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1246420

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date	22/10/2020
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	Protective Clothing: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they used the services of ADM Group to procure personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic; if so, (1) what equipment they purchased, and (2) how much that equipment cost; and whether any such equipment was procured by that company from Hubei Haixin Protective Products Group Co., Ltd.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL9457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department holds no contract with ADM Group for the supply of personal protective equipment.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 10/11/2020 12:50:32 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1246421

registered interest
date	22/10/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	China: Uyghurs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the decision of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights in the Canadian Parliament to designate actions by the government of China against its Uyghur population to be a genocide; and what plans they have, if any, to enable an appropriate judicial authority in the UK (1) to consider the same evidence, and (2) to reach a determination, on this matter.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL9458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>We are aware of the decision of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights in the Canadian Parliament. It is the long-standing policy of the British Government that any judgment as to whether war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide have occurred is a matter for independent judicial decision. Our approach is to seek an end to all violations of international law, and to prevent their further escalation, irrespective of whether these violations fit the definition of specific international crimes.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/11/2020 12:18:51 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1246422

registered interest
date	22/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they ceased publication of Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme data by local authority area in May 2020.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL9459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs published statistics on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in August 2020 which included a breakdown of the number of employments furloughed at both local authority and Parliamentary constituency level. Those statistics provided figures on the cumulative total number of employments furloughed at any time between March 2020 and June 2020 by local authority and Parliamentary constituency.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, the latest issue of these statistics, published in October 2020, included data on the number of jobs furloughed at local authority and Parliamentary constituency level as at 31 August. Both of these breakdowns also split the figures for each area by gender and are based on claims received until the end of September. Both of these statistics releases can be found on the Internet at the addresses in the footnote to this answer.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>HMRC published local authority and Parliamentary constituency breakdowns in the June, July and August CJRS statistics, but these were temporarily removed from the September release. HMRC did not cease publication of these statistics in May.</p><p> </p><p>The temporary removal of the local authority and Parliamentary constituency breakdowns from the September release was done in order to enable the statistics to be released in a timely manner, while dealing with the additional work associated with substantial changes to the data and the statistics following the introduction of the flexible furlough element of the job retention scheme.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continue to monitor the use of these statistics and make improvements as necessary.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Footnote text:</strong></p><p>August 2020 Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme statistics can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coronavirus-job-retention-scheme-statistics-august-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coronavirus-job-retention-scheme-statistics-august-2020</a></p><p>October 2020 CJRS statistics can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coronavirus-job-retention-scheme-statistics-october-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coronavirus-job-retention-scheme-statistics-october-2020</a></p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL9460 HL9461 question first answered 05/11/2020 10:48:10 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1246423

registered interest
date	22/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to publish Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme data by local authority area from May 2020 onwards.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL9460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs published statistics on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in August 2020 which included a breakdown of the number of employments furloughed at both local authority and Parliamentary constituency level. Those statistics provided figures on the cumulative total number of employments furloughed at any time between March 2020 and June 2020 by local authority and Parliamentary constituency.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, the latest issue of these statistics, published in October 2020, included data on the number of jobs furloughed at local authority and Parliamentary constituency level as at 31 August. Both of these breakdowns also split the figures for each area by gender and are based on claims received until the end of September. Both of these statistics releases can be found on the Internet at the addresses in the footnote to this answer.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>HMRC published local authority and Parliamentary constituency breakdowns in the June, July and August CJRS statistics, but these were temporarily removed from the September release. HMRC did not cease publication of these statistics in May.</p><p> </p><p>The temporary removal of the local authority and Parliamentary constituency breakdowns from the September release was done in order to enable the statistics to be released in a timely manner, while dealing with the additional work associated with substantial changes to the data and the statistics following the introduction of the flexible furlough element of the job retention scheme.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continue to monitor the use of these statistics and make improvements as necessary.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Footnote text:</strong></p><p>August 2020 Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme statistics can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coronavirus-job-retention-scheme-statistics-august-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coronavirus-job-retention-scheme-statistics-august-2020</a></p><p>October 2020 CJRS statistics can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coronavirus-job-retention-scheme-statistics-october-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coronavirus-job-retention-scheme-statistics-october-2020</a></p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL9459 HL9461 question first answered 05/11/2020 10:48:10 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1246424

registered interest
date	22/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to publish Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme data by UK Parliamentary constituency.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL9461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs published statistics on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in August 2020 which included a breakdown of the number of employments furloughed at both local authority and Parliamentary constituency level. Those statistics provided figures on the cumulative total number of employments furloughed at any time between March 2020 and June 2020 by local authority and Parliamentary constituency.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, the latest issue of these statistics, published in October 2020, included data on the number of jobs furloughed at local authority and Parliamentary constituency level as at 31 August. Both of these breakdowns also split the figures for each area by gender and are based on claims received until the end of September. Both of these statistics releases can be found on the Internet at the addresses in the footnote to this answer.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>HMRC published local authority and Parliamentary constituency breakdowns in the June, July and August CJRS statistics, but these were temporarily removed from the September release. HMRC did not cease publication of these statistics in May.</p><p> </p><p>The temporary removal of the local authority and Parliamentary constituency breakdowns from the September release was done in order to enable the statistics to be released in a timely manner, while dealing with the additional work associated with substantial changes to the data and the statistics following the introduction of the flexible furlough element of the job retention scheme.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continue to monitor the use of these statistics and make improvements as necessary.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Footnote text:</strong></p><p>August 2020 Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme statistics can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coronavirus-job-retention-scheme-statistics-august-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coronavirus-job-retention-scheme-statistics-august-2020</a></p><p>October 2020 CJRS statistics can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coronavirus-job-retention-scheme-statistics-october-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coronavirus-job-retention-scheme-statistics-october-2020</a></p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL9459 HL9460 question first answered 05/11/2020 10:48:10 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1246425

registered interest
date	22/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they plan to have with the general secretaries of the trade unions which represent workers in the railway sector about the Railways Pension Scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Clark of Kilwinning
uin	HL9462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>HMG has had contact with the rail trade unions’ General Secretaries regarding the Railways Pension Scheme, but at present has no future plans for discussion.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 05/11/2020 16:56:15 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

1246427

registered interest
date	22/10/2020
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	Dentistry: Key Workers
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 potential benefits to patients of designating dentists and dental teams as key workers.
tabling member printed	Lord Colwyn
uin	HL9464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2021 answer text <p>All frontline health and social care staff are designated as key workers including dentists and their teams.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 06/01/2021 12:26:10 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3394 label Biography information for Lord Colwyn

1246428

registered interest
date	22/10/2020
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	Dental Health: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to bring forward proposals (1) to improve children’s oral health, and (2) to reduce the number of children admitted to hospital for dental extractions in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Colwyn
uin	HL9465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2020 answer text <p>As set out in the green paper <em>Advancing our health; Prevention in the 2020s</em>, the Government intends to seek views on the merits of expanding the current provision to reach more children in pre-school and primary school settings in England. Water fluoridation is also clinically proven to improve oral health particularly for children. The green paper set out a commitment to reduce the barriers to expanding water fluoridation and this is being carefully considered.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no recent national evaluation of the effectiveness of the existing local authority led individual schemes that promote toothbrushing. Public Health England regularly review available evidence on the effectiveness of measures to promote oral health including supervised toothbrushing. This includes evidence from schemes in England and those in other parts of the United Kingdom including the well-established scheme in Scotland.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL9466 question first answered 10/12/2020 14:36:48 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3394 label Biography information for Lord Colwyn

1246429

registered interest
date	22/10/2020
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	Dental Health: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend the provision of supervised tooth brushing programmes for children; and what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of those programmes on reducing oral health inequalities in children in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Colwyn
uin	HL9466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2020 answer text <p>As set out in the green paper <em>Advancing our health; Prevention in the 2020s</em>, the Government intends to seek views on the merits of expanding the current provision to reach more children in pre-school and primary school settings in England. Water fluoridation is also clinically proven to improve oral health particularly for children. The green paper set out a commitment to reduce the barriers to expanding water fluoridation and this is being carefully considered.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no recent national evaluation of the effectiveness of the existing local authority led individual schemes that promote toothbrushing. Public Health England regularly review available evidence on the effectiveness of measures to promote oral health including supervised toothbrushing. This includes evidence from schemes in England and those in other parts of the United Kingdom including the well-established scheme in Scotland.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL9465 question first answered 10/12/2020 14:36:48 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3394 label Biography information for Lord Colwyn

1246430

registered interest
date	22/10/2020
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	Radioisotopes: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the supply of radioactive isotopes and radioactive sources for cancer services after 31 December.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL9467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>Our priority is to ensure that patients continue to have access to the medical products they need, including medical radioisotopes. We continue to work closely with industry, the National Health Service and others in the supply chain to deliver the shared goal of continuity of safe patient care by mitigating any potential disruption to supply into the United Kingdom of medical products at the end of the transition period</p><p>As set out in a letter from the Department to industry of 3 August, we are implementing a multi-layered approach, that involves asking suppliers of medicines and medical products, including medical radioisotopes to the UK from or via the European Union to get trader ready, reroute their supply chains away from any potential disruption and stockpiling to a target level of six weeks on UK soil where this is possible.</p><p>We understand that a flexible approach to preparedness may be required for medicines that cannot be stockpiled, such as some medical radioisotopes. We have asked suppliers of those products to use airfreight, which some suppliers are already doing now.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 02/11/2020 15:11:49 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff