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750717

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	Fire and Rescue Services: Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with fire service representatives to ensure that aerial ladders are readily available when responding to large-scale fires.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	4453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Decisions on how the police enforce the law and deploy their available resources, including collaboration arrangements, are the responsibility of individual Chief Officers, taking into account the specific local problems and demands with which they are faced.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Home Office also supports specialist National Resilience capabilities to respond to multiple scale incidents. These capabilities are discussed quarterly at the National Fire Chief Council’s National Resilience Board and the Home Office Strategic Resilience Board to ensure that the agreed capabilities are in place, well maintained and remain fit for purpose.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 4452 question first answered 19/07/2017 11:20:12 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

750728

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	Aerials: Rural areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding under the Emergency Services Mobile Communications programme the Government plans to spend on the construction of masts which can be shared by all mobile network operators to improve coverage in rural area.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme is forecast to spend £71.1m of investment costs, and £135.7m of operating costs, on providing additional rural coverage as part of its Extended Area Service for the 15 year life of the business case.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 4388 question first answered 19/07/2017 11:17:46 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

750731

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	Emergency Services: Mobile Radios
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding under the Emergency Services Mobile Communications programme the Government plans to spend on Emergency Area Service masts that can be shared by all operators to improve rural mobile coverage.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme is forecast to spend £71.1m of investment costs, and £135.7m of operating costs, on providing additional rural coverage as part of its Extended Area Service for the 15 year life of the business case.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 4387 question first answered 19/07/2017 11:17:46 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

750792

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	Airwave Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department is allocating to each police service for the airwave replacement programme.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	4392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office funds the policing share of the main infrastructure costs of the Emergency Services Network (the new communication system which will replace the current Airwave system) through a reallocation within the police funding settlement. Police &amp; Crime Commissioners meet certain local costs, such as new handsets for officers, from their general budgets. In 2016/17, the Home Office provided £33.1m direct to Police and Crime Commissioners to assist with the modernisation of control rooms required for the new communications system.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/07/2017 11:15:16 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

749911

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	Ferries: Isles of Scilly
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government why data on the use of Guidance on Risk Assessment and Stroke Prevention for Atrial Fibrillation is no longer collected as part of the Medicines Optimisation Dashboard.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that as only 22% of general practice surgeries use this tool, and there are charges to the National Health Service for doing so, it was decided the tool was not appropriate as a metric in the Medicines Optimisation Dashboard.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/07/2017 11:04:56 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

749912

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	Type 45 Destroyers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what proportion of GP surgeries use (1) the Guidance on Risk Assessment and Stroke Prevention for Atrial Fibrillation tool, and (2) other tools, to audit the management of atrial fibrillation patients, broken down by clinical commissioning group, in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>NHS England advises that the data requested is not collected in the format requested.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/07/2017 11:05:07 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

749924

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	Assistance Animals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to convert EU Regulation 178/2002 into UK law; and, if so, whether arrangements have been made to replace the European Food Safety Authority's role in research, data collection, risk prevention and crisis management in the food industry.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Repeal Bill will convert European Union law into United Kingdom law where appropriate; it aims to maximise certainty for individuals and businesses as we leave the EU. EU Regulation 178/2002 is being considered as part of this exercise.</p><p> </p><p>Departments are currently working to understand the impacts that withdrawal from the EU will have across a number of areas; the European Food Safety Authority will form part of this work.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/07/2017 11:04:11 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

749942

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	Holiday Accommodation: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the benefits and costs to the UK of membership of the European Food Safety Authority.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Departments are currently working to understand the impacts that withdrawal from the European Union will have across a number of areas, including understanding the costs and benefits derived from membership of EU agencies; this work includes the European Food Safety Authority.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/07/2017 11:05:27 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

748517

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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
hansard heading	Business: Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of support available for businesses which are developing new ideas and technologies.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	3185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Innovate UK, the Government’s innovation agency, funds and connects business-led innovation. Innovate UK currently provides funding for research, development and demonstration projects through four broad sector-based programmes and an open programme. Over 11,000 projects have been funded to date, with over 8,000 unique organisations involved and further support will be provided through the new Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund</p><p>In some cases, industries are too new and too small to have well-developed sectoral institutions, but companies could still benefit from starting to build a stronger partnership with the Government, particularly to overcome the regulatory issues that often affect new industries. The Challenger Business Programme works with businesses in these areas applying new technologies, innovative products and services, and transformational business models. The programme is founded on collaboration between businesses, regulators, and the Government. It aims to gain a full understanding of the issues facing businesses operating within emerging sectors and agree a set of actions for different partners to take forward, driving growth and boosting the UK’s comparative advantage.</p><p>Innovate UK’s connecting activity also provides direct guidance and assistance to businesses by helping them navigate the full range of support opportunities that exist, primarily through the Knowledge Transfer Network and the Enterprise Europe Network.</p><p>Start-Up Loans are available for those starting a business but lacking access to the necessary finance or support to realise their ambitions.</p><p>In terms of wider support, Start-Up Loans are available for those starting a business and the British Business Bank’s Finance Guide provides information on the different types of financial support available to businesses. There is also a network of 38 Growth Hubs which provide businesses with other sources of support.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 19/07/2017 11:16:19 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

748886

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Railways: Freight
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received from the government of Ireland concerning the UK's withdrawal from the London Fisheries Convention.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State and the Irish Agriculture Minister, Michael Creed, discussed the UK’s withdrawal from the London Fisheries Convention on 5 July 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 19/07/2017 11:02:19 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley