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1189374

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date	22/04/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Development Aid
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 that UK aid donated bilaterally and through the UN is reaching Rojava in north east Syria.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL3017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2020 answer text <p>UK aid continues to reach communities in North East Syria. DFID support is distributed via a number of UN agencies and Non-Governmental Organisations, and targets those in acute need across the North East. It balances provision of vital, life-saving supplies such as food, water, shelter and healthcare, with helping communities recover from life under Daesh occupation, for example, by providing grants to small businesses. DFID has rigorous and robust checks to monitor partners’ activity and ensure aid goes to those in acute need across the North East.</p><p>Between April and September 2019, DFID support to Al-Hasakeh, Al-Raqqa and Deir Ez-Zor governorates and provided: over 325,000 medical consultations, over 5,000 food rations; clean drinking water to over 41,000 people, access to education to over 30,000 pupils, and has helped over 5,000 people with business development.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/04/2020 16:11:55 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1186711

registered interest
date	19/03/2020
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	General Practitioners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, under the named GP policy, whether a general practice is allowed to consider that the role of the named GP is for administrative purposes only with the responsibilities being delegated more widely between doctors within that general practice.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL2776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>The legal responsibilities of the named accountable general practitioner (GP), since the introduction of the named GP scheme in April 2014, do not allow general practices to consider such a role to be for administrative purposes only. This is because patients can request to see a particular GP, although they may have to wait longer for an appointment if they do so.</p><p>In addition, further guidance published in March 2015 for the 2015/16 General Medical Services Contract provides further information on named accountable GPs for all patients. It makes clear that “Where the patient expresses a preference as to which GP they have been assigned, the practice must make reasonable efforts to accommodate this request”.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 28/04/2020 12:55:37 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1185116

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how long, on average, it takes to gain grant of probate following an application for probate.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL2618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) internal management information (which is not subject to the rigorous quality assurance processes of official statistics) has been used to show average times from receipt of an application to a grant being issued in February 2020.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Measure </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Weeks to issued </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Median to issue </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Submission to issue for all grants issued in the month (including those stopped for queries or missing documentation)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From submission to issue for grants issued in the month that were not stopped.</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures include applications made via the online service and use the receipt date of the digital application for recording the time of issue, rather than the time the necessary supporting documentation is sent to HMCTS in order to start processing the application. The data has been extracted from the HMCTS Reform Core Case Data system, which is a new system in active development, and may not be directly comparable with figures for earlier periods.</p><p>Probate users can telephone the national Courts and Tribunal Service Centres with queries relating to Probate applications. In the month of February 2020, calls were answered within 3 minutes on average.</p><p>Official statistics are not held or published on the average length of time to grant probate after the filing of an inheritance tax form.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL2619 HL2622 question first answered 24/03/2020 17:57:50 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1185117

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether people can telephone a probate registry to find out how their application is progressing; and what is the average length of time for such telephone calls to be answered.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL2619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) internal management information (which is not subject to the rigorous quality assurance processes of official statistics) has been used to show average times from receipt of an application to a grant being issued in February 2020.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Measure </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Weeks to issued </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Median to issue </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Submission to issue for all grants issued in the month (including those stopped for queries or missing documentation)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From submission to issue for grants issued in the month that were not stopped.</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures include applications made via the online service and use the receipt date of the digital application for recording the time of issue, rather than the time the necessary supporting documentation is sent to HMCTS in order to start processing the application. The data has been extracted from the HMCTS Reform Core Case Data system, which is a new system in active development, and may not be directly comparable with figures for earlier periods.</p><p>Probate users can telephone the national Courts and Tribunal Service Centres with queries relating to Probate applications. In the month of February 2020, calls were answered within 3 minutes on average.</p><p>Official statistics are not held or published on the average length of time to grant probate after the filing of an inheritance tax form.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL2618 HL2622 question first answered 24/03/2020 17:57:50 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1185118

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how long Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs takes to process inheritance tax account forms and return IHT421 forms as a receipt of tax paid; and whether there is a service-level agreement for this.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL2620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2020 answer text <p>HMRC’s published target for processing the IHT400 account form (establishing tax liability) and, if appropriate, issuing the IHT421 to HM Courts and Tribunal Service is 80% within 15 days. In 2018/19 HMRC met this target, and they continue to do so. HMRC regularly monitor their cases so that the small number that fall outside this target are processed.</p><p> </p><p>In light of the impact of Covid-19, HMRC are monitoring demand and resource across all workloads and there may be fluctuations in performance over the coming months.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 30/03/2020 15:13:26 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1185119

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how long Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs takes to refund overpaid inheritance tax; and whether there is a service-level agreement for such refunds.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL2621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2020 answer text <p>There are different types of work that will lead to repayments of overpaid tax. However, HMRC do not record this information specifically for Inheritance Tax.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 30/03/2020 10:21:29 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1185120

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how long, on average, it takes to be granted probate after filing inheritance tax forms with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL2622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) internal management information (which is not subject to the rigorous quality assurance processes of official statistics) has been used to show average times from receipt of an application to a grant being issued in February 2020.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Measure </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Weeks to issued </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Median to issue </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Submission to issue for all grants issued in the month (including those stopped for queries or missing documentation)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From submission to issue for grants issued in the month that were not stopped.</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures include applications made via the online service and use the receipt date of the digital application for recording the time of issue, rather than the time the necessary supporting documentation is sent to HMCTS in order to start processing the application. The data has been extracted from the HMCTS Reform Core Case Data system, which is a new system in active development, and may not be directly comparable with figures for earlier periods.</p><p>Probate users can telephone the national Courts and Tribunal Service Centres with queries relating to Probate applications. In the month of February 2020, calls were answered within 3 minutes on average.</p><p>Official statistics are not held or published on the average length of time to grant probate after the filing of an inheritance tax form.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL2618 HL2619 question first answered 24/03/2020 17:57:50 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1175236

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
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	General Practitioners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what are the legal responsibilities of a named GP.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The legal responsibilities of the named accountable general practitioner (GP) are set out in the National Health Service (General Medical Services [GMS] Contracts) Regulations 2004 (as amended). The contract (and amendments) include a requirement for all patients to be assigned a named accountable GP who has overall responsibility for that patient’s care. This does not necessarily mean that patients will see their named accountable GP for every appointment. Patients can still request to see a particular GP, although they may have to wait longer for an appointment if they do so.</p><p>The Department has not made a formal assessment into the impact and role of named accountable GPs.</p><p>Under the terms of the GMS Regulations, the named accountable GP must take lead responsibility for the coordination of all services required under the contract and ensure they are delivered to each of their patients where required (based on the clinical judgment of the named accountable GP). The 2015/16 GMS Contract Guidance (published in March 2015) provides further information on named accountable GPs for all patients. A copy is attached. The guidance states: ‘Where the patient expresses a preference as to which GP they have been assigned, the practice must make reasonable efforts to accommodate this request’. This document provides guidance for commissioners, local medical committees and GP practices. This information is also of use to individuals because it explains how named accountable GPs should interact with their patients. The British Medical Association (BMA) has also provided guidance on how practices can fulfil the requirement to provide named accountable GPs for their patients.</p><p>Every patient can request to see a specific GP, including their named accountable GP. Under the terms of their contract (as set out in Schedule 3, Part 2 of the Regulations), the GP practice must endeavour to comply with all reasonable requests of patients to see a particular practitioner. Authorised family members have the same rights.</p><p>Data is not held centrally on the percentage of named accountable GPs in England who have seen the patients they are accountable for.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL685 HL686 HL687 HL688 HL689 question first answered 05/02/2020 15:43:03 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name GMS-Guidance.pdf title General Medical Services (GMS) contract
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1175238

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
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	General Practitioners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) impact, and (2) role, of named GPs since 2015.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The legal responsibilities of the named accountable general practitioner (GP) are set out in the National Health Service (General Medical Services [GMS] Contracts) Regulations 2004 (as amended). The contract (and amendments) include a requirement for all patients to be assigned a named accountable GP who has overall responsibility for that patient’s care. This does not necessarily mean that patients will see their named accountable GP for every appointment. Patients can still request to see a particular GP, although they may have to wait longer for an appointment if they do so.</p><p>The Department has not made a formal assessment into the impact and role of named accountable GPs.</p><p>Under the terms of the GMS Regulations, the named accountable GP must take lead responsibility for the coordination of all services required under the contract and ensure they are delivered to each of their patients where required (based on the clinical judgment of the named accountable GP). The 2015/16 GMS Contract Guidance (published in March 2015) provides further information on named accountable GPs for all patients. A copy is attached. The guidance states: ‘Where the patient expresses a preference as to which GP they have been assigned, the practice must make reasonable efforts to accommodate this request’. This document provides guidance for commissioners, local medical committees and GP practices. This information is also of use to individuals because it explains how named accountable GPs should interact with their patients. The British Medical Association (BMA) has also provided guidance on how practices can fulfil the requirement to provide named accountable GPs for their patients.</p><p>Every patient can request to see a specific GP, including their named accountable GP. Under the terms of their contract (as set out in Schedule 3, Part 2 of the Regulations), the GP practice must endeavour to comply with all reasonable requests of patients to see a particular practitioner. Authorised family members have the same rights.</p><p>Data is not held centrally on the percentage of named accountable GPs in England who have seen the patients they are accountable for.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL684 HL686 HL687 HL688 HL689 question first answered 05/02/2020 15:43:03 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name GMS-Guidance.pdf title General Medical Services (GMS) contract
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1175239

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
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	General Practitioners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what guidance is available to (1) GP practices, and (2) individuals, on how named GPs should interact with their patients.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The legal responsibilities of the named accountable general practitioner (GP) are set out in the National Health Service (General Medical Services [GMS] Contracts) Regulations 2004 (as amended). The contract (and amendments) include a requirement for all patients to be assigned a named accountable GP who has overall responsibility for that patient’s care. This does not necessarily mean that patients will see their named accountable GP for every appointment. Patients can still request to see a particular GP, although they may have to wait longer for an appointment if they do so.</p><p>The Department has not made a formal assessment into the impact and role of named accountable GPs.</p><p>Under the terms of the GMS Regulations, the named accountable GP must take lead responsibility for the coordination of all services required under the contract and ensure they are delivered to each of their patients where required (based on the clinical judgment of the named accountable GP). The 2015/16 GMS Contract Guidance (published in March 2015) provides further information on named accountable GPs for all patients. A copy is attached. The guidance states: ‘Where the patient expresses a preference as to which GP they have been assigned, the practice must make reasonable efforts to accommodate this request’. This document provides guidance for commissioners, local medical committees and GP practices. This information is also of use to individuals because it explains how named accountable GPs should interact with their patients. The British Medical Association (BMA) has also provided guidance on how practices can fulfil the requirement to provide named accountable GPs for their patients.</p><p>Every patient can request to see a specific GP, including their named accountable GP. Under the terms of their contract (as set out in Schedule 3, Part 2 of the Regulations), the GP practice must endeavour to comply with all reasonable requests of patients to see a particular practitioner. Authorised family members have the same rights.</p><p>Data is not held centrally on the percentage of named accountable GPs in England who have seen the patients they are accountable for.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL684 HL685 HL687 HL688 HL689 question first answered 05/02/2020 15:43:03 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name GMS-Guidance.pdf title General Medical Services (GMS) contract
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger