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1109560

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date	03/04/2019
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	Human-animal Hybrid Embryos
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the medical conditions for which interspecies nuclear transfer has provided the first effective treatments; and how many human-admixed embryos have been produced in each year since the passage of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL15029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>There are no medical conditions for which interspecies nuclear transfer has provided effective treatments.</p><p> </p><p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (HFEA) has advised that, in 2008, 155 admixed embryos were produced in a HFEA licensed research project. No admixed embryos have been produced in HFEA licensed research projects in any other year to date.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 10/04/2019 14:33:45 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1109561

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Brunei
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy regarding the deportation of LGBT asylum seekers to Brunei.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL15030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>We have not formed a general position on asylum seekers from Brunei because we had, as at the end of 2018, received no claims since at least 2001.</p><p><br>However, all asylum and human rights claims are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations.</p><p><br>Each individual assessment is made against the background of the latest available country of origin information and any relevant caselaw. Asylum decision makers also have access to an information request service for specific enquiries to deal with particular issues raised in individual claims.</p><p><br>Guidance on how we consider claims based on sexual orientation more generally is available on the Gov.UK website.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 10/04/2019 12:43:41 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1109562

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
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	Diabetes: Health Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people (1) were offered, (2) attended, and (3) completed, structured diabetes education courses over 12 months after being diagnosed with (a) Type 1, and (a) Type 2, diabetes; and what steps they are taking to increase referrals in groups other than those newly diagnosed with diabetes.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL15031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The National Diabetes Audit (NDA) reports on the number of people who are offered and attended structured education programmes within 12 months of diabetes diagnosis. Data on the completion of structured education is not available within the NDA.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people who were offered and attended structured education within 12 months of being diagnosed with diabetes in 2016, by diabetes type in England can be found in the following table.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Diabetes type</p></td><td><p>Newly diagnosed with diabetes in 2016</p></td><td><p>Offered structured education within 12 months of diagnosis</p></td><td><p>Attended structured education within 12 months of diagnosis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type 1</p></td><td><p>8,975</p></td><td><p>3,460</p></td><td><p>405</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type 2 and other</p></td><td><p>207,630</p></td><td><p>155,980</p></td><td><p>18,045</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><ol><li>Diabetes type is reported as ‘Type 1’ and ‘Type 2 and other’ within the NDA.</li><ol><li>‘Type 1’ includes where a person is recorded as having type 1 diabetes in the NDA.</li><li>‘Type 2 and other’ includes where a person is recorded as having type 2 diabetes, Maturity-onset Diabetes of the Young, other or non-specified diabetes in the NDA.</li></ol><li>Based on people who appear in the 2017-18 NDA who have a primary care record and a diabetes diagnosis in the calendar year 2016.</li></ol><p> </p><p>NHS England are working to reduce inequalities and widen routes of access to structured education by offering digital self-management support programmes which can offer a more flexible option, particularly for those of working age. These include:</p><p> </p><p>- Access to Healthy Living for People with type 2 Diabetes (HeLP Diabetes) which is an evidenced online self-management tool for those with type 2 diabetes. This will be centrally funded, by NHS England and made available nationally, with implementation starting later this year. The intention is for HeLP Diabetes to be offered to both the newly-diagnosed and prevalent populations, supporting those living with type 2 diabetes at the point of diagnosis and on an ongoing basis;</p><p> </p><p>- NHS England has made £2 million available through the NHS Test Bed Programme to implement and evaluate digital delivery models for self-management education for people living with type 2 diabetes; and</p><p> </p><p>- Clinical commissioning groups who are in receipt of transformation funding have been supported by NHS England to increase uptake of structured education by use of funding to commission digital services where it has been agreed that this would best meet the needs of the local population.</p><p> </p><p>Further to the commitments in the NHS Long Term Plan, the National Implementation Framework, is to be published in the spring, which will provide further information on how the NHS Long Term Plan will be implemented. This will set out further detail on how the National Health Service will further expand provision of structured education and the pace at which local systems will widen provision and routes of access.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL15032 HL15033 question first answered 10/04/2019 14:37:59 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

1109563

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
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	Diabetes: Health Education
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 level of inequality of access to structured diabetes education courses; and what steps they are taking to address those inequalities.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL15032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The National Diabetes Audit (NDA) reports on the number of people who are offered and attended structured education programmes within 12 months of diabetes diagnosis. Data on the completion of structured education is not available within the NDA.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people who were offered and attended structured education within 12 months of being diagnosed with diabetes in 2016, by diabetes type in England can be found in the following table.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Diabetes type</p></td><td><p>Newly diagnosed with diabetes in 2016</p></td><td><p>Offered structured education within 12 months of diagnosis</p></td><td><p>Attended structured education within 12 months of diagnosis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type 1</p></td><td><p>8,975</p></td><td><p>3,460</p></td><td><p>405</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type 2 and other</p></td><td><p>207,630</p></td><td><p>155,980</p></td><td><p>18,045</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><ol><li>Diabetes type is reported as ‘Type 1’ and ‘Type 2 and other’ within the NDA.</li><ol><li>‘Type 1’ includes where a person is recorded as having type 1 diabetes in the NDA.</li><li>‘Type 2 and other’ includes where a person is recorded as having type 2 diabetes, Maturity-onset Diabetes of the Young, other or non-specified diabetes in the NDA.</li></ol><li>Based on people who appear in the 2017-18 NDA who have a primary care record and a diabetes diagnosis in the calendar year 2016.</li></ol><p> </p><p>NHS England are working to reduce inequalities and widen routes of access to structured education by offering digital self-management support programmes which can offer a more flexible option, particularly for those of working age. These include:</p><p> </p><p>- Access to Healthy Living for People with type 2 Diabetes (HeLP Diabetes) which is an evidenced online self-management tool for those with type 2 diabetes. This will be centrally funded, by NHS England and made available nationally, with implementation starting later this year. The intention is for HeLP Diabetes to be offered to both the newly-diagnosed and prevalent populations, supporting those living with type 2 diabetes at the point of diagnosis and on an ongoing basis;</p><p> </p><p>- NHS England has made £2 million available through the NHS Test Bed Programme to implement and evaluate digital delivery models for self-management education for people living with type 2 diabetes; and</p><p> </p><p>- Clinical commissioning groups who are in receipt of transformation funding have been supported by NHS England to increase uptake of structured education by use of funding to commission digital services where it has been agreed that this would best meet the needs of the local population.</p><p> </p><p>Further to the commitments in the NHS Long Term Plan, the National Implementation Framework, is to be published in the spring, which will provide further information on how the NHS Long Term Plan will be implemented. This will set out further detail on how the National Health Service will further expand provision of structured education and the pace at which local systems will widen provision and routes of access.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL15031 HL15033 question first answered 10/04/2019 14:37:59 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

1109564

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
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	Diabetes: Health Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the commitment in the NHS Long Term Plan related to structured education and digital self-management support for people with diabetes, how many more people with (1) Type 1, and (2) Type 2, diabetes they estimate will receive (a) structured education, and (b) digital self-management support, in each of the next five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL15033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The National Diabetes Audit (NDA) reports on the number of people who are offered and attended structured education programmes within 12 months of diabetes diagnosis. Data on the completion of structured education is not available within the NDA.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people who were offered and attended structured education within 12 months of being diagnosed with diabetes in 2016, by diabetes type in England can be found in the following table.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Diabetes type</p></td><td><p>Newly diagnosed with diabetes in 2016</p></td><td><p>Offered structured education within 12 months of diagnosis</p></td><td><p>Attended structured education within 12 months of diagnosis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type 1</p></td><td><p>8,975</p></td><td><p>3,460</p></td><td><p>405</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type 2 and other</p></td><td><p>207,630</p></td><td><p>155,980</p></td><td><p>18,045</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><ol><li>Diabetes type is reported as ‘Type 1’ and ‘Type 2 and other’ within the NDA.</li><ol><li>‘Type 1’ includes where a person is recorded as having type 1 diabetes in the NDA.</li><li>‘Type 2 and other’ includes where a person is recorded as having type 2 diabetes, Maturity-onset Diabetes of the Young, other or non-specified diabetes in the NDA.</li></ol><li>Based on people who appear in the 2017-18 NDA who have a primary care record and a diabetes diagnosis in the calendar year 2016.</li></ol><p> </p><p>NHS England are working to reduce inequalities and widen routes of access to structured education by offering digital self-management support programmes which can offer a more flexible option, particularly for those of working age. These include:</p><p> </p><p>- Access to Healthy Living for People with type 2 Diabetes (HeLP Diabetes) which is an evidenced online self-management tool for those with type 2 diabetes. This will be centrally funded, by NHS England and made available nationally, with implementation starting later this year. The intention is for HeLP Diabetes to be offered to both the newly-diagnosed and prevalent populations, supporting those living with type 2 diabetes at the point of diagnosis and on an ongoing basis;</p><p> </p><p>- NHS England has made £2 million available through the NHS Test Bed Programme to implement and evaluate digital delivery models for self-management education for people living with type 2 diabetes; and</p><p> </p><p>- Clinical commissioning groups who are in receipt of transformation funding have been supported by NHS England to increase uptake of structured education by use of funding to commission digital services where it has been agreed that this would best meet the needs of the local population.</p><p> </p><p>Further to the commitments in the NHS Long Term Plan, the National Implementation Framework, is to be published in the spring, which will provide further information on how the NHS Long Term Plan will be implemented. This will set out further detail on how the National Health Service will further expand provision of structured education and the pace at which local systems will widen provision and routes of access.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL15031 HL15032 question first answered 10/04/2019 14:37:59 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

1109565

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many electors were removed from the electoral registers of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in each year since the EU referendum in 2016; and what percentage of the register this represents.
tabling member printed	Lord Hughes of Woodside
uin	HL15034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>Information on annual deletions from and additions to the electoral registers by nation is not held centrally by the Government. Each Electoral Registration Officer maintains their own register for the area for which they are responsible. Headline registration statistics are collated and published annually by the Office for National Statistics.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL15035 question first answered 11/04/2019 11:35:22 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1051 label Biography information for Lord Hughes of Woodside

1109566

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many electors have been added to the electoral register of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland since 2016; and what percentage this represents in each case.
tabling member printed	Lord Hughes of Woodside
uin	HL15035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>Information on annual deletions from and additions to the electoral registers by nation is not held centrally by the Government. Each Electoral Registration Officer maintains their own register for the area for which they are responsible. Headline registration statistics are collated and published annually by the Office for National Statistics.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL15034 question first answered 11/04/2019 11:35:22 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1051 label Biography information for Lord Hughes of Woodside

1109567

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Career Development
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to enhance opportunities for development and career progression for those employed in the early years education sector.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Listowel
uin	HL15036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>In March 2017, we published the attached early years workforce strategy which outlined the government's plans to support employers to attract, retain and develop early years staff to deliver high quality provision: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-workforce-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-workforce-strategy</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of the strategy we have worked with sector stakeholders to develop criteria for new, more robust level 2 qualifications (to be delivered from September 2019), as well as developing new career pathways information to support careers advice, recruitment and staff development. The career progression map is attached and can be found at: <a href="https://www.cache.org.uk/media/1417/dfe-career-pathway-map-v17.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cache.org.uk/media/1417/dfe-career-pathway-map-v17.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Supported by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education, a trailblazer group of employers has just completed a new level 3 apprenticeship standard and another is developing apprenticeships at levels 5 and 6 to provide progression. We remain committed to ensuring there are routes to graduate level qualifications for the early years sector and we support graduates into the sector through our funding of the early years initial teacher training programme, including bursaries and employer incentives.</p><p> </p><p>We are also supporting the workforce through an early years professional development programme, which is a £20 million investment in training for the pre-reception early years workforce, to raise quality in settings, targeted to benefit disadvantaged children.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL15036_Workforce_strategy_02-03-2017.pdf title HL15036_Early_Years_Workforce_Strategy 2 file name HL15036_dfe_career_pathway_map.pdf title HL15036_Early_Years_Career_Progression_Map question first answered 09/04/2019 15:27:45 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2054 label Biography information for The Earl of Listowel

1109568

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Qualifications
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many early years professionals with a relevant graduate qualification were working in early years education in (1) 2015, (2) 2016, (3) 2017, and (4) 2018.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Listowel
uin	HL15037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of graduates in the workforce is collected and published every 2 years as part of the ‘Childcare and early years providers survey’. In the period requested we have data for 2016 and 2018:</p><p>Childcare and early years providers survey: 2018, table 15 and attached: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Childcare and early years providers survey: 2016, table 10 and attached: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2016</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL15037_HL15038_Table_15_Childcare_and_early_years_providers_survey.xls title HL15037_HL15038_Table_15_Childcare_survey 2 file name HL15037_HL15038_Table_10_Childcare_and_early_years_providers_survey.xls title HL15037_HL15038_Table_10_Childcare_survey grouped question UIN HL15038 question first answered 09/04/2019 15:26:16 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2054 label Biography information for The Earl of Listowel

1109569

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Qualifications
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of those leading early years groups had a relevant graduate qualification in (1) 2015, (2) 2016, (3) 2017, and (4) 2018.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Listowel
uin	HL15038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of graduates in the workforce is collected and published every 2 years as part of the ‘Childcare and early years providers survey’. In the period requested we have data for 2016 and 2018:</p><p>Childcare and early years providers survey: 2018, table 15 and attached: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Childcare and early years providers survey: 2016, table 10 and attached: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2016</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL15037_HL15038_Table_15_Childcare_and_early_years_providers_survey.xls title HL15037_HL15038_Table_15_Childcare_survey 2 file name HL15037_HL15038_Table_10_Childcare_and_early_years_providers_survey.xls title HL15037_HL15038_Table_10_Childcare_survey grouped question UIN HL15037 question first answered 09/04/2019 15:26:16 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2054 label Biography information for The Earl of Listowel