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459263

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	National Patient Safety Agency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the cost of abolishing the National Patient Safety Agency.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL6908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>An internal report <em>Abolition of the National Patient Safety Agency, Transition and closure</em> (July 2012) states that “In total, the savings secured through closing the Agency have been calculated to be approximately £9.3 million per annum … The vast majority of the Agency’s cost base related to personnel. A significant amount of cost saving was secured through proactive management of headcount through restructuring and redundancy programmes.”</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 22/03/2016 17:20:19 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

459264

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are (1) the set up costs, and (2) the running costs, of the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL6909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>In the first year, the setting up costs and the running costs of the Healthcare Safety Investigations Branch will be £3.6 million. The Healthcare Safety Investigations Branch will sit within NHS Improvement and therefore other costs, such as premises and back office functions, will be met by NHS Improvement.</p><p> </p><p>The budgets of arm’s length bodies are agreed on an annual basis, subject to business planning. The budget for the Healthcare Safety Investigations Branch will be set through this process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 21/03/2016 12:25:56 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

459265

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch will be responsible for overseeing the National Reporting and Learning System.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL6910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch will not be responsible for overseeing the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS). The national safety functions, including the responsibility for overseeing the NRLS, will be transferring to NHS Improvement from 1 April 2016. The Government announced this decision in July 2015.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 21/03/2016 12:25:42 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

459272

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Plastics: Health Hazards
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 impact of the consumption of microplastics on human health.
tabling member printed	Baroness Parminter
uin	HL6917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 22/03/2016 13:27:47 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4178 label Biography information for Baroness Parminter

459281

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sugar: Taxation
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 Prior of Brampton on 10 March (HL6471), when they were informed of the NHS England plan to introduce a sugar tax on its premises by 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL6926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>We have a range of conversations about key issues at Ministerial and official level with NHS England. NHS England is independent and the decision on a sugar levy on the National Health Service estate is a matter for them operationally. We are interested to see the results of their consultation on a sugar levy.</p><p> </p><p>The Childhood Obesity Strategy will be published in the summer.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL6927 HL6928 question first answered 23/03/2016 14:24:37 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

459282

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sugar: Taxation
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 Prior of Brampton on 10 March (HL6471), what specific advice they were asked for before NHS England announced its plan to introduce a sugar tax on its premises by 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL6927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>We have a range of conversations about key issues at Ministerial and official level with NHS England. NHS England is independent and the decision on a sugar levy on the National Health Service estate is a matter for them operationally. We are interested to see the results of their consultation on a sugar levy.</p><p> </p><p>The Childhood Obesity Strategy will be published in the summer.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL6926 HL6928 question first answered 23/03/2016 14:24:37 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

459283

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sugar: Taxation
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 Prior of Brampton on 10 March (HL6471), whether the Secretary of State for Health or any other Minister was made aware of NHS England’s plan to introduce a sugar tax on its premises by 2020 before it was made public; if so, which Ministers were made aware; when they were made aware; and what was the reasoning for the Secretary of State or Minister being informed.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL6928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>We have a range of conversations about key issues at Ministerial and official level with NHS England. NHS England is independent and the decision on a sugar levy on the National Health Service estate is a matter for them operationally. We are interested to see the results of their consultation on a sugar levy.</p><p> </p><p>The Childhood Obesity Strategy will be published in the summer.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL6926 HL6927 question first answered 23/03/2016 14:24:37 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

459320

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of (a) minimum pack-size requirements and (b) other elements of the new Tobacco Products Directive.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	30625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2016 answer text <p>An assessment estimating the impact of the provisions introduced by the revised Tobacco Products Directive on business, including minimum pack size requirements, was published alongside a public consultation on transposition of the Directive in summer last year. A final impact assessment, reflecting the outcome of the consultation, will be published alongside the implementing Regulations.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 17/03/2016 14:18:20 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

459392

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Social Care Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost was of transferring the services previously provided by the General Social Care Council (GSCC) to the Health and Care Professions Council after the GSCC was abolished in 2012.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	30787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2016 answer text <p>The function for the regulation of social workers in England was transferred from the General Social Care Council (GSCC) to the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) on 1 August 2012.</p><p>The final set of accounts from the GSCC show that the total cost to the public purse of closing down the Council was £16.5 million. The HCPC also received £1.4 million to support it take on the functions for the regulation of social workers in England. Therefore, the total cost was £17.9 million.</p><p>On the assumption that the costs of the GSCC remained broadly similar, the Department estimated that the closure of the GSCC saves £13.5 million each year.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 30718 question first answered 17/03/2016 15:26:08 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

459394

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Social Care Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse was of closing down the General Social Care Council.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	30718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2016 answer text <p>The function for the regulation of social workers in England was transferred from the General Social Care Council (GSCC) to the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) on 1 August 2012.</p><p>The final set of accounts from the GSCC show that the total cost to the public purse of closing down the Council was £16.5 million. The HCPC also received £1.4 million to support it take on the functions for the regulation of social workers in England. Therefore, the total cost was £17.9 million.</p><p>On the assumption that the costs of the GSCC remained broadly similar, the Department estimated that the closure of the GSCC saves £13.5 million each year.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 30787 question first answered 17/03/2016 15:26:08 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds