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1047592

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date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Health Services
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 21 January (HL12583), what assessment they have made of the finding in the report by the World Health Organisation Monthly Report December 2017: Health Access for Referral Patients from the Gaza Strip, published on 7 February 2018, that more than 13,000 Palestinians were allowed to leave Gaza for medical treatment in 2017 in Israel.
tabling member printed	Lord Turnberg
uin	HL13085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID continually assesses the humanitarian context in Gaza, including the health sector, which remains under significant strain. Movement restrictions on patients seeking medical treatment outside Gaza remain a critical concern, particularly since the number of patients requesting access to medical care outside Gaza on a monthly basis increased significantly in 2018 compared to 2017. Recent information from the World Health Organisation Monthly Report November 2018: Health Access for Referral Patients from the Gaza Strip, published on 30 December 2018, showed that there is a positive trend over the prior 12 months for medical permits granted by the Government of Israel. However, access to some medical services, such as cancer treatment, remains constrained. The UK hopes to see this positive trend continue and for the wounded and critically ill in Gaza to be able to access the urgent medical care they need.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 04/02/2019 17:20:23 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2537 label Biography information for Lord Turnberg

1047593

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Health Services
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 21 January (HL12583), what representations they have made to the Palestinian Authority about (1) its responsibility to pay for the medical care of patients from Gaza treated in Israel, and (2) the limitations it has placed on exit permits for patients from Gaza to receive medical treatment in Israel.
tabling member printed	Lord Turnberg
uin	HL13086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK continually monitors the humanitarian context in Gaza, including in the health sector, and we remain deeply concerned about restrictions on movement and access and the impact that this is having on the wounded and critically ill. Officials raised Palestinian Authority (PA) funding of health referrals for patients from Gaza to Israel in a meeting with the Minister for Health in June 2018 and continue to do as part of broader engagement with the PA on their obligations in Gaza. We have not received reports of the PA restricting Gazan exit permits but are looking into this issue.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 04/02/2019 17:20:57 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2537 label Biography information for Lord Turnberg

1047594

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
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	Palestinians: Terrorism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Palestinian Authority about any rewards they make to families of Palestinians involved in acts of terror against Israeli civilians.
tabling member printed	Lord Turnberg
uin	HL13087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>Whilst prisoners and their families have a right to support in line with their social needs as they would in the UK, we use our strong partnership with the Palestinian Authority (PA) to lobby them to reform the prisoner payments system to become more needs-based, transparent and affordable. Minister of State for the Middle East, Alistair Burt, has raised these concerns with the Palestinian Foreign Minister, and British Government officials regularly do likewise. No UK aid is used for prisoner payments to Palestinian prisoners or their families.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/02/2019 12:32:03 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2537 label Biography information for Lord Turnberg

1043775

registered interest
date	18/01/2019
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	Egypt: Gaza
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Egypt about the closure of the Rafah crossing from Gaza.
tabling member printed	Lord Turnberg
uin	HL12970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The Minister for the Middle East and North Africa discussed the situation in Gaza with the Egyptian Foreign Minister in October, and officials in Cairo regularly raise the issue of Rafah crossing with the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, most recently on 10 January. The Minister also raised the issue of Palestinian Authority staff being withdrawn from the Rafah crossing with the Palestinian Head of Mission to London on 23 January. We continue to urge Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Egypt to work together to ensure a durable solution for Gaza.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 31/01/2019 14:17:53 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2537 label Biography information for Lord Turnberg

1043776

registered interest
date	18/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Palestinian Authority about the restrictions that have been imposed on the supply of medicines to Gaza.
tabling member printed	Lord Turnberg
uin	HL12971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>A senior UK Government official discussed a range of challenges facing the Palestinian healthcare system with the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Minister of Health in June last year, including the PA’s healthcare budget, the quality of healthcare available, and shortages of drugs and medical supplies in Gaza. Restrictions in Gaza were most recently raised with the PA earlier this month by a UK Government official.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL12972 question first answered 31/01/2019 16:58:07 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2537 label Biography information for Lord Turnberg

1043777

registered interest
date	18/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made representations to the Palestinian Authority about the restrictions that have been imposed on the healthcare budget for the population of Gaza.
tabling member printed	Lord Turnberg
uin	HL12972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>A senior UK Government official discussed a range of challenges facing the Palestinian healthcare system with the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Minister of Health in June last year, including the PA’s healthcare budget, the quality of healthcare available, and shortages of drugs and medical supplies in Gaza. Restrictions in Gaza were most recently raised with the PA earlier this month by a UK Government official.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL12971 question first answered 31/01/2019 16:58:07 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2537 label Biography information for Lord Turnberg

921846

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
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	Personal Health Budgets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many patients are currently in receipt of an NHS personal health budget; and what was the total cost of that scheme for each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Turnberg
uin	HL8535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>28,040 individuals were in receipt of a personal health budget as of 2017-18 Q4.</p><p>In terms of the total cost of personal health budgets for each of the last three years, these figures are not held centrally, as it is clinical commissioning groups who have the duty to commission and deliver personal health budgets.</p><p>Personal health budgets use existing National Health Service money that would already have been spent on an individual, in a different way that meets the individual’s identified health needs. Evidence suggests that at worst, personal health budgets are cost-neutral, whilst demonstrating an ability to improve outcomes and enhance quality of life.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 14/06/2018 12:45:29 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2537 label Biography information for Lord Turnberg

921847

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
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: Negligence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the cost to the NHS of litigated clinical negligence claims in each of the last four years for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Turnberg
uin	HL8536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>NHS Resolution handles clinical negligence claims on behalf of National Health Service organisations and independent sector providers of NHS care in England.</p><p>The figures provided do not include claims brought against general practitioners, who are covered by separate indemnity arrangements through medical defence organisations and for which data is not centrally available.</p><p>NHS Resolution has provided the following information:</p><p>Payments made on litigated clinical claims closed from 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2017 (as at the end of each respective closure year) are shown in the attached table due to the size of the data.</p><p>NHS Resolution has advised that figures exclude payments for Periodical Payment Orders.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 25/06/2018 15:34:01 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name HL8536_litigation.docx title Payments made on litigated clinical claims
tabling member	2537 label Biography information for Lord Turnberg

832880

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Middle East: Curriculum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many secondary schools in England and Wales include Middle Eastern studies in their curriculum.
tabling member printed	Lord Turnberg
uin	HL5180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>Information regarding the number of secondary schools in England that teach Middle Eastern studies is not held centrally. Information about the curriculum in Wales is held by the Welsh Government.</p><p> </p><p>The government agrees that it is important that education supports the understanding of other cultures and beliefs and promotes greater tolerance.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory citizenship curriculum at key stage 3 includes teaching pupils about diverse national, regional, religious and ethnic identities and the need for mutual respect and understanding. Religious education is a mandatory subject for all state funded schools, which aims to develop understanding and knowledge of religions, while promoting respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.</p><p> </p><p>The department publishes GCSE subject content which sets out the knowledge, understanding and skills common to all GCSE specifications in a given subject. It provides the framework within which exam boards create the detail of their specifications. The GCSE subject content for history and geography include scope for studying wider world settings, and the national curriculum is flexible enough to allow for teaching of Middle Eastern history, although this is not a compulsory requirement.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL5181 HL5182 question first answered 12/02/2018 16:35:58 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2537 label Biography information for Lord Turnberg

832882

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Middle East: Curriculum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the case for increased understanding of disturbances in the Middle East, what action they are taking to promote the teaching of Middle Eastern studies in schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Turnberg
uin	HL5181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>Information regarding the number of secondary schools in England that teach Middle Eastern studies is not held centrally. Information about the curriculum in Wales is held by the Welsh Government.</p><p> </p><p>The government agrees that it is important that education supports the understanding of other cultures and beliefs and promotes greater tolerance.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory citizenship curriculum at key stage 3 includes teaching pupils about diverse national, regional, religious and ethnic identities and the need for mutual respect and understanding. Religious education is a mandatory subject for all state funded schools, which aims to develop understanding and knowledge of religions, while promoting respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.</p><p> </p><p>The department publishes GCSE subject content which sets out the knowledge, understanding and skills common to all GCSE specifications in a given subject. It provides the framework within which exam boards create the detail of their specifications. The GCSE subject content for history and geography include scope for studying wider world settings, and the national curriculum is flexible enough to allow for teaching of Middle Eastern history, although this is not a compulsory requirement.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL5180 HL5182 question first answered 12/02/2018 16:35:58 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2537 label Biography information for Lord Turnberg