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1105651

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date	27/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Large Goods Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Ministry of Defence intends to operate its white and green fleet of Heavy Goods Vehicles to at least as high a technical and safety standard as civilian commercial operators.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL14845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Defence's Policy Statement for Health, Safety and Environmental Protection (HS and EP) requires the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to comply with all applicable UK legislation when operating within the UK, including for the operation of its white and green fleet of Heavy Goods Vehicles. When operating overseas, the MOD applies UK standards and arrangements where reasonably practicable and, in addition, responds to host nations' relevant HS and EP expectations. Where MOD dis-applications, exemptions or derogations from UK legislation apply, the MOD is required to maintain Departmental arrangements that produce outcomes that are, so far as reasonably practicable, at least as good as those required by UK legislation.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 04/04/2019 14:52:58 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1105653

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Young 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 the economic impact of the introduction of a system of graduated licences for new or young drivers.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL14846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport will closely monitor the results of the introduction of Graduated Driver Licencing (GDL) in Northern Ireland, before further consideration is given to introducing such a system more widely within the UK.</p><p>The Department needs to be sure that the benefits of introducing GDL to the UK are balanced against the potential risks and costs of the restrictions on young drivers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 02/04/2019 13:59:22 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1105656

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 7 March (HL Deb, col 717), whether they will set out the bodies representing different groups of universities with which they have dealings; and whether they will indicate in each case the membership of the group.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL14848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Education (DfE) deals with numerous stakeholders in the higher education (HE) sector. The bodies representing HE providers are set out below.</p><p> </p><p>Universities UK is a membership body that includes the vice chancellors of most UK universities. Its membership can be found at: <a href="https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/about/Pages/member-institutions.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/about/Pages/member-institutions.aspx</a>;</p><p> </p><p>GuildHE represents a number of smaller and specialist HE providers. Its membership can be found at: <a href="https://guildhe.ac.uk/our-members/" target="_blank">https://guildhe.ac.uk/our-members/</a>; and</p><p> </p><p>Independent HE (formerly Study UK<strong>) </strong>is a UK membership organisation and national representative body for independent providers of HE (alternative providers) and professional training and pathway providers. Its membership can be found at: <a href="http://independenthe.com/members" target="_blank">http://independenthe.com/members</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The DfE also deal with the following self-organised mission groups:</p><p> </p><p>The Russell Group is an association of 24 long-established universities. Its membership can be found at: <a href="https://russellgroup.ac.uk/about/our-universities/" target="_blank">https://russellgroup.ac.uk/about/our-universities/</a>;</p><p> </p><p>Million+ describes itself as a university think-tank, whose members are mainly more recently established universities. Its membership can be found at: <a href="http://www.millionplus.ac.uk/who-we-are/members" target="_blank">http://www.millionplus.ac.uk/who-we-are/members</a>; and</p><p> </p><p>University Alliance represents a number of post92 universities. Its membership can be found at: <a href="https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/alliance-universities/" target="_blank">https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/alliance-universities/</a>.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 03/04/2019 15:26:44 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1105665

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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	Orthopaedics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many amputations were performed by the NHS in each year from 2014 to 2018.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL14854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The following table shows a count of finished consultant episodes (FCEs)<sup>1</sup> with a main or secondary procedures<sup>2</sup> of amputation for the years 2014/15 to 2017/18.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Total FCEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>19,953</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>20,356</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>20,968</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>21,330</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: </em>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><ol><li>A FCE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. Figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>Number of episodes with a main or secondary procedure:</li></ol><p>The number of episodes where the procedure (or intervention) was recorded in any of the 24 (12 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and four prior to 2002-03) procedure fields in a HES record. A record is only included once in each count, even if the procedure is recorded in more than one procedure field of the record. It should be noted that more procedures are carried out than episodes with a main or secondary procedure. For example, patients undergoing a ‘cataract operation’ would tend to have at least two procedures – removal of the faulty lens and the fitting of a new one – counted in a single episode.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 05/04/2019 10:41:27 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1105667

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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	Thiomersal
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which vaccines prescribed by the NHS contain thimerosal.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL14855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>None of the vaccines currently recommended for use as part of the United Kingdom routine immunisation programme contains the preservative thiomersal.</p><p>The safety of thiomersal-containing vaccines has been extensively evaluated in studies which have found no evidence to suggest thiomersal is associated with any serious or long-term risks. Such studies have mostly been in young children. The most recent assessment in the <em>Weekly epidemiological record</em> was undertaken by the World Health Organization in 2012, which advised that the available evidence strongly supports the safety of the use of thiomersal in vaccines where required. A copy of the 2012 <em>Weekly epidemiological record</em> is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL14856 question first answered 05/04/2019 10:32:15 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name WHO report.pdf title 2012 Weekly epidemiological record
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1105668

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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	Thiomersal
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when thimerosal was last tested for safety of use in patients (1) below 16, and (2) above 65, years old.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL14856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>None of the vaccines currently recommended for use as part of the United Kingdom routine immunisation programme contains the preservative thiomersal.</p><p>The safety of thiomersal-containing vaccines has been extensively evaluated in studies which have found no evidence to suggest thiomersal is associated with any serious or long-term risks. Such studies have mostly been in young children. The most recent assessment in the <em>Weekly epidemiological record</em> was undertaken by the World Health Organization in 2012, which advised that the available evidence strongly supports the safety of the use of thiomersal in vaccines where required. A copy of the 2012 <em>Weekly epidemiological record</em> is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL14855 question first answered 05/04/2019 10:32:15 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name WHO report.pdf title 2012 Weekly epidemiological record
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1105680

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether UK forces have been involved in any direct military action in Yemen in the last six months.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL14863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The UK provides information, advice and assistance to Saudi Arabia to respond to the threat of strategic weapons fired by the Houthis into Saudi Arabia. We are not and have never been a member of the Saudi-led Coalition. Our assistance is clearly limited to addressing this specific threat. UK military personnel in Saudi Arabia remain under UK command and control.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 01/04/2019 16:22:11 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1105683

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will re-examine the estimated £1.3 billion cost of the Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive scheme to the public purse over a 20 year period; how that figure was calculated; whether it was inflated; and if so, why.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL14865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for the Economy (DfE) delivers the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme in Northern Ireland. The £1.3bn figure was the DfE estimate assuming a scenario of the original 2012 tariffs remaining unchanged. It is of course now no longer relevant as these tariffs no longer apply.</p><p> </p><p>On the combining of Rates and RHI into one Bill; Parliamentary Counsel advised last year that this was an appropriate pairing for these measures. Given the current pressures on Parliamentary time, and the limit on available legislative slots, we adopted exactly the same approach this year.</p><p> </p><p>I welcome the commitment made by the Department for the Economy to appoint an independent chair to examine the cases of individuals who received funds from the RHI initiative and believe they have experienced hardship. The appointment of the Chair is a matter for that Department, but we will continue to work closely with DfE on this important matter.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank grouped question UIN HL14866 HL14867 question first answered 02/04/2019 12:43:14 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

1105685

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) Act 2019
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they combined the collection of regional rates in Northern Ireland and the administration of the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme under the Northern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) Act 2019; and whether the Northern Ireland Office or the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland was responsible for that decision.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL14866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for the Economy (DfE) delivers the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme in Northern Ireland. The £1.3bn figure was the DfE estimate assuming a scenario of the original 2012 tariffs remaining unchanged. It is of course now no longer relevant as these tariffs no longer apply.</p><p> </p><p>On the combining of Rates and RHI into one Bill; Parliamentary Counsel advised last year that this was an appropriate pairing for these measures. Given the current pressures on Parliamentary time, and the limit on available legislative slots, we adopted exactly the same approach this year.</p><p> </p><p>I welcome the commitment made by the Department for the Economy to appoint an independent chair to examine the cases of individuals who received funds from the RHI initiative and believe they have experienced hardship. The appointment of the Chair is a matter for that Department, but we will continue to work closely with DfE on this important matter.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank grouped question UIN HL14865 HL14867 question first answered 02/04/2019 12:43:14 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

1105686

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Duncan of Springbank on 19 March (HL Deb, col 1408), what progress they have made in appointing an independent chairman to examine the case of every individual who received funds from the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme and experienced hardship as a result of that scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL14867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for the Economy (DfE) delivers the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme in Northern Ireland. The £1.3bn figure was the DfE estimate assuming a scenario of the original 2012 tariffs remaining unchanged. It is of course now no longer relevant as these tariffs no longer apply.</p><p> </p><p>On the combining of Rates and RHI into one Bill; Parliamentary Counsel advised last year that this was an appropriate pairing for these measures. Given the current pressures on Parliamentary time, and the limit on available legislative slots, we adopted exactly the same approach this year.</p><p> </p><p>I welcome the commitment made by the Department for the Economy to appoint an independent chair to examine the cases of individuals who received funds from the RHI initiative and believe they have experienced hardship. The appointment of the Chair is a matter for that Department, but we will continue to work closely with DfE on this important matter.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank grouped question UIN HL14865 HL14866 question first answered 02/04/2019 12:43:14 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass