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156575

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date	19/11/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many claimants for Employment Support Allowance who have degenerative conditions for which there is no possibility of improvement have been placed in the Work-Related Activity Group; how many have found employment; how many have had their benefits reduced for failing to find employment; whether the position of those claimants will be reviewed; and, if so, when.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL2998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information as requested is not available.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 27/11/2014 12:30:03 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

156576

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diseases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which organisations within the National Health Service or which represent members who provide services to the National Health Service are bound by the World Health Organisation’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD—10).
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL2999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The United Kingdom as a member state of the World Health Organization (WHO) is expected to comply with the WHO Nomenclature Regulations 1967 and is required to use the most current version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) for reporting cause of death and disease for compiling and publishing mortality and morbidity statistics. As such all providers of National Health Service funded care are required to submit ICD-10 codes for national reporting.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 26/11/2014 12:58:45 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

156577

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they do not record the numbers of people who are diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, given that current estimates are based on extrapolations from other countries.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL3000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>With the exception of cancer, there is no comprehensive central record of disease diagnosis for any condition. In 2007, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence produced the clinical guidance, <em>Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy): Diagnosis and management of CFS/ME in adults and children</em> which estimates that the annual prevalence is approximately 4000 cases per million of the population.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 27/11/2014 12:42:01 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

156578

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Artificial Sweeteners: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total amount of artificial sweeteners imported into the United Kingdom in 2013.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL3001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>According to HMRC, UK import figures for ‘artificial sweeteners’ are contained within HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics database code HS 21069092 (‘food preparations’, see full definition below). This captures a range of food preparations; it is not possible to split the data to show the amount (value or volume) of UK imports of artificial sweeteners in 2013 separately. The HMRC data shows that the UK imported £326.8 million (76,388,773 kilograms) worth of ‘food preparations’ in 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Note: definition of HS 21069092</em></p><p> </p><p><em>HS 21069092 - Food preparations, n.e.s., not containing milkfats, sucrose, isoglucose starch or glucose or containing, by weight, &lt; 1,5% milkfat, &lt; 5% sucrose or isoglucose, &lt; 5% glucose or &lt; 5% starch</em></p><p> </p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Livingston of Parkhead question first answered 01/12/2014 12:11:31 answering member 4278 label Biography information for Lord Livingston of Parkhead
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar