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62427

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their (1) current estimate, and (2) projected estimate as of 7 May 2015, of the number of (a) 16 to 17 year-olds, and (b) 18 to 24 year-olds, in the United Kingdom; and, of their current estimate, what proportion of (1) 16 to 17 year-olds, and (2) 18 to 24 year-olds, in the United Kingdom are currently registered to vote.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics' (ONS) mid-2013 UK Population Estimate can be found here: <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pop-estimate/population-estimates-for-uk--england-and-wales--scotland-and-northern-ireland/2013/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pop-estimate/population-estimates-for-uk--england-and-wales--scotland-and-northern-ireland/2013/index.html</a>. The ONS has not made a projected estimate for 7 May 2015. <br> <br> Data on the proportion of 16 to 17 year olds and 18 to 24 year olds registered to vote is not held.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 01/07/2014 16:11:26 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

61920

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Unpaid Fines
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what value of fines remained unpaid at the end of financial years 2009–10, 2010–11 and 2011–12 (1) in total, and (2) with respect to fines issued in that financial year.
tabling member printed	Lord Howard of Rising
uin	HL338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>We have answered this question on the basis that it relates to HMRC penalties.</p><p> </p><p>1) 2009-10 £0.5 billion</p><p>2010-11 £1.5 billion</p><p>2011-12 £1.5 billion</p><p> </p><p>Fines and Penalties that remain unpaid are included as receivables and are reported in both the Resource Accounts and Trust Statement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2) It is not possible to state the value of fines issued in each of the financial years. The question is very broad in scope and covers the majority of the business of the Department. Some data is held in electronic systems and some in paper files, and records are not kept centrally of the value of fines issued across the Department and across all obligations.</p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 26/06/2014 15:12:28 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	3674 label Biography information for Lord Howard of Rising

61926

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the detailed breakdown of the £7,250,000 so far incurred by the special administration process in relation to Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The £7,250,000 incurred by the special administration process at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust relates to the period when the trust special administrators (TSAs) were appointed in April 2013, to the point at which the Secretary of State announced his decision to accept the TSAs' proposals in February 2014.</p><p> </p><p>We are informed by Monitor that the total figure of £7,250,000 can be broadly broken down as follows:</p><p>- Cost of the TSAs and supporting team to run the Trust - £2,000,000;</p><p>- Cost of solution development - £3,600,000; and</p><p>- Cost of stakeholder engagement and consultation - £1,650,000.</p><p> </p><p>Monitor has estimated the total cost of the special administration process will be £12 to £15 million. This was first announced as part of its decision to accept the TSAs' final proposals on 16 January 2104 and re-stated in an announcement on 13 March 2014. This includes the £7,250,000 and £250,000 expenses incurred up to the point of the Secretary of State's decision.</p><p> </p><p>The remainder of the estimated total cost consists of costs incurred in the period leading up to the dissolution of the trust. These are the cost of continuing to employ a team to run the trust, and the cost of implementing the recommendations set out in the TSAs' Final Report.</p><p> </p><p>We are also informed by Monitor that an original budget for the remaining costs was agreed at approximately £7,000,000.</p><p> </p><p>That total figure of £7,000,000 can be broadly broken down as follows:</p><p>- Cost of the TSAs and supporting team to run the Trust - £1,500,000;</p><p>- Cost of delivering the transaction - £2,100,000; and</p><p>- Cost of splitting the Trust - £3,400,000.</p><p> </p><p>The team running the trust will be required to remain in place up to the point at which the trust is dissolved.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL345 question first answered 26/06/2014 15:49:22 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

61927

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the detailed breakdown of the estimated £12 to £15 million total cost of the special administration process in relation to Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The £7,250,000 incurred by the special administration process at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust relates to the period when the trust special administrators (TSAs) were appointed in April 2013, to the point at which the Secretary of State announced his decision to accept the TSAs' proposals in February 2014.</p><p> </p><p>We are informed by Monitor that the total figure of £7,250,000 can be broadly broken down as follows:</p><p>- Cost of the TSAs and supporting team to run the Trust - £2,000,000;</p><p>- Cost of solution development - £3,600,000; and</p><p>- Cost of stakeholder engagement and consultation - £1,650,000.</p><p> </p><p>Monitor has estimated the total cost of the special administration process will be £12 to £15 million. This was first announced as part of its decision to accept the TSAs' final proposals on 16 January 2104 and re-stated in an announcement on 13 March 2014. This includes the £7,250,000 and £250,000 expenses incurred up to the point of the Secretary of State's decision.</p><p> </p><p>The remainder of the estimated total cost consists of costs incurred in the period leading up to the dissolution of the trust. These are the cost of continuing to employ a team to run the trust, and the cost of implementing the recommendations set out in the TSAs' Final Report.</p><p> </p><p>We are also informed by Monitor that an original budget for the remaining costs was agreed at approximately £7,000,000.</p><p> </p><p>That total figure of £7,000,000 can be broadly broken down as follows:</p><p>- Cost of the TSAs and supporting team to run the Trust - £1,500,000;</p><p>- Cost of delivering the transaction - £2,100,000; and</p><p>- Cost of splitting the Trust - £3,400,000.</p><p> </p><p>The team running the trust will be required to remain in place up to the point at which the trust is dissolved.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL344 question first answered 26/06/2014 15:49:21 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

61929

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Closed Material Procedures
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government in how many cases since the passage of the Justice and Security Act 2013 applications have been made for closed material procedures to be employed; and how many have been successful.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>In accordance with section 12 of the Justice and Security Act 2013, the Government will lay before Parliament, in the course of 2014, a report on the use of the closed material procedure under section 6 of that Act. This will include the numbers of applications made and whether such applications have been granted.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 30/06/2014 16:56:06 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

61930

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immunity Certificates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government in how many cases since the passage of the Justice and Security Act 2013 the public interest immunity procedure has been invoked; and how much compensation has been paid as a result.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Public Interest Immunity procedure may be used in a wide variety of court proceedings and as such no central record exists of its application.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 30/06/2014 11:57:04 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

61934

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Human Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make available to Parliament their assessment of the impact of the stronger regulatory powers available to the Care Quality Commission since 2008 on the provision of human rights-compatible care to service users, including the evidence on which that assessment is based, as recommended by the Joint Committee on Human Rights in its report Legislative Scrutiny: Care Bill (11th Report, Session 2013–14, HL Paper 121).
tabling member printed	Lord Low of Dalston
uin	HL352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care providers in England. Under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (2008 Act) all providers of regulated activities have to register with the CQC and meet a set of requirements of safety and quality. As the CQC is a public authority it has a legal obligation in relation to protecting, respecting and fulfilling people's rights under the Human Rights Act 1998 (1998 Act).</p><p>If a provider fails to meet these requirements the CQC has a wide range of enforcement powers that it can use to protect patients and service users from the risk of poor care.</p><p>The CQC has advised that it has taken the following published enforcement action during the financial year 2013-14.</p><p>- The CQC undertook two urgent cancellations of providers' registration;</p><p>- The CQC undertook 53 cancellations of providers' registration;</p><p>- The CQC imposed a condition on a provider on 45 occasions;</p><p>- The CQC varied a provider's condition of registration on 13 occasions;</p><p>- The CQC undertook an urgent variation of a provider's conditions of registration on 13 occasions;</p><p>- The CQC imposed 1,269 warning notices on providers and 18,408 compliance actions on providers; and</p><p>- The CQC issued over 500 fixed penalty notices.</p><p> </p><p>The CQC monitors and inspects health and social care providers under regulations which stipulate that providers must deliver care and treatment to people with due regard to their age, sex, religion, sexual orientation, race, cultural and linguistic background and disability (Regulation 17).</p><p> </p><p>Where services do not meet standards for Regulation 17, the CQC sets compliance actions and monitors whether providers have taken action to meet the standard. If they have not, the CQC may take enforcement action. Between 1 October 2012 and 30 September 2013, the CQC found 48 services did not comply with Regulation 17, leading to enforcement action. This enforcement action is set out in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Enforcement action around Regulation 17 in 2012-13</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Acute hospitals</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mental health hospitals/hospitals for</p><p>people with a learning disability</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General practitioners</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dentists</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Care homes</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home care agencies</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other social care services</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The CQC's consultation <em>‘A New Start'</em>, in June 2013 on how it regulates, inspects and rates services included a section on how Human Rights would be protected by changes to its regulatory model. To accompany the consultation, the CQC produced a draft document entitled, ‘Equality and Human Rights Duties Impact Analysis (decision making and policies)', to give more detail about the impact of the proposed changes on equality and human rights and how they would promote equality and human rights for people who use health and social care services.</p><p> </p><p>The CQC also consulted on its approach to human rights as part of a broader consultation on changes to regulation of care services. The CQC explained its proposed strategy for delivering on its commitment to promote equality, diversity and human rights in its regulatory work; to provide detail about what the strategy will mean in practice; and to receive feedback from important stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>The CQC held the consultation between 9 April 2014 and 4 June 2014. The CQC will respond to the results of the consultation in September 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation can be found at the following web link:</p><p> </p><p>www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20140406_our_human_rights_approach_public_consultation_final.pdf</p><p> </p><p>In January 2014 the CQC published ‘Equality Counts', a report providing information about equality in its workforce and for people who are affected by its regulatory policies and practices. The CQC will use the information in this report to drive its work in promoting equality and human rights, both in its regulatory functions and as an employer. The CQC will continue to develop its new approach to ensure equality in different types of health and social care services.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 25/06/2014 12:54:27 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3803 label Biography information for Lord Low of Dalston

61935

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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 what discussions they have had with the Palestinian Authority about the alleged kidnapping of Israeli teenagers on 12 June.
tabling member printed	Lord Turnberg
uin	HL353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right Hon. Friend the Member for Faversham and Mid Kent (Mr Robertson), discussed this with Palestinian Prime Minister Hamdallah and other government officials on 18 June, during his visit to the region. Mr Robertson expressed his concerns over the kidnapping, welcomed President Abbas's condemnation of it and was briefed on Palestinian security co-operation with the Israelis.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 25/06/2014 15:35:21 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	2537 label Biography information for Lord Turnberg

61936

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways Agency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria with respect to good design they intend to establish in their new plans for the Highway Agency.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>It is government policy that our major road improvements should follow good design principles. For example, in &quot;Action for Roads&quot; we made it clear that any improvements to the network must be made in a way that supports the nation's overall quality of life. This means that our strategy for roads, and detail requirements will need to:</p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Be designed to minimise environmental impacts and, where possible, tackle existing problems.</li></ul></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Build on existing cooperation with organisations like Natural England to find the best solutions to environmental challenges.</li></ul></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Continue to work in a planning framework which protects the wider environment.</li></ul></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are establishing the first Roads Investment Strategy, which includes a performance specification for the new strategic highways company. This will aim to ensure that the company's design and delivery activities align with the overall goals that government has for the Strategic Road Network (SRN). Good design, including how the SRN interfaces with built environments and impacts on quality of life, will need to be an important element of both the process and the implementation.</p><p> </p><p /><p /><p /><p /> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 30/06/2014 13:47:45 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

61937

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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	Iran
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to make representations to the government of Iran about the events in Evin Prison on 17 April; and, if so, when.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government was disturbed by reports of physical violence against political prisoners in Evin prison on 17 April 2014. We have been concerned about prison conditions in Iran for some time and set out our views formally in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's 2014 Human Rights report. The UK has been a strong supporter of the UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in Iran, Dr Shaheed, and successfully lobbied for the extension of his mandate in 2014.</p><p>In March, Dr Shaheed reported that conditions for prison inmates range from poor to inhumane, access to medical services is often limited, and hygiene and nutrition are poor. The UK works closely with international human rights bodies and partners to encourage Iran to engage seriously on human rights issues. The UK's non-resident Charge d'Affaires also raised human rights with a range of Iranian government officials during his visit to Iran in March.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 25/06/2014 14:18:27 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans