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1688854

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date	13/02/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Medical Equipment: Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 24 January (HL1576), when they intend to publish the fully developed strategy on the Innovative Devices Access Pathway, currently undergoing a pilot phase.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL2440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department, in collaboration with our national partners including Health Technology Wales, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, NHS England, and the Scottish Health Technology Group, announced the eight technologies that will partake in the Innovative Devices Access Pathway (IDAP) pilot on 14 February 2024.</p><p>The pilot includes devices that could destroy liver cancer tumours, detect Alzheimer’s, and quickly spot those at risk of stroke. These potentially transformative devices have successfully entered the pilot pathway and will shortly receive tailored advice to support and accelerate their access to the market, and benefit patients.</p><p>The pilot was significantly oversubscribed at the point of application, reflecting the excitement around the programme which builds on the Government’s Life Sciences Vision and Medical Technology Strategy. The insights gained during the pilot phase will be crucial in shaping the future direction of the new IDAP. The aim of the pilot is to test the main elements of the pathway and to provide informative learning and feedback that helps to build the future IDAP. Details of the final, formal, IDAP will be shared in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 22/02/2024 12:27:57 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1520215

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date	10/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many people serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence are currently on licence in the community; and of those, how many have had their supervision requirement terminated, broken down by the number of years since they were first released from custody.
tabling member printed	Lord Moylan
uin	HL2440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>All IPP offenders are released on an IPP licence for a minimum period of 10 years. The Probation Service may apply to the Parole Board for the suspension of the supervisory conditions on an offender’s IPP licence only after the offender has completed five years of continuous, trouble-free resettlement and good behaviour in the community (other than in exceptional circumstances). The Parole Board is responsible for making the final decision on whether supervision should be suspended.</p><p>As of March 2022, 3,258 offenders, serving an IPP sentence, were on licence in the community. Of these, 172 offenders serving an IPP sentence have had their supervision requirement suspended. The following table shows this figure broken down by the number of years since they were first released from custody*.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Years since first release from custody</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Count of IPP cases where the supervision requirement is terminated</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>11</strong></p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>13</strong></p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>14</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>172</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Data Caveats:</p><ul><li>Three cases are shown as having data suspended after 4 years in the table above. This is because the policy previously allowed for consideration after 4 years, so some currently in the community applied under the previous policy at the 4 year point.</li><li>As with any large administrative data source the possibility of errors cannot be eliminated.</li><li>While data has been assured as much as practical, as with any large administrative dataset data should not be assumed to be accurate to the last value presented.</li></ul> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 24/10/2022 15:59:55 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4883 label Biography information for Lord Moylan

1353143

registered interest
date	06/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Uniforms
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish the statutory guidance on the cost of school uniforms under the Education (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) Act 2021.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL2440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department plans to publish the statutory guidance in Autumn 2021.</p><p>Schools do not need to make any changes before the guidance is released. The Department want schools to implement changes in a timely and considered manner to ensure that parents do not incur additional costs from sudden uniform changes.</p><p>Once the guidance is published, all schools will need to review their uniform policies and make necessary changes as soon as possible to ensure that parents see the benefits of the guidance.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 22/09/2021 12:07:49 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1184173

registered interest
date	10/03/2020
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
hansard heading	Myanmar: Rohingya
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the government of Myanmar about their treatment of the Rohingya, following the International Court of Justice ruling on 23 January.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL2440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK continues to make representations to the Government of Myanmar for the voluntary, safe and dignified return of Rohingya refugees. In a statement on 23 January 2020, the former Minister for Asia and the Pacific encouraged the Government of Myanmar to abide by the International Court of Justice's provisional measures and implement the recommendations of the Independent Commission of Enquiry in order to protect the Rohingya and to bring the perpetrators of atrocities to justice. The British Ambassador to Myanmar reinforced these points with the Myanmar Minister for International Co-operation, Kyaw Tin and continues to raise this through engagement with the government.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/03/2020 11:41:15 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

776776

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: VAT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken to ensure that when NHS bodies set up wholly owned subsidiaries in order to claim VAT refunds, NHS staff transferred to those subsidiary companies retain their terms and conditions, including membership of the NHS Pension Scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL2440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>National Health Service organisations are responsible for deciding locally the most appropriate structures they need to deliver services to their patients within available resources, meeting any tax liabilities that may arise. Recent guidance to NHS trusts and foundation trusts from the Department states ‘the only tax advice that the Department deems acceptable is that necessary for the fulfilment of statutory functions and or to assist with compliance with tax rules beyond in house expertise. Tax avoidance schemes should not be entered into under any circumstances.’</p><p> </p><p>Any NHS staff compulsory transferred to subsidiary companies that may be set up by NHS bodies should, subject to legal advice, be covered by Transfer of Undertaking Protection of Employment legislation, in respect of their terms and conditions of service, and Her Majesty’s Treasury’s New Fair Deal guidance, in respect of their continued access to the NHS Pension Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement is working with the NHS to ensure adherence to relevant legislation and guidance, as well as encouraging the sharing and adoption of best practice in working with employee representatives and unions on these issues.</p><p> </p><p><em>Note: </em>HM Treasury’s New Fair Deal guidance requires that NHS employees who transfer compulsorily from a NHS body to an independent organisation retain access to the NHS Pension Scheme in their new employment. This occurs where the function performed by the transferring employees has been outsourced by the provider or the service put to tender by the commissioner.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 07/11/2017 14:03:35 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

606199

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Dual Nationality: Republic of Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many UK citizens also have citizenship of the Republic of Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL2440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen grouped question UIN HL2658 question first answered 01/11/2016 13:13:29 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen attachment 1 file name HL2440 & HL2658 Lord Wigley FINAL (1) (1).pdf title UKSA Response to HL2440 and HL2658
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

419737

registered interest
date	05/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, before withdrawing supplementary funding for the highly specialist work carried out at tertiary and teaching hospitals in England, they carried out an impact assessment of the effects of such a withdrawal on medical research; if not, why they did not do so; and if so, whether they will publish that assessment.
tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
uin	HL2440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>The supplementary funding, known as Project Diamond funding, was provided by the former London Strategic Health Authority in recognition of arguments made by providers about the higher costs of tertiary and teaching hospitals both for research and service provision. The research component was subsequently taken on by the Department, and the service component was taken on by NHS England.</p><p>In the case of research funding, the Department’s view is that the approach to funding already recognises the higher costs of providing services. For example, a large part of funding is bids based. In bidding for research funding, providers will have taken into account all the costs they face. Any supplementary funding would be double-counting costs. Consequently the Department does not expect an impact on medical research from withdrawing funding as existing funding streams should meet all costs.</p><p>In the case of funding for specialised services to patients, 2014/15 was the final year of supplementary funding provided by NHS England. Refinements to the National Tariff are being made, including the introduction of HRG4+, that make a significant improvement in recognising the additional costs associated with patient complexity. However no payment system can perfectly reflect patient complexity and other local issues. Monitor have a published process for providers who wish to seek an amendment to tariff prices, known as the local modification process.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 14/10/2015 12:54:49 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

100984

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Church Schools
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the implementation of the Education (Independent School Standards) (England) (Amendment) 2014, requiring the active promotion of protected characteristics as set down in the Equality Act 2010, what provision will be made to enable Christian schools to teach traditional Christian values and views about marriage; and what measures they have taken to ensure that any such provisions are not overridden.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL2440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Education (Independent School Standards) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 do not require the active promotion of the protected characteristics in the Equality Act.</p><p> </p><p>The Regulations require that schools actively promote principles which encourage respect for other people, paying particular regard to the protected characteristics. This is a crucial distinction. It is right to respect other people, even if one does not agree with them or their way of life. This is a fundamental part of preparation for life in modern Britain.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is absolutely clear that the changes make no difference to the existing legal obligations that schools have under the Equality Act 2010. All schools are already required to abide by the Act and their obligations are not altered by the changes to the standards. The changes do not fetter the views of individual teachers or censor the discussion of relevant matters. A teacher who, for instance, disagrees with same-sex marriage because of their Christian faith will not be prevented from expressing that view by these changes. Since the changes make no difference to schools’ existing legal obligations under the Equality Act there is no question of the ability of schools to teach traditional Christian values being overridden.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 05/11/2014 17:55:38 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton