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386092

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date	29/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what alternative measures are being discussed to assist search-and-rescue operations in the Mediterranean after the withdrawal of HMS Bulwark.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>Having completed her deployment, HMS BULWARK was withdrawn on 3 July 2015 for planned maintenance. HMS ENTERPRISE and a Merlin helicopter have been deployed on the European Union's Common Security and Defence Policy operation, launched on 22 June 2015 to disrupt the people smugglers' networks and destroy their boats. But, like all shipping, HMS ENTERPRISE will continue to rescue migrants in distress, as directed by the Italian Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre.</p><p>In addition, we are contributing HMC PROTECTOR and HMC SEEKER, two of the Home Office's Border Force Cutter fleet, in order to support search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 06/07/2015 16:11:22 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

386096

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to improve aid for migrants fleeing war, oppression and poverty, in the light of the events at Calais on 24 June.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>We are taking a comprehensive approach to the migrant crisis. A vital part of this response must be to stabilise the source countries from which migrants are fleeing, including through provision of more jobs and livelihood opportunities reducing poverty and the pressure to migrate. In the long-term, development assistance addresses the root causes of instability and insecurity, reducing inequality and providing economic opportunities for all. To this end, DFID is investing £1.8 billion on economic development globally in 2015/16.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 08/07/2015 15:26:54 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

384470

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Eating Disorders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve NHS treatment for patients with eating disorders.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>As part of the Autumn Statement 2014, investment of £30 million per year until 2020 was announced to improve services for children and young people with mental health problems in England, placing a particular emphasis on eating disorders.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To improve access to eating disorder services, NHS England is leading the development of an Access and Waiting Time Standard which is expected to be introduced in April 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 02/07/2015 15:44:57 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

384471

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Exercise: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the report by ukactive that the Chief Medical Officer’s guidance is not being followed in schools, how they plan to ensure that children get the recommended 60 minutes of daily exercise.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of encouraging children to become more active. Through the Primary Physical Education (PE) and Sport Premium, head teachers have already received over £300 million of ring-fenced funding to spend on improving PE and sport provision. Our research has found that schools have already increased the amount of curricular PE they are delivering by an average of 13 minutes since the introduction of the Premium. In addition, 83% of schools reported an increase in the levels of participation in extra-curricular activities and 96% observed improvements in pupils’ physical fitness. The interim research brief, 'PE and sport premium: an investigation in primary schools', was published in September 2014, and the final report will be published in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health also funds Change4Life Sports Clubs in schools which target less active children. An independent evaluation reported that in 2012-13 alone, clubs had engaged over 115,000 children. In primary schools, 75,000 children are now achieving 60 active minutes on most days of the week, an increase of 57%, and 38,000 children are now achieving 60 active minutes every day, an increase of 92%.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 01/07/2015 16:03:28 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

384472

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
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	Welfare State
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment have they made of the impact of any shrinking of the welfare state on access by individuals to their communities and work.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s commitment to reduce welfare spending was set out in its election manifesto. Further details will be given in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 24/06/2015 14:49:57 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

384473

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Asthma: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that patients with asthma receive the right medication.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The NHS mandate for 2015-16 says that every patient with a long-term condition, including asthma and other respiratory conditions, should be offered a personalised care action plan. They and their families or carers should know the right medications to use at the right times and how to use them, and to understand the importance of monitoring their condition and how to do this.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 29/06/2015 14:51:48 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

381025

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Exercise
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan actively to promote physical activity in the light of reports that cities that do so experience increases in retail activity and revenue, and lower healthcare and crime costs.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government recognises the health, economic and social benefits to individuals, communities and the nation of increasing physical activity levels. Through the Government’s National Planning Policy Framework, local authorities are encouraged to ensure development plans and proposals promote active, healthy lifestyles and well-being including active travel, like cycling and walking, and access to high quality open space and sport and recreation facilities. It is for local authorities, as statutory planning bodies, to determine how best to apply this guidance in their own area.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 23/06/2015 16:04:12 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

381026

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Exercise
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan to raise awareness earlier in pregnancy of the importance of exercise, in particular in reducing the risk of diabetes and improving babies' health.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>Public Health England’s Start4Life Information Service for Parents (ISP) provides help and advice to encourage pregnant women to develop behaviours that support a healthy pregnancy and healthy start for babies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Start4Life provides essential information and free tools on healthy eating, keeping active, vitamin supplement and breastfeeding. The Start4Life ISP sends regular texts and emails detailing baby’s development through pregnancy and up to 42 months, and currently includes information from 11 weeks gestation onwards on the importance of being active during pregnancy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Get Going tool developed by Change4Life, helps mums keep moving by providing a personalised activity plan to suit every level of fitness.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 25/06/2015 13:19:26 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

381027

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Insomnia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they are taking to increase the availability of therapy for insomnia patients.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health Care Excellence (NICE) has produced a Clinical Knowledge Summary (CKS) to support clinicians in the management of both short-term and long-term insomnia. The choice of management strategy will depend upon certain considerations, such as the duration and nature of the presenting symptoms as well the role of any pre-existing medical conditions a patient may have. Advice on appropriate routines and behaviours to encourage good sleep, such as avoiding coffee and other stimulants, should also be a key element to the overall strategy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Pharmacological interventions should only be prescribed for short durations and usually only when daytime impairment is severe. The guidance makes clear that for patients suffering from insomnia for over four weeks a referral to a cognitive behavioural therapy service should be considered. Where symptoms persist the guidance recommends referral to a sleep clinic or specialist with expertise in sleep medicine. The NICE CKS can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://cks.nice.org.uk/insomnia" target="_blank">http://cks.nice.org.uk/insomnia</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This information is only available as a web link.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 29/06/2015 14:42:59 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

381028

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve mental health services for teenagers.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to improving mental health services for teenagers as part of our focus on children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing. The Department is working with NHS England and other partners to drive forward system wide, sustainable transformation to improve the support offered to children and young people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are already making progress in a number of areas including:</p><p> </p><p>- the extension and expansion of the children and young people’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme;</p><p> </p><p>- the commissioning of a new prevalence survey on mental health problems in children and young people; and</p><p> </p><p>- joint training and piloting of staff in schools and local mental health services to strengthen the mental health support and advice available in schools.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, NHS England is leading work to develop new access and waiting time standards for eating disorder services.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 23/06/2015 16:05:53 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick