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1133050

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Radiology
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many radiographers are required to fulfil the long-term objectives of the NHS.
	tabling member printed	Lord Luce
	uin	HL16468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>In the Cancer Workforce Plan for England which was published in December 2017, Health Education England (HEE) set out the need to target additional training support.</p><p>As part of the development of the NHS People Plan, HEE will now work with NHS England and NHS Improvement to understand the longer-term workforce implications for further development of cancer services. This will include ensuring sustainable growth beyond 2021 in key professions (including radiography) through continued investment in training places, with a greater focus on attracting and retaining students and improving the numbers of qualified professionals who go on to work in the National Health Service. The number of radiographers required will be addressed in the final NHS People Plan and is dependent on the service model used by each NHS trust.</p><p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p>As at February 2019, latest available data, there were over 14,000 full time equivalent diagnostic radiographers and over 2,000 therapeutic radiographers employed by the NHS trusts and CCGs, 2,990 and 726 more, respectively, since 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL16469 question first answered 02/07/2019 13:24:07 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	908 label Biography information for Lord Luce

1133051

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Radiology
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many radiographers are employed by the NHS.
	tabling member printed	Lord Luce
	uin	HL16469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>In the Cancer Workforce Plan for England which was published in December 2017, Health Education England (HEE) set out the need to target additional training support.</p><p>As part of the development of the NHS People Plan, HEE will now work with NHS England and NHS Improvement to understand the longer-term workforce implications for further development of cancer services. This will include ensuring sustainable growth beyond 2021 in key professions (including radiography) through continued investment in training places, with a greater focus on attracting and retaining students and improving the numbers of qualified professionals who go on to work in the National Health Service. The number of radiographers required will be addressed in the final NHS People Plan and is dependent on the service model used by each NHS trust.</p><p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p>As at February 2019, latest available data, there were over 14,000 full time equivalent diagnostic radiographers and over 2,000 therapeutic radiographers employed by the NHS trusts and CCGs, 2,990 and 726 more, respectively, since 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL16468 question first answered 02/07/2019 13:24:07 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	908 label Biography information for Lord Luce

1133046

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Licences
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, for the last year that complete records are held, what was the average number of days that people had to wait to have their driving licence reinstated after being certified medically fit to drive again; and what mechanisms are in place to allow people to inquire about the status of their application while it is being processed.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL16464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is responsible for considering the medical evidence and then deciding whether the medical standards for driving can be met. There is no target number of days for reinstating a licence once the decision to issue the licence has been made. however, a licence would be sent immediately.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA sends confirmation to the applicant that a questionnaire has been sent to their doctor for completion. Applicants may also contact the DVLA in writing, by email or by telephone to make enquiries on the progress of their case.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL16465 question first answered 26/06/2019 14:15:44 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1133047

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Licences
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency has a target number of days for the processing of applications for driving licences to be reinstated between someone having been certified as medically fit to drive again and the licence being returned.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL16465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is responsible for considering the medical evidence and then deciding whether the medical standards for driving can be met. There is no target number of days for reinstating a licence once the decision to issue the licence has been made. however, a licence would be sent immediately.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA sends confirmation to the applicant that a questionnaire has been sent to their doctor for completion. Applicants may also contact the DVLA in writing, by email or by telephone to make enquiries on the progress of their case.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL16464 question first answered 26/06/2019 14:15:44 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1133043

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Plastic Bags
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of plastic bags which are supplied daily to customers by retail outlets in England not covered by the current single-use plastic bag charge.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hayward
	uin	HL16461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The single use carrier bag (SUCB) policy has successfully contributed to a more than 80% reduction in the usage of SUCBs by large retailers. The policy excludes retailers with fewer than 250 employees from the charge.</p><p> </p><p>The Government estimates that 3.6 billion SUCBs were supplied by micro and small businesses (MSMEs) not covered by the charge in 2017 alone.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that the policy to increase the charge to 10p would cause a decline in consumption of SUCBs in MSMEs (assumed to be 23% in the first year of change and 80% within three years (2020-2022)).</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL16462 question first answered 01/07/2019 16:12:24 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	863 label Biography information for Lord Hayward

1133044

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Plastic Bags
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made, if any, of the number of plastic bags which would be supplied daily to customers by retail outlets in England if a 10p single-use plastic bag charge was introduced on all retail outlets not currently covered; and whether any such number represents a decline in the number of such bags supplied.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hayward
	uin	HL16462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The single use carrier bag (SUCB) policy has successfully contributed to a more than 80% reduction in the usage of SUCBs by large retailers. The policy excludes retailers with fewer than 250 employees from the charge.</p><p> </p><p>The Government estimates that 3.6 billion SUCBs were supplied by micro and small businesses (MSMEs) not covered by the charge in 2017 alone.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that the policy to increase the charge to 10p would cause a decline in consumption of SUCBs in MSMEs (assumed to be 23% in the first year of change and 80% within three years (2020-2022)).</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL16461 question first answered 01/07/2019 16:12:24 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	863 label Biography information for Lord Hayward

1133037

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Visitors
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many individuals were refused visas to travel to the UK for the DfID Safeguarding Summit in October 2018.
	tabling member printed	Lord Collins of Highbury
	uin	HL16455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>This information requested is not published. Attending meetings, conferences and seminars are all allowed under the Visitor Rules. UKVI has in place engagement teams who can work with event organisers ahead of events to support them through visa processes. Event organisers can approach UKVI directly, we also identify organisers through engagement with other government department and external Stakeholders.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL16456 HL16457 question first answered 02/07/2019 15:57:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4222 label Biography information for Lord Collins of Highbury

1133038

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Visitors
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many individuals were refused visas to travel to the UK for Wilton Park events in 2018.
	tabling member printed	Lord Collins of Highbury
	uin	HL16456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>This information requested is not published. Attending meetings, conferences and seminars are all allowed under the Visitor Rules. UKVI has in place engagement teams who can work with event organisers ahead of events to support them through visa processes. Event organisers can approach UKVI directly, we also identify organisers through engagement with other government department and external Stakeholders.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL16455 HL16457 question first answered 02/07/2019 15:57:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4222 label Biography information for Lord Collins of Highbury

1133039

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Visitors
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many individuals were refused visas to travel to the UK for the Global Disability Summit in July 2018.
	tabling member printed	Lord Collins of Highbury
	uin	HL16457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>This information requested is not published. Attending meetings, conferences and seminars are all allowed under the Visitor Rules. UKVI has in place engagement teams who can work with event organisers ahead of events to support them through visa processes. Event organisers can approach UKVI directly, we also identify organisers through engagement with other government department and external Stakeholders.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL16455 HL16456 question first answered 02/07/2019 15:57:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4222 label Biography information for Lord Collins of Highbury

1132761

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	NHS
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he has taken to prepare the NHS for the UK leaving the EU in October 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	911418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>As a responsible government, we must continue to plan for every scenario. We continue to carefully review the implications of the latest extension to Article 50 on our no deal planning. We are working closely with partners across the health and care system, and stakeholders, to make detailed plans to ensure the continued supply of medicines and medical products and secure the future of our European Union health and care workforce.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 911419 question first answered 18/06/2019 16:37:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara