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62486

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date	18/06/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Expert Evidence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of the allegations made regarding expert witnesses in the BBC Panorama programme Justice for Sale, broadcast on 9 June, they intend to review independently the evidence given by Michael Ansell in the Asil Nadir trial.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>No. Michael Ansell was instructed by the defence in the trial of Asil Nadir and if the defence have concerns about the evidence given by one of their witnesses it is a matter for them to take forward.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Tankerness question first answered 01/07/2014 11:33:24 answering member 630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

62487

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs
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 number of people currently damaged by alcohol and drug abuse in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Dundee
uin	HL416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Drug Policy Commission collect data on the numbers affected by drug addiction and publish their findings in their report <em>Supporting the Supporters: families of drug misusers 2009.</em> The findings estimate that nearly 1.5 million people are affected by drug addiction in their families, mostly in poor communities.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates in the Office of National Statistics report ‘Deaths Related to Drug Poisoning in England and Wales, 2012 and Alcohol-related deaths in the UK, registered in 2012' showed that there were 1,496 drug misuse deaths in England.</p><p> </p><p>In England, data on the number of adults who report some signs of drug or alcohol dependence is published by theHealth and Social Care Information Centre, in the <em>Adult Psychiatric Morbidity in England, 2007 report</em>. The report includes information on rates of dependency and access to treatments. This data will be updated in 2014 and will be available in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, published on 25 March, ‘Updating England-specific Alcohol-attributable Fractions', with revised estimates for England showing that over 21,000 people died in 2010 and that over 900,000 people were admitted to hospital in 2010-11 for alcohol-related causes.</p><p> </p><p>Public health prevention, treatment and care in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a matter for those Devolved Administrations. Each country maintains its own information. For example:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- In 2012-13 there were 5,683 drug related discharges from a general acute hospital in Scotland (a European age-sex-standardised rate (EASR) of 107 discharges per 100,000 population). The National Records of Scotland reported that there were 581 drug related deaths in 2012 in Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>- In 2012-13 there were 35,926 alcohol related discharges from a general acute hospital in Scotland (a European age-sex-standardised rate (EASR) of 693 discharges per 100,000 population).</p><p> </p><p>- There were 25,000 referrals for drug and alcohol misuse recorded in 2012 -13 on the Welsh National Database for Substance Misuse.</p><p> </p><p>- Data on the number of drug - related deaths in Northern Ireland is collected by the General Register Office and published in their annual report. The most recent estimates show that there were 110 drug related deaths in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>- Data on the number of drug and alcohol – related hospital admissions is collected by the Hospital Inpatient System in Northern Ireland. The most recent estimates show that there were 15,701 drug and alcohol admissions to hospitals in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Data may not be comparable across the UK in all cases.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 01/07/2014 11:39:40 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2735 label Biography information for The Earl of Dundee

62488

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their current level of funding of charities and institutions that seek to reduce alcohol and drug abuse in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Dundee
uin	HL417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The Innovation Excellence &amp; Strategic Development Fund (IESD) provides funding from one to three years to support proposals in the health and care field.</p><p> </p><p>A total of £658,902 has been awarded by the Department's IESD Fund in 2014-15 to organisations seeking to reduce alcohol and/or drug misuse. This amount is in respect of seven separate projects. The scope of the activity of these projects and the IESD Fund in general is within England only. The main responsibility for funding of services reducing alcohol and drug misuse is for local authorities. The Department does not hold detailed information on local funding.</p><p> </p><p>A significant proportion of alcohol and drug treatment services is provided by charities and voluntary organisations and is funded by local authorities though the public health grant.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 01/07/2014 11:40:48 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2735 label Biography information for The Earl of Dundee

62489

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to prevent alcohol and drug abuse in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Dundee
uin	HL418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Coalition Government's approach to preventing drug and alcohol abuse in the UK is captured in the 2010 Drug Strategy and the 2012 Alcohol Strategy.<br><br>The Drug Strategy 'Reducing demand, restricting supply, building recovery: supporting people to live a drug-free life' balances three key themes: reducing the demand for drugs, restricting the supply of drugs, and supporting individuals to recover from dependence. We continue to do all we can to prevent people from using drugs in the first place and intervene early with those who start to develop problems. For example, we are taking action to break intergenerational paths to drug misuse by supporting the UK's most troubled families and supporting practitioners working with young people through the production of an on-line Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention Information Service.<br><br>We are confident that our strategic approach is producing good results. Drug use has fallen to its lowest level since records began in 1996, and people going into treatment today are more likely to free themselves from dependency than ever before. <br><br>The Alcohol Strategy proposed a range of measures to radically reshape the approach to alcohol and reduce excessive drinking and tackle the crime and health harms associated with it. We have provided more powers for local areas to restrict opening and closing times, control the density of licensed premises, and charge a late night levy to support policing. In May we introduced a ban on the worst cases of very cheap and harmful alcohol sales and are taking forward a wide range of action to tackle alcohol-related crime and disorder. This includes working with 20 Local Alcohol Action Areas to cut alcohol-related crime and disorder, and reduce the damage caused to people's health. Underpinning this work is the goal of promoting diverse and vibrant night-time economies that do not centre on drinking alcohol.<br><br>Through the Responsibility Deal, the alcohol industry has adopted a core commitment to ‘foster a culture of responsible drinking which will help people to drink within guidelines'. This includes a pledge to give consumers a wider choice of lower strength products and take one billion units out of the market by 2015. From April 2013, the NHS Healthcheck included an alcohol risk assessment for adults aged 40-75 year olds, with an assessment every five years. The Chief Medical Officer (Dame Sally Davies) is also reviewing the alcohol guidelines for adults.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 30/06/2014 16:29:31 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	2735 label Biography information for The Earl of Dundee

62490

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks and 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 co-operate with institutions and other governments to reduce alcohol and drug abuse internationally.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Dundee
uin	HL419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of international cooperation in preventing alcohol and drug misuse effectively.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work with international partners, the United Nations, the European Union and through the British-Irish Council to promote the lessons the United Kingdom has learnt from its effective drugs strategy, and the benefits of a balanced, evidence based response within the international drug control conventions.</p><p> </p><p>The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union recognises that Member States have the prime responsibility for public health, including preventing and reducing harm from alcohol, while the EU has a role to support Member States in this function. Discussions are currently taking place with Member States and the European Commission to develop:</p><p> </p><p>- A new EU Alcohol Action Plan on youth drinking and binge drinking to run from 2014 to 2016 within the current EU Alcohol Strategy; and</p><p>- ideas for a new EU Alcohol Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The World Health Organization (WHO) has a leading role in further building the evidence base, the development of policy tools and the establishment and maintenance of a global information system on alcohol and health as set out in the WHO global alcohol strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The WHO UK Alcohol Focal Point which represents the UK, including the Devolved Administrations, is chair of the 53 European Alcohol Focal Points and sits on the WHO Global Co-ordinating Council for delivery of the global alcohol strategy.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 01/07/2014 11:42:20 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2735 label Biography information for The Earl of Dundee

62491

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Autism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many adults with autism in England currently receive support because they have been identified by a local authority as being at risk of abuse or neglect.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>This information is not kept centrally.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 30/06/2014 12:33:44 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

62492

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Act 2014
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why staying safe from abuse or neglect has been omitted from the list of specified care outcomes in the new draft eligibility criteria for the Care Act 2014 Part 1 regulations; and whether there are any plans to address the issue elsewhere in the regulations.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>The Care Act for the first time will put adult safeguarding on a legal basis. The new measures require local authorities to carry out a safeguarding enquiry where they suspect a person is at risk of abuse or neglect and consider what if any actions are needed, and who should carry these out.</p><p> </p><p>The safeguarding duties are triggered on the basis of suspecting that an adult with care and support needs may be at risk of abuse or neglect. This rightly does not have an eligibility threshold, or require a particular level of need before the duty to carry out an enquiry is required. If we were to treat the risk of abuse and neglect separately in the eligibility criteria, then a person's level of risk would have to meet the eligibility threshold before they became eligible for the local authority to meet their need.</p><p> </p><p>The Act is clear that safeguarding responsibilities sit alongside the other elements of the care and support system, including assessment of needs. The draft guidance clarifies that where a local authority has started a safeguarding enquiry, it should continue the needs assessment for care and support in parallel, and determine whether the person has eligible needs which it must meet.</p><p> </p><p>This approach will ensure that the local authority identifies both risks of, and responses to, abuse or neglect, as well as identifying the person's eligible needs which must be met through care and support.</p><p> </p><p>The draft regulations and guidance which support implementation are subject to public consultation until 15 August 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/07/2014 12:53:24 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

62493

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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	Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will seek to re-activate the provisions concerning Gaza of the 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government continues to press the parties to make progress in Gaza, including provisions contained in the 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access. In particular, we continue to press Israel to ease movement and access restrictions for goods and people.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 30/06/2014 12:43:30 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

62494

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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	Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made or will make to the government of Israel concerning prisoners and detainees now on hunger strike; and whether they will ask for a review process for the release of those held under administrative orders.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>Officials in our Consulate General in Jerusalem have monitored the cases of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike and have been in regular contact with the Prisoners Affairs Ministry in the Palestinian Authority and relevant non-governmental organisations. Officials raised our concerns over prisoners with the Israeli National Security Council on 17 June. We have previously lobbied the Israeli authorities to ensure that the rights of those on hunger strike to receive medical care of their choice and family visits be respected, and encouraged all sides to reach a solution that prevents loss of life.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 30/06/2014 12:42:47 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

62495

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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	Egypt
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they have about the number of persons detained in Egypt without charge or trial; and whether they will make representations for a review process leading to the release of those not charged with civil or criminal offences.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>There are no reliable figures on the number of persons currently detained in Egypt without charge or trial as the Egyptian authorities do not publish this data. The 2013 US State Department Human Rights report suggests that there are as many as 2,000 pre-trial detainees. In August 2013 the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), called for the release of all political detainees unless there are criminal charges to be laid against them, and emphasised that it is vital that any charges are not politically motivated. In his statement on 28 April he urged the Egyptian authorities to ensure that human and legal rights are fully upheld in the country as a whole. On 5 June the 28 Member States of the EU issued a statement calling on the Egyptian authorities to ensure defendants' rights to a fair and timely trial based on clear charges and to respect due process.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 01/07/2014 12:43:48 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton