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746105

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their latest estimate of the number of nursing posts vacant within the NHS in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE) provide estimates of staff shortages in National Health Service trusts as part of their Workforce Plan for England publication. Staff shortages as defined by HEE may be filled by nurses working in agency, bank or overtime, however no estimate of the extent to which this occurs is available.</p><p> </p><p>HEE plan to publish the Workforce Plan for England 2017/18 in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 12/07/2017 13:50:07 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

746108

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what discussions, if any, they have held with representatives of NHS doctors regarding the potential impact of the increasing cost of medical indemnity.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department is aware of pressures for doctors regarding the potential impact of the increasing cost of medical indemnity.</p><p> </p><p>General practitioners (GPs) are the National Health Service doctors who are most directly affected by the rising cost of medical indemnity. Doctors working in hospitals are not directly exposed to rising costs as their employers purchase indemnity to cover their activities. The Department has been in frequent dialogue with GP representative bodies on the subject of rising cost of indemnity, and this has been a subject of interest for some time. The Department has a series of regular scheduled meetings with GP representatives, and indemnity is frequently discussed at these meetings. In addition, it is not uncommon for discussions to take place outside of these scheduled meetings where either party has a reason to have a more specific conversation about indemnity costs.</p><p> </p><p>Indemnity for clinical negligence claims brought against NHS employed GPs, doctors and all NHS staff in England is provided by the employer organisation. All NHS providers of care are members of NHS Resolution’s Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts and claims for compensation will ordinarily be brought against the NHS care provider organisation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has publically committed to ensuring that NHS Resolution has appropriate funding to cover changes to hospitals’ clinical negligence costs.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 12/07/2017 13:37:26 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

746110

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the current provision of wheelchairs for disabled people; the adequacy of funding for such provision; and whether they will investigate reports at the recent British Medical Association Annual Conference that disabled people are resorting to crowd-funding to pay for wheelchairs.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>In England, local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for commissioning wheelchair services for their local populations and funding for these services is determined locally.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s wheelchair operational data collection is designed to enable the gathering and dissemination of data that can be used for benchmarking and improving the commissioning of wheelchair services and outcomes for wheelchair users. The data collection, which has been undertaken since July 2015, is available as an online only resource.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is setting targets for CCGs for improvements in wheelchair provision. In the planning guidance issued to the National Health Service in September 2016, CCGs have been asked to describe how they will halve the number of children waiting 18 weeks or more by Q4 2017/18 and eliminate 18 week waits for wheelchairs by the end of 2018/19.</p><p> </p><p>As part of comprehensive plans for the expansion of personal budgets, a specific personal health budget for wheelchair users has been developed. The personal wheelchair budget model introduces potential for using wider-system resources to support individuals’ whole needs. For example, individuals can use a personal wheelchair budget to provide for a higher specification wheelchair to maximise their independence.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 12/07/2017 15:16:18 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

746628

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many police officers were deployed in Wales (1) in 2010, and (2) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers employed by each police force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis. These data are published in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletins.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/07/2017 13:22:34 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

746629

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many safer neighbourhood teams have been operational in England and Wales in each year since they were first introduced.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The number of full time equivalent police officers and PSCOs primarily employed in Neighbourhood Policing teams and/or Safer Neighbourhood teams roles can be found in the data tables published alongside the annual the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletins, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales</a></p><p>Officers and PCSOs with multiple responsibilities or designations are recorded under their primary function. The data do not therefore provide a complete picture of all officers assigned to neighbourhood policing functions.</p><p>Some forces are not able to make a clear distinction between ‘Neighbourhood Policing’ roles and ‘Incident (Response) Management’ roles, therefore those forces record the majority of, or all, employees under just one function. A more reliable measure is the number of officers employed in ‘Local policing’ roles, which includes both neighbourhood and response functions. This measure is available for 2015 and 2016, but not for previous years where a different framework was used.</p><p>Any comparisons at force level should be made with care due to collaboration arrangements between forces for particular functions. Additionally, police functions data are often affected by re-structuring within police forces. Therefore comparisons over time for specific functions should be made with care.</p><p>Data as at 31 March 2015 and 31 March 2016 can be found in the Tables F1, F3 F4 and F6 of the police workforce statistics published in July 2016: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/544954/police-workforce-tabs-jul16.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/544954/police-workforce-tabs-jul16.ods</a></p><p>Previous data were collected under a different framework, with different definitions, and are therefore not directly comparable with data as at 31 March 2015 or 2016. Data have been published since 2012, and can be found in the supplementary data tables of the relevant police workforce publications via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales</a></p><p>As HMIC has made clear, there is no simple link between police numbers and crime levels, between numbers and the visibility of police in the community, or between numbers and the quality of service provided.</p><p>Decisions on the size and composition of the police workforce are operational matters for Chief Officers working with their Police and Crime Commissioners and taking into account local priorities. The next release of ‘Police workforce’ statistics is due to be published on 20<sup>th</sup> July, and will represent the picture as at 31 March 2017.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/07/2017 13:47:07 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Table - HL260.xlsx title Table - HL260
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

746636

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many of the unaccompanied child refugees who have entered the UK under (1) section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016, and (2) the Dublin III Regulations, have been identified as having physical or learning disabilities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information in the format requested. There are no restrictions on children with physical or learning disabilities being transferred to the UK under either section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 or the Dublin III Regulation. Those unaccompanied children who go into local authority care in the UK will receive accommodation and support for their individual needs in line with the Children Act 1989</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 12/07/2017 11:44:55 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

748022

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they have made any representations to the government of Spain concerning judicial independence in Spain in relation to the rights of citizens in Catalonia, including those who also have UK citizenship.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>We have not made any representations to the Spanish government on this issue. The UK is clear that questions related to Catalonia are a matter for the Government and people of Spain, and there needs to be respect for the laws and Constitution of Spain. As for UK citizens in Catalonia, they enjoy the same constitutional rights as UK citizens in any other autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 19/07/2017 10:56:58 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

748023

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government in which cities within the EU, other than capital cities, UK consulates are located.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>UK consulates are located in the following locations in the EU, outside capitals:</p><p><strong>CROATIA</strong></p><p>British Consulate Split</p><p><strong>FRANCE</strong></p><p>British Consulate Bordeaux</p><p>British Consulate Marseille</p><p><strong>GERMANY</strong></p><p>British Consulate General Dusseldorf</p><p>British Consulate General Munich</p><p><strong>GREECE</strong></p><p>British Vice Consulate Corfu</p><p>British Vice Consulate Crete</p><p>British Vice Consulate Rhodes</p><p>British Honorary Vice Consulate Zakynthos</p><p><strong>ITALY</strong></p><p>British Consulate General Milan</p><p><strong>NETHERLANDS</strong></p><p>British Consulate General Amsterdam</p><p><strong>PORTUGAL</strong></p><p>British Vice Consulate Portimão</p><p><strong>SPAIN</strong></p><p>British Consulate Alicante</p><p>British Consulate General Barcelona</p><p>British Consulate Malaga</p><p>British Consulate Ibiza</p><p>British Consulate Las Palmas de Gran Canaria</p><p>British Consulate Palma de Mallorca</p><p>British Consulate Santa Cruz de Tenerife</p><p>British Consulate, Bilbao</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 19/07/2017 10:55:51 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

748024

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with police commissioners about the adequacy of available resources for those commissioners to fulfil their role and duties.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers have met with a number of senior police leaders since the General Election on a wide range of issues including resources.</p><p> </p><p>We have protected overall police spending and Counter-Terrorism policing in real terms since Spending Review 2015.Every Police &amp; Crime Commissioner who maximised their local precept income in 2016-17 and 2017-18 is receiving at least the same direct resource funding in cash than they received in 2015-16.</p><p>We have a constructive and ongoing dialogue with policing about ensuring that the right powers, capabilities and resources are in place to keep t he public safe.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/07/2017 11:25:55 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

748025

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government during the last 12 months, how many prisoners sentenced to an indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection were (1) offered places on a training course which could lead to their release, (2) were released following completion of such training courses, and (3) refused to take up a place or dropped out of such courses; and how those figures compare with those for the preceding 12 month period.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost as central records are not kept for all aspects of the management of prisoners sentenced to an indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP).</p><p> </p><p>HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and the Parole Board will continue to work together to improve the progression of IPP prisoners. This group continue to achieve release in high numbers, with 576 first time IPP releases in 2016, the highest figure since the sentence was introduced.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS will continue to invest in interventions to assist prisoners to both reduce their risk and demonstrate such progression to the Parole Board. However, it is important to remember that it is not mandatory for IPPs to complete accredited offending behaviour programmes in order to achieve release. Completing an accredited offending behaviour programme is one way in which IPP prisoners may demonstrate that they have reduced their risk of harm and reoffending; other options may include work and employment, education and one to one work with psychologists or prison offender supervisors.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 18/07/2017 16:25:18 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley