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89924

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date	01/09/2014
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Software
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees how many Members of the House of Lords have been unable to access features such as their emails and calendars since the switch to Office 365.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL1766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p>Between 14<sup>th</sup> July and 31<sup>st</sup> August, PICT logged cases from 237 Members which directly related to issues resulting from the migration of their mailboxes to Microsoft Office 365. The cases covered a wide variety of issues including reconfiguration of desktops, laptops and mobile devices; we do not know the number of Members who were unable to access their email or calendar.</p><p> </p><p>PICT apologises for the problems that the implementation of Office 365 caused for some Members of the House of Lords.</p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 22/09/2014 12:33:15 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

89925

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	Parliamentary Information and Communications Technology Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees what is the mean and maximum time delay for PICT to answer telephone helpline calls from Members of the House of Lords.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL1767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p>The mean and maximum time for PICT to answer telephone calls to extension 2001 (the PICT Service Desk) is set out by month in the table below. These figures represent all calls to the Service Desk. Unfortunately, it is not possible to produce figures for specific customer groups.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mean wait (minutes: seconds)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Maximum time delay (minutes: seconds)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2014</p></td><td><p>01:52</p></td><td><p>24:14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2014</p></td><td><p>01:27</p></td><td><p>21:37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>01:42</p></td><td><p>17:45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014</p></td><td><p>01:23</p></td><td><p>20:22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2014</p></td><td><p>01:56</p></td><td><p>19:26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2014</p></td><td><p>02:41</p></td><td><p>35:00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2014</p></td><td><p>03:29</p></td><td><p>29:41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2014</p></td><td><p>02:55</p></td><td><p>27:26</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>PICT aims to answer 80% of calls in 20 seconds or less and 90% of calls in 60 seconds or less.</p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 22/09/2014 12:29:51 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

79138

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dementia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will seek to issue commissioning guidance to improve links between neurological and dementia services with a view to enabling Parkinson’s dementia to be diagnosed at the earliest opportunity.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL1299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2014 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for commissioning services for people in their area and are responsible for ensuring that people with dementia get the care and support they need.</p><p> </p><p>The dementia enhanced service (DES) requires practices who take up the DES to offer a dementia assessment for patients on the GP register who are “at risk” of developing dementia including:</p><p> </p><p>- People with long-term neurological conditions which have a known neurodegenerative element e.g. Parkinson’s disease</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 29/07/2014 11:54:29 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

78244

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dementia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support research into (1) Parkinson’s dementia, and (2) dementia with Lewy bodies.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL1139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2014 answer text <p>At the G8 dementia summit in December 2013, the G8 countries agreed to work together to tackle and defeat dementia. The declaration, built on the Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, announced the G8’s ambition to identify a cure or a disease-modifying therapy by 2025 and to increase collectively and significantly the amount of funding for dementia research.</p><p> </p><p>Investment in dementia research by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has increased from £12.6 million in 2009-10 to £26.8 million in 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>The NIHR Newcastle Dementia Biomedical Research Unit focuses on Lewy body dementia, including Parkinson’s disease patients who later develop dementia. This unit is receiving £4.5 million NIHR funding over the period 2012-17. Other current NIHR investment in this specific disease area includes a £2.1 million multicentre study of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor donepezil in early dementia associated with Parkinson’s disease, and a £1.9 million programme grant for research on improving the diagnosis and management of Lewy body dementia in the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>Investment in dementia research by the Medical Research Council (MRC) has increased from £14.8 million in 2009-10 to £25.3 million in 2012-13 (the latest available figure).</p><p> </p><p>In July 2014, the MRC launched the UK Dementias Research Platform (UKDP), <strong>a multi-million pound public-private partnership,</strong><strong> </strong><strong>developed and led by MRC to accelerate progress in, and open up, dementias research.</strong><strong> </strong><strong>The UKDP’s aims are early detection, improved treatment and ultimately, prevention, of dementias. The </strong>MRC is providing £12 million funding for UKDP for an initial period of five years. This is supplemented by a further £4 million from six partner companies, a mixture of cash contributions and valuable company resources such as research tools, analytical capabilities and expertise.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The UKDP is creating the world’s largest population for study for dementias research, bringing together two million participants aged 50 and over, from 22 existing study groups within the United Kingdom. Included are people from the general population, people known to be at-risk of developing dementia, and people diagnosed with early-stage dementia. Plans are for the UKDP to be used for all types of neurodegenerative diseases research and this would include Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia.</p><p> </p><p>Within the MRC dementias portfolio, spend on projects with a specific focus on Lewy body dementia was £1.7 million in 2012-13.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/07/2014 14:18:57 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

65936

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Doctors: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why tax relief is not available for essential professional expenses such as registration, defence fees and continued professional development incurred, or for unpaid professional work undertaken, by a doctor in receipt of a National Health Service pension.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>Some of an employee's professional expenses may qualify for tax relief against the earnings from that employment. However an individual cannot set expenses against their other sources of income such as a pension. This is the case even where the individual continues to do voluntary unpaid work in a connected field<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 15/07/2014 14:22:35 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

62508

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Science: Primary Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many primary schools in England have (1) a science subject leader, and (2) a science subject leader who has a science degree.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 24/06/2014 14:46:46 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

62509

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Chemistry: Teachers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the numbers of chemistry teachers with a subject-specialist background.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting schools in recruiting specialist teachers in chemistry. Specific support is provided for individuals interested in teaching chemistry through targeted marketing, personal advisors and securing school experience. We have significantly increased tax-free bursaries for chemistry trainee teachers from £9,000 in 2012/13 to up to £20,000 in 2014/15. In addition, we continue to work jointly with the Royal Society of Chemistry to offer scholarship awards of £25,000 in order to attract the most talented chemists into initial teacher training (ITT). We have surpassed our target for trainees entering chemistry teacher training in each of the last three years, recruiting 121% of the target in 2011/12, 108% in 2012/13, and 127% in 2013/14.</p><p>We are continuing to fund subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) courses, which are an important tool to ensure all chemistry trainees have specialist subject knowledge. Around a quarter of accepted places for chemistry ITT in 2014/15 are being supported by SKE.</p><p>The latest annual School Workforce Census (2013) shows that 19.6% of chemistry teachers who teach pupils from years 7 to 13 have no relevant post-A Level qualification, down from 24.3% in the 2012 census, demonstrating the impact of these incentives.</p><p>The Government also recognises the vital importance of subject-specific development for in-service teachers. We have made almost £7 million available to fund a network of Regional Science Learning Centres and we are funding teaching schools to develop and deliver a range of post-ITT SKE provision in specific subjects, including chemistry.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 24/06/2014 14:46:30 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

62510

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Science: Primary Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the numbers of primary school teachers with (1) a science degree, or (2) a science A-level, as their highest science qualification.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government would like to see many more science graduates and candidates with a science A Level becoming teachers – both primary and secondary – to raise the quality of science teaching.</p><p> </p><p>However, the responsibility for making recruitment decisions rightly rests with schools, including what specialist qualifications and experience they expect individual teachers to have. Through the new School Direct training route, we have given schools more control over the selection and training of the teachers they need for the future.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 24/06/2014 14:45:22 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

62511

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to ensure that charities representing patients are consulted by NICE when drawing up treatment guidelines; and whether they have asked NICE to take evidence from the Multiple Sclerosis Society over the guidance being prepared on the management of multiple sclerosis.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>We have made no representations and have not asked the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to take evidence from the Multiple Sclerosis Society.</p><p> </p><p>Charities representing patients are able to register as stakeholders and we understand that the Multiple Sclerosis Society is a stakeholder in the development of NICE's updated clinical guideline on multiple sclerosis. In developing guidance, NICE consults with its registered stakeholders and takes their comments fully into account. We understand the Society has responded to NICE's recent consultation on its draft guideline in detail.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 25/06/2014 15:49:39 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

60588

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to implement fully the Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010, including the secondary legislation and a programme to ensure that the public is aware of the dangers of sunbeds.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010 came into effect in 2011 to ensure sunbed businesses are properly supervised. In England some local authorities choose to enforce the under 18 ban enshrined within the primary legislationand the Department has published guidance to support them</p><p> </p><p>www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_125656</p><p> </p><p>The Government has recently received a report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Skin which gives a number of recommendations including the introduction of secondary regulations in England and how the public can be fully informed. Government has noted the report and is currently considering how to progress the recommendations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 23/06/2014 11:12:06 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff