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1036932

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Trade Bill
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House why dates for the committee stage of the Trade Bill in the House of Lords were not scheduled more quickly after the bill's second reading.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL12574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The committee stage of the Trade bill has been arranged in the usual way, having been subject to ongoing discussions in the Usual Channels. So far the three of an anticipated four dates for Committee stage are 21, 23 and 30 January and they have been advertised in Forthcoming Business. The remaining day will be rescheduled as a day had to be set aside for for the House to have a further debate under section 13 of the EU (Withdrawal) Act, which is now scheduled for 28 January. The recommended intervals between Bill stages are minimums, and it is not unusual for there to be a longer pause between stages than the recommended minimum interval.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 21/01/2019 15:48:32 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

646598

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2016
	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	Social Services: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what criteria they are using to determine how funds for social care to which local authorities have access will be allocated over the remainder of this Parliament.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL3616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities receive general unringfenced revenue funding to support service delivery, including adult social care, through the local government finance settlement. The government has made a four year funding settlement offer for this Parliament that has been accepted by 97 per cent of councils.</p><p>We are also providing up to £3.5 billion additional funding for social care by 2019-20 through a new 2 per cent social care precept and the Improved Better Care Fund. The government consulted on the distribution of the improved Better Care Fund as a part of the local government finance settlement 2017 - 2018 technical consultation. The consultation closed on 28 October and we are currently analysing the responses.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 12/12/2016 15:00:13 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

646599

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2016
	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	Social Services: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which local authorities will receive resources from the Better Care Fund in order to provide social care.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL3617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>Spanning the National Health Service and local government, the Better Care Fund creates a single local pooled budget to promote the integration of health and social care services. All upper tier authorities with responsibility for adult social care benefit from the Better Care Fund. In 2015-16, local areas pooled £5.3 billion under the Better Care Fund in 2015-16, including £1.5 billion above the mandated minimum.The government consulted on the distribution of the additional funding from the improved Better Care Fund which comes in from 2017-18 as a part of the local government finance settlement 2017 - 2018 technical consultation. The consultation closed on 28 October and we are currently analysing the responses.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 12/12/2016 15:06:13 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

1012138

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the speech given by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster at the Business Services Association Annual Chairman’s Dinner on 19 November, what "key information’ would have "smoothed the management of liquidation" following the collapse of Carillion.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL11665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government maintained the continuity of key public services after Carillion announced its decision to initiate insolvency proceedings in January 2018. The Official Receiver was appointed by the court as liquidator, along with PwC as Special Managers.</p><p>The Government took immediate action to minimise the impact on employees and employers by providing reassurance that those working on public sector contracts would continue to be paid and providing the necessary funding required to maintain public services while Carillion’s public sector contracts were transferred to alternative providers.</p><p>In future we will require, all providers of critical services to provide sufficient management information, for example, corporate structure, intra-group trading arrangements and dependencies (including details of shared services), key subcontractor and workforce information.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 04/12/2018 14:50:29 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

1012139

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Contracts
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the speech given by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster at the Business Services Association Annual Chairman’s Dinner on 19 November, what are the Key Performance Indicators for critical government contracts; which contracts the Key Performance Indicators will apply to; and whether there will be a statutory duty on suppliers to publish Key Performance Indicators.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL11666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>We will be publishing performance data on our most important contracts in the coming months and are currently working with departments and industry to finalise the details of publication. The published performance data will be contract specific and depend on the service provision.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL11667 question first answered 04/12/2018 14:49:59 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

1012140

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Contracts
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the speech given by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster at the Business Services Association Annual Chairman’s Dinner on 19 November, how the Key Performance Indicators for critical government contracts were selected; which stakeholders were consulted; and whether the Key Performance Indicators will be reviewed.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL11667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>We will be publishing performance data on our most important contracts in the coming months and are currently working with departments and industry to finalise the details of publication. The published performance data will be contract specific and depend on the service provision.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL11666 question first answered 04/12/2018 14:49:59 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

1012141

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Contracts
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the speech given by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster at the Business Services Association Annual Chairman’s Dinner on 19 November, what criteria determined the selection of Serco, Capita, Sopra Steria, Engie and Interserve in producing the first set of "living wills".
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL11668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Serco, Capita, Sopra Steria, Engie and Interserve all volunteered to pilot the use of “living wills”. We will reflect the results of this pilot as we deploy “living wills” across all suppliers providing critical services.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 04/12/2018 14:49:37 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

1012142

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Contracts
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the speech given by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster at the Business Services Association Annual Chairman’s Dinner on 19 November, for how long the Cabinet Office anticipates that pilots of new outsourced services will last.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL11669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The nature of the pilots for new outsourced services will depend on the specific service provision. Individual departments will consider the most appropriate route and timeframe for piloting new outsourced services as part of the Business Case approval process which will include the appropriate governance and approval process in departments and central approvals through HM Treasury and Cabinet Office.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 04/12/2018 14:34:01 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

990496

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Constituencies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Boundary Commission proposals will be subject to a vote in Parliament; and if so, when.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL10829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>An Order in Council is required give effect to the recommendations contained in all four Boundary Commission reports. The Order must be debated and approved by Parliament before the recommendations can be adopted.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 01/11/2018 12:55:52 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

804771

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	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	Care Workers: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when Ministers were notified that social care workers had been paid below the minimum wage for statutory sleeping-in care; when that information was passed on to Government agencies, including the NHS and local authorities; why social care providers were not notified earlier; and what steps they are taking to ensure such underpayments could not happen again.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL4100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>All businesses – irrespective of their size or business sector – are responsible for paying the correct minimum wage to their staff.</p><p>It is not uncommon for employment law to be clarified in the courts and tribunals. Employment Tribunal judgments have, over time, clarified the position on what constitutes “work” in connection with sleeping time and therefore when the NMW is payable for sleep-in shifts. Government guidance issued in February 2015 included clarification from those judgments. Ministers from BEIS and the Department of Health most recently wrote to Local Authorities on 27 October 2017 regarding payment of NMW or NLW for sleep-in shifts to ensure clarity on those rules.</p><p>The Government recognises that the cumulative financial liability of penalties and arrears of wages associated with “sleep in” shifts could pose challenges to some providers in the social care sector. It is exploring options to minimise any impact on the sector and has opened discussions with the European Commission. It also introduced the interim Social Care Compliance Scheme (SCCS) on 1 November, which gives providers in the sector 12 months in which to conduct a self-review of any arrears and then up to three months in which to re-pay workers.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley grouped question UIN HL4101 HL4102 question first answered 18/12/2017 16:59:09 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

804772

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	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	Social Services: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they (1) received from HMRC, and (2) gave to local authorities, on sleeping-in payments over the last ten years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL4101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>All businesses – irrespective of their size or business sector – are responsible for paying the correct minimum wage to their staff.</p><p>It is not uncommon for employment law to be clarified in the courts and tribunals. Employment Tribunal judgments have, over time, clarified the position on what constitutes “work” in connection with sleeping time and therefore when the NMW is payable for sleep-in shifts. Government guidance issued in February 2015 included clarification from those judgments. Ministers from BEIS and the Department of Health most recently wrote to Local Authorities on 27 October 2017 regarding payment of NMW or NLW for sleep-in shifts to ensure clarity on those rules.</p><p>The Government recognises that the cumulative financial liability of penalties and arrears of wages associated with “sleep in” shifts could pose challenges to some providers in the social care sector. It is exploring options to minimise any impact on the sector and has opened discussions with the European Commission. It also introduced the interim Social Care Compliance Scheme (SCCS) on 1 November, which gives providers in the sector 12 months in which to conduct a self-review of any arrears and then up to three months in which to re-pay workers.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley grouped question UIN HL4100 HL4102 question first answered 18/12/2017 16:59:09 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

804773

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	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	Social Services: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment has been made of the impact on charities and other voluntary organisations providing social care of new advice on the statutory provision of sleeping-in payments.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL4102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>All businesses – irrespective of their size or business sector – are responsible for paying the correct minimum wage to their staff.</p><p>It is not uncommon for employment law to be clarified in the courts and tribunals. Employment Tribunal judgments have, over time, clarified the position on what constitutes “work” in connection with sleeping time and therefore when the NMW is payable for sleep-in shifts. Government guidance issued in February 2015 included clarification from those judgments. Ministers from BEIS and the Department of Health most recently wrote to Local Authorities on 27 October 2017 regarding payment of NMW or NLW for sleep-in shifts to ensure clarity on those rules.</p><p>The Government recognises that the cumulative financial liability of penalties and arrears of wages associated with “sleep in” shifts could pose challenges to some providers in the social care sector. It is exploring options to minimise any impact on the sector and has opened discussions with the European Commission. It also introduced the interim Social Care Compliance Scheme (SCCS) on 1 November, which gives providers in the sector 12 months in which to conduct a self-review of any arrears and then up to three months in which to re-pay workers.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley grouped question UIN HL4100 HL4101 question first answered 18/12/2017 16:59:09 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

990497

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2018
	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	Financial Reporting Council Independent Review: Disclosure of Information
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish the minutes of the September meeting of the Independent Review of the Financial Reporting Council; and if so, when.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL10830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>In accordance with the Review’s terms of reference, a summary of the discussion held at the September 2018 meeting of the Review’s Advisory Group will be made available in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 01/11/2018 17:05:34 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

990498

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2018
	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	Financial Reporting Council Independent Review
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the letter by the Secretary of State for the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to Sir John Kingman, chairman of the Review of the audit regulator, on 8 October, what are the financial and non-financial costs associated with the request to extend the scope of the Independent Review of the Financial Reporting Council.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL10831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>Sir John Kingman asked not to receive a fee for his role undertaking the independent Review of the Financial Reporting Council. Members of the Review’s Advisory Group are also not remunerated for their involvement.</p><p> </p><p>The additional request to Sir John Kingman to provide his thoughts alongside the Review on whether there is any case for change in the way in which audits are procured and audit fees are set will be accommodated in existing costs and allocated resources.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley grouped question UIN HL10832 question first answered 29/10/2018 16:00:38 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

990499

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2018
	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	Financial Reporting Council Independent Review
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the letter by the Secretary of State for the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to Sir John Kingman, chairman of the Review of the audit regulator, on 8 October asking for the scope of the Independent Review of the Financial Reporting Council to be extended, whether additional resources have been provided or requested to assist in the completion of that investigation.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL10832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>Sir John Kingman asked not to receive a fee for his role undertaking the independent Review of the Financial Reporting Council. Members of the Review’s Advisory Group are also not remunerated for their involvement.</p><p> </p><p>The additional request to Sir John Kingman to provide his thoughts alongside the Review on whether there is any case for change in the way in which audits are procured and audit fees are set will be accommodated in existing costs and allocated resources.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley grouped question UIN HL10831 question first answered 29/10/2018 16:00:38 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

100035

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Reorganisation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the cost to date of the reorganisation of the National Health Service as a result of the reforms in the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL2241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>I announced in my Written Ministerial Statement of 23 July 2014, columns WS135-136, that the costs of implementing policies in the Health and Social Care Act incurred to 31 March 2014 were £1,316 million. This is the latest available figure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These costs have been more than covered by the savings arising from the Health and Social Care Act, which up to 31 March 2014, were approximately £4.9 billion.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 04/11/2014 12:33:57 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

100036

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the impact since 2009 of the closure of accident and emergency departments on neighbouring hospitals.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL2242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The reconfiguration of local health services is a matter for the local National Health Service. All service changes should be led by clinicians and be in the best interests of patients, not driven from the top down.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is for NHS commissioners and providers to work together, with local authorities, patients and the public, in bringing forward proposals that will improve the quality, safety and sustainability of healthcare services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any changes must be supported by the Government’s four tests for service change, namely:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- support from general practitioner commissioners;</p><p> </p><p>- clarity on the clinical evidence base;</p><p> </p><p>- robust patient and public engagement; and</p><p> </p><p>- support for patient choice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Once a decision on a local case for change has been made, it is up to the NHS to ensure its local services meet the needs of its population.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More generally, we would expect any local plans for changes to acute services to take full account of the impact on neighbouring hospitals.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 27/10/2014 12:41:26 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

100037

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Dismissal
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many general practitioners have been dismissed by primary care trusts, or by the Care Quality Commission, in each year since 2005.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL2243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not centrally collected. Departmental officials are aware that the General Medical Council does collect some demographic data about doctors and this is published in its annual report ‘The state of medical education and practice in the UK’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC), the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England, has registered all general practitioner (GP) practices since April 2012. The CQC’s role is to inspect and regulate GP practices, including those practices run by single-handed GPs. The CQC regulates at a provider level and may remove a practice’s registration where care is not meeting the required standard. Actions taken against an individual GP would be the responsibility of NHS England for contractual issues and the General Medical Council for professional issues.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 30/10/2014 16:18:49 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

1012143

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	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	NHS: Private Finance Initiative
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Budget announcement that a new Private Finance Initiative unit will be established within the Department of Health and Social Care, how many staff will work in that unit; whether additional resources are being made available for that unit; and how many contracts that unit will be responsible for monitoring.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL11670
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The Chancellor announced in the 2018 Budget that the Department would be establishing a Centre of Best Practice to improve the management of existing Private Finance Initiative contracts in the National Health Service. The Department and Her Majesty’s Treasury are currently discussing the configuration and resourcing of the Centre of Best Practice.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 05/12/2018 17:35:17 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

386458

	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	Nurses: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many nursing training places were available in each year since 2000.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of pre-registration nursing places (degree and diploma courses) that were available for each year since 2000.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Nurse training places</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000-01</p></td><td><p>19,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001-02</p></td><td><p>20,668</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002-03</p></td><td><p>21,949</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td><p>23,553</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>24,956</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>24,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>22,964</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>21,569</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>21,732</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>21,337</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>20,327</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>18,069</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>17,546</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>18,056</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>19,206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>20,033</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Data provided to the Department of Health by the commissioners of pre-registration training</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In December 2014, Health Education England published their Workforce Plan for England which includes their planned Education &amp; Training Commissions for 2015-16.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 09/07/2015 11:50:31 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

646596

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Carers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what communications they regard as necessary with carers, or future carers, before patients are discharged from hospital.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL3614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>The involvement of patients and their carers is central to timely and appropriate discharge from hospital. Each hospital’s discharge policy should set out how patients and carers will be involved and discharge arrangements discussed.</p><p> </p><p>Discussions should include providing full information about the options available and supplying patients and carers with a discharge plan.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 07/12/2016 16:11:15 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

646597

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Carers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether communication with carers before patients are discharged from hospital will be included in the forthcoming carers strategy.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL3615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>The forthcoming carers strategy will reiterate the importance of ensuring that families and carers are involved in the planning of hospital discharge and the role of local partners in ensuring this works well in practice.</p><p> </p><p>The strategy will also highlight the range of guidance and support available to local areas and to families.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 07/12/2016 16:10:39 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

804770

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Care Workers: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much is owed to social care workers for sleeping-in payments for the provision of statutory care that was commissioned by (1) government agencies, and (2) local authorities; and from what funds it is anticipated that those payments will be paid.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL4099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Social care is usually commissioned by local authorities but it can also be commissioned by the National Health Service or paid for by self-funding individuals.</p><p>A piece of market analysis was commissioned over the summer to better understand the scale of the liabilities associated with sleep-in shifts.</p><p>The Government is in the process of further refining this work to provide more robust information. The interim enforcement approach announced by the Government on 1 November is designed to maximise the prospects of workers being paid arrears owed to them as soon as possible, while at the same time protecting existing jobs. The Government recognises the pressures these liabilities are placing on providers of social care, and we are exploring options to minimise any impact on the sector.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 20/12/2017 13:40:54 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

1012528

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the announcement that HMRC will become a preferred creditor in UK insolvencies, what (1) calculations were used, and (2) issues were considered when they concluded that the policy would create an additional £605 million in tax revenue between 2019–20 and 2023–24.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL11720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The tax base for this measure consists of company insolvencies with gains resulting from tax avoidance, evasion and phoenixism, in addition to the amount HMRC currently writes off every year due to insolvencies.</p><p>This is estimated from HMRC operational and administrative data and is grown in line with the Budget 2018 OBR determinant for Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at market prices deflator.</p><p> </p><p>The costing is the tax recovered from insolvencies that HMRC would not otherwise have collected before the policy was implemented. Adjustments are made for tax and payment timing.</p><p>The costing accounts for a behavioural response whereby the measure has a deterrent effect on future insolvency as some taxpayers become compliant.</p><p> </p><p><strong>At Budget 2018, the Government published a full assessment of the exchequer impacts which is attached.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 06/12/2018 17:53:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Budget_2018_policy_costings_PDF.pdf title Budget2018 policy costings
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

707574

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Republic of Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are planning to permit Irish citizens currently living in the UK to continue to do so following the UK’s exit from the EU.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL5797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The close historic, social and cultural ties between the UK and Ireland have led to the creation of additional rights above those associated with common membership of the EU. The special status afforded to Irish citizens within the UK is rooted in the Ireland Act 1949 and, for the people of Northern Ireland, in the 1998 Belfast Agreement. Leaders in the UK and Ireland have confirmed their commitment to protecting the rights enjoyed by UK and Irish nationals when in the other State.</p><p>We remain committed to preserving the rights of Irish citizens within the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/03/2017 15:52:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh