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1686498

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that four UK medical staff were injured in a bombing of the facilities of International Rescue Committee and Medical Aid for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL2073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The safety of humanitarian personnel and healthcare workers in Gaza is critical to enable aid to reach those who need it most. We continue to call for International Humanitarian Law (IHL) to be respected. Too many civilians have been killed and we want to see Israel take greater care to limit its operations to military targets and avoid harming civilians and destroying homes.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary underlined the need for Israel to ensure effective deconfliction in Gaza and to take all possible measures to ensure the safety of medical personnel and facilities during his visit to Israel on 24 January.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL2075 question first answered 19/02/2024 17:48:43 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1685683

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will be nominating a candidate to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in the forthcoming elections.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL1986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2024 answer text <p>The next election for members of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women will take place in June 2024. The Government has not put forward a candidate.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers consider a range of factors when deciding whether to nominate an independent candidate for election to an international body such as the CEDAW Committee, including the time and resources to mount a campaign, the potential benefits and the impact on other international elections.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 12/02/2024 15:56:13 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1685684

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	UN Commission on the Status of Women
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Minister for Women will be attending the Commission on the Status of Women in March.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL1987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government delegation attending the Commission on the Status of Women has not yet been decided.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 12/02/2024 15:56:25 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1685685

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	UN Commission on the Status of Women
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will be sending a civil society representative to the Commission on the Status of Women in March; and if so, how they will be selected.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL1988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK government does not include civil society representatives on the delegation to the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The Government works closely with civil society representatives before, during and after CSW. We held our pre-CSW consultation event on 25 January which was attended by approximately 40 civil society representatives. The relationship that the Government delegation has with civil society representatives at CSW is often held up as a model of good practice.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 12/02/2024 15:56:54 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1685686

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	UN Commission on the Status of Women
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will be sending a youth delegate to the Commission on the Status of Women in March; and if so, how they will be selected.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL1989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK government does not include youth representatives on the delegation to the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The Government works closely with civil society representatives before, during and after CSW. We held our pre-CSW consultation event on 25 January which was attended by approximately 40 civil society representatives. The relationship that the Government delegation has with civil society representatives at CSW is often held up as a model of good practice.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 12/02/2024 16:03:10 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1681369

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
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	Palliative Care: Children and Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what directions and guidance the Department of Health and Social Care will provide to integrated care boards on commissioning palliative and end of life care for children and young people.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL1429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>Children and young people’s palliative and end of life care is provided by a range of services and providers from across the statutory and voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors. Commissioning of these services is the statutory duty of integrated care boards (ICBs), which must commission palliative and end of life care services in response to the needs of their local population and ensure that they are provided by a range of local organisations with the experience and skills to meet those needs.</p><p>In July 2022, NHS England published statutory guidance for commissioners on palliative and end of life care, setting out the considerations for ICBs to meet their legal duties. A copy of this guidance is attached.</p><p>NHS England has also published a service specification for children and young people, which provides guidance on undertaking assessments to enable high-quality commissioning of services that meet both population need and preferences. A copy of this specification is attached.</p><p>NHS England’s palliative and end of life care team has recently engaged with 24 ICBs to understand how to better support commissioners, and has also reviewed all 42 ICB Joint Forward Plans for their inclusion of palliative and end of life care, with 69% of those plans making a specific mention. Further analysis is ongoing, but the intention is to use this information to help shape and focus support to ICBs.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham attachment 1 file name B1675-specialist-palliative-and-end-of-life-care-services-cyp-service-spec.pdf (1).pdf title Specialist palliative and end of life care service 2 file name Palliative-and-End-of-Life-Care-Statutory-Guidance-for-Integrated-Care-Boards-ICBs-September-2022 (1).pdf title Palliative and End of Life Care question first answered 16/01/2024 14:20:57 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1681370

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
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	Palliative Care: Children and Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much money was spent per case on palliative and end of life care for children and young people in (1) 2022, and (2) 2023; and how much they anticipate spending in 2024.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL1430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government does not hold information on how much money was spent per case on palliative and end of life care for children and young people in 2022 and 2023. Patient-level spend is not collated at a national level, with spend based on need determined during the integrated care board (ICB) commissioning process.</p><p>At a national level, NHS England supports palliative and end of life care for children and young people through the Children and Young People’s hospice grant. The grant provided approximately £17 million in 2021/22, £21 million in 2022/23 and £25 million in 2023/24 directly to children and young people’s hospices. NHS England has confirmed that it will be renewing the grant for 2024/25, once again allocating £25 million grant funding for children’s hospices using the same prevalence-based allocation approach as in 2022/23 and 2023/24. NHS England is reprioritising budgets for 2024/25, in light of the revised assessment of financial position and, whilst it is holding funding aside for the children and young people’s hospice sector, it cannot confirm further details, including the distribution mechanism, until 2024/25 financial planning is concluded.</p><p>Additionally, in line with the NHS Long Term Plan commitment, NHS England has provided approximately £8.5 million match-funding to participating ICBs and formerly clinical commissioning groups between 2022/23 and 2023/24 that committed to invest in children and young people’s palliative and end of life care, including hospices, giving a total investment of £17 million for that period.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 16/01/2024 14:15:17 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1681371

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
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	Palliative Care: Children and Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the prospects of equitable access to hospice care for all children and young people who need palliative and end of life care in 2024.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL1431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises that access to high-quality, palliative and end of life care can make all the difference to individuals and their loved ones. Funding for children’s and young people’s palliative and end of life care is made available locally through integrated care boards (ICBs), which are responsible for commissioning services in response to the needs of their local population.</p><p>In addition, NHS England has confirmed that it will be renewing the Children and Young People’s hospice grant for 2024/25, once again allocating £25 million grant funding for children’s hospices. NHS England is reprioritising budgets for 2024/25, in light of the revised assessment of financial position and, whilst it is holding funding aside for the children and young people’s hospice sector, it cannot confirm further details, including the distribution mechanism, until 2024/25 financial planning is concluded.</p><p>Children and young people’s palliative and end of life care is provided by a range of services and providers from across the statutory and voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors. The majority of palliative and end of life care is provided by National Health Service staff and services, but we recognise that the voluntary sector organisations, including hospices, also play a very vital part in providing support to people at end of life and their loved ones.</p><p>The Government has not made a direct assessment of the prospects of equitable access to hospice care for all children and young people who need palliative and end of life care in 2024. However, NHS England’s palliative and end of life care team has recently engaged with 24 ICBs to understand how to better support commissioners and has also reviewed all 42 ICB Joint Forward Plans for their inclusion of palliative and end of life care, with 69% making a specific mention. Further analysis is ongoing, but the intention is to use this to help shape and focus support to ICBs.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 19/01/2024 14:31:09 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1681372

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
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	Hospices: Children and Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they expect integrated care boards to be able to identify how many children and young people access children’s hospices; and what steps they will take if they cannot.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL1432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>Children and young people’s palliative and end of life care is provided by a range of local services and providers from across the statutory and voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors, including hospices, with the experience and skills to meet those needs.</p><p>While there is no explicit requirement for integrated care boards (ICBs) to identify how many children and young people specifically access children's hospices, commissioning of children and young people’s palliative and end of life care services is the statutory duty of ICBs, which must commission these services in response to the needs of their population,</p><p>In July 2022, NHS England published statutory guidance for commissioners on palliative and end of life care, setting out the considerations for ICBs to meet their legal duties and makes clear reference to the importance of access to services. A copy of the guidance is attached.</p><p>NHS England has also published a service specification for children and young people which provide guidance on undertaking assessments to enable high-quality commissioning of services that meet both population need and preferences. A copy of the specification is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham attachment 1 file name Palliative-and-End-of-Life-Care-Statutory-Guidance-for-Integrated-Care-Boards-ICBs-September-2022 (8).pdf title Attachment 2 file name B1675-specialist-palliative-and-end-of-life-care-services-cyp-service-spec.pdf (4).pdf title Attachment question first answered 19/01/2024 14:29:47 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1676815

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
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	Children: Abuse
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many infants admitted to the Somerset NHS Foundation Trust in each of the past five years were subject to investigation under its guidelines regarding suspected abuse in children; of those, how many were identified as having been subjected to abuse; and whether this figure is similarly reflected in other trusts across the country.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL1057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2023 answer text <p>Somerset NHS Foundation Trust guidelines define abuse and neglect as forms of maltreatment of a child. Somebody may abuse or neglect a child by inflicting harm, or by failing to act to prevent harm. All staff have a responsibility to safeguard children at risk of abuse or neglect in the National Health Service. This involves protecting children from maltreatment and preventing impairment of children’s health and development. Somerset NHS Foundation Trust does not hold data on the number of infants admitted in the past five years subject to investigation regarding suspected abuse or the number of infants identified as subjected to abuse. NHS England also does not collect the data requested.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 22/12/2023 14:11:39 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger