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855386

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date	05/03/2018
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	Syria: Peace Negotiations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the UN sponsored peace process in Syria.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL5992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The British Government is clear that the UN-led Geneva process between the Syrian parties, mandated by UN Security Council Resolution 2254, remains the forum for reaching a lasting political settlement to end the conflict in Syria and we fully support the efforts of UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura. The Syrian Negotiation Commission continues to engage constructively, in good faith and without preconditions. The Asad regime must now engage credibly in Geneva talks and Russia must use all the influence it can to ensure that it does so.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 15/03/2018 17:49:55 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed

855387

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Syria: Peace Negotiations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the progress made at the Geneva talks regarding long-term political solutions for Syria.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL5993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The British Government regularly discusses this topic, including at the UN Security Council, most recently when UN Special Envoy briefed the Security Council on 14 February. The UN-led Geneva process between the Syrian parties, mandated by UN Security Council Resolution 2254, remains the forum for reaching a lasting political settlement to end the conflict in Syria. We fully support the efforts of UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura. The Syrian Negotiation Commission continues to engage constructively, in good faith and without preconditions. The Asad regime must now engage constructively in Geneva, and Russia must use all of its influence to ensure that this happens.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 15/03/2018 17:50:35 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed

855389

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Syria: Peace Negotiations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had at the UN Security Council in relation to finding a long-term political solution for Syria.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL5995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The British Government regularly discusses this topic at the UN Security Council, most recently at the briefing to the Security Council by UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura on 14 February. The UN-led Geneva process between the Syrian parties, mandated by UN Security Council Resolution 2254, remains the forum for reaching a lasting political settlement to end the conflict in Syria, and we fully support the efforts of the UN Special Envoy. The Syrian Negotiation Commission continues to engage constructively, in good faith and without preconditions. The Asad regime must now engage credibly in Geneva talks and Russia must use all of its influence to ensure that this happens.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 15/03/2018 17:51:12 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed

855390

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crimes against Humanity: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to review the number of prosecutions of UK citizens in the UK for International Criminal Court category crimes committed overseas in recent years.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>There is no plan to review the number of prosecutions of UK citizens in the UK for International Criminal Court category crimes committed overseas in recent years. Prosecution decisions are taken independently of Government. In every case bought by the Crown Prosecution Service, prosecutors are required by the Code for Crown Prosecutors to select charges which: reflect the seriousness and extent of the offending supported by the evidence; give the court adequate powers to sentence and impose appropriate post-conviction orders; and enable the case to be presented in a clear and simple way.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 14/03/2018 15:33:34 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

855392

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	River Exe: Flood Control
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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 21 December 2016 (HL4156), whether the Environment Agency intends to support the removal by Network Rail of the three weirs on the river Exe above Exeter to reduce the risk of flooding on the rail line.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL5998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) has been aiding Network Rail and their consultants on producing a flood and geomorphology risk assessment on the proposal to remove the three weirs near Cowley Bridge.</p><p> </p><p>The EA has provided all the local flood history, river flow and river state data that it has, and the required specification and scenarios that any modelling results must produce.</p><p> </p><p>Once this report is submitted, the EA will assess the impact on third parties and the environment in terms of flood risk and environmental impacts. The EA will also assess the impact, if any, on the new flood defence scheme currently being built in Exeter.</p><p> </p><p>The EA recently issued flood risk activity permits for the Network Rail improvement to the flood culvert under the railway upstream of Cowley Bridge. The culvert works are expected to be completed during summer 2018 and will reduce flood risk to the railway.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 15/03/2018 16:25:14 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

855398

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hospitals: Patients
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of (1) out-patients, and (2) inpatients, treated in NHS hospitals in each year between 2007 and 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
uin	HL6004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>Information for total outpatient appointments, first outpatient appointments, first attended outpatient appointments and finished admission episodes (FAEs)<sup>1</sup> for the years 2006-07 to 2016-17 is shown in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total outpatient appointments</p></td><td><p>First outpatient appointments</p></td><td><p>First attended outpatient appointments</p></td><td><p>Finished admission episodes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>63,217,226</p></td><td><p>17,790,379</p></td><td><p>15,347,684</p></td><td><p>12,976,273</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>66,649,484</p></td><td><p>19,300,484</p></td><td><p>16,535,501</p></td><td><p>13,479,828</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>74,853,493</p></td><td><p>21,994,595</p></td><td><p>18,734,892</p></td><td><p>14,152,692</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>84,198,458</p></td><td><p>25,049,605</p></td><td><p>20,851,604</p></td><td><p>14,537,712</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>87,998,505</p></td><td><p>25,932,268</p></td><td><p>21,325,385</p></td><td><p>14,890,844</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>90,956,844</p></td><td><p>26,683,114</p></td><td><p>21,846,959</p></td><td><p>15,019,396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>94,091,748</p></td><td><p>27,729,205</p></td><td><p>22,710,773</p></td><td><p>15,145,633</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>101,844,824</p></td><td><p>30,113,072</p></td><td><p>24,504,853</p></td><td><p>15,462,057</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>107,188,423</p></td><td><p>31,973,097</p></td><td><p>25,910,185</p></td><td><p>15,892,457</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>113,298,661</p></td><td><p>33,749,549</p></td><td><p>27,251,226</p></td><td><p>16,251,841</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>118,578,912</p></td><td><p>36,335,356</p></td><td><p>29,141,537</p></td><td><p>16,546,667</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p><p>Notes:</p><p><sup>1</sup>A FAE is the first period of inpatient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of inpatients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.</p><p> </p><p>This is a count of hospital appointments and FAEs, not individual patients, as the same person may have attended a National Health Service hospital on more than one occasion.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 14/03/2018 13:07:36 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

855399

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hospitals: Doctors
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many hospital doctors were employed by the NHS in each year between 2007 and 2017; and what was the total number of (1) out-patients, and (2) inpatients, treated by those doctors in each of those years.
tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
uin	HL6005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital provides workforce statistics and the following tables show the number of Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) full time equivalent (FTE) doctors and qualified nurses and health visitors as at 30 September for each specified year.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service HCHS doctors in England, as at 30 September in each year, 2007 to 2017 FTE</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>HCHS Doctors (FTE)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2007</p></td><td><p>87,533</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2008</p></td><td><p>91,586</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2009</p></td><td><p>95,410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2010</p></td><td><p>97,130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011</p></td><td><p>98,389</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012</p></td><td><p>99,529</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013</p></td><td><p>101,137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014</p></td><td><p>103,330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>104,498</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>106,131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>109,002</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>S</em><em>ource: </em>NHS Digital NHS monthly workforce statistics</p><p>NHS HCHS: Qualified nurses and health visitors in NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in England as at 30 September of each year, 2007 to 2017, FTE</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Qualified nurses and health visitors (FTE)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2007</p></td><td><p>275,211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2008</p></td><td><p>281,021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2009</p></td><td><p>278,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2010</p></td><td><p>279,883</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011</p></td><td><p>277,047</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012</p></td><td><p>271,407</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013</p></td><td><p>274,627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014</p></td><td><p>278,981</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>281,474</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>284,288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>283,853</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: </em>NHS Digital monthly workforce statistics</p><p>Due to the change in methodology figures for 2007 and 2008 are not directly comparable to figures from September 2009 onwards. Figures for 2007 and 2008 also include support organisations and central bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The figures provided are for permanent staff employed in the NHS trusts and CCGs in England.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to determine if treatment was provided by a doctor or a nurse as the information is not collected in the format requested.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL6006 question first answered 14/03/2018 13:08:14 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

855400

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Nurses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many nurses were employed by the NHS in each year between 2007 and 2017; and what was the total number of (1) out-patients, and (2) inpatients, treated by those nurses in each of those years.
tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
uin	HL6006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital provides workforce statistics and the following tables show the number of Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) full time equivalent (FTE) doctors and qualified nurses and health visitors as at 30 September for each specified year.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service HCHS doctors in England, as at 30 September in each year, 2007 to 2017 FTE</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>HCHS Doctors (FTE)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2007</p></td><td><p>87,533</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2008</p></td><td><p>91,586</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2009</p></td><td><p>95,410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2010</p></td><td><p>97,130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011</p></td><td><p>98,389</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012</p></td><td><p>99,529</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013</p></td><td><p>101,137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014</p></td><td><p>103,330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>104,498</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>106,131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>109,002</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>S</em><em>ource: </em>NHS Digital NHS monthly workforce statistics</p><p>NHS HCHS: Qualified nurses and health visitors in NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in England as at 30 September of each year, 2007 to 2017, FTE</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Qualified nurses and health visitors (FTE)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2007</p></td><td><p>275,211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2008</p></td><td><p>281,021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2009</p></td><td><p>278,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2010</p></td><td><p>279,883</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011</p></td><td><p>277,047</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012</p></td><td><p>271,407</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013</p></td><td><p>274,627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014</p></td><td><p>278,981</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>281,474</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>284,288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>283,853</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: </em>NHS Digital monthly workforce statistics</p><p>Due to the change in methodology figures for 2007 and 2008 are not directly comparable to figures from September 2009 onwards. Figures for 2007 and 2008 also include support organisations and central bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The figures provided are for permanent staff employed in the NHS trusts and CCGs in England.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to determine if treatment was provided by a doctor or a nurse as the information is not collected in the format requested.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL6005 question first answered 14/03/2018 13:08:14 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

855401

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Attendance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many missed appointments at general practice surgeries there were in each year between 2007 and 2017; and what is their estimate of the total cost of missed appointments at general practice surgeries in each year between 2007 and 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
uin	HL6007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The data is not currently held in the format requested.</p><p>NHS Digital and NHS England are currently undergoing a review process on appointments data, which would include information around missed appointments at general practice surgeries. This review will not cover information on costs of missed appointments at general practice surgeries.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 14/03/2018 13:08:44 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

855403

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Staff
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) non-medical staff, and (2) managerial staff, were employed by the NHS in each year between 2007 and 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
uin	HL6009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes workforce statistics and the following table shows the number of full time equivalent (FTE) non-medical staff and managerial staff employed in the National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in England between September 2007 and September 2017.</p><p>NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): Non-medical staff and managerial staff in NHS trusts and CCGs in England as at 30 September of each specified year</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>All non-medical staff (FTE)</p></td><td><p>of which: managerial staff (FTE)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>943,961</p></td><td><p>31,955</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>930,923</p></td><td><p>30,592</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>909,720</p></td><td><p>29,549</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>891,028</p></td><td><p>27,845</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>872,125</p></td><td><p>26,515</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>876,347</p></td><td><p>31,143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>895,077</p></td><td><p>32,335</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>915,087</p></td><td><p>35,219</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>906,888</p></td><td><p>37,579</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>901,955</p></td><td><p>37,937</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>870,267</p></td><td><p>34,955</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><br> </strong><em>Source: </em>NHS Digital monthly workforce statistics</p><p>Notes:</p><p>Non-medical staff includes all hospital and community health services staff in trusts and CCGs, both clinically qualified and support staff, within the broad areas of ambulance staff; administrative and estates staff; healthcare assistants and support staff; nurses, health visitors and midwives; scientific, therapeutic and technical staff (including allied health professionals) and healthcare scientific staff.</p><p>Managerial staff include senior managers and managers.</p><p>Due to the change in methodology figures for 2007 and 2008 are not directly comparable to figures from September 2009 onwards. Figures for 2007 and 2008 also include support organisations and central bodies.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 14/03/2018 13:07:05 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs