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1697659

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Alzheimer's Disease: Research
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase funding and support for Alzheimer's research to accelerate the development of effective treatments and improve early diagnosis techniques.
tabling member printed	Lord Hay of Ballyore
uin	HL3451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is strongly committed to supporting research into dementia and has committed to double funding for dementia research, to £160 million per year, by the end of 2024/25. This will span all areas of research, including diagnosis and treatment of dementia, and more specifically Alzheimer’s disease.</p><p>The Government has allocated up to £120 million to the Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission, which aims to speed up the development of new treatments through innovations in biomarkers, clinical trials, and implementation.</p><p>Alongside the mission, the Department, via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), is funding a range of research to accelerate the development of effective treatments and to improve early diagnosis techniques. This includes investing almost £50 million into the NIHR’s Dementia Translational Research Collaboration Trials Network. This will expand the United Kingdom’s early phase clinical trial capabilities in dementia, speeding up the development of new treatments, and funding to the Blood Biomarker Challenge which could make the case for the use of a blood test in the National Health Service, to support diagnosis of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 28/03/2024 12:49:31 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4352 label Biography information for Lord Hay of Ballyore

1543082

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Gender Dysphoria: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of off-label puberty blockers; and how many children have been given off-label puberty blockers in the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL3451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>Clinicians can prescribe medicines outside the licensed indication where it is considered the best treatment for the patient. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonists are used in line with granted medical authorisations and ‘off label’ to treat several medical conditions in children, including precocious puberty, some forms of cancer, gender dysphoria and endometriosis. Clinicians are professionally accountable for prescribing decisions and to service commissioners.</p><p>Dr Hilary Cass is currently reviewing how the National Health Service prescribes puberty blockers to children and young people with gender dysphoria. Her interim review concluded that there is insufficient evidence currently available for any firm recommendations on the routine use and that further research is needed. NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Research are designing and commissioning a research protocol which will prospectively enrol young people being considered for hormone treatment. Information on prescriptions of puberty blockers dispensed in the community in England for gender dysphoria is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 28/11/2022 13:37:45 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1363784

registered interest
date	26/10/2021
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Economic Situation: 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 support the economy of Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL3451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>Northern Ireland benefits hugely from being part of the fifth largest economy in the world. The UK Government is committed to levelling up across Northern Ireland, by promoting enterprise, creating jobs and attracting investment.</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland will benefit from the UK Government's policies to level up the UK economy as a whole, such as the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, commitments to invest in Research and Development across the UK and support for local businesses.</p><p> </p><p>During the Spending Review and Autumn Budget 2021, the Chancellor announced that the UK Government will provide the Northern Ireland Executive with an additional £1.6 billion per year on average through the Barnett formula on top of its annual baseline funding of £13.4 billion, along with an extra £235 million for 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor also announced that a total of £49 million has been allocated across 11 projects in Northern Ireland from the Levelling Up Fund, including; upgrading the electric vehicle charging network across Northern Ireland, the creation of a new bioscience research centre at Ulster University and the redevelopment of a derelict Ministry of Defence site in Derry/ Londonderry into an urban community farm.</p><p> </p><p>The £400 million New Deal for Northern Ireland funding and £617 million provided through the City and Growth Deal programme will boost local growth and ensure Northern Ireland is ready to seize economic opportunities. These investments are on top of the £2 billion financial package through the <em>New Decade, New Approach</em> agreement and £730 million into the new PEACE PLUS programme.</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland is also set to benefit from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, which will help people access opportunity in places in need, such as deprived towns and rural and coastal communities. The UKSPF will increase to £1.5 billion / year in 2024-25 and total funding will at a minimum match the size of EU Funds in all nations, each year.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 09/11/2021 16:39:41 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1191271

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the long-term educational benefits of educational material provided by public service broadcasters to children who cannot attend school during the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Lord Addington
uin	HL3451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2020 answer text <p>We have no current plans in place to review the long-term educational benefits of material independently developed and provided by public sector broadcasters for children unable to attend school during the COVID-19 outbreak. For most children who benefited from materials offered by public sector broadcasters, this would only have been part of their overall educational provision, and it would be extremely difficult to isolate the impact of just this one element.</p><p>Many schools have set work for pupils and shared resources for children who are at home; the Department has issued guidance for schools which signposts to an initial list of free online resources identified by educational experts and teachers; many educational suppliers have also helpfully made their resources available for free.</p><p>Additionally, leading state schools collaborated to open The Oak National Academy, which was launched online on 20 April. This initiative is led by 40 teachers who have assembled video lessons and resources for any teacher in the country to make use of if they wish to do so. 180 video lessons will be provided each week, across a broad range of subjects, for every year group from Reception through to Year 10.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 13/05/2020 16:06:42 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

792927

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 24 October (HL1909), when they expect to publish the outcome of the review of asylum support; and whether they are consulting external stakeholders as part of that review.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL3451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>We review the level of the cash allowances provided to destitute asylum seekers each year. Organisations with an interest in the issue are aware that we are currently undertaking another review and were invited to make representations in the normal way.</p><p> </p><p>We published the outcome of the last review earlier in the year and subject to the views of Ministers expect to do the same. The report can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-on-review-of-cash-allowance-paid-to-asylum-seekers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-on-review-of-cash-allowance-paid-to-asylum-seekers</a></p><p> </p><p>We expect to complete the current review in the coming weeks.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 27/11/2017 17:43:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Report-on-review-of-cash-allowance-paid-to-asylum-seekers-2016.pdf title Report on review of cash allowance paid to asylum
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

642848

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF
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 22 November (HL3075), how many live births were recorded as a result of those transfers to uteri in the latest year for which records are available, and since August 1991.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the following tables.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 provides the figures for the year 1 July 2014 – 30 June 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 provides the cumulative figures from 1 August 1991, after such procedures were brought within a specialist regulatory framework of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, to 30 June 2015.</p><p>Table 1</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Live Birth Events</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16886</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Table 2</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Live Birth Events</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>220462</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.</p><p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that it does not normally publish recent live birth data so that the figures reported to it may be verified. The information requested, after 30 June 2014, falls into this category and should therefore be treated with caution.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 06/12/2016 14:16:14 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

426964

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
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	UK Trade with EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the deficit in trade with the EU in 2014 in (1) goods, and (2) overall in goods and services; and how that deficit is financed.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL3451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2015 answer text <p>The UK’s trade in goods deficit with the EU was £78.9bn in 2014. The overall trade in goods and services deficit with the EU was £61.7bn.</p><p>The UK’s total trade deficit is financed by a net inflow of investment in the financial account, for which data is not available on a geographical basis. The UK’s financial account surplus was £89.4bn in 2014.</p><p>Source: ONS Pink Book 2015</p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 17/11/2015 17:52:40 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon