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166211

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps those responsible for Gypsy, Traveller or Roma children in care take to keep those children in touch with their culture and their community.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL3195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Local authorities must draw up a care plan for the children they look after.</p><p>The plan sets out how their needs will be met, including how they will maintain family and social relationships (where this is consistent with their welfare) and develop their sense of racial and cultural identity. Further details are set out in the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010 and accompanying statutory guidance.[1]</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-act-1989-care-planning-placement-and-case-review" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-act-1989-care-planning-placement-and-case-review</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 02/12/2014 16:49:07 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

166212

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
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	Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the outcome of the advice of the Traveller Movement representative on the Department for Work and Pensions Ethnic Minority Adviser Group on promoting access to vocational training and higher education.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL3196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The aim of the Department for Work and Pensions’ Ethnic Minority Employment Stakeholder Group (EMESG) is to offer Ministers and officials advice on the Department’s services and strategy for the employment/self-employment of ethnic minorities and minority groups.</p><p> </p><p>The EMSG does not provide advice on vocational training and higher education as these issues fall outside of DWP’s responsibilities.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 03/12/2014 14:48:55 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

166215

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Cyprus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government who carried out the annual wreath-laying at Wayne’s Keep on the Cyprus Green Line on Armistice Sunday this year; how many attended the event; whether there was any religious element to the event; and how many relatives were invited and attended.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL3199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The British High Commissioner laid a wreath on behalf of the British Government at the Armistice Sunday ceremony at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery at Wayne's Keep in Nicosia on 9 November 2014. Approximately 270 guests attended the service, which was led by three padres from the United Nations personnel based there. No relatives of the deceased were formally invited to the ceremony and we do not believe any attended the event.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 02/12/2014 16:31:12 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

166216

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
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	Housing Benefit (Habitual Residence) Amendment Regulations 2014
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made following the conclusions of the Social Security Advisory Committee that the Housing Benefit (Habitual Residence) Amendment Regulations 2014 will lead to an increase in homelessness and rough sleeping.
tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
uin	HL3200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Committee suggests there is a direct link between the policy change and an increase in rough sleeping which we do not agree the evidence supports. The causes of rough sleeping are multiple and difficult to disentangle. The Government wishes to deter EEA migrants from coming to the UK if they do not have a firm offer of or realistic chance of securing work and those who come to the UK to look for work should ensure that they have sufficient resources to pay for their accommodation needs, as well as other support that they or their family may need while here.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 02/12/2014 12:25:57 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie

166082

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Gibraltar
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many tax information exchange agreements with other countries have been signed by Gibraltar; and whether they will report the outcome of the review by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on exchange of information between Gibraltar and other countries.
tabling member printed	Lord Luce
uin	HL3140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>Gibraltar has tax information exchange agreements in place with a total of 74 territories either through bilateral Tax Information Exchange Agreements (27), the OECD/Council of Europe multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters or EU Directive 2011/16/EU on Administrative Cooperation in the Field of Taxation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes Phase 2 Peer Review Report on Gibraltar was published on 29 October 2014<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>. A list of all exchange of information mechanisms in force in relation to Gibraltar can be found in Annex 2 to the Peer review Report.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/taxation/global-forum-on-transparency-and-exchange-of-information-for-tax-purposes-peer-reviews-gibraltar-2014_9789264222885-en;jsessionid=1q7khes9636eo.x-oecd-live-01</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 01/12/2014 15:27:33 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton attachment 1 file name document2014-12-01-135441.pdf title Gibraltar's exchange of information
tabling member	908 label Biography information for Lord Luce

166092

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hearing Aids: Staffordshire
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will advise the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to prioritise the Quality Standard on hearing loss (adult onset), in the light of proposals from North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group to decommission hearing aids for patients with mild to moderate adult onset hearing loss.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL3150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Hearing loss (adult onset) is included as a topic in the library of quality standards referred to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in March 2012. NICE has also been asked to develop a clinical guideline on hearing loss that will provide the underpinning evidence base for the quality standard. <br> <br> NHS England is now responsible for commissioning quality standards and clinical guidelines relating to NHS Services from NICE and is responsible for liaising with NICE about the prioritisation of topics relating to NHS services.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/12/2014 12:32:18 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

166093

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
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	Employment: Hearing Impairment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the average financial value of awards made to people whose primary medical condition was classified as difficulty in hearing for the provision of a communication support worker in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL3151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The average figures for the last five years for awards for the provision of Communication Support Workers from the Access to Work scheme are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Average award</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>£9,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£11,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£12,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£14,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£13,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The above figures relate to the provision of Communication Support Workers only and do not include information regarding the provision of BSL interpreters.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 01/12/2014 15:24:12 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

166094

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many users of Access to Work whose primary medical condition is classified as difficulty in hearing had the financial value of their support reduced as a result of a case review in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL3152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The requested information is not available.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 01/12/2014 15:43:41 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

166100

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, George Freeman, on 11 September (HC Deb, col 749W), whether their definition of genetic modification in the context of pronuclear transfer and spindle-chromosome complex transfer has been primarily academic or strategic in intent; what were the internationally authoritative sources that provided the basis for their conclusion that "there is no existing universally agreed definition of genetic modification in humans"; and to what extent they consulted Lord Winston or similar experts in assessing the accuracy of their own redefinition.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The development of a working definition for genetic modification in humans was undertaken in order to bring clarity to the discussion around mitochondrial donation. A full transcript of the Chief Medical Officer’s views on this matter can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/science-and-technology-committee/mitochondrial-donation/oral/14822.html</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>As regards the discussions that took place in reaching this position, I refer the noble Lord to the answer given on 18 March 2014 (Column WA20).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 03/12/2014 15:45:17 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

166107

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
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	UK Trade with EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total trade deficit or surplus with the European Union in goods and services between 2010 and 2013; and what is their estimate of any deficit in 2014 to date.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL3165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>UK’s trade deficit with the European Union was £28.5bn in 2010, £21.7bn in 2011, £39.5bn in 2012 and £56.2bn in 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Currently, UK trade balance figures cover the period up to the second quarter of 2014. In the first half of 2014, UK’s trade deficit with the European Union was £25.5bn.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: ONS UK Economic Accounts 2014Q2</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Livingston of Parkhead question first answered 02/12/2014 12:28:47 answering member 4278 label Biography information for Lord Livingston of Parkhead
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon