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802409

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date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mefloquine
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 O'Shaughnessy on 5 December (HL3532) and 27 November (HL3227), whether they have seen the unclassified order of the US Surgeon General’s Office of the Army Special Command of 13 September 2013; whether there is any difference between the drug of the same name administered to US troops and that issued to British troops; and why it is necessary to demonstrate that the neurological damage caused by the administration of mefloquine is permanent before acknowledging the persistence of the neurotoxic effects of the drug.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL3942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>We have considered this order.</p><p>There is no difference in the anti-malarial drug Mefloquine (under the brand name Lariam) currently provided to the United Kingdom and United States armed forces.</p><p>Mefloquine is effective in the prevention and treatment of malaria. Approved by the Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency, the current product information states that neuropsychiatric adverse reactions may occur during treatment and includes warnings and precautions to minimise these risks. Some of these reactions may persist, but it has not been established whether these are permanent.</p><p>Mefloquine continues to be recommended as a safe and effective form of malaria prevention by the Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention, the World Health Organization and other respected organisations who take account of the body of global evidence.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/12/2017 14:14:06 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

802410

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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	Poverty: Children
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 implications for future advances in social mobility of the finding by the Institute for Fiscal Studies that almost 37 per cent of children will fall below the relative poverty line by 2021.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL3943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Employment is key to helping people out of poverty and to make a real and lasting change to the lives of disadvantaged families and children. Our welfare and tax reforms are designed to incentivise employment and to support people to progress in work. Employment is now at near-record levels and the number of children living in a family where no one is working is 608,000 lower than it was in 2010. Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families, published on 4 April, set out a framework for a continued focus on improving children’s outcomes, now and in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not forecast estimates of low income, but the next HBAI publication for 2016/17 data has been <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201617" target="_blank">pre-announced</a> and will be published by the end of March 2018. The government is committed to continue to publish this series on an annual basis.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 20/12/2017 13:55:33 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

802412

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	National Trust: Tenants
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 Bourne of Aberystwyth on 29 November (HL3286), what discussions they have had with the Charity Commission about their legal resources and ability to quickly address issues raised by tenants of the National Trust.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL3945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government has not had any conversations with the Charity Commission regarding their resources.</p><p>Tenants of National Trust properties can refer concerns to the Charity Commission, who are the independent regulator of charities, where they consider there to be a breach of charity law.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/12/2017 17:16:46 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

802414

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Roman Catholic Church
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they regularly meet the Roman Catholic hierarchy of England and Wales to discuss public policy issues.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL3947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>As Minister for Faith I meet with members of the Catholic hierarchy in the course of my work. In March 2017 I met the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols. In November 2016 I visited St John's Cathedral in Portsmouth, in March 2017 St Mary’s Cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne and, in July 2017, the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral to learn about the excellent work these cathedrals do to support their communities.</p><p>I plan to visit more Catholic places of worship in the coming year. The Government wholeheartedly supports the invaluable work being done by people around the country who are inspired by their faith and we are making sure that the voices of people of faith are heard in Government, as is appropriate.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 19/12/2017 16:35:43 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

802415

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Church Schools: Admissions
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 number of places available at Catholic schools for Catholic children.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL3948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The department does not collect data on the number of places available at Catholic schools for Catholic children.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 20/12/2017 12:03:09 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

802416

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Church Schools: Admissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of Muslim children being educated in Catholic faith schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL3949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The department does not hold information on the religion of pupils attending schools in England.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 20/12/2017 12:00:11 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

802417

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Franchises
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to use the provisions in the Bus Services Act 2017 to allow non-mayoral authorities to access bus franchising powers.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL3950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The Bus Services Act received Royal Assent in April 2017. The Act provides automatic access to franchising powers to mayoral combined authorities. The criteria the Secretary of State will use to determine whether to grant consent to non-mayoral combined authorities will focus on whether the authority in question has clear and locally supported aspirations which will benefit passengers and a sensible plan in place, as well as the right capabilities to make franchising a success.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 20/12/2017 16:28:08 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

802418

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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	Iran: BBC Persian Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made over the last three months to (1) the Iranian Ambassador in London, and (2) the government of Iran, about the reported targeting and harassment of BBC Persian Service journalists and their families.
tabling member printed	Lord Radice
uin	HL3951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Reports about harassment of BBC Persian staff and their families in Iran are deeply worrying. The Foreign Secretary specifically raised our concerns about harassment of BBC Persian staff and their families in Iran with his Iranian counterpart during his visit to Tehran on 9-10 December. Officials at the British Embassy in Tehran have also twice raised our concerns with the Iranian Government.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/12/2017 17:49:52 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	510 label Biography information for Lord Radice

802420

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Vocational Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that all schools are aware of their responsibility under the Technical and Further Education Act 2017 to allow access into schools to education and training providers in order to talk to pupils in Years 8 to 13 about approved technical qualifications and apprenticeships; and when they expect Ofsted to start measuring schools' performance against that requirement.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL3953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Section 2 of The Technical and Further Education Act 2017, attached, will come into force on 2 January 2018. This will require all maintained schools and academies to ensure that there is an opportunity for a range of education and training providers to access pupils in year 8 to year 13 for the purpose of informing them of approved technical education qualifications or apprenticeships. Schools must prepare and publish a policy statement setting out the circumstances in which education and training providers will be given access to pupils, and to ensure that this is followed.</p><p>The department has been communicating with schools during the autumn term to explain how to comply with the new law and allow them sufficient time to prepare for its commencement. The department has published information on its website and communicated directly with school governors, head teachers and careers leaders through a range of channels. We will shortly be writing to all schools in England to inform them of the new careers strategy, published on 4 December, and we will take this opportunity to remind them of their new legal requirement.</p><p>The department has worked with schools and representatives from colleges, apprenticeship providers and university technical colleges to develop new statutory guidance for schools on access to education and training providers. We intend to publish this on 2 January 2018 to coincide with the new duty coming into force.</p><p>Ofsted will take account of this statutory guidance when developing its approach to assessing careers provision. Matters relating to careers provision contribute to judgements under three of the four areas evaluated as part of school inspections. Where, during the course of a school inspection, it becomes clear that statutory requirements are not being met, and this is a contributory factor in explaining why pupils are not achieving as expected, it will be considered for inclusion in the inspection report as a key point for improvement.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 20/12/2017 17:51:48 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name Technical and Further Education Act 2017.docx title Technical and Further Education Act 2017
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

802423

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Electrification
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when (1) Bath Spa, and (2) Bristol Temple Meads, railway stations will be directly served by a high-speed, electrified railway line.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL3956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The new bi-mode Inter City Express Trains are already serving both destinations. Benefits to passengers include more frequent services operating on the line and up to 32% more seats.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The planned enhancement project between Bristol Temple Meads and Bath Spa is subject to ongoing assessment and investment decisions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 20/12/2017 16:23:28 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott