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1078974

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date	27/02/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Ilois: Resettlement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the Advisory Opinion of 25 February from the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965, what assessment they have made of the compensation they may be required to pay to the government of Mauritius to allow Chagossians who wish to return to the archipelago to be resettled.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL14096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>​In November 2016, following a comprehensive review, the Government considered all the available information and has decided not to support resettlement of Chagossians on the grounds of feasibility, defence and security interests, and cost to the British tax payer. The decision was announced by Written Ministerial Statement on 16 November 2016.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/03/2019 16:49:53 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1078976

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Mauritius
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in securing a bilateral trade agreement with Mauritius.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL14097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2019 answer text <p>On 31 January 2019, the Government signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with members of the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) EPA, which includes Mauritius. This will provide continuity for businesses, exporters and consumers as the UK prepares to leave the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 08/03/2019 12:22:58 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1078978

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Vagrancy Act 1824
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have given consideration to repealing the Vagrancy Act 1824; and whether they consider that prosecuting people for being homeless is appropriate.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL14099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>This Government is clear that no-one should be criminalised simply for having nowhere to live and sleeping rough. The cross-Government Rough Sleeping Strategy, which was published in August, committed to reviewing homelessness and rough sleeping legislation, including the Vagrancy Act 1824. The Government believes that review of the 1824 Act, rather than immediate wholesale repeal, is the right course of action to ensure the consequences of repeal are fully understood and other options are properly considered.</p><p>For example, the consequences of repeal on the police’s ability to deal with certain street behaviours and the potential impact of offences under alternative legislation, which might have a higher burden of proof and higher penalties than those under the 1824 Act, would be areas of consideration. Policy officials are currently developing the terms of reference for the review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 11/03/2019 16:52:51 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1078980

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness: Death
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the publication of figures by the Office for National Statistics that showed that 597 homeless people died on the streets of England and Wales in 2017, what plans they have to reduce and eliminate such deaths.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL14101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Every person who dies while they do not have a place to call home is one too many and we have a moral duty to act.</p><p>Whilst we recognise that suitable housing is a key part of the solution, health services have a significant role to play, alongside other public services. My Department is working with the Department of Health and Social Care to ensure that rough sleepers have the health care they need, when they need it. In its Long-Term Plan, the National Health Service will invest up to £30 million extra on meeting the needs of rough sleepers, to ensure that the parts of England most affected by rough sleeping will have better access to specialist homelessness NHS mental health support, integrated with existing outreach services.</p><p> </p><p>We are also ensuring that when a homeless person dies or is seriously injured as a result of abuse or neglect and there is concern that partner agencies could have worked more effectively to protect the adult, Safeguarding Adult Reviews take place so that local services can learn lessons from these tragic events to better prevent them from happening in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to reducing homelessness and ending rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy. This sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period. In its first year, the Rough Sleeping Initiative provided over 1,750 new bed spaces and 500 staff.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 12/03/2019 15:44:55 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1063547

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	General Practitioners: Swindon
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 the demand for GP services in Swindon and the surrounding commuter area that would be caused by any closure of the Swindon Honda plant in 2022; and what urgent steps they are taking to ensure there is sufficient GP provision in that area.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL13785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Swindon Clinical Commissioning Group advise that a primary care assessment will take place in due course and they will work with Swindon Borough Council through the Health and Wellbeing Board to agree steps to mitigate the impact on the population of Swindon and invest in the appropriate services for their patients.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 04/03/2019 16:40:30 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1061356

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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	Health and Care Professions Council: Fees and Charges
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 possible impact of the Health and Care Professions Council proposals to increase its mandatory registration fee by 18 per cent from October.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL13736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of the possible impact of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) proposals to increase its mandatory registration fee by 18% from October 2019. The HCPC is independent of Government, funded by registrants’ fees on a costs recovery basis.</p><p> </p><p>Following public consultation, the HCPC is planning to raise its annual fees by £16. If adopted, the HCPC’s annual registration fee will rise from £90 to £106 a year. HCPC registration fees will remain the lowest of any of the United Kingdom-wide health and care regulators. Registration fees are tax-deductible and this fee rise will amount to just over £1 a month extra for most of the HCPC’s registrants.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 27/02/2019 13:18:07 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1061357

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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	General Practitioners: Stress
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to reduce stress levels of general practitioners.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL13737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan made a clear commitment to the future of general practice, with primary and community care set to receive at least £4.5 billion more in real terms a year by 2023/24, meaning spending on these services will grow faster than the rising National Health Service budget. Since the launch of the Long Term Plan, NHS England and the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners (GP) Committee have agreed a five-year GP (General Medical Services) contract framework from 2019/20. The new contract framework will be essential to deliver the ambitions set out in the NHS Long Term Plan through strong general practice services. The contract framework will see billions of extra investment for improved access to family doctors, expanded services at local practices and longer appointments for patients who need them. Beyond contract funding, investment worth hundreds of millions of pounds will continue to be made in central programmes benefiting general practice.</p><p>In January 2017, NHS England launched the GP Health Service in recognition of GPs reporting they were experiencing stress and mental illness. The NHS GP Health Service is a nationwide, free confidential NHS service for GPs and GP trainees in England. The service can help doctors with issues relating to a mental health concern, including stress or depression, or an addiction problem, particularly where these might affect work. Since its launch, over 2,000 GPs have accessed the service.</p><p>The Government recognises that workload is one of the greatest challenges that GPs currently face and a contributor to workplace stress. NHS England has invested £30 million in the Releasing Time for Care Programme which aims to help practices reduce their workload through spreading awareness of innovations and facilitating local health programmes. As of January 2019, the programme had worked with 95% of clinical commissioning groups.</p><p>NHS England has also committed to further expanding community based multi-disciplinary teams and will provide funding towards up to 20,000 other staff in primary care networks by 2023/24. This builds on the non-GP clinical staff already working in general practice, and will mean bigger teams of staff, providing a wider range of care options for patients and freeing up more time for GPs to focus on those with more complex needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 28/02/2019 15:22:13 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1061358

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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	General Practitioners: Vacancies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to fill GP vacancies in (1) Swindon, and (2) the rest of England.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL13738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS England and Health Education England (HEE) are working together with the profession to increase the general practitioner (GP) workforce in England. This includes measures to boost recruitment, address the reasons why GPs are leaving the profession, and encourage GPs to return to practice.</p><p> </p><p>There is a broad offer to support GPs to remain in the National Health Service including the GP Retention Scheme, the GP Retention Fund, the GP Health Service and the Releasing Time for Care Programme. It is also now quicker and easier for GPs to return to the NHS through the National Induction and Refresher Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, Health Education England recruited the highest number of GP trainees ever and the Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme (TERs) is attracting GP trainees to parts of the country where there have been consistent shortages of GP trainees. Over 500 trainees entered the TERs scheme in 2016-18 and a further 276 are available in 2019. Twelve places were available for GP trainees on the scheme within Swindon in 2018 and a further 12 are available for 2019.</p><p>To further support recruitment of GPs in Swindon, Swindon Clinical Commissioning Group advise it is working with the Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to develop new posts for GPs which allow clinicians to work across primary care and acute hospitals to support career development. It has also invested in development programmes with the Local Medical Committee to support retention of GPs in the area, including coaching and mentoring programmes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 28/02/2019 15:19:04 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1061359

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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	Health Professions: Migrant Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage health professionals from overseas to work in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL13739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the National Health Service can recruit as many doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals from abroad as it needs. We also recognise how important it is to make international recruitment as straight forward and user-friendly as possible, both for applicants and employers.</p><p>As part of the NHS Long Term Plan, the Secretary of State has commissioned Baroness Harding to lead a rapid and inclusive programme of work to set out a detailed workforce implementation plan to be published in the spring. Encouraging overseas health professionals to come and work in the NHS is being considered as part of this plan.</p><p>Furthermore, our future immigration system will prioritise high and medium-skilled workers and the Tier 2 visa cap will be abolished. In addition to this, the Government will also be removing the Resident Labour Market Test for skilled workers – this will remove a month from the process of recruiting from overseas. As we bring the European Union into a new single immigration system we will make the existing sponsorship system more streamlined.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 27/02/2019 13:19:02 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1061360

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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	Insects: Conservation
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 reduction in global insect populations and how to reverse the global impact of this trend.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL13740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>UK scientists have been at the forefront of delivering assessments by the Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). The IPBES global assessment for pollinators concluded that wild pollinators, including many insect groups, have declined in Europe and North America. Data deficiencies precluded assessment in other parts of the world. Regional assessments came to similar conclusions for wider biodiversity, including insects. In Europe, for example, ongoing strong declines were identified in most species groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK Government acknowledges and is committed to addressing the declines. Internationally, we are determined to play a leading role in the development of an ambitious strategy under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, when its current framework expires in 2020. At the most recent Conference of the Parties to the Convention, in November 2018, we supported action such as the adoption of a global plan for the conservation and sustainable use of pollinators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At the national level, the Government’s indicators of the abundance of UK butterflies show long term declines since 1976 but no significant change since 2012. Our indicator of pollinating insects in the UK tells a similar story - overall distribution has declined since 1980 but has stabilised in recent years. We are keeping these trends under review as encouraging but not yet definitive signs of progress.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government gathers further data on the status of UK pollinators through a UK-wide pollinator monitoring and research partnership, established in collaboration with research institutes and volunteer organisations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 25 Year Environment Plan commits to improving the status of insects and each of the four countries of the UK has its own strategy to protect pollinators. We will continue to work in partnership with scientists and practitioners for future generations to inherit a better environment.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 20/02/2019 16:11:35 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham