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418173

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date	10/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Kids Company
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of what has happened to the trafficked young people who were being helped by Kids Company to obtain the necessary legal documents required to attend a United Kingdom university.
tabling member printed	Baroness Benjamin
uin	HL2144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The welfare of the young people who used Kids Company services continues to be of primary concern and we are working closely with local authorities to make sure they have access to the support and services they require. Under the Children Act 2004 local authorities have a statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children in need of protection, including trafficked children. Under these arrangements, looked after children are provided with access to all their needs be they in relation to education, accommodation, psychological or health. Local authorities co-ordinate the arrangements for each looked after child to ensure they are safeguarded and have their welfare promoted.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/09/2015 15:49:19 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4167 label Biography information for Baroness Benjamin

418174

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Electronic Cigarettes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees whether the Administration and Works Committee will reconsider the ban on e-cigarettes in rooms in the House of Lords which formerly permitted smoking, in the light of the conclusions of a report by Public Health England that e-cigarettes are a good substitute for tobacco cigarettes and should be available on the NHS.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL2145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The Administration and Works Committee agreed that the e-cigarette policy should ideally be a bicameral one; it presently is. This has ensured that the policy is simple and applied across the whole Estate. The decision to ban the use of e-cigarettes across the Estate (except in smoking shelters and a dedicated e-cigarette use area) was based on the advice available at the time about uncertainty over the impact of e-cigarettes, safety concerns and the practice of other organisations. I recognise that the position on e-cigarettes is changing and we will keep this matter under review.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 18/09/2015 13:19:32 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

418175

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Interpreters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to their response to the <i>Independent Review of Quality Arrangements under the MoJ Language Services</i><i>Framework Agreement</i>, published by Optimity Matrix in December 2014, what progress has been made in discussions with the National Register of Public Services Interpreters on the development of an independent regulatory framework.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL2146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This Government is committed to providing a standard of interpreter that meets the needs of those requiring support in the justice system.</p><p> </p><p>Provision in interpretation and translation services across courts and tribunals is being explored in preparation for the end of the current contracts in October 2016. As part of this work, Ministry of Justice officials have met with representatives from a range of stakeholders, including the National Register of Public Service Interpreters.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/09/2015 09:39:22 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

418176

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Warfarin
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many patients on long-term Warfarin prescriptions now have access to self-monitoring technology; and whether Clinical Commissioning Groups support moves towards further patient self-management.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL2147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of patients on long-term Warfarin prescriptions who have access to self-monitoring technology is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have responsibility for commissioned services for patients who receive anticoagulation treatments. It is for individual CCGs to commission treatment and services for patients on anticoagulation treatment or other medications which require monitoring, as they are best placed to identify what is needed in their local areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is guidance in place to support CCGs in planning services for patients who receive anticoagulation treatments. Under its Diagnostics Assessment Programme, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published guidance on self-monitoring of anticoagulation treatments which is attached and also available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/dg14" target="_blank">http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/dg14</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NICE has also published quality standards on the management and treatment of atrial fibrillation which set out that self-monitoring should be offered as an option to appropriate patients. The guidance is also attached and available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs93/chapter/Quality-statement-6-developmental-Selfmonitoring-of-anticoagulation" target="_blank">http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs93/chapter/Quality-statement-6-developmental-Selfmonitoring-of-anticoagulation</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name guidance-atrial-fibrillation-treatment-and-management-pdf.pdf title Atrial Fibrillation Guidance 2 file name NICE CoaguChek XS.pdf title Self monitoring Anticoagulation treatments question first answered 22/09/2015 10:18:58 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

418177

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Syria: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of their decision to accept additional refugees from Syria, whether they have taken into account reports that many Christian refugees have sought refuge in private homes and churches rather than in UN refugee camps; and whether in their discussions with UNHCR they will make representations to ensure that there is no indirect discrimination against Christian refugees.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL2148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2015 answer text <p>The UK will continue to use the established UNHCR process for identifying and resettling refugees. We are in discussion with the UNHCR on the precise criteria for selecting cases for the expanded resettlement scheme. However, we are clear that the most vulnerable cases will still be prioritised and we will only resettle those people that we and the UNHCR agree require resettlement in a country like the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/10/2015 16:29:16 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

418178

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax: Siblings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 9 September (HL Deb, cols 1427–9), whether they will publish full details of how the family home allowance announced in the 2015 Budget will affect siblings who have joint ownership of their home.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL2149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>All individuals have an inheritance tax threshold (or ‘nil rate band’), currently £325,000, which is the value below which an estate does not have to pay any inheritance tax. The Summer Budget 2015 announced that from April 2017, a new additional transferable residence nil-rate band of £175,000 is being phased in for individuals who leave their home on death to their children, grandchildren or other direct descendants. Together with the existing nil-rate band this means that most individuals will have an effective inheritance tax threshold of up to £500,000 each.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The long standing spouse exemption means that any transfers of assets between spouses or civil partners are exempt from inheritance tax. The Government has no plans to change the inheritance tax treatment of long-term cohabiting and co-dependent siblings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where a property is jointly owned by siblings, the individual sibling’s share of the property will be included in their estate for inheritance tax purposes. Each individual’s estate is considered separately and the position for siblings is the same as for other co-habiting individuals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Full details of the legislation relating to the new residence allowance announced in the Summer Budget 2015 can be found at clause 9 of the Summer Finance Bill. Guidance will be published nearer the time that the new allowance comes into effect.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL2150 question first answered 23/09/2015 15:35:09 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

418179

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax: Siblings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 9 September (HL Deb, cols 1427–9), what is the position of siblings who live together in jointly owned property under current inheritance tax laws.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL2150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>All individuals have an inheritance tax threshold (or ‘nil rate band’), currently £325,000, which is the value below which an estate does not have to pay any inheritance tax. The Summer Budget 2015 announced that from April 2017, a new additional transferable residence nil-rate band of £175,000 is being phased in for individuals who leave their home on death to their children, grandchildren or other direct descendants. Together with the existing nil-rate band this means that most individuals will have an effective inheritance tax threshold of up to £500,000 each.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The long standing spouse exemption means that any transfers of assets between spouses or civil partners are exempt from inheritance tax. The Government has no plans to change the inheritance tax treatment of long-term cohabiting and co-dependent siblings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where a property is jointly owned by siblings, the individual sibling’s share of the property will be included in their estate for inheritance tax purposes. Each individual’s estate is considered separately and the position for siblings is the same as for other co-habiting individuals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Full details of the legislation relating to the new residence allowance announced in the Summer Budget 2015 can be found at clause 9 of the Summer Finance Bill. Guidance will be published nearer the time that the new allowance comes into effect.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL2149 question first answered 23/09/2015 15:35:08 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

418180

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Peers: Ministerial Policy Advisers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the convention that peers who are ministerial special advisers do not speak on the floor of the House was first established.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL2151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>It has been accepted practice under successive administrations that special advisers can vote but not speak.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 22/09/2015 16:01:27 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

418181

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Sugar: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they intend to take in response to the recently introduced taxes on sugary drinks by the governments of Mexico, France, Finland and Hungary.
tabling member printed	Lord Pendry
uin	HL2152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to introduce new taxes on sugary drinks. The Government is committed to using a range of approaches to promote health outcomes, and will publish a Childhood Obesity Strategy by the end of the year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 23/09/2015 15:35:18 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	457 label Biography information for Lord Pendry

418182

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Obesity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what actions they are taking to assist obese children with sports and exercise alongside food awareness and education.
tabling member printed	Lord Pendry
uin	HL2153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>Tackling obesity, particularly in children, is one of the government’s priorities. We will put forward our plans for action in this area as part of the childhood obesity strategy. We recognise that schools can help to address the problem of childhood obesity, through focusing on improving physical education (PE) for all children and teaching about food, nutrition and healthy eating.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2013, the government has provided over £300 million of ring-fenced funding to head teachers to improve PE and sport. We are investing a further £150 million this academic year for schools to improve the quality of PE and sport they offer. More than eight in ten schools have seen an increase in pupil engagement with PE during school time and in the number of children doing sports after school.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PE is a compulsory subject at all four key stages in the national curriculum. The PE programme of study aims to ensure that all pupils are physically active for sustained periods of time and lead healthy, active lives. The national curriculum also sets the expectation that children will be taught about healthy eating and what constitutes a balanced diet.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government-funded Change4Life programme aims to inspire everyone to eat well, take more exercise and live longer. There are a number of campaigns which promote healthy eating and sports such as the 10 Minute Shake Up summer campaign and Change4Life sports clubs. These are extracurricular sports clubs in schools which are designed to increase physical activity levels in the least active children.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 17/09/2015 14:19:03 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	457 label Biography information for Lord Pendry