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794201

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date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with NHS England on the projected levels of investment over the next five years on new technology to treat cancer.
tabling member printed	Lord Evans of Watford
uin	HL3519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government have already committed an additional £8 billion by 2020/21 to the National Health Service and now committed to backing the NHS in England further so that by 2019/20, it will have received an additional £2.8 billion for frontline services than previously planned over the period. This includes £335 million this winter to help trusts to increase capacity and £3.5 billion of new capital investment by 2022/23 to transform its estate and drive further efficiency savings.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2016, NHS England announced a £130 million fund to modernise radiotherapy across England. Over the next two years, older Linear Accelerators radiotherapy equipment being used by hospitals will be upgraded or replaced; ensuring cancer patients have access to the latest, leading-edge technology.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 30/11/2017 17:58:32 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2766 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Watford

794220

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Frigates: Procurement
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 sufficiency of the management and technical resources within the Ministry of Defence to manage both the Type 26 and Type 31a programmes at the same time; and how many (1) Defence Equipment and Support, and (2) Royal Navy, staff they estimate will be needed to manage each of those programmes at their peaks.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL3538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is satisfied with the number of people and balance of capability dedicated to each programme, in both Navy Command and Defence Equipment and Support (DE&amp;S), and has a plan to increase those resources to respond to the needs of both the Type 26 and Type 31e programmes in the future.</p><p>The transformation of DE&amp;S has introduced a balanced matrix management structure, which allows specialist resources to be deployed more easily to meet the demands of equipment procurement projects.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 04/12/2017 17:25:32 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

793501

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Cluster Munitions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following Saudi Arabia's commitment not to use cluster munitions in Yemen, whether they intend to re-offer to remove and destroy Royal Saudi Air Force stocks of UK-made BL-755 weaponry.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK welcomes Saudi Arabia's commitment in December 2016 that it would no longer use BL-755 cluster munitions. The UK takes its obligations under the Cluster Munitions Convention very seriously and continues to fulfil them. In this respect, we have continued to encourage Saudi Arabia to accede to the Convention, on which private dialogue continues.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 30/11/2017 16:33:54 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

793508

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Custodial Treatment: Private Sector
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many adverse reports they have received on the management of custodial institutions by (1) G4S, (2) Sodexo, and (3) other private providers, since 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL3475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>Without a definition to determine the threshold of an ‘adverse’ report, it is difficult to definitively answer the question as posed, however reports on privately managed custodial institutions are published online.</p><p> </p><p>In common with public sector custodial institutions, privately-managed institutions are inspected by HM Inspectorate of Prisons. Their reports are published online and are available to read here: <a href="https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspections/" target="_blank">https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspections/</a></p><p> </p><p>Privately-managed prisons and immigration removal centres are also subject to scrutiny by Independent Monitoring Boards, in line with their public sector equivalents. Their role is to monitor the day-to-day life in their local prison or removal centre and ensure that proper standards of care and decency are maintained. The Board at each prison publish an annual report, available to read here: <a href="https://www.imb.org.uk/reports/" target="_blank">https://www.imb.org.uk/reports/</a></p><p> </p><p>We robustly manage private providers to ensure that they put in place and prioritise actions to address any recommendations made in the reports, and that progress is made to achieve these actions.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 04/12/2017 15:50:38 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

793511

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 23 October (HLWS190) announcing further support for women from Northern Ireland seeking an abortion in England, which (1) organisations, and (2) individuals, they consulted prior to making that statement; and whether those consultations took place with organisations and individuals that do not support abortion.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL3478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>No formal consultation took place ahead of the announcement of the Government’s scheme to fund termination of pregnancy services in England for women from Northern Ireland. However, there has been engagement with stakeholders throughout the development of our proposals including with officials from the Northern Ireland Executive.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 30/11/2017 17:19:58 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

793512

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 23 October (HLWS190) announcing further support for women from Northern Ireland seeking an abortion in England, what assessment they have made of the impact of the extension of that support on the process of devolution to Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL3479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The provision of funded termination of pregnancy services in England for women from Northern Ireland does not change the position in relation to the provision of abortions in Northern Ireland, which is a matter for the Northern Ireland Executive and the Northern Ireland Assembly. Our proposals do not include the provision of any services in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 30/11/2017 17:17:44 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

793513

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 23 October (HLWS190) announcing further support for women from Northern Ireland seeking an abortion in England, whether their policy on abortion is (1) neutral, (2) in support, or (3) against.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL3480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government remains neutral on changes to abortion legislation.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 30/11/2017 17:18:07 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

793515

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Small Business Commissioner
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Small Business Commissioner is able to intervene where service suppliers demand payment in less than 30 days from the date of the invoice.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL3481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The Small Business Commissioner will consider complaints about payment issues between small business suppliers (with fewer than 50 staff) and their larger customers, making non-binding recommendations. A complaint will be considered by the Small Business Commissioner if it relates to a payment matter which could be a request or other act, or a failure to pay or other omission in relation to payment.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 30/11/2017 15:58:34 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

793516

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Change of Use
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government for how long buildings and workshops with planning permission for light industrial use must be (1) in existence, and (2) used for such purposes, before they may be converted for residential use.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL3482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>Local planning authorities are required to determine planning applications for development in accordance with their Local Plan, national policy and other material considerations.</p><p>The temporary national permitted development right for the change of use of light industrial buildings to residential use requires the building to have been in light industrial use on 19 March 2014, and if not in use on that date for light industry to have been the last use. There are no requirements in respect of how long the building must have been in that use. The right does not apply to buildings whose use for light industrial use commenced after 19 March 2014.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL3483 question first answered 04/12/2017 14:55:36 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

793517

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Change of Use
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to issue planning authorities with guidance on whether applications for permission to construct light industrial buildings or workshops should be considered in the light of the possibility of a later application for change of use to residential purposes.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL3483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>Local planning authorities are required to determine planning applications for development in accordance with their Local Plan, national policy and other material considerations.</p><p>The temporary national permitted development right for the change of use of light industrial buildings to residential use requires the building to have been in light industrial use on 19 March 2014, and if not in use on that date for light industry to have been the last use. There are no requirements in respect of how long the building must have been in that use. The right does not apply to buildings whose use for light industrial use commenced after 19 March 2014.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL3482 question first answered 04/12/2017 14:55:36 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford