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843954

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Aortic Aneurysm: Tees Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in South Tees died from a ruptured aortic abdominal aneurysm in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and 2017.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	128070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 128068 question first answered 22/02/2018 14:39:34 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ128068 &128070 .pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

845357

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Rohingya
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support birth registration activities in relation to Rohingya children born in Bangladesh to ensure that their rights are protected while they are refugees and when, or if, they return to Myanmar.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK supports UNHCR which is conducting a family registration process, including advice and legal support with whatever documents individuals have managed to retain. We continue to lobby the governments of both Burma and Bangladesh to protect and respect the human rights of those who have fled northern Rakhine and to facilitate the conditions for their safe, voluntary and dignified return.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/03/2018 13:53:25 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

845368

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Carillion: Insolvency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 8 February (HL5130), whether they will now set out which private sector contracts with Carillion have been either suspended or curtailed; and whether they will provide details of the value of those contracts.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL5568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not hold this information. In his role as liquidator of Carillion, the Official Receiver is an officer of the court and is independent of government.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 05/03/2018 15:08:04 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

845380

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Poverty
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 Buscombe on 12 December 2017 (HL3812), which (1) ministers, (2) departments, (3) agencies, and (4) arm’s length government bodies, including non-ministerial departments, executive agencies, non-departmental public bodies and public corporations, have responsibility for poverty, and issues relating to poverty.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL5580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to collective action that tackles the root causes of poverty and disadvantage through a range of policies, such as Universal Credit, the National Living Wage, tax changes, and up to 30 hours of free childcare a week to incentivise employment as the best opportunity for families to get out of poverty and become self-reliant.</p><p> </p><p>In <em>Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families</em>, we set out a framework for a continued focus on improving children’s long-term outcomes. This includes nine national indicators to track progress across a number of departments in tackling the disadvantages that can affect families and their children. The Government has a statutory duty to report annually against two of these indicators - parental employment, and children’s educational attainment. The relevant departments and agencies - Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care, Public Health England, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, HM Treasury and Department for Work and Pensions – all aim to publish data on the other, non-statutory indicators by the end of March.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 06/03/2018 13:30:24 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

845383

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Children: Poverty
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will establish a specific funding stream within the proposed UK Shared Prosperity Fund to focus on tackling child poverty and providing opportunities to disadvantaged young people, as exists under the current European Social Fund programme.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL5583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The government continues to develop the design and priorities of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The new Fund will allow us to invest money according to our own priorities, rather than those set by the EU, and will seek to reduce inequalities and boost productivity across the whole of the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 28/02/2018 15:16:25 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

845398

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Unemployment: Chronic Illnesses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in reducing rates of economic inactivity due to disability caused by preventable chronic conditions among those aged over 50.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL5598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply and I will place a copy of their letter in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 06/03/2018 17:51:00 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name PQ HL5598.pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

845440

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
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 maximum acceptable (1) distance, and (2) travel time, for witnesses and parties to get to their nearest (a) Magistrates' Court, (b) County Court, and (c) Crown Court.
tabling member printed	Lord Lisvane
uin	HL5640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>On 18 January 2018, HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service published a consultation document, <em>Fit for the future: transforming the Court and Tribunal Estate </em>(<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/fit-for-the-future-transforming-the-court-and-tribunal-estate" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/fit-for-the-future-transforming-the-court-and-tribunal-estate</a>) inviting views on the proposed future strategy and approach to court and tribunal estate reform in England and Wales. The consultation contains the proposal that nearly all users should be able to attend a hearing on time and return within in a day, by public transport if necessary. The document also includes a national assessment of journey times for court users travelling to Magistrates’, County and Crown courts. The consultation is open until 29 March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Ongoing investment in the transformation and modernisation of our courts and tribunals will enable the use of technology, such as video links and online services. These will improve access to justice by reducing the need to attend court in person.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 06/03/2018 17:02:18 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4351 label Biography information for Lord Lisvane

845447

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Opioids: Death
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many deaths in England over the past five years were caused by or linked to prescription opioids.
tabling member printed	Lord Luce
uin	HL5647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p><strong><strong>​</strong></strong>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p><em><strong>Letter from John Pullinger CB, National Statistician, to Lord Luce, dated 26 February 2018</strong></em></p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am replying to your Parliamentary Questions asking (i) how many deaths in England over the past five years were caused by or linked to prescription opioids (HL5647); and (ii) how many deaths in England over the past five years were caused by or linked to the use of over the counter opioids (HL5648).</p><p>The Office for National Statistics produces an annual report on deaths relating to drug poisoning.1 Drug poisoning deaths involve a broad spectrum of substances, including legal and illegal drugs, prescription type drugs and over-the-counter medications. Tables 6a to 6d published alongside the bulletin show the different drugs involved in each death, for England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below provides the number of deaths registered in England in the five years 2012 to 2016 where the underlying cause of death was drug-related and involved opiates. It cannot be inferred from the available data whether the substances were prescribed to the deceased, prescribed to another person, or obtained by other means.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Table 1: Number of deaths where the underlying cause was drug-related and involved opiates, persons, England, 2012-16 (see notes 2,3,4)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Persons</p></td><td><p>1167</p></td><td><p>1469</p></td><td><p>1688</p></td><td><p>1841</p></td><td><p>1867</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Yours sincerely</p><p>John Pullinger</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Box 1. International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes used to define deaths related to drug poisoning</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Description</p></td><td><p>ICD-10 Codes</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Mental and behavioural disorders due to drug use (excluding alcohol and tobacco)</p></td><td><p>F11–F16, F18–F19</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Accidental poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biological substances</p></td><td><p>X40–X44</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Intentional self-poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biological substances</p></td><td><p>X60–X64</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Assault by drugs, medicaments and biological substances</p></td><td><p>X85</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biological substances, undetermined intent</p></td><td><p>Y10–Y14</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1 <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsrelatedtodrugpoisoninginenglandandwales/2016registrations" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsrelatedtodrugpoisoninginenglandandwales/2016registrations</a></p><p>2 Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). Deaths were selected where the underlying cause was drug poisoning and the specified substance was mentioned on the death certificate. The ICD codes used to select deaths related to drug poisoning are shown in Box 1 above.</p><p>3 Figures are for deaths registered, rather than deaths occurring in each calendar year. Due to the length of time it takes to complete a coroner’s inquest, it can take months or even years for a drug-related death to be registered. More details can be found in the 'deaths related to drug poisoning' statistical bulletin: <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsrelatedtodrugpoisoninginenglandandwales/previousReleases" target="_blank">www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsrelatedtodrugpoisoninginenglandandwales/previousReleases</a></p><p>4 Any Opiate' figures include unspecified opiates, but exclude paracetamol compounds.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 06/03/2018 17:40:33 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	908 label Biography information for Lord Luce

845448

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Opioids: Death
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many deaths in England over the past five years were caused by or linked to the use of over the counter opioids.
tabling member printed	Lord Luce
uin	HL5648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p><strong><strong>​</strong></strong>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p><em><strong>Letter from John Pullinger CB, National Statistician, to Lord Luce, dated 26 February 2018</strong></em></p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am replying to your Parliamentary Questions asking (i) how many deaths in England over the past five years were caused by or linked to prescription opioids (HL5647); and (ii) how many deaths in England over the past five years were caused by or linked to the use of over the counter opioids (HL5648).</p><p>The Office for National Statistics produces an annual report on deaths relating to drug poisoning.1 Drug poisoning deaths involve a broad spectrum of substances, including legal and illegal drugs, prescription type drugs and over-the-counter medications. Tables 6a to 6d published alongside the bulletin show the different drugs involved in each death, for England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below provides the number of deaths registered in England in the five years 2012 to 2016 where the underlying cause of death was drug-related and involved opiates. It cannot be inferred from the available data whether the substances were prescribed to the deceased, prescribed to another person, or obtained by other means.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Table 1: Number of deaths where the underlying cause was drug-related and involved opiates, persons, England, 2012-16 (see notes 2,3,4)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Persons</p></td><td><p>1167</p></td><td><p>1469</p></td><td><p>1688</p></td><td><p>1841</p></td><td><p>1867</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Yours sincerely</p><p>John Pullinger</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Box 1. International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes used to define deaths related to drug poisoning</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Description</p></td><td><p>ICD-10 Codes</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Mental and behavioural disorders due to drug use (excluding alcohol and tobacco)</p></td><td><p>F11–F16, F18–F19</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Accidental poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biological substances</p></td><td><p>X40–X44</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Intentional self-poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biological substances</p></td><td><p>X60–X64</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Assault by drugs, medicaments and biological substances</p></td><td><p>X85</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biological substances, undetermined intent</p></td><td><p>Y10–Y14</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1 <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsrelatedtodrugpoisoninginenglandandwales/2016registrations" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsrelatedtodrugpoisoninginenglandandwales/2016registrations</a></p><p>2 Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). Deaths were selected where the underlying cause was drug poisoning and the specified substance was mentioned on the death certificate. The ICD codes used to select deaths related to drug poisoning are shown in Box 1 above.</p><p>3 Figures are for deaths registered, rather than deaths occurring in each calendar year. Due to the length of time it takes to complete a coroner’s inquest, it can take months or even years for a drug-related death to be registered. More details can be found in the 'deaths related to drug poisoning' statistical bulletin: <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsrelatedtodrugpoisoninginenglandandwales/previousReleases" target="_blank">www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsrelatedtodrugpoisoninginenglandandwales/previousReleases</a></p><p>4 Any Opiate' figures include unspecified opiates, but exclude paracetamol compounds.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 06/03/2018 18:07:11 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	908 label Biography information for Lord Luce

845474

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	British Overseas Territories: Biodiversity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether a decision has been made on whether the £1 million received by the UK Overseas Territories per year from the EU’s Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Territories of Europe Overseas Fund will be replaced after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member printed	Baroness Scott of Needham Market
uin	HL5674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>Decisions on the replacement of EU funding have not yet been taken and will be taken in light of wider UK strategic priorities and other domestic spending decisions. As we start to take our own decisions in these areas, we will of course make sure all parts of the UK, including the Overseas Territories, are treated fairly.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 06/03/2018 13:03:11 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2542 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Needham Market