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date	27/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ambulance Services: City of Westminster
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the current London Ambulance Service response times to life-threatening incidents (category A calls) within the City of Westminster.
tabling member printed	Lord Hoyle
uin	HL3203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The performance standard for ambulance trusts responding to Category A calls is that an ambulance resource should arrive within eight minutes of the call 75% of the time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We understand that this year to date (1 April 2014 -28 November 2014) the London Ambulance Service has achieved a response rate to ‘category A’ calls in Westminster of 69.58%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are providing extra support to the National Health Service – including £50 million to help ambulance trusts with additional demand and help them to return to meeting the standard as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 05/12/2014 14:26:08 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1000 label Biography information for Lord Hoyle

166217

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date	26/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Service: Dyslexia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to inform staff in the civil service about dyslexia.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL3201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to developing inclusive policies and delivering services which are accessible to all citizens as well. Departments are responsible for developing policies and guidance on disability, including dyslexia. This guidance is available to staff on departmental intranet pages.</p><p>As an example, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) employs 120 “neuro-diverse” intelligence officers for code breaking and counter-espionage.</p><p>In addition, Civil Service Learning provides equality and diversity e-learning for all civil servants. Managers have access to disability awareness learning.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 08/12/2014 17:49:08 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

166218

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employed
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the latest recorded (1) numbers of self-employed, (2) numbers of self-employed recorded in income tax records, and (3) annual turnover of self-employed in income tax records.
tabling member printed	Lord Christopher
uin	HL3202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The number of individuals filing a self-employment schedule in their Self Assessment tax returns for the year 2011-12 is estimated at 5.49 million.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The annual turnover of these individuals in 2011-12 is estimated at £296 billion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These estimates are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI) for the year 2011-12.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further information about the self-employed is available in HMRC’s National Statistics Publications<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> Available at the following internet address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-income-by-tax-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-income-by-tax-year</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 10/12/2014 13:49:15 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	3395 label Biography information for Lord Christopher