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1676702

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date	08/12/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what forecasting they have carried out regarding the number of children in care aged 16 and 17 who will be living in supported accommodation settings that do not provide care in the next (1) one, (2) three, and (3) five, years.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL1034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2023 answer text <p>The department does not currently publish forecasts of care places for children, including for 16 and 17 year olds who will be living in supported accommodation settings.</p><p>Local authorities have a statutory duty to make sure that there is sufficient provision in their area to meet the needs of children in care. The government will provide national support with forecasting, procurement and market shaping to local authorities to help them to manage the demand for and supply of children’s social care placements in their area.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 21/12/2023 14:58:16 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

1471261

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Arts and Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to restore (1) education programmes, and (2) access to (a) training, and (b) the arts, for prisoners, where those have been restricted by (i) COVID-19, and (ii) staff shortages.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>Staff recruitment was suspended from March 2020 until August 2020 whilst we implemented Covid-19 secure practices in response to Government guidelines on social distancing and non-essential travel. While this created a gap in our pipeline of new officers, once the process restarted, we used initiatives such as the accelerated launch of 60+ recruitment campaigns and the use of targeted overtime and mutual aid across prisons, to ensure establishments facing the greatest challenges received the most support.</p><p> </p><p>Although face-to-face teaching was temporarily suspended due to safety concerns at the start of the pandemic, education continued via remote learning. With the pandemic National Framework for Prison Regimes and Services having been lifted on 9 May 2022, we are now getting increasing numbers of learners back in the classroom and participating in activities, like the arts, that support rehabilitation where it is safe to do so.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Prisons Strategy White Paper, published on 7 December 2021, we are committed to improving education in prisons and we are delivering a Prisoner Education Service within this Parliament to raise prisoners’ levels of numeracy, literacy, skills and qualifications with the aim of helping them secure jobs upon release and drive down reoffending. This work includes investment in digital infrastructure, more training that delivers the skills employers need, more education experts to support Governors and improved support for prisoners with additional learning needs.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 30/06/2022 14:00:07 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1333879

registered interest
date	14/06/2021
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	State Retirement Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to contact all people aged over 80 who are receiving less than the basic State Pension of £82.45 per week, including those receiving no State Pension, so they can be paid their entitlement.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL1034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2021 answer text <p>We encourage everyone to apply for the support they are entitled to. Information on how to make a claim can be found on GOV.UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The correction activity, which started on 11 January 2021, is identifying people over age 80 who may have been underpaid Category D State Pension in accordance with the law.</p><p> </p><p>The law, which has been in place under successive governments, is that anyone who is not getting any State Pension when they reach age 80, is required to make a claim to get Category D State Pension (Social Security Administration Act 1992 (Section 1)). There is information on how to make a claim on GOV.UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 16/06/2021 14:27:53 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

753346

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the comments by Lord O'Donnell, in the Observer on Sunday 16 July, concerning the complexity of the challenges posed by Brexit and, in particular, the need for additional civil servants to support the negotiations, whether they have reviewed their plans for those negotiations.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL1034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2017 answer text <p>Since the referendum, the whole of government has undertaken a huge work programme to make sure that we begin negotiations from a position of strength. The negotiating team supporting the Secretary of State for Exiting the EU and the Prime Minister in these negotiations is strong and experienced.</p><p>This is an unprecedented negotiation. We have comprehensively articulated our objectives in the White Paper on the UK’s exit from and new partnership with the EU. Our approach has not changed, and our timetable remains on course. We want to get the best deal that works in the interests of the UK and the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 01/08/2017 12:47:55 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

533453

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to improve teenage literacy, in the light of the 2016 OECD report <i>Building skills for all: A review of England</i>, which stated that the UK has the lowest literacy rates among 16 to 19 year-olds out of 23 developed countries.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL1034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>We are pleased that the OECD recognises in their review the changes we have made in recent years to ensure that all young people leave full-time education with a high standard of English.</p><p> </p><p>The primary National Curriculum emphasises the teaching of early reading through systematic phonics and the importance of accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar. At secondary school pupils are expected to read a wide range of texts fluently and with good understanding.</p><p> </p><p>We have reformed GCSEs to ensure they are more stretching and provide greater assurance of core literacy than the old GCSE. We are also taking action to improve the rigour and relevance of English Functional Skills qualifications, which are taken by many students and apprentices aged 16 and over.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure all young people have every opportunity to secure proficiency in English, since 2014 we have required every 16-19 year old not holding a good pass in GCSE English and mathematics to continue to study these subjects as part of their 16-19 study programme. We have also embedded English and mathematics into our work-based training programmes such as apprenticeships and traineeships.</p><p> </p><p>Last summer’s GCSE results show that over 4,000 more students aged 17 and over secured GCSE English at grades A*-C than the previous year.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 26/07/2016 15:44:20 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

386925

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Vitamin B12
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that a reliable test to assess the vitamin B12 status of the United Kingdom population is made available as a means to prevent serious and irreversible neurological damage before any mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid is introduced.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL1034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The diagnosis and treatment of pernicious anaemia, the result of a vitamin B12 (cobalamin) deficiency, is well established and reported in the British Committee for Standards in Haematology (BCSH) guidance document, <em>Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Cobalamin and Folate disorders</em>, which was updated in May 2014. A copy of the BCSH guidance document is attached.</p><p> </p><p>The BCSH operates independently of the Department and NHS England and produces evidence based guidelines for both clinical and laboratory haematologists on the diagnosis and treatment of haematological disease, drawing on the advice of expert consultants and clinical scientists practicing in the United Kingdom. It would be for the BCSH, not the Department, to consider whether any adjustments to current best practice, in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with pernicious anaemia were needed, including whether any new or additional tests were appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The BCSH guidance sets out that cobalamin status is the recommended first line diagnostic test. The Department has no data relating to false positive results in relation to the test. The guidance also states that clinical picture is the most important factor in assessing the significance of the test results.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>When anaemia is diagnosed, most patients respond well to treatment through quarterly intramuscular injection of vitamin B12. Whilst some patients with pernicious anaemia might prefer to have more frequent injections, or for other forms of vitamin B12 to be self-administered, these are matters for individual patients to discuss with their general practitioners.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Although the Medicines Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is currently reviewing claims made by some clinics that are administering vitamins and minerals intravenously for nutritional therapy purposes, the agency has not encountered any clinics making claims to treat pernicious anaemia. In addition, the Department does not have any information regarding patients purchasing additional supplies of B12 from unregulated sources.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Regarding the mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid, the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition recommended a number of measures to ensure monitoring and surveillance of the impact of fortification of flour, should it be implemented. This included appropriate systems to monitor any potential adverse effects, including cancer and a review of the evidence on benefits and postulated risks after five years. The National Diet and Nutrition Survey monitors folate intakes and the most recent data, which was published earlier this year, will be carefully considered alongside other information sources before any decision is made on mandatory fortification.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no assessment of the social and economic costs of misdiagnosis or late diagnosis of pernicious anaemia and other vitamin B12 deficiencies.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL1032 HL1033 HL1035 HL1036 HL1042 question first answered 14/07/2015 15:00:41 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name colbalamin and folate disorders.pdf title BSCH Guidance
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

77300

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Satellites
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 potential value to knowledge of climate change and its impacts, of more accurate measurements of the Earth that could come from the proposed Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial-and-Helio-Studies satellite mission.
tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Finsbury
uin	HL1034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The possible benefits from the proposed Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial-and-Helio-Studies (TRUTHS) satellite mission were the subject of a challenge workshop hosted in 2013 by the UK Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation and Space Technology (CEOI-ST), which is funded by the UK Space Agency.</p><p>The outputs of the CEOI-ST investigation are currently being considered by the UK Space Agency.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 22/07/2014 14:46:38 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	186 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Finsbury