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143438

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dementia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to sustain and support those in rural areas who have been diagnosed with dementia.
tabling member printed	Baroness Crawley
uin	HL2723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>As part of the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia, a task and finish group on rural communities is considering support for people with dementia living in rural areas. The task and finish group will report in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 20/11/2014 12:03:23 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3386 label Biography information for Baroness Crawley

143439

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dementia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to integrate social care systems in pursuit of good outcomes for those diagnosed with dementia.
tabling member printed	Baroness Crawley
uin	HL2724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>Access to a timely and seamless package of care and support is essential for people with dementia and their carers to live well with the condition. On 28 February 2014 the Secretary of State published his ambition that everyone diagnosed with dementia should receive high quality post-diagnosis support, including seamless care, with health and social care professionals working together to provide the best care and support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Better Care Fund is the biggest ever financial incentive for the integration of health and social care. Central Government requires at least £3.8 billion of health and social care budgets to be pooled via the Better Care Fund, with local areas choosing to add another £1.5 billion to pooled budgets across the country. From April 2015, councils and the National Health Service will be able to use the Better Care Fund to work with each other and the voluntary sector. Local areas can use some of this to improve outcomes for people with dementia, such as for example providing access to dementia advisors, reminiscence services and counselling. More generally, the Better Care Fund plans set out areas’ schemes for delivering integrated health and social care, many of which will benefit people diagnosed with dementia.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 19/11/2014 12:36:10 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3386 label Biography information for Baroness Crawley

143440

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dementia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to ensure that a person diagnosed with dementia, and their family, has a clear path to assistance, support and advice.
tabling member printed	Baroness Crawley
uin	HL2725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>On 28 February the Secretary of State set out his ambition for high quality, compassionate care and support for people with dementia and their carers following a diagnosis of dementia. Our ambition is for people with dementia and their carers to have:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- a timely assessment of their condition and a diagnosis so that they can access the right care at the right time;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- someone who can help and advise, such as a Dementia Advisor, who will support them and their carer to access the services they need;</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>- a plan of care that will be tailored to meet their specific needs;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- support so that they can remain independent for as long as possible after diagnosis;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- access to high-quality personalised information that will help them understand and manage their condition;</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>- access to services such as reminiscence and counselling, that will support them and their carer to live well with dementia;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- co-ordinated care towards and at the end of life;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- timely access to support for carers; and</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- seamless care, with health and social care professionals working together to provide the best care and support.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 19/11/2014 12:38:15 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3386 label Biography information for Baroness Crawley

143441

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Kramer on 6 November (HL2589), what savings they have made to date from alliances between passenger train operators and Network Rail.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL2726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The sole deep Alliance between a passenger train operator and Network Rail (NR) is the Wessex Alliance between South West Trains and NR. It seeks to deliver benefits such as more effective station management, better planning of track maintenance, aligned objectives and operational efficiencies</p><p> </p><p>The Alliance sees South West Trains and Network Rail share risks and opportunities within agreed parameters. To date, the Alliance has focused on improving the underlying condition of the infrastructure in order to secure operational efficiencies in the future. That approach has not yet generated savings for the Alliance, or therefore Government. Network Rail and South West Trains have, however, gained sufficient confidence in the potential of the Alliance to continue the arrangements into 2017 and we expect to see a financial return arising from these arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 17/11/2014 12:01:32 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

143442

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	World War I: Debts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much they owe the government of the United States as a result of the First World War; and what are the arrangements for repayment.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>At the end of the First World War, the debt owed to the United States by the United Kingdom amounted to around £850 million. Repayments of the debt were made between 1923 and 1931. In 1931, President Hoover of the United States proposed a one year moratorium on all war debts, which allowed extensive international discussions on the general problems of debt repayment to be held. However, no satisfactory agreement was reached. In the absence of such an agreement, no payments have been made to, or received from, other nations since 1934. At the time, the United Kingdom was owed more by other nations than the outstanding principal it owed the United States.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For this reason, liabilities and assets arising from WW1 have not been listed on the UK government’s balance sheet since 1944-45.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 20/11/2014 17:03:29 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

143443

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
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	World War I: Debts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what effect the debt payable to the government of the United States as a result of the First World War has on their foreign policy.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text There has been no effect on the UK's foreign policy agenda as a result of the debt owed to the Government of the United States deriving from the First World War. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 17/11/2014 16:22:32 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

143444

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Rights of Accused
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the prescribed legal limits to the use of the power to conduct electronic surveillance of conversations between lawyers and their clients; and what are the safeguards against the misuse of those powers.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL2729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>Interception of communications and intrusive surveillance can only be carried out by a very limited number of authorities in the interest of national security, for the prevention or detection of serious crime or to safeguard the economic well-being of the United Kingdom where it relates to national security.</p><p>Warrants to intercept communications must be authorised by a Secretary of State. Where there is a possibility that privileged communications may be intercepted, the statutory code of practice on the interception of communications sets out additional safeguards. Any warrant application which is likely to result in legally privileged communications being obtained should include, in addition to an explanation of why it is necessary, an assessment of how likely it is that communications which are subject to legal privilege are to be intercepted. It should also state whether the purpose (or one of the purposes) of the interception is to obtain privileged communications. The Secretary of State is able to impose additional conditions if he or she considers it necessary, such as regular reporting to allow them to exercise discretion over whether the interception should continue to be authorised.</p><p>The safeguards for intrusive surveillance are the same as those for interception. The case must include an assessment of how likely it is that legally privileged material may be obtained, the authorising officer or Surveillance Commissioner is able to impose additional conditions if he or she consider it necessary, such as additional reporting.</p><p>In cases where legally privileged communications have been obtained, the matter should be reported to the Interception of Communications Commissioner or Surveillance Commissioner (for intrusive surveillance) and the material made available for inspection if requested. The Commissioners can and do inspect this material.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/11/2014 13:48:40 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

143445

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	House of Lords: Select Committee Reports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House how many times in the last 10 years no Government response to a Lords Select Committee report was forthcoming eight months or longer after the report’s publication; and what were the subjects of the report or reports in question.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL2730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally; it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 21/11/2014 14:44:34 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

142584

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the change in the Treasury Block Grant to the Northern Ireland Executive should the Executive reduce corporation tax to 12.5 per cent from the existing United Kingdom level of corporation tax.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
uin	HL2695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not yet agreed with the Northern Ireland Executive how the block grant adjustment will be calculated if corporation tax rate-setting powers are devolved</p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 20/11/2014 17:04:30 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

142586

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 29 October (HL 2219), whether they have any plans to amend the minimum wage legislation to include interns and others not currently covered by it including those subject to the terms of the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL2696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>Many interns are already entitled to the National Minimum Wage. The term “intern” is not defined in any legislation: entitlement to the minimum wage depends on whether or not an individual is a worker for minimum wage purposes.</p><p> </p><p>The National Minimum Wage applies to all workers unless a specific exemption applies. If an intern is a worker they will be entitled to the minimum wage. An applicable exemption would be students in further or higher education performing work-experience for a period not exceeding 12 months which is part of their studies. It can be legitimate for employers to offer unpaid or ‘expenses-only’ opportunities in some circumstances – in particular where the individual is acting as a volunteer.</p><p> </p><p>Given this dependency on employment status, it is vital that employers and workers understand how this is determined. This is why last month, the Business Secretary announced a review of employment status, looking at how the system could be clarified, providing transparency for both individuals and employers. This is an internal review and findings will be presented to ministers early next year.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to specifically consider individuals covered by the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 20/11/2014 16:01:07 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling