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1733980

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date	14/10/2024
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	Maternity Services: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the quality of maternity services across England and, in particular, of reports about unnecessary deaths or injuries to mothers and babies in units in Shrewsbury, Telford and Nottingham; (2) of the role played by claimant lawyers in securing justice for victims or their families; and (3) of the impact of the culture of the NHS in responding to claims in respect of such injuries and deaths.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2024 answer text <p>We are taking the findings and recommendations made in independent reviews and reports into maternity services, including the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, very seriously. This includes the need to develop and sustain a culture of safety, learning, and support within the National Health Service, which has formed part of NHS England’s <em>Three year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services</em>. We will carefully consider the findings of the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust when it reports next year.</p><p>It is right that where people have been negligently harmed by the NHS, they are able to receive appropriate compensation. It is the role of NHS Resolution (NHSR) to manage clinical negligence claims against the NHS in England. NHSR is accountable to the Department, and its performance is subject to regular review. However, NHSR is responsible for its own management of individual claims. The Government has not made a general assessment of the role claimants lawyers play in NHS litigation claims.</p><p>NHSR has a responsibility to resolve claims promptly and fairly, and to defend unmeritorious claims to secure NHS resources. The large majority of claims, 81%, are settled without court proceedings.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 21/10/2024 12:47:33 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1734043

registered interest
date	14/10/2024
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: Supply Chains
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the result of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care's review under section 47 of the Health and Care Act 2022 of the risk of slavery taking place in NHS supply chains.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL1588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2024 answer text <p>The <em>Review of risk of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking in the NHS Supply Chain</em>, pursuant to section 47 of the Health and Social Care Act 2022, was undertaken in 2023 and published on 14 December 2023. A copy of the report is attached. One of the recommendations from the report was to lay regulations with a view to eradicate modern slavery, supporting the amendment of Section 12zc in the NHS Act 2006. The regulations cover all goods and services procured on behalf of the health service.</p><p>The Department and NHS England have also developed detailed guidance to support the embedding of the regulations and policies throughout a procurement exercise. This ensures alignment to procurements conducted under all legal regimes including the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, Procurement Act 2023, and the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.</p><p>A public consultation for the content and approach of those regulations is to be launched in Autumn 2024. This will support my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to develop the regulations to ensure the National Health Service eradicates modern slavery in supply chains.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 21/10/2024 12:45:01 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron attachment 1 file name review-of-risk-of-modern-slavery-and-human-trafficking-in-the-nhs-supply-chain.pdf title PDF document for HL1588
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

1734083

registered interest
date	14/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Israel: Military Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many Israeli armed forces personnel are being trained in the UK, which training courses they are undertaking, and at which locations these courses are taking place.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL1531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2024 answer text <p>This information is being withheld in order to protect personal information and to avoid prejudicing relations between the United Kingdom and another State.</p> answering member printed Lord Coaker question first answered 21/10/2024 10:58:19 answering member 360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1734088

registered interest
date	14/10/2024
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	Non-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to regulate non-surgical aesthetic procedures.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL1534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering what steps may need to be taken in relation to the safety of the non-surgical cosmetics sector. The Government will set out its position at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 21/10/2024 12:29:12 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1733457

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
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	Mpox: Vaccination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, in view of the advancing mpox epidemic, especially clade Ib, and given that a recent study has found that the effect of Imvanex wanes to undetectable levels after one year, to what extent His Majesty's Government hold a mixed stockpile of the three globally approved vaccines.
tabling member printed	Lord Cashman
uin	HL1488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2024 answer text <p>Of the three vaccines, Imvanex is the only one licensed in the United Kingdom by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, and in the European Union by the European Medicines Agency, for active immunisation against smallpox, Mpox, and other diseases caused by the vaccinia virus in adults.</p><p>Imvanex is the only currently available vaccine with real world evidence of protection against Mpox. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has agreed that the evidence it has reviewed is consistent with protection from Imvanex being maintained for approximately 10 years.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 21/10/2024 12:38:43 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4340 label Biography information for Lord Cashman

1733458

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
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	Mpox: Vaccination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether, since the PALM007 study has shown the antiviral ingredient tecovirimat does not always reduce the duration of mpox lesions, a mixed stockpile of antiviral agents for mpox is being considered.
tabling member printed	Lord Cashman
uin	HL1489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>In addition to the ongoing efforts to control Mpox clade IIb in the United Kingdom, there is widespread planning underway across the Government, including work by the Department, the UK Health Security Agency, and the National Health Service, to prepare for any potential cases of the high consequence infectious disease clades Ia or Ib of Mpox in the UK, and to help prevent onward transmission should any cases be imported.</p><p>An established clinical countermeasures programme is a core component of our pandemic preparedness and response capability. These clinical countermeasures include personal protective equipment and hygiene consumables, vaccines, and therapeutics, such as antivirals. The programme, including the balance of antivirals stockpiled, is informed by scientific and clinical assessment of the evidence base and is kept under review, building on lessons learned from previous outbreaks and emerging evidence on efficacy from ongoing clinical trials in epidemic hotspots.</p><p>The Department has noted the recent PALM007 study. The NHS in England has a duty to make available to patients in England any treatment or product recommended as clinically and cost effective by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 18/10/2024 10:57:33 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4340 label Biography information for Lord Cashman

1733459

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
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	Genomics: Babies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government why the Genomics England and NHS England ‘Generation Study’, offering 100,000 newborns whole genome sequencing after birth to diagnose and support a number of genetic conditions, does not include 22q11.2 deletion syndrome which meets the four requisite principles for inclusion.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL1490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>The Generation Study screens for over 200 conditions which were selected on a set of four principles. The expression, or penetrance, of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome is incomplete, meaning that some people with the syndrome may have no features of the condition. For this and many other conditions, including other microdeletion and microduplication syndromes, Genomics England has taken a conservative approach when applying the four principles, selecting only those conditions where penetrance is high and where treatment must be initiated very early in essentially all cases. Genomics England will review and add conditions during the course of the programme, and will publicise information about any review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 18/10/2024 10:59:16 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

1733463

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office on 17 September (HC4644), what assessment they have made of the risks associated with former Labour Party staffers who are now working as civil servants having access to papers relating to the work of the previous Administration
tabling member printed	Baroness Neville-Rolfe
uin	HL1494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2024 answer text <p>All civil servants are expected at all times to carry out their duties in accordance with the values of the Civil Service Code, including impartiality.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Basildon question first answered 21/10/2024 11:47:58 answering member 4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon
tabling member	4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe

1733076

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
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	Prescriptions: Prisons
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 8 October (HL957), when they expect considerations on extending the Electronic Prescription Service to conclude, and a decision to be taken.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL1441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>As part of ongoing considerations, NHS England intends to launch a pilot in the coming months extending the Electronic Prescription Service to specific Detained Estate health services in England. Amendments to the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2015 will be made in the autumn, subject to parliamentary time.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 18/10/2024 10:55:59 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

1733097

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
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	Family Resources Survey: Ethnic Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to increasing the number of black and minority ethnic families sampled as part of the Family Resources Survey to improve the available data on poverty among different ethnic groups.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL1462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2024 answer text <p>In the latest year [2022-23] of the Family Resources Survey approximately 11% of adults were black or minority ethnic individuals. This sample is large enough to provide income and poverty data breakdowns by ethnicity.</p><p> </p><p>The Family Resources Survey sample is drawn by address with stratification of postcode areas by economic standing, such that the achieved sample is representative by economic status. The FRS sample is not drawn by any family characteristic, protected or otherwise, because only the address is known at the point of draw; the address’ occupants are unknown until the later stage of interview. Thus, there is no direct mechanism to alter the issued sample to increase the number of black or minority ethnic families.</p><p> </p><p>We already publish accredited official statistics, including poverty data broken down by ethnicity, in the annual Family Resources Survey-based <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/households-below-average-income-hbai--2" target="_blank">Households below average income (HBAI) statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we use the Family Resources Survey data to publish additional low income data by ethnicity in the <a href="https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/work-pay-and-benefits/" target="_blank">Ethnicity Facts and Figures portal - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk_</a> (opens in new tab).</p> answering member printed Baroness Sherlock question first answered 16/10/2024 11:24:52 answering member 4147 label Biography information for Baroness Sherlock
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett