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date	27/03/2023
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	Health Services: Gender
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Policy Exchange Gender identity ideology in the NHS, published on 2 January; and what steps they are taking to ensure that every hospital trust is able to guarantee same-sex accommodation and intimate same-sex care.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL6841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>Under the NHS Constitution, National Health Service trusts have a responsibility to eliminate mixed-sex accommodation. It is imperative that NHS trusts respect the privacy and dignity of patients. Patients should not have to share sleeping accommodation with others of the opposite sex and should have access to segregated bathroom and toilet facilities. However, in some cases, operational pressures may lead to unjustified breaches of same-sex accommodation guidance. On the rare occasions that mixing does occur, the breach should be reported, and every effort should be made to remedy the breach immediately. NHS England is currently reviewing its guidance, Delivering same-sex accommodation, and a revised version will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Patients can request same-sex intimate care, and it will be up to the care provider or clinician to respond based on the patient’s needs and staff availability. Due to staff availability, there may be instances when these requests cannot be immediately or easily met. The Department notes the Policy Exchange report Gender identity ideology in the NHS, and is considering whether clearer guidance is needed on the provision of same-sex staffing for patients receiving intimate care, given the importance of ensuring that patients’ privacy and dignity is respected.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL6842 question first answered 25/04/2023 13:03:31 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1439935

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 9 March (HL6487), how many pedestrians were knocked over by motor vehicles in each of the last three years; and of those, how many sustained serious injuries or were killed.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL6841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>The number of reported pedestrian casualties, including killed or seriously injured (adjusted) casualties, in collisions where the pedestrian was hit by a known motor vehicle in each of the last three years is shown in the below table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong>Killed</p></td><td><p>Serious<br> (adjusted)</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong>Total pedestrian casualties hit by <br> a motor vehicle</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>437</p></td><td><p>6,386</p></td><td><p>21,445</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>453</p></td><td><p>6,116</p></td><td><p>20,982</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>333</p></td><td><p>4,081</p></td><td><p>14,133</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 15/03/2022 17:19:03 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1224716

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children and Young People: Social Services
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 for an increase in children and young people requiring support from social care services following the relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions; and what support they will provide to local authorities to ensure that they are resourced appropriately to support such children and young people.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL6841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2020 answer text <p>Ensuring that vulnerable children remain protected is our top priority. We are doing everything we can to support local authorities, and their partners, to ensure that the most vulnerable children are protected and that there are sufficient places for children in their care.</p><p>School is a protective factor for many children and, as schools reopen fully, there could potentially be a rise in the number of children that need social care intervention. We are working closely with local authorities to ensure workforce capacity is sufficient to cope with any potential spike in referrals. This includes weekly discussions between the Chief Social Worker and practice leaders.</p><p>The department has set up dedicated regional teams that are in frequent contact with local authorities. Bringing together expertise from across the department, these teams monitor the challenges local authorities are facing, including any increases in demand. We also collect fortnightly data from local authorities across the country around their contact with vulnerable children, workforce availability and other system pressures in order to offer support and challenge where needed.</p><p>The government has also provided £3.7 billion of additional funding to support local authorities in meeting COVID-19 related pressures, including on children’s services. This funding is un-ringfenced, recognising local authorities are best placed to decide how to meet the major COVID-19 service pressures in their local area.</p><p>We have also committed over £100 million to support access to social care services and remote education, including by providing laptops, tablets and 4G wireless routers to vulnerable and disadvantaged children. Furthermore, we are in continual discussions with charities on the support they provide and need. We have committed additional funding worth £26.4 million directly to support them and £1.6 million to expand NSPCC’s helpline.</p><p>Through the Coronavirus Act, we have been able to work with Social Work England, the Department of Health and Social Care and the Local Government Association to reinstate the professional registration of 8,000 former social workers so that they can re-join the profession, providing additional resource where it is required. We have also developed the Social Work Together online tool, so those social workers who have registered and are available to support their local community if needed.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 27/07/2020 15:27:08 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

874621

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional financial support is given to those schools with a high number of pupils on Education, Health and Care plans.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL6841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2018 answer text <p>Mainstream schools are funded through the formula set by their local authority. The funding formula is decided by each local authority and often uses factors such as pupils’ prior level of attainment in the school, to give an estimate of additional support required for pupils’ special educational needs (SEN).</p><p>In addition to the core funding provided to mainstream schools, we provide each local authority with a high needs budget. This supports provision for children and young people with SEN and disabilities, and alternative provision for pupils who cannot receive education in schools.</p><p>Local authorities are required to delegate funds to a level that enables schools to meet the additional cost of supporting pupils with SEN up to £6,000 per annum. When a school can demonstrate that the costs exceed this, the local authority should allocate top-up funding from its high needs budget.</p><p>The local authority can also use its high needs budget to give extra funding to schools with a disproportionate number of pupils with SEN, including those with a high number of pupils on education, health and care plans.</p><p>We provided local authorities with £130 million of additional funding for high needs last year, and are providing a further £142 million this year, bringing the total high needs funding across England to £6 billion per annum.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 13/04/2018 12:02:44 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

724450

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what they are doing to support the provision by children's services of short breaks for families with disabled children.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bertin
uin	HL6841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Since 2011, local authorities have been under a duty to provide a range of short breaks services and to publish a local Short Breaks Duty Statement showing what services are available, how they are responding to the needs of local parents and carers, and how short breaks can be accessed, including any eligibility criteria. Local authorities are required to consult with local parents and carers while producing this statement. Local authorities are responsible for funding this short breaks provision.</p><p> </p><p>60% of local authorities who responded to a survey on the implementation of the SEND reforms in May 2016 said they planned to spend the same on short breaks provision in 2016-17 as they did in 2015-16, with 11% planning on spending more. 73% said they had consulted families on any planned changes to short breaks services. The Government is able to oversee how much local authorities have spent on short breaks provision through authorities’ annual section 251 returns. This information can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/section-251-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/section-251-2016-to-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department offers support and challenge to local authorities to help make sure they meet all of their statutory requirements on SEND, and that quality of provision continues to improve. There are also opportunities through the new Ofsted/Care Quality Commission SEND inspections framework for local areas to consider how well they are providing for the education, health and care needs of those with SEND, including their need for short breaks services.</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2015 and March 2016, we awarded £250,555 to the Short Breaks Partnership (a consortium made up of Contact a Family, the Council for Disabled Children, Action for Children, and KIDS) to provide information and advice to those involved in designing, commissioning, providing, and taking up short breaks for disabled children.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL6842 HL6843 question first answered 27/04/2017 12:33:15 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4577 label Biography information for Baroness Bertin