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788305

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date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Anguilla: Hurricanes and Tornadoes
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 the eligibility of Anguilla to receive aid and assistance following recent hurricane damage.
tabling member printed	Lord Howell of Guildford
uin	HL3097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK has argued for flexibility in the Official Development Assistance (ODA) rules for how donors respond to catastrophic humanitarian crises, such as the recent hurricanes in the Caribbean, and recognition of the vulnerabilities of Small Island Developing States. As a result, in October 2017 the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) agreed on the need to create a new mechanism to re-admit countries that had graduated from ODA eligibility back to the list of ODA-eligible countries if their Gross National Income per capita falls below the High Income Country threshold. In addition, members of the DAC have agreed to establish a process which could allow previous ODA recipients to receive short-term ODA support in the event of catastrophic humanitarian crises. Anguilla was an ODA recipient until 2014 and is assessed by the World Bank to be a High Income Country.</p><p>The destructive force of hurricane Irma was unprecedented, leaving Anguilla damaged extensively. As part of our response the UK has delivered more than 220 tonnes of aid to the island. To support the reconstruction effort the UK has launched a Private Sector Task Force, headed by William Bullard, to identify private sector support and investment, and provide a public-private forum for engagement on building back better in Anguilla as well as other Caribbean Overseas Territories.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 27/11/2017 16:12:07 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	993 label Biography information for Lord Howell of Guildford

788306

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Rickets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to designate a group of health care professionals to be accountable and responsible for the prevention of rickets and its complications in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL3098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no such plans. Rickets can generally be prevented by ensuring that children have a healthy, balanced diet, spend some time outside in the sun and take appropriate supplements containing 10 micrograms of vitamin D, which is a widely available supplement. There is already a range of resources available to increase awareness of the need for vitamin D supplements, including advice on the NHS Choices website on the importance of vitamin D for bone health, and supplements are readily available over the counter and through the Healthy Start vitamins scheme.</p><p>In August the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence updated its public health guidance on increasing vitamin D supplement use among population groups at risk of vitamin D deficiency, in the light of the 2016 Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition report on Vitamin D and health. A copy of the guidance, <em>Vitamin D: supplement use in specific population groups</em>, is attached. This guideline includes recommendations on how to: increase access to and availability of vitamin D supplements, including for at-risk groups such as the BAME community; ensure health professionals recommend vitamin D supplements; raise awareness of the importance of these supplements amongst the population; and monitor provision and uptake of vitamin D supplements.</p><p>Local commissioners will wish to consider how best to take forward these recommendations in respect of local BAME populations. The Government has made no formal assessment of the research referred to.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL3099 HL3100 HL3101 question first answered 27/11/2017 14:14:32 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name vitamin-d-supplement-use-in-specific-population-groups-pdf-1996421765317.pdf title Vitamin D: supplement use in specific groups
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

788307

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Rickets: Ethnic Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what analysis they have undertaken of the steps necessary specifically to protect members of the BAME community from the risk of rickets and its complications.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL3099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no such plans. Rickets can generally be prevented by ensuring that children have a healthy, balanced diet, spend some time outside in the sun and take appropriate supplements containing 10 micrograms of vitamin D, which is a widely available supplement. There is already a range of resources available to increase awareness of the need for vitamin D supplements, including advice on the NHS Choices website on the importance of vitamin D for bone health, and supplements are readily available over the counter and through the Healthy Start vitamins scheme.</p><p>In August the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence updated its public health guidance on increasing vitamin D supplement use among population groups at risk of vitamin D deficiency, in the light of the 2016 Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition report on Vitamin D and health. A copy of the guidance, <em>Vitamin D: supplement use in specific population groups</em>, is attached. This guideline includes recommendations on how to: increase access to and availability of vitamin D supplements, including for at-risk groups such as the BAME community; ensure health professionals recommend vitamin D supplements; raise awareness of the importance of these supplements amongst the population; and monitor provision and uptake of vitamin D supplements.</p><p>Local commissioners will wish to consider how best to take forward these recommendations in respect of local BAME populations. The Government has made no formal assessment of the research referred to.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL3098 HL3100 HL3101 question first answered 27/11/2017 14:14:33 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name vitamin-d-supplement-use-in-specific-population-groups-pdf-1996421765317.pdf title Vitamin D: supplement use in specific groups
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

788308

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Vitamin D: Babies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of research published in Endocrine Connections showing (1) that the UK does not provide information to new parents before discharge from neonatal and delivery units on the necessity of infant vitamin D supplementation; and (2) that the vitamin D supplementation programme in infants is not monitored.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL3100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no such plans. Rickets can generally be prevented by ensuring that children have a healthy, balanced diet, spend some time outside in the sun and take appropriate supplements containing 10 micrograms of vitamin D, which is a widely available supplement. There is already a range of resources available to increase awareness of the need for vitamin D supplements, including advice on the NHS Choices website on the importance of vitamin D for bone health, and supplements are readily available over the counter and through the Healthy Start vitamins scheme.</p><p>In August the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence updated its public health guidance on increasing vitamin D supplement use among population groups at risk of vitamin D deficiency, in the light of the 2016 Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition report on Vitamin D and health. A copy of the guidance, <em>Vitamin D: supplement use in specific population groups</em>, is attached. This guideline includes recommendations on how to: increase access to and availability of vitamin D supplements, including for at-risk groups such as the BAME community; ensure health professionals recommend vitamin D supplements; raise awareness of the importance of these supplements amongst the population; and monitor provision and uptake of vitamin D supplements.</p><p>Local commissioners will wish to consider how best to take forward these recommendations in respect of local BAME populations. The Government has made no formal assessment of the research referred to.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL3098 HL3099 HL3101 question first answered 27/11/2017 14:14:33 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name vitamin-d-supplement-use-in-specific-population-groups-pdf-1996421765317.pdf title Vitamin D: supplement use in specific groups
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

788309

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Rickets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what strategies they intend to develop to implement a rickets prevention policy alongside the existing infection prevention policy, in the light of evidence published in Endocrine Connections demonstrating that the UK has the worst adherence to infant vitamin D supplementation in Europe.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL3101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no such plans. Rickets can generally be prevented by ensuring that children have a healthy, balanced diet, spend some time outside in the sun and take appropriate supplements containing 10 micrograms of vitamin D, which is a widely available supplement. There is already a range of resources available to increase awareness of the need for vitamin D supplements, including advice on the NHS Choices website on the importance of vitamin D for bone health, and supplements are readily available over the counter and through the Healthy Start vitamins scheme.</p><p>In August the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence updated its public health guidance on increasing vitamin D supplement use among population groups at risk of vitamin D deficiency, in the light of the 2016 Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition report on Vitamin D and health. A copy of the guidance, <em>Vitamin D: supplement use in specific population groups</em>, is attached. This guideline includes recommendations on how to: increase access to and availability of vitamin D supplements, including for at-risk groups such as the BAME community; ensure health professionals recommend vitamin D supplements; raise awareness of the importance of these supplements amongst the population; and monitor provision and uptake of vitamin D supplements.</p><p>Local commissioners will wish to consider how best to take forward these recommendations in respect of local BAME populations. The Government has made no formal assessment of the research referred to.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL3098 HL3099 HL3100 question first answered 27/11/2017 14:14:33 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name vitamin-d-supplement-use-in-specific-population-groups-pdf-1996421765317.pdf title Vitamin D: supplement use in specific groups
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

788310

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mefloquine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government in what circumstances it is considered suitable to prescribe the antimalarial drug mefloquine to members of the Armed Forces.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL3102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>In June 2017, the Government updated its policy on Preventing Malaria in UK Armed Forces Personnel (Joint Service Publication 950, Part 1, Leaflet 3-3-1). The leaflet includes guidance on antimalarial drug use, requiring that drugs only be supplied after a face-to-face malaria health risk assessment, following the Defence Medical Information Capability Programme antimalarial protocol.</p><p>The recommended drug regime is determined by the sensitivity of malaria parasites to antimalarial drugs in different parts of the world, based on Public Health England guidance. For areas without drug resistance the recommendation is that individuals are offered chloroquine on its own. If chloroquine is not suitable then proguanil is the preferred alternative. For areas of little chloroquine resistance, it is recommended that individuals are offered both chloroquine and proguanil. If chloroquine and proguanil are not suitable and the patient can tolerate proguanil then the patient should normally be offered atovaquone and proguanil.</p><p>For areas where malarial parasites are known to be resistant to chloroquine it is recommended that individuals are offered atovaquone and proguanil. If atovaquone and proguanil is not suitable they are to be reviewed in order to determine which alternative drug is most appropriate. The second choice drug will normally be doxycycline but may be modified in accordance with the disease profile of the country to be visited. If doxycycline is unsuitable then mefloquine may be prescribed but only after the individual has been reviewed by a doctor.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL3215 HL3216 question first answered 27/11/2017 15:45:31 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

788311

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Rights of Way: Closures
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on what grounds a public right of way may be temporarily closed.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Local highway authorities are responsible for the management and maintenance of public rights of way. Public rights of way should always be open and available for the public to use, but an application may be made to the local highway authority under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, for an Order to close or divert temporarily a public right of way for safety reasons, or to carry out necessary works.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 20/11/2017 11:45:56 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

788312

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Humanitarian Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are making use of UN Security Council Resolution 2165 to deliver (1) medical and other aid, and (2) necessary reconstruction goods, to the cantons of Jazira and Kobane in north-east Syria; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>DFID is delivering medical and other aid to north-east Syria, including Jazira and Kobane, from Damascus and cross border from Iraq. We recently announced a further £10 million to meet the needs of those displaced by conflict in Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor, many of whom have fled to Kobane and Jazira.</p><p>The UK will not provide any support for reconstruction in Syria until a comprehensive, genuine and inclusive political transition is firmly underway.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/11/2017 13:39:13 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

788313

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	Burma: Human Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, following the expulsion of Rohingyas from Myanmar and the recent UN Resolution, they intend to press for (1) a worldwide arms embargo against Myanmar, (2) a sanctions target on Burmese generals and senior officials, and (3) a UN General Assembly Resolution against all current and future ethnic and religious clearances or expulsions.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to working with the Government of Burma and international partners to resolve the situation in Rakhine state. The overwhelming support for the Burma Resolution in the UN Third Committee on 16 November – which the UK co-sponsored - demonstrates the strength of feeling across the international community. We will continue to call on the Burmese government to send a clear message that the security forces must stop the violence; to ensure a full investigation of allegations of human rights violations; to allow full access to the UN Fact Finding Mission and to commit to ensuring accountability for the perpetrators</p><p>We believe t​he adoption by the UN Security Council of the Presidential Statement on 6 November is a significant step. While encouraged by recent statements by Aung San Suu Kyi, we expect action to be taken on the Council's statement. International pressure will continue until those forced to flee can return in safety, free from fear of persecution and attack.​</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/11/2017 14:56:38 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

788314

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Wildlife Crime Unit: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have permanently to fund the National Wildlife Crime Unit to ensure that the proposed ivory ban can be enforced.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL3106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>Together with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and other partners, the Home Office funds the National Wildlife Crime Unit. The Government has made a commitment to fund the Unit until 2020 and the end of this spending review period.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/11/2017 11:10:49 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch