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1130820

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date	10/06/2019
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	Opioids: Prescriptions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to ensure that individuals prescribed opioid medication for chronic pain have their prescriptions reviewed on an annual basis.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Carlisle
uin	HL16187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The General Medical Council’s (GMC’s) ethical guidance <em>Good practice in prescribing and managing medicines and devices (2013)</em> sets out that with all prescriptions, it is expected that clinicians make sure that suitable arrangements are in place for monitoring, follow-up and review, taking account of the patients’ needs and any risks arising from the medicines.</p><p>A copy of the GMC guidance is attached.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 24/06/2019 15:16:33 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name prescribing-guidance_pdf-59055247.pdf title Prescribing_guidance
tabling member	4307 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Carlisle

1130825

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensioners: Social Security Benefits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are (1) the benefits, and (2) the concessions, provided exclusively to people of pensionable age; and what are the costs of each to the Exchequer.
tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
uin	HL16192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>In total, DWP expenditure to people of pensionable age in 2017/18 was £123.8bn and this includes benefits payable to pensioners but not exclusive to that group such as: Disability Living Allowance; Personal Independence Payment; Christmas Bonus; and Cold Weather Payments. Exclusive pensioner benefits are listed below :</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Pensioner benefit expenditure 2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attendance Allowance</p></td><td><p>£5.74bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pension Credit</p></td><td><p>£5.57bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State Pension (bSP and nSP combined)</p></td><td><p>£97.38bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winter Fuel Payments</p></td><td><p>£2.1bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Free TV Licences</p></td><td><p>£655m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 24/06/2019 13:57:04 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

1130830

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Africa
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they made of the letter, published in The Observer on 9 June, from 70 senior leaders from universities and research institutes across the UK warning that “visa refusals for African cultural, development and academic leaders ... [are] undermining 'Global Britain’s' reputation as well as efforts to tackle global challenges"; and what steps they intend to take in response.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL16197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>All visa applications are considered on their individual merits and on the basis of the evidence available, in line with the immigration rules. We welcome international academics and recognise their contribution to the UK’s world-leading education sector.</p><p>When we are informed of large academic events, UKVI strategic engagement teams can assist event organisers and attendees with the visa application process.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/06/2019 15:01:49 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

1130833

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Election Offences: Prosecutions
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 Bourne of Aberystwyth on 3 July 2017 (HL3), 15 September 2017 (HL1448), and 13 October 2017 (HL1671), and by Lord Duncan of Springbank on 21 December 2017 (HL3975), 16 March 2018 (HL6045), 20 November 2018 (HL11393 and HL11394), and 17 May (HL15556), what has been the total number of criminal charges for electoral abuse in (1) Northern Ireland, and (2) elsewhere in the UK, since 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL16200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office holds data for the outcomes of crimes recorded by police forces in England and Wales.</p><p>Since 2010 there have been 231 known recorded charges for the Home Office criminal offence codes which cover crimes related to electoral abuse. <br>This does not include offences of tampering with nomination or ballot papers which cannot be separately identified in the data held centrally.</p><p>As policing is a devolved matter, data for Scotland and Northern Ireland are not held by the Home Office.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/06/2019 15:10:18 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

1130834

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	By-elections: Peterborough
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 Bourne of Aberystwyth on 3 July 2017 (HL3), 15 September 2017 (HL1448), and 13 October 2017 (HL1671), and by Lord Duncan of Springbank on 21 December 2017 (HL3975), 16 March 2018 (HL6045), 20 November 2018 (HL11393 and HL11394), and 17 May (HL15556), what assessment they have made of whether there was any abuse of the electoral system in the conduct of the by-election for Peterborough on 6 June; and if there was any such abuse, what assessment they have made of whether this is part of a wider pattern of abuse of the electoral system.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL16201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>We take the security and integrity of our democratic processes very seriously.</p><p>The running of polls is a matter for independent returning officers, not the Government. The Electoral Commission engage with the returning officers, electoral staff and registered parties providing assistance in disseminating information and advice to individuals delivering or participating in elections.</p><p>We have processes in place to defend against electoral fraud. There is ongoing work with electoral administrators to ensure our elections remain secure and robust, both now and in the future. Measures like voter ID are the latest in our efforts to respect, protect and promote our democracy.</p><p>Where abuse of the electoral system is alleged, it is for the Electoral Commission or Police to investigate such claims.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 20/06/2019 14:55:39 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

1130837

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AWACS: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how robust in terms of (1) price, and (2) delivery, the approved business case is for the procurement of the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL16204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>All Ministry of Defence (MOD) business cases undergo rigorous assessment in accordance with Joint Service Publication 655, which includes assessments of both cost and deliverability. An outline business case to replace the existing capability delivered by the E-3D Sentry fleet was submitted to the MOD Investment Approval Committee in December 2018. This was subject to approval by MOD Head Office and HM Treasury.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 20/06/2019 16:22:19 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

1130838

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
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	Gender Dysphoria: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to prevent the illegal supply of puberty-blocking drugs to British children and adolescents by Dr Helena Webberley, who was recently suspended from the Medical Register by the General Medical Council and who is advertising services from Spain.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL16205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>It is unacceptable if patients are being put at risk by a service that deliberately places itself beyond the jurisdiction of United Kingdom regulators.</p><p>The Department is working closely with the Care Quality Commission and relevant professional regulators to explore how it can close the loopholes that allow a small number of online organisations to operate without the necessary oversight.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 24/06/2019 15:30:40 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

1130839

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Paedophilia: Social Media
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, or intend to take, to address the number of paedophiles operating on Twitter and other social media platforms.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL16206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government set out plans for tackling online harms and keeping children safe online, including from child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA), in the Online Harms White Paper. The White Paper sets out our plans for world-leading legislation to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online and hold companies to account for tackling a wide range of online harms.</p><p>This includes an overarching statutory duty of care on companies: this will place a legal responsibility on companies in scope to take reasonable steps to keep their users safe and tackle illegal and harmful activity on their services. This will be overseen and enforced by an independent regulator.</p><p>The regulator will issue codes of practice that set out what companies should do to fulfil their new duty of care. Reflecting the threat to national security or the physical safety of children, the regulator will require companies to take particularly robust action to tackle terrorist or CSEA content. The Government will publish interim codes of practice providing guidance about tackling terrorist activity and online CSEA later this year</p><p>In addition, the Home Secretary has been clear with industry that they should be proactive in combatting child sexual exploitation. The Home Secretary set out five key demands of industry at his speech at the NSPCC on 3 September, including stopping online grooming and live-streaming of abuse.</p><p>As part of this commitment to protect children from online harms, in November the Home Secretary co-hosted the Microsoft-led Hackathon in the US, where he met with leading industry stakeholders to identify robust ways to tackle and prevent child sexual abuse on the internet. A prototype tool was developed at the Hackathon that can be used to automatically flag potential conversations taking place between online groomers and children, which will be licensed free of charge to technology companies worldwide. In June the Home Secretary also announced an additional £300,000 to take forward new technological innovations to target livestreaming of child abuse.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/06/2019 15:09:47 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

1130843

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
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	Arcadia Group: Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why the Pensions Regulator has allowed the owners of Arcadia Group to phase their contribution to address that company’s pension deficit over a period of time instead of a single up-front payment; whether the Pensions Regulator is using financial advisers to determine whether Arcadia’s business plan will eventually cover the deficit; and if so, who are those advisers.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL16210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The pensions framework established by Parliament in the Pensions Act 2004 sets out that ongoing employers may address the funding of their scheme deficits over a reasonable period of time. This responsibility falls on the company rather than its owners, other than where The Pensions Regulator has used its anti-avoidance powers. This approach of spreading funding of deficits was established to balance the needs of schemes with those of their sponsoring employers.</p><p> </p><p>The Arcadia trustees and the Arcadia group took an approach which was similar to many other schemes and employers in establishing recovery plans to address their schemes’ deficits over a number of years. In response to a request to vary those recovery plan payments, made in conjunction with the Arcadia Group’s Company Voluntary Arrangements proposals, The Pensions Regulator, working alongside the trustees and the Pension Protection Fund, has negotiated robustly to secure an enhanced package of support for the pension schemes in connection with a successful Company Voluntary Arrangement, worth significantly more than would be received if the Company Voluntary Arrangement is not successful and Arcadia Group Ltd becomes insolvent. This represents appropriate protection, in challenging circumstances, and is equitable in the context of the wider Company Voluntary Arrangements process.</p><p> </p><p>In assessing the turnaround plan presented by Arcadia, The Pensions Regulator has been informed by the analysis carried out by professional advisers to the trustees. The Pensions Regulator has considerable expertise in restructuring situations and this includes people in its regulatory teams with a background working in big chartered accountancy firms and restructuring operations in banks.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 24/06/2019 11:44:23 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1130844

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	GAM Greensill Supply Chain Finance Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are investigating, or intend to investigate, the (1) management of, (2) investment valuations used by, and (3) relationships between managers and businesses invested in, the GAM Greensill Supply Chain Finance Fund.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL16211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is the conduct regulator for the financial services industry in the UK. The FCA will not normally make public the fact that it is or is not investigating a particular matter, in order to protect the effectiveness of any investigation it carries out. The FCA has been made aware of this Parliamentary Question.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 24/06/2019 13:56:34 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners