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registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what account they took of patient safety and the findings of recent Care Quality Commission reports that Marie Stopes International clinics had been in serious breach of safety guidelines, when deciding to extend the scheme under which free NHS abortions are made available to women from Northern Ireland to include the provision of free travel to those clinics.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>Clinics run by Marie Stopes International (MSI) continue to be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and approved by the Secretary of State to perform abortions. We are aware that CQC inspections raised serious concerns about compliance by MSI clinics with requirements set by the Department and the CQC. MSI are continuing to take a range of actions to address the issues identified in the CQC’s reports. The CQC re-inspected MSI earlier this year and has made clear that they will not hesitate to take further action if necessary, in order to guarantee MSI meets the standard of care they expect and that its patients deserve. The Department continues to closely monitor the situation with particular regard to the statutory approval responsibilities of the Secretary of State.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 13/11/2017 13:56:38 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

778068

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated annual cost of payments from public funds to private sector abortion clinics in England to carry out abortions for patients from Northern Ireland; whether, under equalities and anti-discrimination legislation, there is a requirement for a similar level of resources to be made available to women who choose not to end their pregnancies; what assessment they have made of the estimate by Both Lives Matter that over 100,000 people are alive in Northern Ireland today, who would not be alive had the Abortion Act 1967 been applied there; and what advice they have sought from Law Officers about the lawfulness and the ethics of seeking to disregard in one part of the UK the lawful provisions applicable in another part of the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>We estimate the cost of providing termination of pregnancy services in England to women from Northern Ireland to be in the region of £1 million per year. The provision of antenatal and maternity services in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter. The decision to provide such funding is separate from issues about support for other groups of pregnant women and there is no necessary connection between the two matters.</p><p> </p><p>The Supreme Court in R (on the application of A and B) v Secretary of State for Health (2017) found that the Government has the power to fund abortion services in England for women lawfully resident from Northern Ireland.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 07/11/2017 16:08:31 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

764353

registered interest
date	02/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to provide any additional support to women travelling from Northern Ireland to access abortions in England; and if so, (1) whether financial support will be available, and (2) what expenses any financial support will cover.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL1690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>On 29 June 2017 the Government announced that it will fund, via the Government Equalities Office, abortions in England for women usually resident in Northern Ireland. We are currently finalising details of the scheme and a further announcement will be made in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 12/10/2017 14:31:06 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

778087

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend, under the extension of the Northern Ireland abortion scheme which will include the provision of free travel for women on low incomes, to pay for minors to travel and have abortions in England; and whether minors resident in Northern Ireland who are eligible for free travel under the extension of the Northern Ireland abortion scheme will need to gain permission from their parents before travelling to get an abortion in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The arrangements to provide abortions in England for women from Northern Ireland include travel and, where appropriate, accommodation for all those who meet the eligibility criteria. Parents or guardians can accompany young women aged under 18 and receive help towards travel costs if they receive qualifying benefits or meet the low income criteria. A doctor or health professional is able to provide contraception, sexual and reproductive health advice and treatment, including abortion, without parental knowledge or consent, to a young person aged under 16 years, provided that the doctor or health professional is satisfied that the conditions set out in the Fraser Guidelines are met. Health professionals should make every effort to encourage young women aged under 16 to involve their parents. If they cannot be persuaded to do so then they should be assisted to find another adult (such as another family member or specialist youth worker) to provide support.</p><p> </p><p>Lord Fraser was one of the Law Lords who ruled in Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority (1985) that under 16s can access sexual health care without parental consent, provided the following criteria are met:</p><p> </p><p>- that the young person understands the advice and has sufficient maturity to understand what is involved;</p><p>- that the doctor could not persuade the young person to inform their parents, nor to allow the doctor to inform them;</p><p>- that the young person would be very likely to begin or continue having sexual intercourse with or without contraceptive treatment;</p><p>- that without contraceptive advice or treatment the young person’s physical or mental health would suffer; and</p><p>- that it would be in the young person’s best interest to give such advice or treatment without parental consent.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 07/11/2017 15:54:27 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

778088

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, before making the decision to extend the Northern Ireland abortion scheme to include the provision of free travel to women resident in Northern Ireland from low income backgrounds, Members of the Legislative Assembly in Northern Ireland and Members of Parliament in Westminster were consulted.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The judgement in June 2017, in the case of R (on the application of A and B) v Secretary of State for Health, confirmed the Secretary of State's powers to extend equal access to women from Northern Ireland. There was no legal requirement to consult on this specific aspect of the scheme and no formal consultation took place.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 07/11/2017 16:13:41 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

778086

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, under the extension of the Northern Ireland abortion scheme which will include the provision of free travel to women from low income backgrounds to have an abortion in England, (1) what will happen if a woman travels to England and then changes her mind about the procedure, and (2) whether there will be any financial pressure for her to go through with the abortion once she has travelled to England.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Women who travel from Northern Ireland to England seeking an abortion are able to change their mind at any stage of the process regardless of whether they have been eligible for their travel costs to be met. There are no circumstances, other than where there is evidence that a fraudulent claim has been made, that the Department would seek to re-coup any money from women who travel to England for an abortion procedure but who subsequently change their mind. In line with clinical guidelines from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, all women should be informed that they have a right to delay or cancel appointments and/or the procedure should they wish.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 07/11/2017 16:09:09 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool