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422443

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Madeleine McCann
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 Bates on 16 September (HL2087), whether they have established success criteria for the budgeted spend of £2 million for Operation Grange in 2015–16.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL2768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office funds the cost of Operation Grange from the Special Grant budget. The level of funding provided to the Metropolitan Police in relation to this investigation is reviewed regularly and will continue to be monitored. The Metropolitan Police keep the Home Office informed of the progress of the investigation through regular updates. These include an assessment of the need for continued funding which is linked to whether there remain continued lines of investigation to pursue.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 27/10/2015 16:22:49 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

422444

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Missing Persons: Children
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 Bates on 16 September (HL2087), whether they have any plans to spend an amount equivalent to the spending on Operation Grange in 2015–16 on the search for Ben Needham, or other missing children; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL2769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p>This Government is clear that unresolved missing children cases, like that of Ben Needham, are never closed and will continue to support the Greek authorities in its investigations. In 2014, South Yorkshire Police requested a Special Grant payment of £700k to support its investigation into the disappearance of Ben Needham. This funding was approved. No decisions have been made in respect of police funding for 2016/17, but any request from South Yorkshire Police will be considered carefully.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 27/10/2015 16:24:16 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

422445

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Iraq Committee of Inquiry
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 Bridges of Headley on 21 September (HL2088), what part of the total remuneration paid to members of the Chilcot Inquiry has been paid to Sir John Chilcot in both attendance allowances and expenses.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL2770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>The Inquiry will account for its costs after the completion of its report.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 03/11/2015 17:38:29 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

422446

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services and Social Services: LGBT+ People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have received regarding the report <i>Unhealthy Attitudes </i>published in July by Stonewall, and what steps they propose to take to improve training for health and social care employees about LGBT rights.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL2771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>Correspondence has been received by Department of Health Ministers accompanying copies of the report <em>Unhealthy Attitudes</em>.</p><p>On 20 October 2015, NHS Employers, the Lesbian and Gay Foundation and Stonewall presented a paper at NHS England’s Equality and Diversity Council, of which the Department are members, calling for positive and robust leadership to promote LGBT equality in the National Health Service.</p><br /><p>No other representations have been received about the report.</p><br /><p>Health Education England (HEE) currently hosts training on equality and diversity through the e-learning for healthcare (e-LfH) portal. A review of the content is scheduled to take place next year. The package is available free to all NHS employed staff and allows all users to run reports on the HEE e-LfH Hub demonstrating their use and providing evidence for their clinical professional development.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 28/10/2015 12:29:17 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

422447

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Pets: Sales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to prevent the sale of exotic animals as pets in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL2772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>Existing legislation including the Pet Animals Act 1951, which regulates animals sold as pets, and the Animal Welfare Act 2006 which makes it an offence to fail to protect the welfare of animals, provide a number of important safeguards for exotic animals sold as pets. Defra is currently reviewing legislation on licensing animal activities, including the 1951 Act, and will shortly be consulting publicly on a set of proposals to make the licensing system more effective.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 28/10/2015 16:05:56 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

422448

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish a health impact assessment of the reductions in, and freezes to, alcohol duties announced in the last Budget.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL2773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government published its assessment of the impacts of the alcohol duty change in the Tax Information and Impact Notes published alongside the March 2015 Budget document. Budget documentation is available in the Printed Paper Office.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 03/11/2015 16:47:38 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

422449

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sugar: Alcoholic Drinks
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will take further steps to advise the public about the amount of sugar in alcohol.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL2774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>We are not currently planning any national policies on nutrition labelling of alcohol. However, some businesses are choosing to label calories voluntarily on their alcoholic beverages. The possibility of mandating calorie labelling on alcohol is under discussion at European Union level.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 02/11/2015 16:31:14 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

422450

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to amend the Climate Change Act 2008 to alleviate the costs of power for large energy users in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>The Climate Change Act does not impose specific costs on large energy users in and of itself. Instead, the Act sets up a long term target to reduce emissions across the whole economy. It is for the Government to decide the cost effective way of meeting that target and Government is mindful of the impact of policies on energy intensive users.</p><br /><p>For energy intensive sectors, voluntary Climate Change Agreements (CCAs) allow 90% reduction from the Climate Change Levy (CCL) for electricity in return for signing up to stretching energy efficiency improvement targets agreed with Government. Metallurgical and mineralogical sectors have been exempt from paying the CCL since April 2014. In addition, the Government has paid over £131m in compensation to eligible energy intensive industries, for the indirect impacts of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and Carbon Price Support mechanism on their electricity prices. Further relief measures are currently being considered by the European Commission.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 28/10/2015 14:18:53 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

422451

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS 111
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their current assessment of the effectiveness of the NHS 111 service.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL2776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government has seen successes with the NHS 111 service since its launch, with over a million calls offered to the NHS 111 service in August, of which 93.6% were answered within 60 seconds.</p><br /><p>The Government expects all NHS 111 centres to be appropriately staffed to offer people safe care and advice and treatment at all times and has asked NHS England for assurances that the NHS 111 service is doing all it can to help patients. Furthermore the Care Quality Commission has announced it will inspect and rate NHS 111 services by September 2016 to give additional assurances that minimum levels of quality are attained.</p><p>New Commissioning Standards for Integrated Urgent Care were published last week by NHS England. Developed jointly with commissioners and providers, the Commissioning Standards will support the transformation of urgent care services; introducing the clinical hub employing a broader range of clinical skills, direct booking into general practitioner appointments, improved clinical governance and staff development amongst other developments. Commissioners will now complete their plans to achieve the Commissioning Standards. A copy is attached.</p><br /><p>The commissioning of NHS 111 services is led by local Clinical Commissioning Groups and the safety and effectiveness of NHS 111 services are subject to constant review by local commissioners, monitoring performance and investigating complaints and clinical incidents through existing clinical governance arrangements.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL2777 HL2779 question first answered 28/10/2015 12:31:31 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name integrtd-urgnt-care-comms-standrds-oct15 (1).pdf title Commissioning Standards
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

422452

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS 111
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will review the current performance of the NHS 111 service and take steps in order to ensure that more qualified nurses are used to handle calls from the public.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL2777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government has seen successes with the NHS 111 service since its launch, with over a million calls offered to the NHS 111 service in August, of which 93.6% were answered within 60 seconds.</p><br /><p>The Government expects all NHS 111 centres to be appropriately staffed to offer people safe care and advice and treatment at all times and has asked NHS England for assurances that the NHS 111 service is doing all it can to help patients. Furthermore the Care Quality Commission has announced it will inspect and rate NHS 111 services by September 2016 to give additional assurances that minimum levels of quality are attained.</p><p>New Commissioning Standards for Integrated Urgent Care were published last week by NHS England. Developed jointly with commissioners and providers, the Commissioning Standards will support the transformation of urgent care services; introducing the clinical hub employing a broader range of clinical skills, direct booking into general practitioner appointments, improved clinical governance and staff development amongst other developments. Commissioners will now complete their plans to achieve the Commissioning Standards. A copy is attached.</p><br /><p>The commissioning of NHS 111 services is led by local Clinical Commissioning Groups and the safety and effectiveness of NHS 111 services are subject to constant review by local commissioners, monitoring performance and investigating complaints and clinical incidents through existing clinical governance arrangements.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL2776 HL2779 question first answered 28/10/2015 12:31:32 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name integrtd-urgnt-care-comms-standrds-oct15 (1).pdf title Commissioning Standards
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath