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64257

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date	26/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Medals
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 Wallace of Saltaire on 24 June (WA 146), whether they will now answer the question as originally put.
tabling member printed	Lord Ashcroft
uin	HL659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>All military and civilian gallantry awards may be awarded posthumously; honours made in the Orders of Knighthood may not be awarded posthumously.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 30/06/2014 15:26:22 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	2568 label Biography information for Lord Ashcroft

64258

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements local authorities will have in place, following the abolition of the paper Vehicle Access Duty tax disc from 1 October, to check the status of a vehicle parked in a bay or location authorised only for use by a disabled driver.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
uin	HL660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>It is for individual local authorities to decide how to establish the licensing status of vehicles parked in areas restricted to disabled drivers following the abolition of the vehicle tax disc.</p><p> </p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has liaised with local authorities about the abolition of the tax disc and provided a broad range of information to help inform their customers. A specific email address has been established to deal with any queries from local authorities and a workshop has been organised for 2 July.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA has also enhanced its online vehicle enquiry system, which now includes information about the taxation class of a vehicle.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 01/07/2014 12:43:04 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

64100

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Private Education
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 charitable status of fee-charging educational foundations with more than 75 per cent of pupils from outside the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Charity Commission. I have asked the Commission's Head of Policy to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 01/07/2014 11:32:52 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name HL604.pdf title Charity Commission Letter for Peer
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

64106

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many serving members of the UK Border Force were suspended from duty in 2012 and 2013; and for what reasons.
tabling member printed	Lord Eames
uin	HL610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The requested information cannot not be released as the number is fewer than five.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 30/06/2014 13:48:00 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

64110

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving: Visual Impairment
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 use of bioptic devices to facilitate driving for those with impaired vision.
tabling member printed	Baroness Scott of Needham Market
uin	HL614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The use of bioptic devices has been considered by an expert working group established by the European Commission Driving Licence Committee, which included a representative from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency.</p><p> </p><p>They concluded that the minimum standards for driving should not be changed before further research is conducted into the evidence and technological development of the devices.</p><p> </p><p>The use of bioptic devices for driving would be considered only if they do not compromise road safety.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 01/07/2014 12:42:31 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2542 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Needham Market

64120

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Anticoagulants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people in England are treated with (1) warfarin, and (2) novel oral anticoagulants each year.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>Information is not held centrally on the number of people treated with warfarin or novel oral anticoagulants. The following table provides information on the number of prescription items written in England and dispensed in the community in the United Kingdom, for the latest calendar year, for apixaban, dabigatran etexilate, rivaroxaban, and warfarin sodium.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Prescription items written in England and dispensed in the community in the United Kingdom for 2013 <sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medicine <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>Items (000s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apixaban</p></td><td><p>14.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dabigatran etexilate</p></td><td><p>174.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rivaroxaban</p></td><td><p>190.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warfarin sodium <sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>11,022.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total for apixaban, dabigatran etexilate, rivaroxaban, and warfarin sodium</p></td><td><p>11,401.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage of warfarin sodium compared to the total for apixaban, dabigatran etexilate, rivaroxaban, and warfarin sodium</p></td><td><p>96.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Source:</em> ePACT and Hospital ePACT, NHS Prescription Services, part of the NHS Business Services Authority</p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p><sup>1. </sup>The figures include prescriptions written in a hospital in England but dispensed in the community in the United Kingdom.</p><p><sup>2. </sup>These medicines are also used in secondary care, however no equivalent measure to a prescription item is available for secondary care data.</p><p>Some patients treated with warfarin may receive prescription items for two or three different strengths of warfarin to allow the dose to be altered in response to monitoring of INR. (NB: warfarin is available as 0.5mg, 1mg, 3mg and 5mg tablets).</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL625 question first answered 01/07/2014 11:46:45 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

64121

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Anticoagulants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the total number of prescriptive items for apixaban, dabigatran etexilate, rivaroxaban, and warfarin sodium in England were for warfarin sodium in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>Information is not held centrally on the number of people treated with warfarin or novel oral anticoagulants. The following table provides information on the number of prescription items written in England and dispensed in the community in the United Kingdom, for the latest calendar year, for apixaban, dabigatran etexilate, rivaroxaban, and warfarin sodium.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Prescription items written in England and dispensed in the community in the United Kingdom for 2013 <sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medicine <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>Items (000s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apixaban</p></td><td><p>14.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dabigatran etexilate</p></td><td><p>174.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rivaroxaban</p></td><td><p>190.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warfarin sodium <sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>11,022.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total for apixaban, dabigatran etexilate, rivaroxaban, and warfarin sodium</p></td><td><p>11,401.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage of warfarin sodium compared to the total for apixaban, dabigatran etexilate, rivaroxaban, and warfarin sodium</p></td><td><p>96.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Source:</em> ePACT and Hospital ePACT, NHS Prescription Services, part of the NHS Business Services Authority</p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p><sup>1. </sup>The figures include prescriptions written in a hospital in England but dispensed in the community in the United Kingdom.</p><p><sup>2. </sup>These medicines are also used in secondary care, however no equivalent measure to a prescription item is available for secondary care data.</p><p>Some patients treated with warfarin may receive prescription items for two or three different strengths of warfarin to allow the dose to be altered in response to monitoring of INR. (NB: warfarin is available as 0.5mg, 1mg, 3mg and 5mg tablets).</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL624 question first answered 01/07/2014 11:46:44 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

64122

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Anticoagulants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to increase the uptake of novel oral anticoagulants in the management of atrial fibrillation.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>Decisions on the prescribing of medicines are a matter for clinicians in discussion with their patients.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service commissioners are legally required by regulations to fund those anticoagulant treatments recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence(NICE) in its technology appraisal guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The NICE Implementation Collaborative published a consensus statement on supporting the use of novel oral anticoagulants in non-valvular atrial fibrillation on 18 June 2014. This is available at:</p><p> </p><p>www.nice.org.uk/resource/CG180/pdf/c/cg180-atrial-fibrillation-nic-consensus-statement-on-the-use-of-noacs?id=gvyb3hjdqrcjtn6ytpwx3ydb64</p><p> </p><p>NICE published its updated clinical guideline on the management of atrial fibrillation on 25 June 2014 which recommends that novel oral anticoagulants should be offered where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The latest data from the Innovation Scorecard show that uptake of new anticoagulants across England is increasing. Further information is available at:</p><p> </p><p>www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB13669</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 01/07/2014 11:47:28 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

64126

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Tunnel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to transfer responsibility for economic regulation and railway safety within the Channel Tunnel from the Channel Tunnel Intergovernmental Commission to the United Kingdom and French rail regulators; if so, by what date; and, if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The British and French Governments will move economic regulation of the Tunnel from the Channel Tunnel Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) to the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) and its French equivalent, and put in place a charging framework by 31 March 2015. We are working with the French Government and anticipate that those commitments will be resolved by March next year. There are no plans to transfer railway safety from IGC.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 30/06/2014 12:59:43 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

64130

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	BRIC Countries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the value of trade between the United Kingdom and (1) Brazil, (2) Russia, (3) India, and (4) China.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Courtown
uin	HL634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>According to the latest UK Economic Accounts, UK trade of goods and services in 2013 with the BRIC countries were as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>UK Exports</p></td><td><p>UK Imports</p></td><td><p>Total Trade</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brazil</p></td><td><p>4,314</p></td><td><p>3,024</p></td><td><p>7,338</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russia</p></td><td><p>7,347</p></td><td><p>8,002</p></td><td><p>15,349</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>7,661</p></td><td><p>8,778</p></td><td><p>16,439</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>15,701</p></td><td><p>34,755</p></td><td><p>50,456</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: UK Economic Accounts Q1 2014</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Livingston of Parkhead question first answered 30/06/2014 16:25:46 answering member 4278 label Biography information for Lord Livingston of Parkhead
tabling member	3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown