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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

166095

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	Sign Language: Interpreters
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 effectiveness of the market for British Sign Language interpreters to meet the needs of the deaf community.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL3153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Business Innovation and Skills supports British Sign Language (BSL) provision in England through the Adult Skills Budget (ASB). Colleges and providers have the freedom and flexibility to use the ASB as best fits the needs of their local learners and businesses. This includes BSL qualifications, for those wishing to learn for their own use or to become an interpreter.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Skills provision in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a devolved matter and the assessment and adequacy of BSL provision is the responsibility of the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL3154 question first answered 03/12/2014 16:16:06 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

166096

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	Sign Language: Interpreters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that there are enough fully qualified British Sign Language interpreters to support the needs of the deaf community.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL3154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Business Innovation and Skills supports British Sign Language (BSL) provision in England through the Adult Skills Budget (ASB). Colleges and providers have the freedom and flexibility to use the ASB as best fits the needs of their local learners and businesses. This includes BSL qualifications, for those wishing to learn for their own use or to become an interpreter.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Skills provision in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a devolved matter and the assessment and adequacy of BSL provision is the responsibility of the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL3153 question first answered 03/12/2014 16:16:06 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

166097

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	Health: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of the eligible population have been offered an appointment under the NHS Health Check Scheme for each year since the scheme began.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL3155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>Data on NHS Health Check offers has been collected nationally since 2011-12. In 2011-12 and 2012-13 14% and 16.5% of eligible people were offered an NHS Health Check respectively. In 2013/14 the programme became a mandatory service with all local authorities delivering it and 18.4% of the eligible population was offered an NHS Health Check. The data for the programme is published each quarter for the 152 local authorities responsible for providing this service on:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.healthierlives.phe.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.healthierlives.phe.org.uk</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 04/12/2014 15:57:39 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

164502

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many nurses the James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has employed in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL3095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>National Health Service Hospital and Community Health Services: qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff in James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as at 30 September for each specified year (full-time equivalent)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>734</p></td><td><p>741</p></td><td><p>742</p></td><td><p>741</p></td><td><p>756</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) Non-Medical Workforce Census.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p>1. Full time equivalent figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.</p><p> </p><p>2. These statistics relate to contracted positions within English NHS organisations and may include those where the person assigned to the position is temporarily absent, for example on maternity leave.</p><p> </p><p>3. From 2011 the bank staff return was suspended (and formally ceased in 2013). All data (for all years) in this table exclude bank staff.</p><p> </p><p>4. Data Quality: HSCIC seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data but responsibility for data accuracy lies with the organisations providing the data. Methods are continually being updated to improve data quality where changes impact on figures already published. This is assessed but unless it is significant at national level figures are not changed. Impact at detailed or local level is footnoted in relevant analyses.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/12/2014 12:31:35 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

164503

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the average waiting time in the accident and emergency department at James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL3096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Weekly situation reports collected by NHS England are the official source of information about accident and emergency (A&amp;E) waiting times. These measure the number of patients admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours of arrival at an A&amp;E department, but do not provide information on average waiting times.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information is available in hospital episode statistics (HES) on average waiting times to assessment, treatment and departure in A&amp;E departments. Information for James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for the relevant years is shown in the following table. The duration to departure times are most closely aligned to the official information.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Mean and median duration (minutes) to assessment, treatment and departure in A&amp;E at James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust from 2008-09 to 2012-13.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Mean duration to assessment</p></td><td><p>Median duration to assessment</p></td><td><p>Mean duration to treatment</p></td><td><p>Median duration to treatment</p></td><td><p>Mean duration to departure</p></td><td><p>Median duration to departure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>135</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>: HES, Health and Social Care Information Centre.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p>1. The table shows the mean (average) and median (middle in ranking when all values are sorted in order) duration in minutes to assessment, treatment or departure.</p><p> </p><p>2. Planned attendances are excluded.</p><p> </p><p>3. The recording of duration in HES A&amp;E is not mandatory, and this may have affected in particular the quality of recorded durations to assessment and treatment.</p><p> </p><p>4. Duration to assessment is the time in minutes between the patients’ arrival and their initial assessment in the A&amp;E department. This is calculated as the difference in time from arrival at A&amp;E to the time when the patient is initially assessed.</p><p> </p><p>5. Duration to treatment is the time in minutes between the patients’ arrival and the start of their treatment. This is calculated as the difference in time from arrival at A&amp;E to the time when the patient began treatment.</p><p> </p><p>6. Duration to departure is time spent in minutes in an A&amp;E department. This is calculated as the difference in time from arrival at A&amp;E to the time when the patient is discharged from A&amp;E care. This includes being admitted to hospital, dying in the department, discharged with no follow up or discharged and referred to another specialist department.</p><p> </p><p>7. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage and changes in National Health Service practice.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/12/2014 12:36:55 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

164504

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people have been prosecuted for attacks on staff at James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL3097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Prosecutions following physical assaults on staff at James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for the last five years.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Criminal sanctions imposed following physical assaults on National Health Service staff include cautions and conditional cautions, community rehabilitation or punishment orders, conditional discharges, fines, fixed penalty notices and imprisonment (including suspended sentences).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the numbers of reported physical assaults on NHS staff in England in 2013-14 and on the numbers of criminal sanctions imposed following assaults on NHS staff is in the document ‘Tables Showing the number of reported physical assaults on NHS staff in 2013-14’, which has been placed in the Library. The documents ‘Tables showing number of reported physical assaults on NHS staff in 2009-10, broken down by NHS trust/PCT’, 'Tables showing the number of reported physical assaults on NHS staff in 2010-11, broken down by NHS trust/PCT’, 'Tables showing the number of reported physical assaults on NHS staff in 2011-12, broken down by NHS trust/PCT' and 'Tables showing the number of reported physical assaults on NHS staff in 2012-13, broken down by health body' have already been placed in the Library.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/12/2014 12:30:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

164505

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diabetes
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 impact of NHS England’s Action for Diabetes on the commissioning decisions made by clinical commissioning groups.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL3098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>It is for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to commission services that they assess are needed to meet the needs of their local populations. Action for Diabetes was published for CCGs, as a reference to the work that is going on across NHS England, and for the wider community interested in diabetes care, to show what action NHS England is taking in this important area.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 04/12/2014 12:20:06 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath