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427419

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
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 Press Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees how many people are employed in, and what is the annual running cost of, the House of Lords Press Office.
tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
uin	HL3466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>The House of Lords Press and Media Team has a staff of 3 Full Time Equivalents, and its estimated total running costs are £195,000 a year (based on this financial year’s forecast outturn), including salaries, pensions, employer National Insurance contributions and running costs. The Press and Media Team provides a 24/7 service, including dealing with urgent media issues overnight and at weekends.</p><p>The Press and Media Team promotes the Lords’ role, work and membership through the media. This includes promoting Select Committees’ work, supporting the outreach work of the Lord Speaker, responding to media stories on corporate issues and challenging inaccuracies in reporting both before and after publication, dealing with press enquiries and developing relationships with the press. The team also advises the House of Lords administration and domestic committees on media handling as well as contributing to wider Parliamentary communications work.</p><p>The Press and Media Team is part of the House of Lords Information Office which seeks to increase understanding of the role, work, membership and structure of the House of Lords, by means of outreach work, a public enquiry service, a team developing the Lords’ digital presence, and publications such as the Work of the House of Lords, as well as the Press and Media Team.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 24/11/2015 14:39:10 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

427420

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with negotiating parties in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement to ensure that the provisions relating to copyright, trade secrets and intellectual property do not harm freedom of expression.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL3467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <p>The UK is not a party to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement and as such we have not had discussions with negotiating parties on provisions relating <br>to copyright, trade secrets and intellectual property and their impact on freedom of expression.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 20/11/2015 13:17:17 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

427421

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Small Businesses
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 measures small businesses can take to protect themselves from cyber-attacks.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>he Government is investing £860m in a comprehensive National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP) to protect the UK from cyber attacks, tackle cyber crime and make the UK one of the safest places in the world to do business online.</p><p>Through the NCSP the Government is providing protective advice and guidance, such as the “Ten Steps to Cyber Security”, the Cyber Streetwise campaign, and “Get Safe Online”, and promoting the Cyber Essentials scheme, which sets out the basic technical controls to protect against common cyber attacks. The Government is also building partnerships with industry and sharing cyber threat information, and building law enforcement capabilities to tackle cyber crime, including the National Cyber Crime Unit within the National Crime Agency, and the new network of cyber crime officers within the Metropolitan Police Service and Regional Organised Crime Units.</p><p><br>The Cyber Essentials scheme and Cyber Streetwise campaign are specifically designed to help protect small businesses. In addition, tailored guidance called “What you need to know about cyber security” is available for small businesses, as well as a free online training course for staff in small and medium-sized business.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 18/11/2015 14:18:06 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

427422

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
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	Agriculture: Research
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to promote the role of women researchers in the global agriculture sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Government is committed to developing a strong, diverse research community. The Research Councils and National Academies share this commitment.</p><br /><p>Government is working with its partner organisations to promote equality across all research disciplines and has established a Diversity Steering Group to guide this work.</p><br /><p>To improve the diversity of research fellowship awards, the National Academies are working to encourage more applications from under-represented groups and to guard against discrimination in the selection process. Government has also commissioned the Research Councils to develop an action plan to improve the diversity of grant applications and peer-review rates.</p><br /><p>As an international example, Government and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council have jointly funded four research programmes involving collaborative projects between UK researchers and partners in sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia.</p><p>All programmes have included research capacity building in developing countries and have had an increasing focus on integrating gender into agricultural research.</p><br /><p>The most recent programme, Zoonoses and Emerging Livestock Systems (ZELS) includes a studentship programme and of the twelve PhD students who have been appointed, eight are women.</p><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/11/2015 11:55:41 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

427423

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Trade
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 OECD global trade outlook and its recommendation that governments should step up investment to support growth.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>The latest OECD Economic Outlook forecasts the UK to be the joint fastest growing major advanced economy in 2015. The OECD have revised down the forecast for both world trade growth and global GDP growth in 2015 and 2016. This demonstrates the need to continue to fix the economy to ensure the UK can deal with risks from abroad.</p><br /><p>The government remains committed to encouraging long-term investment and promoting a dynamic economy, and recently set out comprehensive reforms to support productivity growth in “Fixing the foundations: Creating a more prosperous nation”.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 18/11/2015 16:40:38 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

427424

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Facebook
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they had with Facebook about their recent updates to make it easier for businesses to interact with customers on that platform.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Government regularly meets Facebook, who are part of our Strategic Relationship Management programme, to discuss a range of issues across a number of government departments.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/11/2015 12:02:42 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

427425

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: Small Businesses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve broadband networks in the UK to support small businesses.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>Since 2010 the proportion of households and businesses with access to superfast broadband has risen from 45% to 83%. Thanks to the Government's investment this will rise to 95 per cent by the end of 2017. In addition, the Government's Broadband Connection Voucher Scheme has been a tremendous success. More than 55,000 small businesses across the UK have taken up the offer, many of which are already seeing significant boosts to their business as a result of improved broadband speeds.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 16/11/2015 14:43:44 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

427426

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Medical Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent assessment they have made of morale in the Defence Medical Services.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL3473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>The Defence Medical Services (DMS) Continuous Attitude Survey (CAS) was completed in June 2015 and contained specific questions about morale.</p><p>The survey included a question to personnel asking &quot;What is the level of morale like where you work?&quot; 35% of respondents reported that the level of morale is either 'high' or 'very high' with 34% reporting it as 'neutral'.</p><p>The results of the CAS have been considered by the Surgeon General and DMS Board.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/11/2015 17:11:17 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

427427

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Medical Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to increase staff retention in the Defence Medical Services.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL3474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Defence Medical Services (DMS) takes very seriously the issue of retention and ensures the views expressed by personnel in exit interviews, conducted when they leave the Service, inform policy in this area.</p><p>There are no Financial Retention Incentives for personnel within the DMS as a whole. However, the Royal Navy has introduced Financial Retention Incentives for Submariner Medical Assistants based on their Return of Service. In addition, Medical and Dental Officers, Nurses (Officers and Other Ranks) and Veterinary Officers have bespoke pay spines which are seen as retention positive. Specialist Nurses are also able to claim Recruitment and Retention Pay.</p><p>There are a number of non-remunerative incentives for DMS personnel and these include access to funded Continuing Professional Development courses; career opportunities outside the main clinical roles and responsibilities; inter trade transfers (predominantly from Combat Medical Technicians and Medical Assistants into an Allied Health Professional trade or Nursing) and the availability of post graduate training.</p><br /> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/11/2015 17:10:51 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

427428

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Medical Services
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 impact of the relocation of families on staff retention in the Defence Medical Services.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL3475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>Based on the results of exit interviews, conducted when an individual leaves the Service, the majority of medical officers who choose to leave are citing stability as a reason.</p><p>The Surgeon General is aware of the reasons why medical officers are choosing to leave and is working with the heads of the single Service medical branches to address this.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/11/2015 17:09:49 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig