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1690942

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date	21/02/2024
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	Medical Records: Data Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 19 February (HL2438), why NHS England has disregarded requests from independent advisors to the Advisory Group for Data for the version control on the Terms of Reference to be updated to reflect the full circulation of the document and the timing of that circulation.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL2661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>NHS England has confirmed that it has updated the version control for the draft document, to reflect drafts as issued together with reviewer comments, including the date issued. NHS England, through the Privacy, Transparency and Trust team in the Delivery Directorate, has received feedback on the drafts, and will publish a final version in due course, following approval by or on behalf of the NHS England Board.</p><p>NHS England has confirmed that the Chair of the interim Advisory Group for Data has already been sent an updated interim version issued on 5 February 2024 and will share the next version with the group, in line with the commitment made to the group as outlined in the minutes of the meeting on 11 January 2024, before it progresses to the next stage of ratification.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL2662 question first answered 29/02/2024 11:56:23 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1690943

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	Medical Records: Data Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 19 February (HL2438), whether they plan to respond positively to the request by NHS England’s Advisory Group for Data to see the next draft of the Terms of Reference before it progresses to the next stage of ratification.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL2662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>NHS England has confirmed that it has updated the version control for the draft document, to reflect drafts as issued together with reviewer comments, including the date issued. NHS England, through the Privacy, Transparency and Trust team in the Delivery Directorate, has received feedback on the drafts, and will publish a final version in due course, following approval by or on behalf of the NHS England Board.</p><p>NHS England has confirmed that the Chair of the interim Advisory Group for Data has already been sent an updated interim version issued on 5 February 2024 and will share the next version with the group, in line with the commitment made to the group as outlined in the minutes of the meeting on 11 January 2024, before it progresses to the next stage of ratification.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL2661 question first answered 29/02/2024 11:56:23 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1690944

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	China: Internment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of the number of internment camps in (1) China, (2) Xinjiang, and (3) Tibet.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL2663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government closely monitors the human rights situation in China, where people face widespread restrictions and violations on human rights and fundamental freedoms. With regard to the situation in Xinjiang, in 2018 the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination estimated &quot;upwards of a million people were being held in so-called counter-extremism centres and another two million had been forced into what the Chinese refer to as 're-education camps' for political and cultural indoctrination&quot;. Regarding Tibet, UN Special Rapporteurs reported in February 2023 that &quot;around a million&quot; Tibetan children had been separated from their families to assimilate them into majority Han culture. The UK Government continues to lead international efforts to hold China to account, including through the UN and bilaterally. The Foreign Secretary raised human rights concerns in his meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on 16 February.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 07/03/2024 17:10:10 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1690945

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	Maternity Services: Staff
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 impact of understaffing in maternity units on levels of bullying, as highlighted in the #Saynotobullyinginmidwifery report published on 12 November 2023.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL2664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The National Health Service takes bullying and harassment very seriously. All employers across the NHS should have a robust policy on bullying, outlining how it should be handled, and the support available to staff.</p><p>In June 2023, NHS England published their <em>Equality Diversity and Inclusion Improvement Plan</em> which set out a series of high impact actions, including the requirement for NHS organisations to review data by protected characteristics on bullying, harassment, discrimination, and violence, and to develop plans to improve staff experience. This includes promoting environments where staff feel they are able to speak up and raise concerns. NHS England has also developed an NHS Civility and Respect programme to tackle bullying and harassment in the NHS, and to create a culture of civility and respect.</p><p>Since 2021, the Government has invested an additional £165 million a year to improve maternity and neonatal care, which will rise to an additional £186 million a year from 2024/25, with part year effect in 2023/24. This will improve the quality of care for mothers and babies and increase the number of midwifery posts available.</p><p>NHS England has established a nursing and midwifery retention programme, supporting organisations to assess themselves against a bundle of interventions aligned to the People Promise, and to use the outcome of this to develop a high-quality retention improvement plan locally.</p><p>A key part of our strategy is the Perinatal Culture and Leadership Programme to support perinatal leadership teams to develop the conditions for a positive culture of safety and continuous improvement. It aims to improve the quality of care by enabling leaders to drive change with a better understanding of the relationship between leadership, safety improvement, and safety culture.</p><p>£2.8 million has been invested into the Perinatal Culture and Leadership Development Programme, which will support multi-professional teams from across maternity and neonatal services, to take time out together. It will create space for team and individual reflection and re-design, with a common purpose.</p><p>In January 2021, a new £500,000 fund for Maternity Leadership Training was announced for NHS maternity and neonatal leaders. The training aims to equip leaders with a range of skills and knowledge to address poor workplace culture and facilitate collaborative working between nurses, doctors, midwives and obstetricians.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 04/03/2024 12:40:31 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1690946

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	Midwives
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 impacts of endemic bullying of students and newly qualified midwives on (1) retention, and (2) the treatment of pregnant women, in the NHS, as highlighted in the #Saynotobullyinginmidwifery report published on 12 November 2023.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL2665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>Whilst no specific assessment has been made, the National Health Service takes bullying and harassment very seriously. All employers across the NHS should have a robust policy on bullying, outlining how it should be handled, and the support available to staff.</p><p>In June 2023, NHS England published their <em>Equality Diversity and Inclusion Improvement Plan</em> which set out a series of high impact actions, including the requirement for NHS organisations to review data by protected characteristics on bullying, harassment, discrimination, and violence, and to develop plans to improve staff experience. This includes promoting environments where staff feel they are able to speak up and raise concerns.</p><p>The plan also sets out the need for NHS organisations to provide psychological support to those who report that they have been a victim of bullying or harassment. NHS England has also developed an NHS Civility and Respect programme to tackle bullying and harassment in the NHS, and to create a culture of civility and respect.</p><p>On retention, we have set a very ambitious target in the Long Term Workforce Plan to reduce the overall leaver rate. We are not starting from scratch and a lot of work has been done through the NHS People Plan and NHS People Promise, to make the NHS a better and more modern employer by improving leadership and workplace culture, supporting staff health and wellbeing, and tackling issues such as bullying, harassment and discrimination. We will continue to prioritise this through the NHS National Retention Programme.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 06/03/2024 12:02:20 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1690947

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Public Lavatories
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 impact of cuts to local government funding since 2010 on the number of public toilets in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL2666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/final-local-government-finance-settlement-england-2024-to-2025" target="_blank">The final local government finance settlement for 2024 to 2025 </a> makes available up to £64.7 billion, an increase in Core Spending Power of up to £4.5 billion or 7.5% in cash terms on 2023-24. This includes additional measures for local authorities in England worth £600 million that the Government announced between the provisional and final settlement. Local government will see a real-terms increase in Core Spending Power (the Government’s measure of funding available to local government) over the period 2019-20 to 2024-25.</p><p>The majority of the funding provided through the Settlement is un-ringfenced, in recognition of local authorities being best placed to understand local priorities, this includes responsibility for decisions regarding the provision and maintenance of public toilets.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 06/03/2024 17:11:59 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook attachment 1 file name HL2666 - Final local government finance settlement_ England, 2024 to 2025 - GOV.UK.pdf title The Local government finance settlement
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath