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1151164

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date	21/10/2019
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	Hospitals: Food
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of food served in English hospitals is (a) organic, and (b) locally sourced; and what plans they have, if any, to increase that percentage.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>Data on the percentage of organic and locally sourced food served in English hospitals is not collected centrally.</p><p>On 17 June 2019, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced a root and branch review of the food provided in National Health Service hospitals for patients, visitors and staff which will include ensuring that food provided in the NHS is sustainable, in line with the aims of the Government’s National Food Strategy.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 30/10/2019 14:38:36 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1151165

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Food
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of food served in English prisons is (a) organic, and (b) locally sourced; and what plans they have, if any, to increase that percentage.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) purchase food commodities for prisoner and staff meals from a national food contract currently held by Bidfood UK.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS does not require its supplier to provide figures relating to the percentage of organic and locally produced products provided to prisons through this contract. However, the contract was one of the first to adopt and implement the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)’s Plan for Public Procurement: Food &amp; Catering. Regular scrutiny and reporting of the contract shows that the level of UK sourced commodities purchased is 52% (Country of Origin) and the level of small and medium sized enterprises (SME) provision is over 60%. Bidfood UK are committed to increasing the percentage of UK sourced products.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 30/10/2019 17:36:08 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1151166

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Engineering: Graduates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of undergraduates who studied engineering at university who now work in the engineering industry post-graduation.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>Information on the destinations of students 6 months after leaving UK higher education is collected and published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) as part of the Destination of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey.</p><p>Latest statistics were published in June 2018 for students leaving their courses in the 2016/17 academic year, and are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/28-06-2018/sfr250-higher-education-leaver-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/28-06-2018/sfr250-higher-education-leaver-statistics</a>.</p><p>As part of the DLHE survey, HESA records the Standard Occupation Classification category of those respondents who were in employment. Of the UK and EU-domiciled leavers from undergraduate courses in engineering who responded to the survey, and were in employment 6 months after graduating, 49.8% were estimated to be employed in roles categorised as ‘engineering professionals’.</p><p>The share of engineering leavers employed as ‘engineering professionals’ varies across engineering subjects. For that reason, a more detailed subject breakdown has been provided in the table.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Share of engineering leavers<sup>1</sup> in engineering occupations<sup>2</sup> six months after graduation</strong></p><p><strong>UK higher education institutions</strong></p><p><strong>2016/17 leavers </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Engineering subject </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Count<sup>3</sup> of survey respondents in employment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Share of survey respondents employed as ‘engineering professionals’</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General engineering</p></td><td><p>1,220</p></td><td><p>45.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Civil engineering</p></td><td><p>1,860</p></td><td><p>68.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mechanical engineering</p></td><td><p>3,520</p></td><td><p>57.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aerospace engineering</p></td><td><p>950</p></td><td><p>34.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Naval architecture</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>58.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electronic &amp; electrical engineering</p></td><td><p>2,475</p></td><td><p>39.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Production &amp; manufacturing engineering</p></td><td><p>445</p></td><td><p>39.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chemical, process &amp; energy engineering</p></td><td><p>885</p></td><td><p>38.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Others in engineering</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>37.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Engineering</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,450</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>49.8%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: DfE Analysis of the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey</p><p>1. Graduates in engineering-based subjects have been defined using the principal categories H1 to H9 of the Joint Academic Coding System (JACS). More information on JACS codes can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs</a>.</p><p>2. Graduates categorised as being in Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) group 212 are considered to be in the ‘Engineering Professionals’ category. More information on SOC DLHE codes can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/occupational/soc2010" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/occupational/soc2010</a>.</p><p>3. Counts are on the basis of full-person-equivalents. Where a student is studying more than one subject, they are apportioned between the subjects that make up their course.</p><p>4. Figures are rounded to the nearest 5<em>. </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Statistics about students leaving courses in the 2017/18 academic year will be published from HESA’s new Graduate Outcomes survey in April 2020. A key difference with this new survey is that employment activities will be measured 15 months after graduation, rather than after 6 months.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 29/10/2019 17:40:32 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1151167

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control: Advertising
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 impact on local newspaper revenue of any proposal to remove the requirement on local authorities to advertise Traffic Regulation Orders.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>A discovery or user research project, carried out by the Department for Transport, Geoplace, Ordnance Survey and the British Parking Association earlier in 2019, estimated that the estimated annual advertising costs for traffic orders and temporary traffic orders across all authorities in Great Britain is approximately £49m, which accounts for 34% of the total cost of making a traffic order and 46% of the total cost of making a temporary traffic order. The discovery project findings suggest that the average cost to an authority of advertising a single traffic order is £1,021 and a single temporary traffic order is £769.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport has not at this stage made any wider assessment of the impact on local newspaper revenues of removing the statutory requirement to place adverts for traffic orders or temporary traffic orders in local newspapers. The Department is now reviewing the legislation that applies to traffic orders with a view to consulting on proposed amendments in 2020. This may include proposals in relation to advertising, in which case this would form part of the impact assessment that will accompany the consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 31/10/2019 14:12:16 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1151168

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Works: Pedestrian Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in their consultation Street and road works: Street Manager and updates to permit schemes, published on 20 July, why the placement of new apparatus underground should where possible and practical be placed under the footway, footpath or verge.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The consultation document invited views on changes to permit scheme conditions relating to the placement of apparatus in the footway. This proposal was based on existing good practice that has been used by utility companies for some time, and recommends the placement of apparatus in the footway where possible to reduce the impact of works on congestion. We did not suggest any changes that would have compromised safe access during works for those that use the highway, including pavements.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently analysing the responses provided and will publish a formal response shortly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL246 HL247 question first answered 31/10/2019 13:58:00 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1151169

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Works: Pedestrian Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why in the consultation Street and road works: Street Manager and updates to permit schemes, published on 20 July, the need for minimal disruption to the footway, footpath or verge in the placement of new apparatus underground has not been prioritised.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The consultation document invited views on changes to permit scheme conditions relating to the placement of apparatus in the footway. This proposal was based on existing good practice that has been used by utility companies for some time, and recommends the placement of apparatus in the footway where possible to reduce the impact of works on congestion. We did not suggest any changes that would have compromised safe access during works for those that use the highway, including pavements.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently analysing the responses provided and will publish a formal response shortly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL245 HL247 question first answered 31/10/2019 13:58:00 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1151170

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Works: Pedestrian Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why in the consultation Street and road works: Street Manager and updates to permit schemes’, published on 20 July, where it is proposed that the footway, footpath or verge is used for the placement of apparatus underground, that no requirement for the alternative provision for walkers, people with disabilities and parents with young children is set out.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The consultation document invited views on changes to permit scheme conditions relating to the placement of apparatus in the footway. This proposal was based on existing good practice that has been used by utility companies for some time, and recommends the placement of apparatus in the footway where possible to reduce the impact of works on congestion. We did not suggest any changes that would have compromised safe access during works for those that use the highway, including pavements.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently analysing the responses provided and will publish a formal response shortly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL245 HL246 question first answered 31/10/2019 13:58:00 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1151171

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
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: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of research by the Universities of Tehran Medical Sciences and Birmingham into the effectiveness of the polypill in reducing the risk of heart attack and stroke; and what plans they have to use the polypill for NHS patients.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>The full study results have not been evaluated by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency as no application to market the product in the United Kingdom has been received.</p><p>Currently, there are no polypills (containing multiple medicines) approved in the UK or Europe. Specific combinations of two medicines for blood pressure control or a statin and aspirin only at appropriate doses are licensed and available for use in the UK for those patients with high blood pressure or high cholesterol.</p><p>There are safety risks combining multiple medicines and using them as a public health preventative strategy particularly in people who have no symptoms or diagnosable disease. These arise from interactions between medications including potentiation of effects, individual differences and susceptibilities as well as long term effects. Prior to licensing such a polypill combination, these aspects will need to be evaluated.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 30/10/2019 12:32:54 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1151172

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Mozambique: Elections
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 conduct of the recent elections in Mozambique.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>​The elections on 15 October represented an important milestone in Mozambique’s journey to consolidate peace and democracy, following signature of a new peace agreement earlier this year. We commend Mozambique for delivering largely orderly elections against a challenging backdrop of two cyclones earlier this year. We are concerned however by irregularities and episodes of violence and intimidation during the campaign period, as flagged in the preliminary findings of international observer missions (including Commonwealth, EU and the US). Free and fair elections are fundamental to a peaceful and stable Mozambique. We condemn all instances of electoral related violence, and urge all sides to settle disputes peacefully through the appropriate legal processes.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 28/10/2019 12:56:02 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1151173

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Times of Sittings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what estimate he has made of the total cost of the sitting of the House of Lords on Saturday 19 October.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide a reliable estimate of the total cost of the sitting of the House on Saturday 19 October at this stage. The costs incurred will relate to additional staff costs and claims that Members may submit in relation to their attendance on that date. Such claims can be submitted up to the end of November and once the figures are available an update will be provided. Other directly attributable costs will be disclosed if available. However, for some general running costs, for example heating and lighting etc., it will not be possible to attribute those to a specific date.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 29/10/2019 17:06:08 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer