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751979

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Financial Services: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many individuals infected with blood contaminated by hepatitis C or HIV in the 1970s and 1980s remain alive.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/07/2017 15:09:01 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

751124

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Instagram: Self-harm
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what direct investment they made into library services in 2016–17.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport invested £4 million in 2016-17 in the Arts Council managed Libraries: Opportunities for Everyone innovation fund. This supports innovative public library service projects that benefit disadvantaged people and places in England.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS also invested in dedicated support for library services exploring an alternative delivery model (such as a public service mutual). This involved commissioning a consortium of existing library mutuals to produce a toolkit for the Libraries Taskforce on Alternative Delivery Models; running two Masterclasses (one in London and one in York); and providing grants to support library services undertaking detailed options appraisals through access to specialist technical advice.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/07/2017 15:22:22 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

751130

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Religious Hatred
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to prepare a strategy for prisoners with dementia; and if so, when it will be published.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to develop a specific strategy for prisoners with dementia.</p><p> </p><p>The Challenge on Dementia 2020 sets out the Government’s ambition to follow up timely diagnosis with greater access to support for people with dementia, increase public awareness and create more dementia friendly public and private organisations and communities across all settings.</p><p> </p><p>Health services in prisons are commissioned by NHS England and implementing specialist dementia services across appropriate prison settings is one of its commissioning intentions for 2017-18.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/07/2017 15:10:13 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

750529

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Surrogacy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the conclusion of the report by the Surrogacy UK Working Group on Surrogacy Law, Surrogacy in the UK: Myth bashing and reform, published in November 2015, whether they continue to support the inclusion of a review of the law on surrogacy in the Law Commission's 13th programme of law reform; and whether they will commit to their own review of the law on surrogacy if the Law Commission does not take this forward.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>It is the Government’s intention to lay the remedial order, which will allow single people to apply for a parental order in a surrogacy arrangement, after the summer recess. The order will include a provision to allow for retrospective application for a parental order by single people.</p><p> </p><p>The Government supports the inclusion of a review of surrogacy legislation in the Law Commission’s 13<sup>th</sup> programme of law reform. The Department has not made any alternative plans for a review of surrogacy but would consider options carefully, if, for any reason, the Law Commission decides not to proceed.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL660 question first answered 19/07/2017 13:51:01 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

750534

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: Mining
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of suicide among teenagers in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Eames
uin	HL666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics publishes annual statistics on suicide registrations for the United Kingdom, including age-specific suicide rates by five-year age groups. A table attached provides statistics for suicides in people aged 10-14 and 15-19 in the UK between 1981 and 2015, the latest data available, is attached due to the size of the data.</p><p> </p><p>The Department leads delivery of the Cross-Government Suicide Prevention Strategy for England. Suicide prevention is a devolved matter in other UK countries.</p><p> </p><p>The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness, which is commissioned by NHS England and supported by the Department, published a thematic review in 2016, Suicide by Children and Young People in England. The report identified ten common themes relating to suicides by people under 20 years of age:</p><p> </p><p>- family factors such as mental illness;</p><p>- abuse and neglect;</p><p>- bereavement and experience of suicide;</p><p>- bullying;</p><p>- suicide-related internet use;</p><p>- academic pressures, especially related to exams;</p><p>- social isolation or withdrawal;</p><p>- physical health conditions that may have social impact;</p><p>- alcohol and illicit drugs; and</p><p>- mental ill health, self-harm and suicidal ideas.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/07/2017 15:11:50 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name HL666 formatted table.docx title Suicides in UK 1981-2015 10-19 year olds
tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

750553

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to set up an independent review of ME/CFS services which includes an epidemiological study to establish the true incidence of ME/CFS in the population and the impact of the shortage of doctors trained in this specialism; and, if not, why not.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to set up an independent review of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) services. Services for patients with CFS/ME are supported by independent, evidence-based guidance produced by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the diagnosis, treatment and support of patients with the condition. Commissioners should deliver services that meet the needs of local popuations. Assessments of service need for CFS/ME may be supported by the available population prevalence estimates as required.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/07/2017 15:08:32 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

750563

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Pharmacy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government which local authorities have accepted refugees from Syria; and how many refugees have been taken in by each such local authority.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Progress on resettlement under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement scheme is indicated in quarterly immigration statistics, and is broken down by each local authority. The last set of statistics, published on 25 May, showed that 7,307 Syrians have been resettled across 235 different local authorities since the scheme began. The statistics are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/07/2017 15:11:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

750565

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Digital Technology: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what proportion of those applying for settlement in the UK as refugees have been identified as economic migrants.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>A grant of leave as a refugee (as identified by the 1951 Geneva Convention) will not be granted to those who are claiming for economic reasons only. The way in which reasons for refusal of asylum claims are stored means that it is not possible to provide a breakdown of the number of those identified as claiming as economic migrants; to do so can only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Details on the number of asylum claims refused each year can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fimmigration-statistics-january-to-march-2017&amp;data=02%7C01%7Ccartersa%40parliament.uk%7Ca7b899eda3194da180cb08d4ceab929e%7C1ce6dd9eb3374088be5e8dbbec04b34a%7C0%7C0%7C636360683670873531&amp;sdata=0ZsOW2CZp7HtCEJp0QqSps7APpT7kiUVt8Jj6tbhPnc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-20</a><strong><a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fimmigration-statistics-january-to-march-2017&amp;data=02%7C01%7Ccartersa%40parliament.uk%7Ca7b899eda3194da180cb08d4ceab929e%7C1ce6dd9eb3374088be5e8dbbec04b34a%7C0%7C0%7C636360683670873531&amp;sdata=0ZsOW2CZp7HtCEJp0QqSps7APpT7kiUVt8Jj6tbhPnc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">17</a></strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/07/2017 15:09:57 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

749868

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Israeli Settlements: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 19 December 2016 (HL3794), and in the light of the Report on abortion statistics, England and Wales, 2016, published in June, which states that almost half of Ground E notifications are missing, how many cases have been investigated where registered medical practitioners were suspected of wilfully contravening or wilfully failing to comply with the requirements relating to section 1(1) of the Abortion Act 1967 in each of the past five years for which records are available; and how many such investigations have resulted in a summary conviction and fine.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>We continue to carefully monitor levels of under-reporting of abortions for fetal abnormality. Actions being taken include working directly with hospital staff to understand their specific challenges and help them find solutions to improve reporting of abortions. The Department, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the British Maternal and Fetal Health Medicine Society have written to all clinicians in fetal medicine units, antenatal screening midwives, and associated administrative staff to remind all doctors involved in abortion care of their legal responsibility under the Abortion Act 1967 and Abortion Regulations 1991 to submit form HSA4 within 14 days of the termination. The letter also provides practical examples from hospitals the Department has worked with to improve their reporting processes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are not aware of any case where a registered medical practitioner has been investigated or convicted in the past five years of wilfully contravening or wilfully failing to comply with the notification requirements relating to section 1(1) of the Abortion Act 1967.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/07/2017 15:08:09 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

749952

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Kingston Hospital
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government who were the experts the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence consulted in their recent review of Clinical Guideline CG 53 for chronic fatigue syndrome and myalgic encephalomyelitis: diagnosis and management.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) routinely consults a range of topic experts as part of its surveillance review process. NICE is currently consulting on a review proposal for its clinical guideline on the diagnosis and management of chronic fatigue syndrome and myalgic encephalomyelitis. NICE does not routinely publish the names of topic experts as they are not part of the decision making process for the surveillance review.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/07/2017 11:03:41 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar