migrant Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the relationship between the inability to pay high rents and the risk of homelessness, what they are doing to ensure access to social housing.
tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
uin	HL12
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The statutory requirement to consider ‘reasonable preference’ prioritises social housing for those who need it the most. The provisions in the Housing and Planning Act that ensure new tenancies are regularly reviewed will enable councils to get the best use out of their social housing.</p><p>To enable local authorities to help claimants affected by changes to Housing Benefit who need extra support, we have also increased the level of funding for Discretionary Housing Payment to £870 million in total across this Parliament – a notional 55 per cent increase compared to the previous Parliament.</p><p>Whilst households who face homelessness need suitable, settled accommodation it does not always need to be social housing. That is why we changed the law to allow authorities to make offers of good quality private rented sector accommodation. Since 2010 our homelessness prevention funding has helped local authorities and homelessness charities prevent almost a million households from becoming homeless. We want this work to continue and that is why we have maintained and protected homelessness prevention funding though the local government finance settlement totalling £315 million by 2019/20.</p><p>The government is also committed to delivering affordable housing. Twice as much council housing has been built since 2010 than in the previous 13 years. The Spending Review in 2016 allocated £8 billion to deliver 400,000 affordable homes this parliament.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/06/2016 16:03:15 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington