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872614

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date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Official Hospitality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much money his Department has spent on hospitality in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	134428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible to fully separate the individual costs of hospitality from wider events management costs and venue hire fees. Department policy states that expenditure should be kept as low as possible, compatible with the occasion.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/04/2018 15:39:15 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

872640

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Parliamentary Estate: WiFi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what plans the Commission has to improve the (a) availability and (b) speed of Wi-Fi provision on the Parliamentary estate; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	134454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2018 answer text <p>The Digital Service is delivering a major investment programme for Parliament’s network; this is addressing issues around speed, resilience and most importantly security when accessing internet based services. As part of this programme, improvements to Wi-Fi availability are being rolled out across the estate by installing additional Wi-Fi access points. Members' areas have been prioritised, with some already completed and the rest (mainly Portcullis House and Palace of Westminster) will be completed by the end of June 2018.</p><p>Further targeted improvements across the estate, forming part of the infrastructure transformation programme, are being scoped including Wi-Fi optimisation and efficiencies. These improvements are scheduled to conclude by February 2019.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 10/04/2018 16:27:23 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

872996

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	HIV Infection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was spent on specialist HIV treatment and care in England in (1) 2014–15, (2) 2015–16, and (3) 2016–17.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL6679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2018 answer text <p>Data provided by NHS England on spend on specialist HIV treatment and care in England is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£539.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£552.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£634.6 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 10/04/2018 12:51:23 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

873000

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dental Health: Older People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) standards of oral health for people aged 65 and over, and (2) whether standards of oral health have improved or deteriorated over the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Colwyn
uin	HL6683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2018 answer text <p>The 2009 Adult Dental Health Survey contains information about the oral health of adults aged 65 and over including the proportion retaining one or more natural teeth, prevalence of tooth decay and the proportions reporting current dental pain. There has not been a subsequent national survey of this age group since then to assess whether oral health has improved or deteriorated. A copy of the <em>Executive Summary: Adult Dental Health Survey 2009</em> is attached.</p><p>There has been no national assessment of the prevalence of oral health problems amongst care home residents.</p><p>In 2016, Public Health England (PHE) reported on oral health in older people in England and Wales using data from existing surveys.</p><p>The report found that older adults living in care homes were more likely to have no natural teeth and less likely to have a functional dentition; older adults living in care homes were more likely to have higher levels of tooth decay; care home managers experienced greater difficulty in accessing dental care for residents than household resident older adults did and; residents resisting oral care routines was the second most common oral health issue raised by care home managers. A copy of the report <em>What is Known About the Oral Health of Older People in England and Wales: A review of oral health surveys of older people</em> is attached.</p><p>In 2017, PHE reported on a nationally coordinated survey of the oral health of adults using domiciliary services in England undertaken between 2009-10 and 2010-11. Results showed that adult users of domiciliary care had fewer teeth present than their peers as reported in the 2009 Adult Dental Health Survey. A copy of the report <em>Dental health among adults in contact with domiciliary care dental care services in England</em> is attached.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015/16, as part of the PHE National Dental Epidemiology Programme, a pilot dental survey was undertaken nationally of older people who have a mild level of dependency. The results are due to be published in summer 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name adul-dent-heal-surv-summ-them-exec-2009-rep2.pdf title Adult Dental Health Survey Exec Summary 2 file name What_is_known_about_the_oral_health_of_older_people.pdfa.pdf title What is Known about the Oral Health of Older 3 file name Adultusersofdomiciliarycaredentalsummary.pdf title Dental health among adults domiciliary care grouped question UIN HL6684 question first answered 09/04/2018 14:53:12 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3394 label Biography information for Lord Colwyn

873001

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dental Health: Care Homes
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 prevalence of oral health problems amongst care home residents.
tabling member printed	Lord Colwyn
uin	HL6684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2018 answer text <p>The 2009 Adult Dental Health Survey contains information about the oral health of adults aged 65 and over including the proportion retaining one or more natural teeth, prevalence of tooth decay and the proportions reporting current dental pain. There has not been a subsequent national survey of this age group since then to assess whether oral health has improved or deteriorated. A copy of the <em>Executive Summary: Adult Dental Health Survey 2009</em> is attached.</p><p>There has been no national assessment of the prevalence of oral health problems amongst care home residents.</p><p>In 2016, Public Health England (PHE) reported on oral health in older people in England and Wales using data from existing surveys.</p><p>The report found that older adults living in care homes were more likely to have no natural teeth and less likely to have a functional dentition; older adults living in care homes were more likely to have higher levels of tooth decay; care home managers experienced greater difficulty in accessing dental care for residents than household resident older adults did and; residents resisting oral care routines was the second most common oral health issue raised by care home managers. A copy of the report <em>What is Known About the Oral Health of Older People in England and Wales: A review of oral health surveys of older people</em> is attached.</p><p>In 2017, PHE reported on a nationally coordinated survey of the oral health of adults using domiciliary services in England undertaken between 2009-10 and 2010-11. Results showed that adult users of domiciliary care had fewer teeth present than their peers as reported in the 2009 Adult Dental Health Survey. A copy of the report <em>Dental health among adults in contact with domiciliary care dental care services in England</em> is attached.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015/16, as part of the PHE National Dental Epidemiology Programme, a pilot dental survey was undertaken nationally of older people who have a mild level of dependency. The results are due to be published in summer 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name adul-dent-heal-surv-summ-them-exec-2009-rep2.pdf title Adult Dental Health Survey Exec Summary 2 file name What_is_known_about_the_oral_health_of_older_people.pdfa.pdf title What is Known about the Oral Health of Older 3 file name Adultusersofdomiciliarycaredentalsummary.pdf title Dental health among adults domiciliary care grouped question UIN HL6683 question first answered 09/04/2018 14:53:12 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3394 label Biography information for Lord Colwyn

873002

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dental Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the next Adult Dental Health Survey will be published.
tabling member printed	Lord Colwyn
uin	HL6685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2018 answer text <p>No decisions have been taken yet on the timing of the next Adult Dental Health Survey.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 09/04/2018 14:53:22 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3394 label Biography information for Lord Colwyn

873010

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK-France Migration Committee
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the UK–France Migration Committee has met since the Sandhurst Treaty was agreed; and if so, what (1) decisions it has taken, and (2) action it has approved.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK-France Migration Committee most recently met on 27 March 2018. The Committee routinely discusses ongoing co-operation on migration and border security, including how agreed funding should be spent. This meeting followed a similar pattern with a particular focus on implementing elements of the Sandhurst Treaty such as improvements to port security and infrastructure, and measures to reduce the impact of migration on Northern French ports.</p><p> </p><p>The UK and France have a long-standing relationship on co-operating on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, including transfers of eligible children under the Dublin Regulation and section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016. A constructive official-level meeting relating specifically to the asylum elements of the Sandhurst Treaty took place on 9 February. Cooperation continues on all elements of the Treaty, and the UK has appointed a Liaison Officer to France who will deploy in the coming weeks to support this work.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will transfer 480 unaccompanied children from Europe to the UK under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016. Over 220 children are already here and transfers are ongoing. We will not provide a running commentary on numbers. On 22 February 2018, the Home Office published data on the number of transfers into the UK from other Dublin states. The relevant statistics can be found at as_22_q, asylum volume 5 at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017-data-tables</a>. 2018 Dublin data will be published in February 2019.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL6693 HL6694 HL6695 question first answered 11/04/2018 15:28:58 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name asylum5-oct-dec-2017-tables.xlsx title asylum5-oct-dec-2017-tables
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

873011

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: France
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether one or more British liaison officers have been appointed under Article 5 of the Sandhurst Treaty; if so, how those officers can be contacted; and whether a meeting of experts has been summoned for the application of Articles 2, 3 and 4 of that Treaty.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK-France Migration Committee most recently met on 27 March 2018. The Committee routinely discusses ongoing co-operation on migration and border security, including how agreed funding should be spent. This meeting followed a similar pattern with a particular focus on implementing elements of the Sandhurst Treaty such as improvements to port security and infrastructure, and measures to reduce the impact of migration on Northern French ports.</p><p> </p><p>The UK and France have a long-standing relationship on co-operating on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, including transfers of eligible children under the Dublin Regulation and section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016. A constructive official-level meeting relating specifically to the asylum elements of the Sandhurst Treaty took place on 9 February. Cooperation continues on all elements of the Treaty, and the UK has appointed a Liaison Officer to France who will deploy in the coming weeks to support this work.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will transfer 480 unaccompanied children from Europe to the UK under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016. Over 220 children are already here and transfers are ongoing. We will not provide a running commentary on numbers. On 22 February 2018, the Home Office published data on the number of transfers into the UK from other Dublin states. The relevant statistics can be found at as_22_q, asylum volume 5 at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017-data-tables</a>. 2018 Dublin data will be published in February 2019.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL6692 HL6694 HL6695 question first answered 11/04/2018 15:28:58 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name asylum5-oct-dec-2017-tables.xlsx title asylum5-oct-dec-2017-tables
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

873012

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: France
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Franco-British cooperation has improved since 1 February, in particular (1) concerning the implementation of the Dublin III Regulation, and (2) in cases of unaccompanied children seeking protection and asylum.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK-France Migration Committee most recently met on 27 March 2018. The Committee routinely discusses ongoing co-operation on migration and border security, including how agreed funding should be spent. This meeting followed a similar pattern with a particular focus on implementing elements of the Sandhurst Treaty such as improvements to port security and infrastructure, and measures to reduce the impact of migration on Northern French ports.</p><p> </p><p>The UK and France have a long-standing relationship on co-operating on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, including transfers of eligible children under the Dublin Regulation and section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016. A constructive official-level meeting relating specifically to the asylum elements of the Sandhurst Treaty took place on 9 February. Cooperation continues on all elements of the Treaty, and the UK has appointed a Liaison Officer to France who will deploy in the coming weeks to support this work.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will transfer 480 unaccompanied children from Europe to the UK under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016. Over 220 children are already here and transfers are ongoing. We will not provide a running commentary on numbers. On 22 February 2018, the Home Office published data on the number of transfers into the UK from other Dublin states. The relevant statistics can be found at as_22_q, asylum volume 5 at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017-data-tables</a>. 2018 Dublin data will be published in February 2019.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL6692 HL6693 HL6695 question first answered 11/04/2018 15:28:58 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name asylum5-oct-dec-2017-tables.xlsx title asylum5-oct-dec-2017-tables
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

873013

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: France
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied refugee children have been transferred to the UK under Articles 2 and 3 of the Sandhurst Treaty, since 1 February.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK-France Migration Committee most recently met on 27 March 2018. The Committee routinely discusses ongoing co-operation on migration and border security, including how agreed funding should be spent. This meeting followed a similar pattern with a particular focus on implementing elements of the Sandhurst Treaty such as improvements to port security and infrastructure, and measures to reduce the impact of migration on Northern French ports.</p><p> </p><p>The UK and France have a long-standing relationship on co-operating on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, including transfers of eligible children under the Dublin Regulation and section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016. A constructive official-level meeting relating specifically to the asylum elements of the Sandhurst Treaty took place on 9 February. Cooperation continues on all elements of the Treaty, and the UK has appointed a Liaison Officer to France who will deploy in the coming weeks to support this work.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will transfer 480 unaccompanied children from Europe to the UK under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016. Over 220 children are already here and transfers are ongoing. We will not provide a running commentary on numbers. On 22 February 2018, the Home Office published data on the number of transfers into the UK from other Dublin states. The relevant statistics can be found at as_22_q, asylum volume 5 at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017-data-tables</a>. 2018 Dublin data will be published in February 2019.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL6692 HL6693 HL6694 question first answered 11/04/2018 15:28:59 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name asylum5-oct-dec-2017-tables.xlsx title asylum5-oct-dec-2017-tables
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton