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176239

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
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	European Union
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total cost of the Review of the Balance of Competences between the United Kingdom and the European Union, broken down by (1) staff time, (2) printing costs, (3) running of engagement events, (4) witness expenses, (5) publicity of the reports, and (6) any and all other associated costs.
tabling member printed	Lord Boswell of Aynho
uin	HL4497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>There is no central record of the overall cost of the review. Each Department was responsible for allocating its own resources to meet its priorities, including delivering the reports on which it led or to which it had an interest in contributing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 05/02/2015 15:25:32 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	352 label Biography information for Lord Boswell of Aynho

176240

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Bone Marrow Disorders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what research is currently being funded by the National Institute for Health Research for the treatment of systemic amyloidosis or multiple myeloma.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL4498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network is currently setting up a study that will aim to image amyloid deposition in systemic amyloidosis using hybrid positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging, with the future potential to diagnose and monitor treatment response in this condition.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme is funding a £1.9 million trial assessing the benefit of antibiotic prophylaxis and its effect on healthcare associated infections in myeloma patients.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NIHR is hosting a wide range of commercial and non-commercial myeloma treatment trials and studies through its Clinical Research Network, biomedical research centres, clinical research facilities, and through experimental cancer medicine centres funded jointly with Cancer Research UK.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 04/02/2015 13:56:07 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

176241

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Bone Marrow Disorders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any phase 2 or 3 clinical trials have been approved for the potential treatment of systemic amyloidosis or multiple myeloma.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL4499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>Seven Phase 2 or 3 trials for systemic amyloidosis and 58 Phase 2 or 3 trials for multiple myeloma have been approved in the United Kingdom since 2004. Four trials for systemic amyloidosis and 41 trials for multiple myeloma are currently still ongoing.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 04/02/2015 13:56:29 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

176242

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the proposed closure of Durham Free School, how they ensure that Ofsted complies strictly with all the provisions of the new Independent School Standards designed to combat extremism and in respect of the application of its equality and diversity provisions to the assessment of Christian and Jewish schools.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL4500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>Ofsted is an independent body, accountable directly to Parliament. It reports twice a year to the Education Select Committee. It is for Ofsted to decide on how inspections are conducted. The framework for inspection is published by Ofsted reflecting Government policy and statutory requirements and sets out how inspections are to be conducted and what will be inspected. Academies and maintained schools are all inspected against the same framework. Independent schools which do not receive public funding are inspected against a different framework which reflects the different statutory requirement placed upon those schools in the independent school standards.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 03/02/2015 14:38:13 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

176247

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many letters of comfort they gave to Mr Gerry Kelly to be delivered to IRA/Sinn Fein "on the runs".
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL4505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>The total number of ‘on the runs’ considered by the administrative scheme and the outcome of their cases are set out in some detail in Chapter 7 of the Hallett Report. Lady Justice Hallett found that 156 ‘on the runs’ were sent individual letters between 2000, when the scheme was established by the previous government, and 2012, via Sinn Féin, informing them that they were not wanted.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 05/02/2015 15:46:50 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

176248

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Departmental Responsibilities
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why HM Passport Office and the National Fraud Authority were not included in the List of Ministerial Responsibilities published by the Cabinet Office in November 2014; whether they will be included in future editions; and whether in the meantime they will publish the details in the <i>Official Report</i>.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL4506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>The List of Ministerial Responsibilities includes executive agencies within each department along with non-ministerial departments.</p><p>The Independent Police Complaints Commission is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Home Office. The College of Policing is a professional body that has been established as a company, limited by guarantee and an arm’s length body of the Home Office, with the Home Secretary the sole owner. The National Fraud Authority was dissolved in March 2014. On 1 October, HM Passport Office ceased to be an executive agency of the Home Office and now reports directly to Home Office ministers.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL4507 question first answered 05/02/2015 13:17:28 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

176249

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Departmental Responsibilities
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will include Home Office arm's length bodies such as the Independent Police Complaints Commission and the College of Policing in future editions of the List of Ministerial Responsibilities.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL4507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>The List of Ministerial Responsibilities includes executive agencies within each department along with non-ministerial departments.</p><p>The Independent Police Complaints Commission is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Home Office. The College of Policing is a professional body that has been established as a company, limited by guarantee and an arm’s length body of the Home Office, with the Home Secretary the sole owner. The National Fraud Authority was dissolved in March 2014. On 1 October, HM Passport Office ceased to be an executive agency of the Home Office and now reports directly to Home Office ministers.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL4506 question first answered 05/02/2015 13:17:28 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

176251

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Knowledge Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to include the training of police officers within the Police Knowledge Fund.
tabling member printed	Baroness Harris of Richmond
uin	HL4509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The £10 million Police Knowledge Fund is intended to incentivise collaborations between police forces and academic institutions to help establish and drive a sustainable and recognised body of knowledge, evidence and expertise on policing and cutting crime. Professionalising the police is a cornerstone of the Government’s policing reforms and the College of Policing expects the Knowledge Fund to help embed evidence-based problem solving approaches within forces and build sustained capability amongst officers and staff to understand and use research.</p><p>Bids will be submitted jointly by police forces and academic institutions against a set of criteria agreed with the College of Policing and the Higher Education Funding Council for England. We are expecting a wide range of collaborative bids that cover many aspects of policing activity.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 03/02/2015 15:20:43 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2505 label Biography information for Baroness Harris of Richmond

176252

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	War Memorials
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Monument to the Women of World War II.
tabling member printed	Baroness Harris of Richmond
uin	HL4510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>Government have no current plans to celebrate ​the 10th Anniversary of the Monument to the Women of World War II.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 05/02/2015 14:59:24 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2505 label Biography information for Baroness Harris of Richmond

176256

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many premises or households in Wales benefit from superfast broadband; and what was the figure 12 months previously.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL4514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>According to Ofcom's UK Infrastructure Report published in December 2014, superfast broadband was available to 55% of premises in Wales. There are no comparable figures available for superfast broadband availability in 2013, but according to Ofcom’s 2013 UK Infrastructure Report, 48% of the premises in Wales had access to Next Generation Access networks.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 03/02/2015 14:31:52 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley