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533041

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	European Agency for the Operational Management of Large-scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
	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 13 June (HL459), why there will be a delay in publishing the final report of the National Institute for Health Research project HTA-14/141/01 on screening strategies for atrial fibrillation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL1004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The project ‘Screening Strategies for Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis’ is being funded through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme. There were a larger number of studies than expected – around 260 - because of the broad population inclusion criteria and the active phase of the project has slightly overrun.</p><p> </p><p>The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) reviews the evidence for screening based on the best and most robust evidence available. The UK NSC is due to review the evidence for screening people aged 65 and over for atrial fibrillation in the financial year 2017/18. It is anticipated that the timing of the UK NSC review will not be affected by the delay to the publication of the NIHR’s ‘Screening Strategies for Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis’. The UK NSC will consider the timing of its review more closely in spring 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL1005 question first answered 13/07/2016 15:05:00 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

533042

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	EURATOM Supply Agency
	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 13 June (HL459), what impact the UK National Screening Committee expects the delay in publishing the final report of National Institute for Health Research project HTA-14/141/01 to have on the timescales for reviewing its recommendation on screening for atrial fibrillation in adults.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL1005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The project ‘Screening Strategies for Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis’ is being funded through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme. There were a larger number of studies than expected – around 260 - because of the broad population inclusion criteria and the active phase of the project has slightly overrun.</p><p> </p><p>The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) reviews the evidence for screening based on the best and most robust evidence available. The UK NSC is due to review the evidence for screening people aged 65 and over for atrial fibrillation in the financial year 2017/18. It is anticipated that the timing of the UK NSC review will not be affected by the delay to the publication of the NIHR’s ‘Screening Strategies for Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis’. The UK NSC will consider the timing of its review more closely in spring 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL1004 question first answered 13/07/2016 15:05:00 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

968768

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Madeleine McCann
	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 2 May (HL7044), whether any request had been made by the Metropolitan Police Service to extend the funding for Operation Grange beyond the end of September 2018; and if so, by how much, over what further period, and for what purpose; and what has been the total spent on Operation Grange to date.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL10052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>To date no request has been received from the Metropolitan Police Service to extend funding for Operation Grange beyond the end of September 2018. The total cost of Operation Grange is, to date, £11.6m.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 13:31:19 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

968769

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Missing Persons: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any funding requests other than Operation Grange have been received from the Metropolitan Police Service in the last year relating to the search for missing children; and if so, how much funding has been made available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL10053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has not received any other Special Grant requests from the Metropolitan Police Service relating to the search for missing children.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 13:31:11 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

533043

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Disoproxil
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of individuals privately accessing the drug Truvada following the decision by NHS England not to make it available on prescription for pre-exposure prophylaxis to HIV.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL1006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 13/07/2016 14:57:41 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

533044

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Idil Eser
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many individuals are diagnosed as having HIV in England and Wales, broken down by (1) age, and (2) gender.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL1007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The number of people newly diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in England and Wales in 2014 by age is shown in Table 1; and gender is shown in Table 2. This is the latest year for which data is available.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: New HIV diagnoses by age group; England &amp; Wales, 2014</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country</p></td><td><p>Age at diagnosis</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="9"><p>England</p></td><td><p>Less than 15</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15-24</p></td><td><p>666</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25-34</p></td><td><p>1,851</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>35-44</p></td><td><p>1,429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>45-54</p></td><td><p>1,008</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>55-64</p></td><td><p>388</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>65+</p></td><td><p>192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not reported</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>5,559</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="9"><p>Wales*</p></td><td><p>Less than 15</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15-24</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25-34</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>35-44</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>45-54</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>55-64</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>65+</p></td><td><p>Less than 10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not reported</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>189</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Note:</em> *Cells containing values between 1 and 4 in Wales have been masked using the notation Less than 5 and secondary masking has also been applied to avoid the risk of deductive disclosure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2: New HIV diagnoses by gender; England &amp; Wales, 2014</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country</p></td><td><p>Gender</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>England</p></td><td><p>Men</p></td><td><p>4,169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Women</p></td><td><p>1,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>5,559</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>Men</p></td><td><p>138</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Women</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>189</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 13/07/2016 15:07:53 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

984249

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Conversion Therapy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to undertake any consultation before bringing forward proposals to ban gay conversion therapy; if so, which stakeholders they plan to consult; and what is the timetable.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL10457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>Conversion therapy is wrong and we are not willing to let it continue.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the LGBT Action Plan, we have committed to bring forward proposals to end the practice of conversion therapy in the UK. We have committed to consider all legislative and non-legislative options to prohibit promoting, offering or conducting these practices whether they are occurring in a medical, commercial or faith-based context.</p><p> </p><p>This is a complex issue that we will be approaching sensitively. We intend to engage widely before bringing forward proposals, and we will consult on the final package to ensure that the actions we take are effective and have broad support.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/10/2018 15:19:38 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

753930

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Social Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government (1) which local authority children's services departments have been found by Ofsted since January 2015 to be persistently or systemically failing; (2) which were made subject to the appointment of commissioners; and (3) which are currently run by commissioners.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL1075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department has categorised local authority children’s social care services as ‘systemic’ or ‘persistent’ failures since December 2015 when it introduced a tougher intervention regime. The following authorities have been subject to this new policy:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>LA</p></td><td><p>Systemic/Persistent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>Persistent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandwell</p></td><td><p>Persistent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay</p></td><td><p>Persistent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>Persistent &amp; Systemic</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>All of these authorities have been subject to the appointment of Commissioners, with the exception of Barnet where recruitment for a Commissioner has not yet concluded. These authorities retain accountability for the effective running of their children’s services. Commissioners do not run the services, but do make recommendations to the Secretary of State on whether operational control of services should be removed from the council. Where Ministers accept a recommendation that services should transfer to alternative delivery arrangements, such as a new Children’s Services Trust, Commissioners will oversee this process</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 31/07/2017 08:43:09 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

753929

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Social Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps, short of the appointment of commissioners, they can take to deal with children's services departments which are a cause of concern.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL1076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education intervenes in all local authorities that receive an inadequate Ofsted rating for children’s services.</p><p>In the most serious cases, improvement may require statutory intervention, whereby, under the Education Act 1996, the Secretary of State is able to direct a local authority to take whatever action is deemed necessary to secure improvement. In the last few years, Ministers have directed the setting up of new governance structures, including partnering with another local authority (e.g. Isle of Wight), bringing in extra improvement support (e.g. Somerset), or establishing a Children’s Services Trust (e.g. Doncaster).</p><p>In other cases the department takes non-statutory steps, issuing an ‘improvement notice’ detailing what actions a local authority is expected to take to improve its services and closely monitoring progress. We deploy government improvement advisers who are appointed to support and challenge these authorities to make rapid progress.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 31/07/2017 08:44:14 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

753931

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Social Services: Lambeth
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they have received representations about failings in children's services in the London Borough of Lambeth.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL1077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>The London Borough of Lambeth Council’s children’s social care services became subject to Government intervention in May 2015, following Ofsted’s judgement that these services are ‘Inadequate’. The Department has issued the Council with an improvement notice and has appointed an expert adviser to provide the Council with advice and challenge and to report regularly to the Department on improvement progress. Ofsted also conducts quarterly monitoring visits to Lambeth’s children’s social care services, and publishes progress reports on its website.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 31/07/2017 08:45:33 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood