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450933

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Human Embryo Experiments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 27 January (HL5039), whether they will place in the Library of the House a full copy of the responses to peer reviewers by the person responsible for the recently approved licence application submitted to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) to perform genome editing in human embryos by means of CRISPR-Cas9; to what extent the HFEA’s Executive followed the recommendations raised by both of their peer reviewers; and on how many occasions the HFEA’s Executive have made decisions against the recommendations of all appointed peer reviewers.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) publishes on its website the inspection report relating to a licence renewal application and the minutes of the Licence Committee’s decision. It does not publish other information associated with a licence application.</p><p> </p><p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (as amended) permits the genetic modification of embryos in research, subject to an HFEA licence. As the regulator, the HFEA’s responsibility is to apply the test in the legislation, namely that the research is necessary or desirable for any of the purposes specified in the Act and that the use of embryos is necessary. The Licence Committee has added a condition to the licence that no research using genome editing may take place until it has received approval from an NHS Research Ethics Committee.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL5649 HL5773 HL5960 question first answered 11/02/2016 17:51:32 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

450934

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Human Embryo Experiments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many statutory instruments were laid before Parliament in each session since the 1997 General Election.
tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
uin	HL5960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) publishes on its website the inspection report relating to a licence renewal application and the minutes of the Licence Committee’s decision. It does not publish other information associated with a licence application.</p><p> </p><p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (as amended) permits the genetic modification of embryos in research, subject to an HFEA licence. As the regulator, the HFEA’s responsibility is to apply the test in the legislation, namely that the research is necessary or desirable for any of the purposes specified in the Act and that the use of embryos is necessary. The Licence Committee has added a condition to the licence that no research using genome editing may take place until it has received approval from an NHS Research Ethics Committee.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL5649 HL5773 HL5959 question first answered 11/02/2016 17:51:32 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

450942

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cancer: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord O’Neill of Gatley on 1 February (HL5090 and HL5091), whether they will now provide the direct link to that information, and why they did not provide that link in those answers.
tabling member printed	Lord Knight of Weymouth
uin	HL5968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>NHS England is currently finalising the service specification for a forthcoming procurement for genomic laboratory services. The issues around sharing outcome data are under broader consideration as part of the wider genomics programme.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 11/02/2016 13:22:09 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4160 label Biography information for Lord Knight of Weymouth

450943

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cancer: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have an agreement or understanding with the IRA that there will be no attempts to stop or bring to court its members on charges relating to tax fraud or tax terrorism in South Armagh.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL5969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Genomics England is familiar with the Broad Institute’s database and it is one of a number of data sources that will be included in their clinical interpretation process.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 11/02/2016 13:20:46 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

450944

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what the average waiting time is for a result to be given of a DEXA bone density scan in each NHS region in England; and what assessment they have made of the average waiting time for such results in (1) Scotland, and (2) Wales.
tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
uin	HL5970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Genomics England has set an objective to deliver 8,000 clinical reports by the end of 2016. The precise details of the reports from the pilot and main phases will become clearer once the phenotypic data is collected and linked to the genome data.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 11/02/2016 13:19:44 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin

450945

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	Cancer: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are planning to take to ensure that council tax billing authorities pass on to parish and town councils the council tax support funding providing for those councils by the Department for Communities and Local Government.
tabling member printed	Baroness Scott of Needham Market
uin	HL5971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The patients with clinically actionable reports from the pilot phase are from rare diseases where improved knowledge of the causal mutation improves the management of the patient, their family members and possible future reproductive decisions. The patients diagnosed by whole genome sequencing had not been diagnosed using existing National Health Service panel tests. We are still evaluating the data from the 100,000 Genomes project to identify options for panel testing or other clinical sequencing strategies.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 11/02/2016 13:21:35 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2542 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Needham Market

450981

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministerial Policy Advisers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria and pay grades his Department uses to decide on pay rises for political aides and special advisors.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	26025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>All public servants, including special advisers, are subject to an overall 1% pay remit.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 25245 question first answered 10/02/2016 13:47:59 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

450988

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
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	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people were recorded as homeless in each region in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	26095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The number of households accepted as being owed a main homelessness duty in each region of England in the last five financial years is shown in the atttached table.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 11/02/2016 13:26:38 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones attachment 1 file name PQ 26095.docx title Table
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

450995

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has paid out in compensation to (a) internal and (b) external claimants in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	26087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The amounts paid as a result of claims brought by internal and external claimants including claimants' legal costs from Financial Year (FY) 2010-11 to FY2013-14 are shown below. The costs for FY 2014-15 are being finalised and will be published shortly.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Internal Claimants</strong></p><p> </p><p>The amounts paid in compensation, including claimants' legal costs, for claims brought against the Ministry of Defence (MOD) by members and former members of HM Forces and civilian employees since 2010 are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Employers Liabilty Claims (including Service personnel and civilian staff)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY 2010-11</p></td><td><p>FY 2011-12</p></td><td><p>FY 2012-13</p></td><td><p>FY 2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£83.9 million</p></td><td><p>£62.0 million</p></td><td><p>£69.5 million</p></td><td><p>£58.5 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The vast majority of clinical negligence claims are brought by current or former members of HM Armed Forces but a small number will relate to their dependants treated in MOD medical facilities. The amounts paid in compensation, including claimants' legal costs, for these claims since 2010 are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Clinical Negligence Claims</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY 2010-11</p></td><td><p>FY 2011-12</p></td><td><p>FY 2012-13</p></td><td><p>FY 2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£17.0 million</p></td><td><p>£6.7 million</p></td><td><p>£7.1 million</p></td><td><p>£5.8 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>External Claimants</strong></p><p> </p><p>Public Liability Claims</p><p> </p><p>The amounts paid in compensation, including claimants' legal costs, for public liability claims brought against the MOD by third parties, including civilians both in the UK and overseas, relating to personal injury or property damage since 2010 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY 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>£5.4 million</p></td><td><p>£10.0 million</p></td><td><p>£25.0 million</p></td><td><p>£11.1 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Third Party Motor Claims in UK</p><p> </p><p>The amounts paid in compensation, including claimants' legal costs, for claims brought against the MOD by third parties involved in collisions with MOD-operated vehicles since 2010 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY 2010-11</p></td><td><p>FY 2011-12</p></td><td><p>FY 2012-13</p></td><td><p>FY 2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£5.6 million</p></td><td><p>£6.7 million</p></td><td><p>£4.8 million</p></td><td><p>£5.0 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Area Claims Offices</p><p> </p><p>The amounts paid in compensation, including claimants' legal costs, for claims brought against the MOD by third parties that are managed by the MODs regional Area Claims Offices since 2010 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY 2010-11</p></td><td><p>FY 2011-12</p></td><td><p>FY 2012-13</p></td><td><p>FY 2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£3.0 million</p></td><td><p>£1.8 million</p></td><td><p>£1.7 million</p></td><td><p>£1.5 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/02/2016 16:34:15 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

450996

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of non-combatant deaths on military bases have been subject to an inquest by jury in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	26084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/02/2016 16:28:15 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron