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718198

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date	06/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Antidepressants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many NHS prescriptions for anti-depressants were written in (1) 2010, and (2) 2015; and what was their estimated cost.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL6699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>Information from the Prescription Cost Analysis system regarding the number of antidepressant prescription items written in the United Kingdom and dispensed in the community in England, for the years 2010 and 2015 is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Total number and Net Ingredient Cost (NIC) of antidepressant prescription items written in the UK and dispensed in the community in England in 2010 and 2015 for British National Formulary Section 4.3 antidepressants.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Items</p></td><td><p>NIC (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>42,787,966</p></td><td><p>220,372,789</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>61,021,611</p></td><td><p>284,745,611</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Prescription Cost Analysis.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 20/04/2017 15:04:01 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

718199

registered interest
date	06/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Antidepressants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is NHS policy for general practitioners prescribing anti-depressants to patients whose depression relates to the effects of alcohol.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL6700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>There is no single National Health Service policy for the prescribing of antidepressants to those individuals whose depression is linked to the effects of alcohol. However, clinicians are expected to prescribe such medication in accordance with best practice and any available guidance.</p><p> </p><p>Under the terms of their contract with NHS England, general practitioners (GPs) are required to identify any patient, over the age of 16, who is drinking alcohol at increasing or higher risk levels by using either of two of the World Health Organization’s Alcohol Use Disorders Identification questionnaires.</p><p> </p><p>Where a patient is identified as such, GPs must also ensure the patient is assessed for anxiety and depression, is offered screening for anxiety and depression and where this is diagnosed, ensure the patient is provided with any treatment or support which may be required – including referral for specialist mental health treatment.</p><p> </p><p>It is a clinical decision of the individual GP to decide what treatment is most appropriate taking into account any relevant National Institute of Health and Care Excellence guidance and professional advice from the Royal Colleges.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 20/04/2017 15:03:49 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

718200

registered interest
date	06/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Antidepressants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many anti-depressants were prescribed to patients in 2015 who continued to consume alcohol; and at what cost.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL6701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 21/04/2017 11:46:15 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

718201

registered interest
date	06/04/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the annual budgets for (1) the Royal Navy, (2) the Royal Air Force, and (3) the Army, for each financial year from 2014–15 to 2019–20; and whether any of those budgets for the years to 2016–17 were underspent.
tabling member printed	Lord Burnett
uin	HL6702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2017 answer text <p>The Armed Services operate as fully integrated joint organisations in which elements from the Royal Navy, the Army, the Royal Air Force, and the Royal Marines all work closely together and share buildings, facilities, and sometimes equipment. A joined-up approach is vital to delivering the capability enhancements outlined in the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review. However, the consequent integrated budgetary structure means that it is not possible to state accurately what the Spending Review settlement means for individual services in a particular financial year (FY).</p><p> </p><p>As is standard practice, we do not comment on the operations of the Special Forces.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is split into six Top Level Budget areas including Navy Command, Army Command and Air Command. The following information shows the net Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) outturn (resource and capital) for the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force Top Level Budget areas in FYs 2014-15 and 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Net DEL outturn by Top Level Budget (reviewed as forecast against budget by the Defence Board during the year)</p></td><td><p>Restated 2014-15* (£000)</p></td><td><p>2015-16 (£000)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Navy</p></td><td><p>2,361,787</p></td><td><p>2,506,976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>6,402,314</p></td><td><p>6,553,188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Air Force</p></td><td><p>2,416,171</p></td><td><p>2,509,289</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>*During the last two years a new organisation, Information Systems and Services, has been formed (by combining internal MOD branches) to deliver information capabilities to the Department. The new organisation is part of Joint Force Command and comparator year figures have been restated to reflect the reorganisation which mainly impacted Defence Equipment and Support and Joint Forces Command.</p><p> </p><p>Annual budgets for each Top Level Budget area are determined depending on capability requirements and priorities. Forecasts of near cash expenditure against budgets are regularly reviewed and revised by the Defence Board in-year, when considering performance and resource allocation. It is not possible to accurately state the annual performance of individual Top Level Budget areas, or what their control totals will be in future years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL6703 question first answered 21/04/2017 13:28:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	238 label Biography information for Lord Burnett

718202

registered interest
date	06/04/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Marines: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the annual budgets of the Royal Marines for each financial year from 2014–15 to 2019–20; whether those budgets include a proportion of the UK Special Forces budget; and if so whether those payments are spent exclusively on Special Forces personnel, training and operations.
tabling member printed	Lord Burnett
uin	HL6703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2017 answer text <p>The Armed Services operate as fully integrated joint organisations in which elements from the Royal Navy, the Army, the Royal Air Force, and the Royal Marines all work closely together and share buildings, facilities, and sometimes equipment. A joined-up approach is vital to delivering the capability enhancements outlined in the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review. However, the consequent integrated budgetary structure means that it is not possible to state accurately what the Spending Review settlement means for individual services in a particular financial year (FY).</p><p> </p><p>As is standard practice, we do not comment on the operations of the Special Forces.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is split into six Top Level Budget areas including Navy Command, Army Command and Air Command. The following information shows the net Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) outturn (resource and capital) for the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force Top Level Budget areas in FYs 2014-15 and 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Net DEL outturn by Top Level Budget (reviewed as forecast against budget by the Defence Board during the year)</p></td><td><p>Restated 2014-15* (£000)</p></td><td><p>2015-16 (£000)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Navy</p></td><td><p>2,361,787</p></td><td><p>2,506,976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>6,402,314</p></td><td><p>6,553,188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Air Force</p></td><td><p>2,416,171</p></td><td><p>2,509,289</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>*During the last two years a new organisation, Information Systems and Services, has been formed (by combining internal MOD branches) to deliver information capabilities to the Department. The new organisation is part of Joint Force Command and comparator year figures have been restated to reflect the reorganisation which mainly impacted Defence Equipment and Support and Joint Forces Command.</p><p> </p><p>Annual budgets for each Top Level Budget area are determined depending on capability requirements and priorities. Forecasts of near cash expenditure against budgets are regularly reviewed and revised by the Defence Board in-year, when considering performance and resource allocation. It is not possible to accurately state the annual performance of individual Top Level Budget areas, or what their control totals will be in future years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL6702 question first answered 21/04/2017 13:28:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	238 label Biography information for Lord Burnett

718203

registered interest
date	06/04/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Marines
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the estimated savings in (1) manpower, and (2) cash, of the cuts proposed for the Royal Marines.
tabling member printed	Lord Burnett
uin	HL6704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The changes planned to the size and structure of the Royal Marines will allow approximately 200 positions to be re-allocated within the Naval Service. These changes are expected to be broadly cost neutral within the overall headcount of the Naval Service.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/04/2017 15:13:31 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	238 label Biography information for Lord Burnett

718204

registered interest
date	06/04/2017
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	Hotels: Planning Permission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have issued guidelines to those local authorities that are able to impose local occupancy conditions on grants of planning permission, relating to the application of local occupancy conditions in cases where private residences which previously had planning permission to operate as guest houses now wish to reapply for planning permission to become guest houses again.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL6705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework and guidance on use of planning conditions sets out clearly the circumstances and way in which the Government considers planning conditions should be used.</p><p>Local authorities are best placed to decide whether to impose particular types of conditions, such as local occupancy conditions, taking into account local housing needs and other relevant considerations. Use of such conditions should be regularly reviewed in the light of changing circumstances.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 24/04/2017 15:14:18 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

718205

registered interest
date	06/04/2017
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	Flood Re
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there are arrangements by which the Flood Re scheme may be disapplied to private residences which exceed a certain number of bedrooms.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL6706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>There are no arrangements for the Scheme to be disapplied to homes which exceed a certain number of bedrooms. <br></p><p>There are no restrictions on the number of bedrooms a private residential property can have in relation to its eligibility for Flood Re. Insurers decide whether or not to cede a policy to Flood Re based on their assessment of a residential property’s flood risk, any commercial considerations relevant to the insurer and the eligibility criteria for the Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>It remains important to obtain a number of quotes to get the best deal.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 24/04/2017 13:37:11 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

718206

registered interest
date	06/04/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Hotels: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to regulate the online hotel booking market, in particular in respect of the level of commission which may be charged.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL6707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Online travel agencies are an important component of the broader tourism sector. Whilst we will continue to monitor the online travel agency market, there are no plans to regulate the level of commission which is charged. The sector must already comply with relevant competition and consumer protection regulations.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 24/04/2017 13:36:35 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

718207

registered interest
date	06/04/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Criminal Injuries Compensation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much was paid in compensation to persons subject to (1) rape, and (2) other sexual offences, by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board in each of the last five years; how many claims were made in each of those years in relation to those offences; and, of those claims, how many were successful.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL6708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>The Criminal Injuries Compensation Schemes contain a tariff of injuries in which payments are ascribed to particular injuries or offences. The Schemes provide that, in respect of sexual offences, the applicant may be entitled either to an award under the tariff that reflects the nature of the sexual offence or an award for the mental injury caused by the offence, whichever leads to the highest award. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) administers the Schemes.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 27/04/2017 10:57:09 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours