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1462897

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	Abortion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what periodic review of literature they conduct in respect of the latest scientific evidence on foetal viability.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2022 answer text <p>Officials regularly review new evidence on foetal viability. There is currently no clear consensus from the medical profession that the age of viability has reduced below 24 weeks.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 30/05/2022 11:04:52 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

1460474

registered interest
date	26/04/2022
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	Abortion: Ambulance Services
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 Kamall on 7 December 2021 (HL3991), whether the additional data collected will include a record of the NHS numbers of patients who have had a termination procedure to enable effective tracking of both short and long term complications.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL7955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 28/04/2022 10:41:07 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

1460475

registered interest
date	26/04/2022
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	Abortion: Ambulance Services
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 Kamall on 7 December 2021 (HL3991), whether the additional data collected will include data to monitor long term complications such as (1) fertility, including future miscarriage, and (2) future premature births.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL7956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 28/04/2022 10:39:27 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

1459758

registered interest
date	22/04/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the uptake figures for Marriage Allowance in the latest available year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL7862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>The most recent estimates for the expenditure and uptake of Marriage Allowance can be found in the Non-structural tax reliefs publication<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>, last updated in December 2021. The estimated expenditure for Marriage Allowance is £490 million in 2018-19, £540 million in 2019-20, and £560 million in 2020-21. The number of claimants was estimated at 2,020,000 in 2019-20. Estimates of the number of claimants are the latest available and reflect only successful claimants up to that point in time and not the anticipated full take up when all backdated claims have been made in future tax years (up to 4 years later).</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL7905 question first answered 27/04/2022 10:49:29 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

1459759

registered interest
date	22/04/2022
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	Counselling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the NHS England budget for relationship counselling in the latest available year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL7863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested as NHS England and NHS Improvement’s budgets are not allocated at the level of individual therapies. Individuals who are seen within Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services can expect to receive a course of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence-recommended psychological therapy from an appropriately trained individual and to have their clinical outcomes monitored and reported. All National Health Service talking and psychological therapy services are expected to have capacity to offer couple therapy.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 27/04/2022 16:29:39 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

1459799

registered interest
date	22/04/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the expenditure on Marriage Allowance in (1) 2018–19, (2) 2019–20, and (3) 2020–21.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL7905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>The most recent estimates for the expenditure and uptake of Marriage Allowance can be found in the Non-structural tax reliefs publication<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>, last updated in December 2021. The estimated expenditure for Marriage Allowance is £490 million in 2018-19, £540 million in 2019-20, and £560 million in 2020-21. The number of claimants was estimated at 2,020,000 in 2019-20. Estimates of the number of claimants are the latest available and reflect only successful claimants up to that point in time and not the anticipated full take up when all backdated claims have been made in future tax years (up to 4 years later).</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL7862 question first answered 27/04/2022 10:49:29 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

1439106

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to create a dedicated budget line for SEN funding.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL6727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>The department has no plans to create a new dedicated budget for special educational needs (SEN), beyond the existing high needs block within the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). It is important that schools have the flexibility to decide on how best to support their pupils with SEN or disabilities (SEND), within all their available resources, and that they work closely with the relevant local authority in supporting those with more complex needs for whom additional resources are required.</p><p>Local authorities are required to provide mainstream schools, through the local schools funding formula, with sufficient funds to meet the additional cost of supporting pupils with SEN, up to £6,000 per pupil per annum. Local funding formulae vary in the way funding is allocated for this purpose, but all include factors which take account of the level of pupils’ disadvantage, for example, the number of pupils with low attainment in their previous phase of education.</p><p>Furthermore, local authorities give schools additional top-up funding from their high needs budget. This is used when the additional support required for a pupil cost more than £6,000 and can also support schools which are particularly inclusive or whose pupils have a greater range of SEN than the local funding formula might suggest. The high needs block of the DSG, which funds local authorities’ high needs budgets for children and young people with more complex needs, will total more than £9 billion in the 2022/23 financial year. This is a 13% increase over the 2021/22 financial year.</p><p>Local authorities’ funding processes differ, particularly those for allocating high needs funding to schools, but both the local school funding formula and the local high needs funding arrangements have to be discussed at the local schools forum.</p><p>Ultimately, local authorities are accountable for spending from the high needs allocation they receive from the department. Our guidance indicates that their responsibility for spending decisions should be discharged fairly, reasonably and after proper consultation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL6728 question first answered 22/03/2022 12:15:21 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

1439107

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the process by which local councils allocate SEN funding; and in particular, whether it matchs their provision of £6,000 per child, plus the additional cost for Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs).
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL6728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>The department has no plans to create a new dedicated budget for special educational needs (SEN), beyond the existing high needs block within the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). It is important that schools have the flexibility to decide on how best to support their pupils with SEN or disabilities (SEND), within all their available resources, and that they work closely with the relevant local authority in supporting those with more complex needs for whom additional resources are required.</p><p>Local authorities are required to provide mainstream schools, through the local schools funding formula, with sufficient funds to meet the additional cost of supporting pupils with SEN, up to £6,000 per pupil per annum. Local funding formulae vary in the way funding is allocated for this purpose, but all include factors which take account of the level of pupils’ disadvantage, for example, the number of pupils with low attainment in their previous phase of education.</p><p>Furthermore, local authorities give schools additional top-up funding from their high needs budget. This is used when the additional support required for a pupil cost more than £6,000 and can also support schools which are particularly inclusive or whose pupils have a greater range of SEN than the local funding formula might suggest. The high needs block of the DSG, which funds local authorities’ high needs budgets for children and young people with more complex needs, will total more than £9 billion in the 2022/23 financial year. This is a 13% increase over the 2021/22 financial year.</p><p>Local authorities’ funding processes differ, particularly those for allocating high needs funding to schools, but both the local school funding formula and the local high needs funding arrangements have to be discussed at the local schools forum.</p><p>Ultimately, local authorities are accountable for spending from the high needs allocation they receive from the department. Our guidance indicates that their responsibility for spending decisions should be discharged fairly, reasonably and after proper consultation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL6727 question first answered 22/03/2022 12:15:21 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

1378693

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
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	Abortion: Ambulance Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that ambulance call-outs have risen following home use of medical abortion pills; and what steps they are taking in response.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL3990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>We are considering all evidence submitted to the Government’s public consultation on whether to make permanent the temporary measure allowing for home use of both pills for early medical abortion, including evidence from ambulance services. The consultation asked questions on whether other NHS services had been affected by the temporary measure. We will publish our response in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 01/12/2021 12:00:23 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

1378694

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
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	Abortion: Ambulance Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that local ambulance services can accurately track the impact of complications arising from home use of medical abortion pills; and what plans they have, if any, to use an Advanced Medical Priority Dispatch System code for such cases.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL3991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>The Department is undertaking a project to review the system of recording abortion complications data. We anticipate this work will be completed shortly. The review will cover all data on complications arising from abortion including home use of early medical abortion pills.</p><p>To improve the accuracy of the data collected, the Department is working closely with a range of statutory bodies, professional organisations and abortion providers to identify additional sources of information to complement complications data collected via HSA4 abortion notification forms. This would also improve the flow of data on abortion complications between different organisations, such as independent and NHS abortion providers and local ambulance services.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 07/12/2021 16:31:05 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton