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386489

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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: Autism
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what efforts they are making to raise awareness of employing people with autism.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Uddin
	uin	HL984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is acting to raise awareness regarding employment of people with autism and to support people on the autism spectrum to take up employment. For example,</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Disability Confident campaign works with employers at a national and local level to help them to understand the benefits of employing disabled people, and promote good practice in recruitment and employment of disabled people, including people with autism.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has worked in close partnership with the Hidden Impairment National Group (HING), a national network of disabled people, medical professionals/ academics and disability specific organisations to produce an ‘Uncovering Hidden Impairments’ toolkit. This resource supports organisations in both the private and public sectors to confidently recruit and retain talented individuals with hidden impairment conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education is funding <em>Ambitious about Autism </em>(2015-16) to explore innovative ways of supporting young people with Autism to make the transition from school to further education, and the <em>Autism Education Trust</em> (2015-16) to promote the availability of training on Autism to schools, early years and further education staff, and to revise national standards for Autism provision and a competency framework for those who work with children with Autism.</p><p> </p><p>Government has supported the development by NIACE of an employer toolkit that includes information to help employers to understand the benefits of employing apprentices with disabilities, and to access support.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently working with Autism charities to build an autism network across DWP Jobcentre Plus Offices to ensure we can provide the best possible service to those with autism.</p><p> </p><p>We have worked with Community Service Volunteers to introduce the Job-Shadowing Work Placement Initiative for young disabled people. The first tranche was very successful with 65% of young people having autistic spectrum conditions</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Autism Strategy, and the updated Statutory Guidance published in March 2015, sets out in detail how Government will support the autism agenda nationally.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann grouped question UIN HL985 question first answered 14/07/2015 12:34:45 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	1827 label Biography information for Baroness Uddin

388701

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	National Asset Management Agency: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the acquisition of the National Assets Management Agency's Northern Ireland development portfolio by Cerberus on the Northern Ireland economy.
	tabling member constituency	South Down
	tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
	uin	6151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>I have not discussed the acquisition of the National Assets Management Agency’s Northern Ireland development portfolio by Cerberus with either the First Minister or the deputy First Minister.</p><p>I have discussed the potential economic impacts of the sale of the development portfolio in general terms with Executive Ministers, for example in my role as Chair of the Joint Ministerial Taskforce on Banking and Access to Finance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers grouped question UIN 6152 question first answered 14/07/2015 11:38:14 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

388702

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	National Asset Management Agency: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the First and Deputy First Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on the potential effect of the acquisition of the National Assets Management Agency's Northern Ireland development portfolio by Cerberus on the Northern Ireland economy.
	tabling member constituency	South Down
	tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
	uin	6152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>I have not discussed the acquisition of the National Assets Management Agency’s Northern Ireland development portfolio by Cerberus with either the First Minister or the deputy First Minister.</p><p>I have discussed the potential economic impacts of the sale of the development portfolio in general terms with Executive Ministers, for example in my role as Chair of the Joint Ministerial Taskforce on Banking and Access to Finance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers grouped question UIN 6151 question first answered 14/07/2015 11:38:14 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

386456

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent steps they have taken to encourage inward investment in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	uin	HL951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government works closely with the Executive to attract inward investment to Northern Ireland. The Economic Pact, ‘Building a Prosperous and United Community’ delivered a Northern Ireland International Investment Conference at which the Prime Minister made the keynote address; the first ever joint UK-Irish trade mission with ministers from London, Belfast and Dublin; and corporation tax legislation which completed its Parliamentary stages and became law just before the General Election.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 14/07/2015 11:26:33 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

386473

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Diabetes: Depressive Illnesses
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the annual cost of diabetes-related depression to the National Health Service.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	uin	HL968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not made any estimate of the annual cost of diabetes-related depression to the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has estimated that approximately 15–25% of people with chronic physical health problems, such as diabetes, also meet diagnostic criteria for depression. This is reflected in NICE’s <em>Diabetes in adults quality standard, </em>which sets out that people with diabetes should be assessed for psychological problems which should then be managed appropriately. A copy is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 14/07/2015 12:07:31 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie

386474

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Migrants: Tuberculosis
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether latent tuberculosis infection screening is incorporated into routine medical checks at immigration centres.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	uin	HL969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>People admitted to immigration removal centres (IRCs) are not currently screened for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). However, a national partnership agreement between Home Office Immigration Enforcement (HOIE), NHS England and Public Health England (PHE) published in April 2015 committed all three organisations to work together to improve the pro-active detection, surveillance and management of infectious diseases in IRCs and improve capability to detect and respond to outbreaks and incidents. A copy of the ‘Partnership Agreement between Home Office Immigration Enforcement, NHS England &amp; Public Health England’ is available at the following link and is attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/04/hoie-partnership-final.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/04/hoie-partnership-final.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A working group on LTBI among detainees in IRCs is being established this summer by PHE (health and justice, travel and migrant health and tuberculosis (TB) sections) to explore these issues. This work will contribute to the overarching joint PHE and NHS five year TB strategy for England which was published in January 2015. A copy of ‘Collaborative Tuberculosis Strategy for England, 2015-2020’ is available at the following link and is attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/collaborative-tuberculosis-strategy-for-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/collaborative-tuberculosis-strategy-for-england</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Included among several identified areas for priority action are: tackling TB in under-served populations (including migrants and those in secure and detained settings) and systematic implementation of new entrant LTBI screening.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PHE will work to provide expert advice to NHS England and HOIE on how to implement LTBI screening in IRCs once this work has been completed.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Collaborative_TB_Strategy_for_England_2015_2020_.pdf title Collaborative Tuberculosis Strategy for England 2 file name hoie-partnership-final.pdf title Partnership agreement question first answered 14/07/2015 12:09:30 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie

386566

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library a list of all public appointments made by his Department between 1 January 2015 and 1 May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Barking
	tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
	uin	4961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Under the Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies April 2012, Government Departments are required to publicise successful appointments.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/07/2015 08:50:27 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

386746

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent information he holds on the number of states party to the European Convention on Human Rights whose prisons breach any term of that convention; and what recent assessment he has made of the effect of such breaches on the deportation of people from the UK to prisons in (a) EU and (b) non-EU countries.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	4764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer to the answer to PQ 3772 - the MoJ does not hold information on the number of states party to the European Convention on Human Rights whose prisons breach any term of the Convention. However, information on states party to the European Convention on Human Rights, whose prisons have caused them to be found to be in violation of the Convention by the European Court of Human Rights, can be found on the Court’s searchable database at:</p><p><a title="http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/Pages/search.aspx#%7B%22documentcollectionid2%22:[%22GRANDCHAMBER%22,%22CHAMBER%22]%7D http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/Pages/search.aspx#{%22documentcollectionid2%22:[%22GRANDCHAMBER%22,%22CHAMBER%22]}" href="http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/Pages/search.aspx#%7B%22documentcollectionid2%22:[%22GRANDCHAMBER%22,%22CHAMBER%22]%7D" target="_blank">http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/Pages/search.aspx#{%22documentcollectionid2%22:[%22GRANDCHAMBER%22,%22CHAMBER%22]}</a></p><p>Where the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that poor prison conditions in a state party to the Convention breach the requirements of the Convention, the government would seek to find a way to enable the transfer to take place through assurances or other measures to address that issue. We have not yet had to seek such an assurance nor have we refused a transfer based on the grounds that prison conditions breach article 3.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 14/07/2015 10:17:00 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

386906

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2015
	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	Small Businesses: Audit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what data they used to estimate the savings made from enabling small businesses to decide whether their accounts need to be audited.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL1015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Data on company size and audit fees was sourced from the “FAME” database, Bureau van Dijk. The data was used for both of the final impact assessments approved by the Regulatory Policy Committee in the last Parliament on changes to the law to enable more companies to decide whether or not their accounts need to be audited.</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment on the audit changes (including for small businesses) in the Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts and Audit Exemptions and Change of Accounting Framework) Regulations 2012 is available at: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2301/impacts/2014/286" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2301/impacts/2014/286</a></p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment on all the changes in the Companies, Partnerships and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2015 is available at: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/980/impacts/2014/424" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/980/impacts/2014/424</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name ukia_20140286_en.pdf title Audit Changes 2 file name ukia_20140424_en.pdf title Changes in the Companies. Partnerships and groups question first answered 14/07/2015 11:25:06 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

387315

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Television Licences: Non-payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to remove criminal sanctions for non-payment of the television licence fee.
	tabling member constituency	Charnwood
	tabling member printed	Edward Argar
	uin	5342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>An independent review of the sanctions regime for non-payment of the television licence has been led by David Perry QC on behalf of the Government. The Review has now concluded and the Report will be published in due course. In accordance with section 77(3) of the Deregulation Act 2015, I will lay a report setting out my response to the Review within 3 months of its completion.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/07/2015 08:31:08 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 13475 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar