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516409

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Lobbying
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what definition of "lobbying" is used by the Department of Health in its grant application process.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL8047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not provide definitions of specific words used in the grant application processes, used by Voluntary Sector organisation. The Department policy clearly states that grants will not be awarded if there is any indication within the application that some or all of any funding awarded will be used to support political activities.</p><p>Grants Hub issued award letters have a standard term in the award letter which reinforces that no aspect of the activity being funded by the Department should be party political in intention, use or presentation.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 04/05/2016 12:31:57 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

516410

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Lobbying
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 Prior of Brampton on 24 February (HL6112), what processes the Department of Health has reviewed in the light of the guidance issued by the Cabinet Office on 6 February; what changes they have made, including in respect of individual contracts; and what are the details of each contract subject to such changes.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL8048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s current policy already clearly states that grants will not be awarded if there is any indication within the application that some or all of any funding awarded will be used to support political activities. This condition is reinforced by a standard terms within the Grant Award letter.</p><p>In light of the draft implementation guidance issued by Cabinet Office on 6 February, the Department has engaged with relevant internal and external stakeholders to prepare for the mandatory implementation of the Cabinet Office guidance from 1 May 2016.</p><p>As announced on 27 April the introduction of the clause has been paused, pending a review of the representations made, and to give further time to consider any necessary adjustments to the wording of the clause, or the policy on its implementation.</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office are continuing to consider the comments of all interested parties, ahead of the introduction into grant agreements of the clause aimed at protecting taxpayers' money from being wasted on government lobbying government.</p><p>The draft implementation guidance has been withdrawn, along with the go-live date of 1 May 2016. Further details will be announced in due course, including a revised implementation date and the Department will be working towards the revised timetable once it is received.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 04/05/2016 12:31:03 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

515920

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Action on Smoking and Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have received an application for grant funding from Action on Smoking and Health for 2016–17, and if so, whether they will place a copy in the Library of the House.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL7986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department has received an application for grant funding from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) for the 2016-17 financial year. The application process is iterative to ensure the final objectives are in line with Departmental aims and the application that the Department currently holds is a draft application. Draft applications for grant funding are not published.</p><p> </p><p>There was no underspend of the grant awarded to ASH in 2015-16 and, in each of the last five years, the funding has been spent in the relevant financial year.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL7987 HL7988 question first answered 04/05/2016 12:34:41 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

515921

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Action on Smoking and Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much of the grant awarded to Action on Smoking and Health in 2015–16 was unspent at the end of that financial year.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL7987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department has received an application for grant funding from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) for the 2016-17 financial year. The application process is iterative to ensure the final objectives are in line with Departmental aims and the application that the Department currently holds is a draft application. Draft applications for grant funding are not published.</p><p> </p><p>There was no underspend of the grant awarded to ASH in 2015-16 and, in each of the last five years, the funding has been spent in the relevant financial year.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL7986 HL7988 question first answered 04/05/2016 12:34:41 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

515922

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Action on Smoking and Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for any grant awarded to Action on Smoking and Health in each of the last five years, how much was awarded in one financial year and spent in a subsequent one.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL7988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department has received an application for grant funding from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) for the 2016-17 financial year. The application process is iterative to ensure the final objectives are in line with Departmental aims and the application that the Department currently holds is a draft application. Draft applications for grant funding are not published.</p><p> </p><p>There was no underspend of the grant awarded to ASH in 2015-16 and, in each of the last five years, the funding has been spent in the relevant financial year.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL7986 HL7987 question first answered 04/05/2016 12:34:41 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

452316

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Doctors: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what research they have undertaken into the percentage of female medical students who after qualification (1) never work as doctors, (2) cease to work as doctors after five years, (3) cease to work as doctors after 10 years, and (4) only work part-time after 10 years.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL6217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The information is not collected by the Department.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 25/02/2016 12:12:02 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

452317

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Doctors: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of gender equality in medical school entrants.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL6218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>This data is not collected by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service publish the following information, <em>Acceptances by Detailed subject group and sex,</em> which is also available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/sites/default/files/eoc_data_resource_2015-dr3_019_01.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/sites/default/files/eoc_data_resource_2015-dr3_019_01.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Number of acceptances by Cycle Year</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Subject Group: Pre-Clinical Medicine</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Men</p></td><td><p>3,415</p></td><td><p>3,500</p></td><td><p>3,595</p></td><td><p>3,545</p></td><td><p>3,575</p></td><td><p>3,645</p></td><td><p>3,380</p></td><td><p>3,400</p></td><td><p>3,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Women</p></td><td><p>4,430</p></td><td><p>4,515</p></td><td><p>4,385</p></td><td><p>4,405</p></td><td><p>4,220</p></td><td><p>4,160</p></td><td><p>4,135</p></td><td><p>4,280</p></td><td><p>4,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This is for the United Kingdom.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 25/02/2016 12:11:44 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

449237

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Action on Smoking and Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the budget estimate in relation to the projects to be delivered in the 2015–16 grant application from the group Action on Smoking and Health and all other budget estimates received by the Department of Health in each of the last five years from that organisation.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL5747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The proposed budget estimates received from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) for each of the last five years for a Section 64 grant is attached. Commercially sensitive information has been redacted.</p><p> </p><p>As the agreed project outputs make clear, the 2015-16 Section 64 grant funding awarded to ASH will be spent in the current financial year, including work relating to preparation for legislation coming into force later in 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 11/02/2016 16:25:34 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name HL5747-5748-LordNaseby-attachment.pdf title ASH Budget estimates
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

449238

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Action on Smoking and Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the grant awarded to Action on Smoking and Health for 2015–16 relates to activities to be delivered beyond the end of the financial year; and, as the grant conditions stipulate that such activities must be delivered prior to that day, whether they will investigate.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL5748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The proposed budget estimates received from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) for each of the last five years for a Section 64 grant is attached. Commercially sensitive information has been redacted.</p><p> </p><p>As the agreed project outputs make clear, the 2015-16 Section 64 grant funding awarded to ASH will be spent in the current financial year, including work relating to preparation for legislation coming into force later in 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 11/02/2016 16:31:01 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name HL5747-5748-LordNaseby-attachment.pdf title ASH Budget estimates
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

448784

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Action on Smoking and Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Prior of Brampton on 21 December 2015 (HL4603 and HL4606), whether they plan to investigate the activities of the group Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) in providing the secretariat to the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Smoking and Health and the use of public grants for lobbying activities in the light of the fact that the Department of Health has received 90 items of correspondence from the APPG originating from a postal or email address belonging to ASH in the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL5564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The conditions applicable to grants awarded to Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) are set out in the grant award letters. The Department has made clear that none of this funding is to be used for lobbying purposes.</p><p> </p><p>The Section 64 grant must be spent in delivering the the agreed project outputs set out in the grant award letter and it does not fund secretariat support for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health.</p><p> </p><p>ASH’s compliance with the conditions of the grant is assessed at the grant monitoring meetings held between the Deputy Director of tobacco control and representatives from ASH as well as in the final full year grant monitoring and governance reports.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is required to retain information relating to Section 64 grants for six years. The full amount of the grant was spent for each year that a grant was provided to ASH in the past six years.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL5565 question first answered 09/02/2016 15:52:46 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby