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156521

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	Care Homes
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 future wellbeing of severely disabled adults living in care homes that are due to be closed.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL2944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has made no such assessment. Local authorities are responsible for assessing the social care needs of their populations and for arranging or providing care to meet their eligible needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Should care homes have to close, it is for the relevant local authorities to assess the care needs of residents and ensure that suitable alternative provision is arranged for them if they are not able to do so for themselves.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to improving outcomes for disabled people and supporting them to live independent lives. <em>Fulfilling Potential</em>, the Government’s Disability Strategy sets out to achieve our ambition of enabling disabled people – of all backgrounds and ages - to fulfil their potential and play a full role in society.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 27/11/2014 12:46:30 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

156525

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Registration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the written answer by Baroness Kramer on 11 November (HL2661) concerning vehicle registration and licensing in Northern Ireland, whether they will now answer the second and third limbs of the question.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The changes to vehicle registration and licensing services for Northern Ireland motorists were implemented on 21 July when more than 1.7 million Northern Ireland vehicle records were automatically transferred to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). A small number of records required additional processing but these were in line with expectations and the DVLA’s systems have operated very successfully since the migration. While no formal assessment has been made, the Government is confident that Northern Ireland customers are benefiting fully from the enhanced services that are now available to them.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA is planning a number of future changes to vehicle registration and licensing services. These include providing the facility for motorists to notify vehicle changes and carry out personalised registration transactions online. These services will be available to motorists throughout the UK when they are implemented.</p><p> </p><p>As driver licensing in Northern Ireland is a devolved issue, the Government is not in a position to comment on the success of the system or any potential changes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 01/12/2014 12:05:09 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

156526

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they would incur any contractual penalties if they were to decide to cancel the Azure Card; and if so what those penalties would be.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The Contract does not include any penalties for early termination of provision of the Azure Card.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 25/11/2014 14:30:59 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

156527

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many, if any, refused asylum seekers have had support under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 removed.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>This question has been interpreted as requesting information on the number of people who have received Section 4 support and been removed from the UK.</p><p>Since 2007 we have removed 2301 people who have received Section 4 support.</p><p>The figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols. This response was obtained by data matching a number of different databases. This is therefore likely to under-report the total figure as it will not capture data where individuals have variances in their personal details recorded on the different databases.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 25/11/2014 14:30:44 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

156528

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many refused asylum seekers, who have been supported under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, have subsequently been granted leave to remain in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>This question has been interpreted as requesting the number of people who have received Section 4 support and have also, at some point, been granted leave to remain in the UK.</p><p>Since 2007 we have granted leave to remain to 1197 people who have also received Section 4 support.</p><p>The figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols. This response was obtained by data matching a number of different databases. This is therefore likely to under-report the total figure as it will not capture data where individuals have variances in their personal details recorded on the different databases.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 25/11/2014 14:34:21 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

156529

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have conducted any assessment of relative value for money to the Exchequer of cash-based, voucher-based, or Azure Card support systems for refused asylum seekers.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>Existing legislation explicitly prevents the Home Office from introducing cash for section 4 support.</p><p>The Azure Card replaced the previous section 4 voucher system in 2010. The voucher system was open to abuse, fraud and presented poor value for money to the people who relied on it and the UK taxpayer. The Refugee Council report &quot;More Token Gestures&quot; also contended that vouchers stigmatised their users and were inflexible.</p><p>The administration of the Azure Card scheme is largely self-financing, non-resource intensive, and provides a less stigmatising and more fraud resistant method of support than the voucher system.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 27/11/2014 12:49:59 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

156532

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	Podiatry
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what level of commissioned podiatry places are proposed by Health Education England.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL2955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>Health Education England has commissioned higher education institutions to provide 365 new places for pre-registration podiatrists in the 2014-15 academic year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 26/11/2014 12:48:11 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

156533

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	Podiatry
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 relationship between podiatry and better health outcomes, including for those with diabetes; and on what evidence that assessment is based.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL2956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government recognises that podiatry is important for people’s physical and mental wellbeing. Regular foot care allows people to remain active and independent. It also offers alerts to early signs of other more serious health issues such as poor circulation and ulcers which is especially important for people who have diabetes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends that people with diabetes have regular examinations to assess individual risk, and those at increased risk are referred to a member of a foot protection team for long-term surveillance. In addition NICE recommends that all people with diabetes have their foot risk assessed on admission to hospital for any reason; and any person with diabetes who has newly occurring foot disease be referred for urgent assessment by a member of a specialist multidisciplinary team.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p>The National Audit Office report<em> The management of adult diabetes services in the NHS</em> published in May 2012, confirms that foot care examination is one of the basic care processes for people with diabetes, to be delivered annually to provide early recognition and management of risk factors that can prevent or delay the development of ulcers which can lead to amputations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 26/11/2014 13:03:37 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

156535

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	Podiatry
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the cost to the National Health Service of poor foot care management.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL2958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The National Audit Office report <em>The management of adult diabetes services in the NHS</em> published in 2012, estimated that a reduction of late referrals to specialist foot teams by up to 50%, could save the National Health Service at least £34 million a year by decreasing the number of major amputations among people with diabetes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The College of Podiatry has recently produced a briefing paper entitled <em>The importance of podiatry to better health outcomes. </em>They estimate that the cost to the NHS of poor foot care management is in excess of £1 billion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest published National Diabetes Audit report shows that over 85% of all those with diabetes in England and Wales received a foot examination in 2011-12, as recommended by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Guidelines for Diabetes in adults.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Within NHS England the National Clinical Director for Rehabilitation and Recovering in the Community and the Chief Allied Health Professions Officer are leading work to improve adult rehabilitation services including collection and dissemination of best practice. Good rehabilitation services will enable the delivery of new local models of care that improve outcomes, such as improving/maintaining foot health, by putting the patient at the centre of their care, and a focus on their goals.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 26/11/2014 12:47:54 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

156537

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many persons, including children, have so far been accepted from Syria by the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme; how long they expect the scheme to continue; and whether people fleeing Iraq can qualify for it.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The scheme was launched in January 2014. It is based on need rather than fulfilling a quota; however, we expect it to help several hundred people over three years.</p><p>The first beneficiaries of the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme arrived in March, and by the end of June 50 Syrians had been relocated to the UK. This is the latest publicly available figure, as numbers are released as part of the publication of Home Office official statistics each quarter; arrivals up to 30 September 2014 will be published on 27 November. Groups of Syrians continue to be brought to the UK on a regular basis under the scheme.</p><p>The VPR scheme is a bespoke programme designed to help particularly vulnerable Syrian refugees displaced by the Syrian crisis who cannot be supported effectively in the region, particularly survivors of torture and violence, women and children at risk and those in need of medical care. We have no plans to extend the scheme to include Iraqi refugees. The Government believes that humanitarian aid and actively seeking to end the conflict in Iraq are the most effective ways for the UK to help the majority of those affected by the crisis. However, the Government has separately, under the Gateway Programme, resettled a number of Iraqi refugees who have sought refugee in countries surrounding Iraq.</p><p>The latest publicly available figures for the VPR scheme and Gateway are available at : <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p><p>The number of displaced people resettled under the VPR scheme and Gateway Programme are in addition to asylum seekers who lodge applications in the UK; the Government continues of course to consider asylum claims, including applications from Syrian and Iraqi nationals, under our normal rules.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 27/11/2014 12:53:20 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton