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79638

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date	28/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mesothelioma
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they intend to make to (1) the insurance industry, and (2) the British Lung Foundation, to facilitate the establishment of a long-term funding scheme for mesothelioma research.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>In April this year, I convened a high level meeting between the Association of British Insurers and the British Lung Foundation (BLF) to discuss how insurers can remain engaged in support for mesothelioma research following earlier donated funding. Departmental officials attended this meeting. Discussions between the BLF and insurers are ongoing. The Department has no direct role in these discussions but is monitoring progress.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This year, a number of noble Lords and members of the House of Commons have written to the Secretary of State for Health, Mr Jeremy Hunt, or to me about this subject.</p><p> </p><p>Any further funding made available by insurers for mesothelioma research will be in addition to existing sources of public funding. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has highlighted to the research community that it wants to encourage research applications in mesothelioma. Further details of this are available on the NIHR website at:</p><p> </p><p>www.themedcalls.nihr.ac.uk/mesothelioma</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL1499 HL1500 HL1502 HL1503 HL1534 question first answered 30/07/2014 13:04:31 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

79639

registered interest
date	28/07/2014
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	Mesothelioma
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what trends they have identified in the prevalence of mesothelioma in the United Kingdom over the last 10 years.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the prevalence of mesothelioma in the United Kingdom – that is, the number of people that had the disease at a particular time or in a particular period – are not available. However, mesothelioma prevalence is known to be approximately equivalent to annual mesothelioma mortality.</p><p>The annual total numbers of mesothelioma deaths in Great Britain over the period 2003-2012 (the latest 10 years for which data are available) are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1887</p></td><td><p>1978</p></td><td><p>2049</p></td><td><p>2060</p></td><td><p>2176</p></td><td><p>2265</p></td><td><p>2336</p></td><td><p>2360</p></td><td><p>2291</p></td><td><p>2535</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Health and Safety Executive mesothelioma register.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 30/07/2014 14:06:13 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

79642

registered interest
date	28/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mesothelioma
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 impact on mesothelioma patients of a failure of negotiations between the Association of British Insurers and the British Lung Foundation regarding establishing a long-term funding scheme for mesothelioma research.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>In April this year, I convened a high level meeting between the Association of British Insurers and the British Lung Foundation (BLF) to discuss how insurers can remain engaged in support for mesothelioma research following earlier donated funding. Departmental officials attended this meeting. Discussions between the BLF and insurers are ongoing. The Department has no direct role in these discussions but is monitoring progress.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This year, a number of noble Lords and members of the House of Commons have written to the Secretary of State for Health, Mr Jeremy Hunt, or to me about this subject.</p><p> </p><p>Any further funding made available by insurers for mesothelioma research will be in addition to existing sources of public funding. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has highlighted to the research community that it wants to encourage research applications in mesothelioma. Further details of this are available on the NIHR website at:</p><p> </p><p>www.themedcalls.nihr.ac.uk/mesothelioma</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL1499 HL1500 HL1502 HL1503 HL1530 question first answered 30/07/2014 13:04:31 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

79644

registered interest
date	28/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Radicalism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the review commissioned by the Secretary of State for Education into whether the Department missed historical warnings in respect of concerns raised about Birmingham schools, the Permanent Secretary intends to interview Mr Tim Boyes, headteacher of Queensbridge School.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>Given that the Permanent Secretary’s review is ongoing, it would not be appropriate to comment on details regarding the conduct of the review. The Permanent Secretary will be reporting to the Secretary of State later in the summer.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL1537 question first answered 30/07/2014 13:50:48 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

79645

registered interest
date	28/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Radicalism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the review commissioned by the Secretary of State for Education into whether the Department missed historical warnings in respect of concerns raised about Birmingham schools, the Permanent Secretary intends to interview Lord Hunt of Kings Heath.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>Given that the Permanent Secretary’s review is ongoing, it would not be appropriate to comment on details regarding the conduct of the review. The Permanent Secretary will be reporting to the Secretary of State later in the summer.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL1536 question first answered 30/07/2014 13:50:47 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

79662

registered interest
date	28/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Waiting Lists
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many patients whose treatment was incomplete have waited (1) for their first appointment, and (2) for treatment, for over (a) 18 weeks, (b) 26 weeks, and (c) 52 weeks, at each NHS Trust and NHS Foundation Trust for every month since May 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL1554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>Information is collected each month to measure performance against the waiting time standards for consultant-led treatment for non-urgent conditions. The data measures the number of patients who waited each month and the number of weeks they waited from referral to start treatment. It distinguishes between those patients who are admitted into hospital and those who are non-admitted (for example, outpatients). It does not identify appointments. The data also measures the number of patients who had not yet started treatment at the end of each month and the number of weeks they were waiting.</p><p> </p><p>The requested information has been placed in the Library. It does not sum to published national figures, because it excludes other organisations who submitted data over the time period including primary care trusts and the independent sector.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL1524 HL1525 HL1526 HL1527 HL1528 HL1529 HL1555 HL1556 question first answered 30/07/2014 11:16:31 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name HL1524 - HL1525 - HL1526 - HL1527 - HL1528 - HL1529 - HL1554 - HL1555 - HL1556 - Lib Doc Table.xlsx title NHS patient waiting times by Trust
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

79663

registered interest
date	28/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Waiting Lists
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of admitted patients waited (1) for their first appointment, and (2) for treatment, for over (a) 18 weeks, (b) 26 weeks, and (c) 52 weeks, at each NHS Trust and NHS Foundation Trust for every month since May 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL1555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>Information is collected each month to measure performance against the waiting time standards for consultant-led treatment for non-urgent conditions. The data measures the number of patients who waited each month and the number of weeks they waited from referral to start treatment. It distinguishes between those patients who are admitted into hospital and those who are non-admitted (for example, outpatients). It does not identify appointments. The data also measures the number of patients who had not yet started treatment at the end of each month and the number of weeks they were waiting.</p><p> </p><p>The requested information has been placed in the Library. It does not sum to published national figures, because it excludes other organisations who submitted data over the time period including primary care trusts and the independent sector.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL1524 HL1525 HL1526 HL1527 HL1528 HL1529 HL1554 HL1556 question first answered 30/07/2014 11:16:33 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name HL1524 - HL1525 - HL1526 - HL1527 - HL1528 - HL1529 - HL1554 - HL1555 - HL1556 - Lib Doc Table.xlsx title NHS patient waiting times by Trust
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

79664

registered interest
date	28/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Waiting Lists
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of non-admitted patients waited (1) for their first appointment, and (2) for treatment, for over (a) 18 weeks, (b) 26 weeks, and (c) 52 weeks, at each NHS Trust and NHS Foundation Trust for every month since May 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL1556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>Information is collected each month to measure performance against the waiting time standards for consultant-led treatment for non-urgent conditions. The data measures the number of patients who waited each month and the number of weeks they waited from referral to start treatment. It distinguishes between those patients who are admitted into hospital and those who are non-admitted (for example, outpatients). It does not identify appointments. The data also measures the number of patients who had not yet started treatment at the end of each month and the number of weeks they were waiting.</p><p> </p><p>The requested information has been placed in the Library. It does not sum to published national figures, because it excludes other organisations who submitted data over the time period including primary care trusts and the independent sector.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL1524 HL1525 HL1526 HL1527 HL1528 HL1529 HL1554 HL1555 question first answered 30/07/2014 11:16:35 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name HL1524 - HL1525 - HL1526 - HL1527 - HL1528 - HL1529 - HL1554 - HL1555 - HL1556 - Lib Doc Table.xlsx title NHS patient waiting times by Trust
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

79667

registered interest
date	28/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many local authorities are not currently sharing live birth data with children’s centres in their areas.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Listowel
uin	HL1559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold data relating to local authority practice with regards to live birth data. The statutory guidance for children’s centres is clear that health services and local authorities should share information, such as live birth data, with children’s centres on a regular basis.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 30/07/2014 11:21:39 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2054 label Biography information for The Earl of Listowel

79668

registered interest
date	28/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether parental consent is necessary for local authorities to share live birth data with Sure Start Children’s Centres.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Listowel
uin	HL1560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>As set out in the Department for Education’s Sure Start Children’s Centres statutory guidance, health services and local authorities should share information, such as live birth data and data on families with children under five who have recently moved into the area, effectively with children’s centres on a regular basis. Local authorities and commissioners of health services should consider developing local partnership agreements or information sharing protocols to enable effective sharing of bulk data (such as live birth data), whilst ensuring that the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998, and other relevant legal provisions, are complied with.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 30/07/2014 13:31:21 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2054 label Biography information for The Earl of Listowel