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603936

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date	17/10/2016
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	State Retirement Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Freud on 15 September (HL1460, HL1461 and HL1462), what assessment they have made of (1) the proportion of addresses held by the Department for Work and Pensions that are incorrect, and (2) the number of people who will not have received a letter informing them of the change in their state pension age.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL2332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>This information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 31/10/2016 12:25:04 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

603937

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
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	State Retirement Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 15 September (HL1462), what action was taken to trace new addresses and re-send letters to those affected by the increase in State Pension Age under the Pensions Act 2011; and for whom letters sent between January 2012 and November 2013 were returned due to the Department for Work and Pensions having the incorrect address.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL2333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department has a robust process in place to review all incorrect address returns and properly scrutinise and update customer account details when an address is confirmed. Letters are issued to the latest address held on our records. DWP takes all reasonable steps to determine the correct address. For State Pensions this may include contact through Local Authority or a DWP Visiting Officer. Where an updated address is confirmed the customer account details are amended.</p><p>Information on the number of individuals who had letters returned due to incorrect address details, and details on resending letters is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 31/10/2016 12:25:30 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

603938

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
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	State Retirement Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 15 September (HL1462), what happens to letters that are returned undelivered when incorrect details are held.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL2334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>Letters are issued to the latest address held on our records. Whilst the onus is on our citizens to notify appropriate Departments of their current address, DWP takes all reasonable steps to determine the correct address when letters are returned. This includes scrutinising all available DWP systems to determine if a revised address is held. At the time of the age equalisation communications campaign the process for State Pension included contact through Local Authorities or a DWP Visiting Officer. Where an updated address is confirmed the customer account details are amended.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 31/10/2016 14:03:34 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

603944

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any approach has been made to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority regarding the possibility of performing spindle-chromosome complex transfer in the UK; and if so, when any such approaches were made and by whom.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that no such approach has been made to the Authority.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 31/10/2016 13:28:02 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

603946

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of increasing reliance on district judges, what role they envisage for lay magistrates.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL2342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>We are committed to giving magistrates the strongest possible role in a more proportionate courts system, now and in the future.</p><p> </p><p>Magistrates and District Judges bring different but valuable skills to our justice system. We are working with magistrates to review their role to make sure that the justice system is making full use of their skills, and that they are dealing with more of the crimes that affect and matter most to their communities.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 31/10/2016 17:53:50 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

603950

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Buildings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Department for Exiting the EU plans to remain within the Cabinet Office premises or to relocate; and if it plans to relocate, whether it will move to its own building, or move, in its entirety or in part, to premises of another government department.
tabling member printed	Baroness Goudie
uin	HL2346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>The department is permanently headquartered at 9 Downing Street. This will not change and Ministers will continue to operate from this building. Staff are also accommodated in 70 Whitehall.</p><p>We are working with the Government Property Unit as where to locate further staff on a more permanent basis.</p><p>DExEU staff will continue to be employed on the basis of being 'on loan' from a wide variety of departments and will not permanently transfer departments. No staff have been formally moved from DExEU to the Ministry of Defence, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Cabinet Office, or other government departments.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL2347 question first answered 27/10/2016 10:59:14 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	3575 label Biography information for Baroness Goudie

603951

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Staff
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are planning to transfer to other government departments any of the staff currently working within the Department for Exiting the EU, and if so, what is their estimate of the proportion of staff who will be moved to (1) the Ministry of Defence, (2) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (3) the Cabinet Office, or (4) other government departments.
tabling member printed	Baroness Goudie
uin	HL2347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>The department is permanently headquartered at 9 Downing Street. This will not change and Ministers will continue to operate from this building. Staff are also accommodated in 70 Whitehall.</p><p>We are working with the Government Property Unit as where to locate further staff on a more permanent basis.</p><p>DExEU staff will continue to be employed on the basis of being 'on loan' from a wide variety of departments and will not permanently transfer departments. No staff have been formally moved from DExEU to the Ministry of Defence, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Cabinet Office, or other government departments.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL2346 question first answered 27/10/2016 10:59:14 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	3575 label Biography information for Baroness Goudie

603952

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Vacancies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many roles within the Department for Exiting the EU are currently unfilled; and how many job applications have been received for those roles.
tabling member printed	Baroness Goudie
uin	HL2348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union now has over 250 staff and the expertise of 120 officials in Brussels, and is continuing to grow.</p><p>We are not in a position to give a total number of job applications as recruitment is ongoing and we will not be giving a running commentary. Our aim is to have a streamlined Department, while ensuring the right skills and experience to get the best outcome for the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 27/10/2016 10:57:46 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	3575 label Biography information for Baroness Goudie

603954

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what distinction they draw in issuing visas between Israeli citizens who live in Israel and those who live in illegal settlements in the West Bank.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL2350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>All applications for visas, entry clearances and leave to enter at the border are considered against the criteria set out in the published Immigration Rules (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules) regardless of the applicant’s nationality or where they live.</p><p>A variety of factors may be taken into account when considering the application, but that would depend upon the applicant’s personal circumstances and what they had applied to do in the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 27/10/2016 14:02:13 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

603955

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sierra Leone: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in setting up a coordinated and effective health care system in Sierra Leone, following the Ebola outbreak.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL2351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>DFID is supporting the President’s Recovery Plan (PRP) that focuses on delivering its two health priorities to strengthen Sierra Leone’s health system post Ebola. They are:</p><p>(i) Prevent, detect and respond to epidemics to ensure zero cases of Ebola. DFID is providing £38.5million to support epidemic preparedness in the country by strengthening disease surveillance, laboratory services, maintaining a rapid deployable treatment centre and monitoring Ebola survivors. This programme has been operational since December 2015 and will finish in December 2017.</p><p>(ii) Saving the Lives of 600 women and 5,000 children. DFID is providing £150million over five years (2016 – 2021) to support the Government’s saving lives target by June 2017 and then increase the availability and quality of Reproductive Maternal Neonatal Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) services by 2021. This is being done by equipping emergency obstetric centres, providing adolescent reproductive health services, increasing the availability of skilled health workers and by providing bed nets and free medicines to mothers and children. This programme commenced implementation this month.</p><p>Each health priority has a clearly defined work plan with milestones and is coordinated by the Ministry of Health. Progress against the milestones is monitored and reported weekly with the President reviewing progress each fortnight. District surveillance reports are submitted weekly to track the incidence of notifiable diseases (such as Ebola, Cholera and Lassa fever), detect clusters of unexplained deaths and trigger immediate investigation. In additional DFID is engaging in the longer term planning to strengthen Sierra Leone’s health system, including the development of a five year RMNCAH strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 31/10/2016 17:34:26 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge