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1728709

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date	10/09/2024
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	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what qualifications are stipulated for assessors of people on the autism spectrum by the Health Assessment Advisory Service.
tabling member printed	Baroness Browning
uin	HL926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The department and the Health Assessment Advisory Service (HAAS) are fully committed to supporting those with mental health conditions.</p><p> </p><p>All health professionals (HPs) within the five regions of HAAS are fully qualified in their health discipline and have passed strict recruitment and experience criteria. They must also be registered with a relevant regulatory body such as the General Medical Council, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Health and Care Professions Council or European Economic Area equivalent. The department has not specified that HAAS employ HPs who are specialists in specific conditions or impairments. Instead, the focus is on ensuring they are experts in disability analysis, focusing on the effects of health conditions and impairments on the claimant’s daily life.</p><p> </p><p>All HPs receive comprehensive training in the functional assessment of mental health conditions and disabilities, including Autism. From 09 September 2024 the educational material for all HAAS HPs was provided by DWP. As part of our review, we identified best practice in the NHS and have implemented the Oliver McGowan training as part of the mandatory training requirements for every HP. This training is recognised to be of significant value to HPs in ensuring they have the skills and knowledge to provide safe, informed, and compassionate assessments to claimants with autism and learning disabilities. This is in addition to our comprehensive education programme for HPs.</p><p> </p><p>Following the completion of core training to undertake the role, HPs will engage in an annual training programme, and HAAS has been provided with materials (such as Continual Professional Development modules) to support the development of their HPs where learning needs are identified. This approach ensures that both service wide and individual training needs are met and will be of benefit to those with neurodiversity where applicable.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sherlock grouped question UIN HL925 question first answered 17/09/2024 14:28:11 answering member 4147 label Biography information for Baroness Sherlock
tabling member	236 label Biography information for Baroness Browning

1676115

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Parliamentary Estate: Road Traffic Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what is the annual cost to Parliament of each traffic marshal on the Westminster estate.
tabling member printed	Lord Hayward
uin	HL926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Strategic Estates procures traffic marshal support for Parliament via a public sector procurement framework. It contracts for a service rather than paying individual marshals directly. It is therefore not possible to identify accurately the cost of individual marshals.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 19/12/2023 17:00:12 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	863 label Biography information for Lord Hayward

1470036

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
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	Companies: Fraud
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to require large corporations to report their anti-fraud procedures.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>Last month, the Government published its response to consultation on <em>Restoring Trust in Audit and Corporate Governance</em>.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this balanced, targeted, and proportionate package of reforms, we intend to require directors of large companies to produce a fraud statement as part of their annual report. Directors will be expected to set out the steps taken to prevent and detect material fraud; and their assessment of the risk of material fraud in the entity, highlighting the areas of the business most susceptible to material fraud.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 21/06/2022 11:01:06 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1331599

registered interest
date	09/06/2021
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	Hospitals: Hygiene
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent steps they have taken to address the level of adherence to proper hand hygiene in (1) hospitals, and (2) other care settings.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2021 answer text <p>NHS England’s guide <em>Standard infection control precautions: national hand hygiene and personal protective equipment policy</em>, specifies what standard infection control precautions, including hand hygiene, are to be adhered to by all staff in all care settings, at all times and for all patients. A copy of the guide is attached.</p><p>Implementation of and adherence to hand hygiene policy by providers of healthcare is monitored locally, regionally and nationally by standard contractual and regulatory processes. In addition, the Care Quality Commission conducts regular inspections of hospitals to confirm compliance with and adherence to current regulations, legislation and good practice recommendations.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 06/07/2021 15:59:43 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell attachment 1 file name national-policy-on-hand-hygiene-and-ppe (2).pdf title National Policy on Hand Hygiene and PPE
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1174466

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
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	Incinerators: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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 Duncan of Springbank on 5 November 2019 (HL460), how they calculate the greenhouse gas emissions from a tonne of domestic waste being processed in an energy from waste incinerator.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>Domestic, or household, waste is currently included within the fuel category “MSW” (Municipal Solid Waste) in the UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory. MSW refers to waste collected by municipalities or other local authorities and includes sources other than domestic waste.</p><p> </p><p>The emissions per tonne of MSW processed in an energy from waste incinerator is calculated using the 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Guidelines. Figures are provided for methane and nitrous oxide along with separate figures for carbon (fossil) emissions from biodegradable MSW and non-biodegradable MSW. The proportions of total MSW that is biodegradable and non-biodegradable is calculated using data from DUKES (the Digest of UK Energy Statistics). These four figures are combined to give total greenhouse gas emissions emitted per tonne of MSW processed in an energy from waste incinerator.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 04/02/2020 15:26:19 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

752480

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how they apply the business impact target (BIT) to regulations relating to fire safety in buildings; whether they intend to review the application of BIT to such regulations; and whether they intend to exempt such regulations from BIT.
tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
uin	HL926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is considering how best to continue to deliver its commitment to regulate more efficiently and effectively over the course of this Parliament.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 31/07/2017 14:20:41 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

532329

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
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	Development Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much the Foreign and Commonwealth Office spent on Overseas Development Assistance between April 2015 and March 2016, and what measures were used to ensure high levels of transparency in how that money was spent.
tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
uin	HL926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) was allocated £422.9 million of Official Development Assistance funds to spend in Financial Year 2015-2016. When finalised, the figures will be published on the FCO website and registered on the UK data portal and on the International Aid Transparency Initiative portal.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 15/07/2016 13:42:44 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

386127

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Reserve: Discharges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many soldiers serving in the Army Reserve have left in each year since 2012.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The total number recruited into the Army Reserve (officers and soldiers) between 2012 and 2015 is 12,130.</p><p>This breaks down as:</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>3,960</p></td><td><p>2,960</p></td><td><p>5,210</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The total number leaving the Army Reserve (officers and soldiers) since 2012 is 12,680.</p><p>This breaks down as:</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>4,710</p></td><td><p>4,620</p></td><td><p>3,350</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL925 question first answered 06/07/2015 15:52:46 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

76582

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Parades Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Northern Ireland Parades Commission cost in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information relating to the cost of the Northern Ireland Parades Commission and remuneration of Commission members and chair is published in the Commission's Annual Report and Accounts, copies of which can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.paradescommission.org/Resources.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.paradescommission.org/Resources.aspx</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson grouped question UIN HL924 HL925 question first answered 14/07/2014 14:50:31 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird