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1025351

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2018
	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	Holiday Accommodation: Waste Disposal
	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 Gardiner of Kimble on 25 September (HL10355), what assessment they have made of the extent to which local authorities are using their powers under section 45(4) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to charge those who offer short-term holiday lets for additional waste collection.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL12317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/01/2019 answer text <p>Waste arising from short-term holiday lets has not been discussed as a specific issue with local authorities regarding their powers under section 45(4) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. We have not had direct representation from local authorities or any concerns raised by them regarding waste from short-term holiday lets and execution of their power under s45 (4). We consider the powers which allow local authorities to charge for waste collection from commercial properties, including short-term holiday lets, are clear and appropriate for dealing with waste from such businesses.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL12318 question first answered 02/01/2019 12:04:02 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1025352

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2018
	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	Holiday Accommodation: Waste Disposal
	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 Gardiner of Kimble on 25 September (HL10355), what discussions they have had with local authorities about whether the powers under section 45(4) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 are appropriate to address problems of additional waste being generated by properties being offered as short-term holiday lets.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL12318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/01/2019 answer text <p>Waste arising from short-term holiday lets has not been discussed as a specific issue with local authorities regarding their powers under section 45(4) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. We have not had direct representation from local authorities or any concerns raised by them regarding waste from short-term holiday lets and execution of their power under s45 (4). We consider the powers which allow local authorities to charge for waste collection from commercial properties, including short-term holiday lets, are clear and appropriate for dealing with waste from such businesses.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL12317 question first answered 02/01/2019 12:04:01 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1029099

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Registration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of steps taken in other countries requiring home owners to offer only their primary residences as short-term holiday lets and to register with the local council and pay a fee before doing so.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL12447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>We do not intend to introduce new legislation to prohibit short term lets or require households to register these lets. Instead, the Government is encouraging the Short Term Accommodation Association to drive up standards and promote best practice in the industry, and to work with local authorities to support their enforcement and monitoring functions.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 07/01/2019 16:01:08 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1051951

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Greater Manchester
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of concerns about the growth in short-term letting in Manchester.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL13285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of concerns about the growth in short-term letting in Manchester. We believe that it is for local authorities to assess the impact within their area. The Government does however monitor broader trends in private rented housing through the English Housing Survey.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 11/02/2019 16:43:16 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1079482

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 26 February (HL Deb, col 88), what assessment they have made (1) of reports in the media, as broadcast on BBC1 on 25 February, about companies offering advice to circumvent the 90-day limit for short-term lettings, and (2) of the existing regulatory framework for those who offer such lettings; and what plans they have to ensure that the 90-day limit is enforced.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that it is illegal to let a property out on a short-term basis in London for more than 90 days in a calendar year without appropriate planning permission. Therefore, the Government condemns any actions taken to encourage landlords to break the law.</p><p>We are encouraging the Short Term Accommodation Association (STAA) to drive up standards and promote best practice, and to work with local authorities to support their enforcement and monitoring functions. The STAA has developed a package of measures to help hosts, guests and building managers and owners understand their legal responsibilities, which will help to tackle awareness and enforcement of the 90 night rule.</p><p>Responsibility for enforcing the 90 night rule in London lies with local authorities, as it does for any breaches of planning control, and householders who breach the rules face potentially significant fines.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 13/03/2019 12:22:22 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1079483

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 26 February (HL Deb, col 89), what progress has been made on the introduction of the accreditation body for short-term lettings; what consultation has taken place and is planned to take place; who has been, or will be, consulted; and when they expect such a body to be established.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>We welcome the work that the Short Term Accommodation Association (STAA) is doing to drive up standards and promote best practice.</p><p>The STAA is introducing a voluntary industry accreditation scheme for short term rental businesses and hosts that allows properties to become STAA accredited if they meet certain standards, including on health and safety. The accreditation scheme is organised by Quality in Tourism, and has been developed in conjunction with Visit England and piloted with at least three different sized organisations. The scheme is live on the STAA’s website, and will be formally launched on 14 March at the STAA’s Short Stay Show annual industry conference.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 13/03/2019 12:21:46 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1121579

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Social Services: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to check whether agencies employing careworkers are paying the costs of such workers for their travel between clients.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>Time spent travelling from one client to another counts as time worked for minimum wage purposes, and the Government is clear that everyone entitled to the National Minimum and Living Wage (NMW) should receive it. Since 2015, the Government has almost doubled the budget for enforcing the NMW to £26.3 million, a record high.</p><p>Anyone who feels they are not receiving the NMW should contact the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas), who provide free, impartial information and advice on all aspects of workplace relations and employment law. Where appropriate, Acas can pass on complaints to HMRC for enforcement; HMRC follow up on all complaints received from workers about possible NMW underpayment.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 29/04/2019 10:09:04 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1123746

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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	Antibiotics: Drug Resistance
	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 effectiveness of their 2013–18 antimicrobial resistance strategy at addressing the problem of multi-resistant E. coli-like bacteria; what assessment they have made of recent trends in the number of multi-resistant E. coli-like bacteria in the UK; and what factors inform their view of the balance between efforts to reduce transmission and efforts to reduce the use of antibiotics.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>While we can count many successes from our 2013-18 Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Strategy, resistance has continued to increase. In the United Kingdom we have seen a 35% increase in resistant blood stream infections in humans from 2013-17.</p><p>The number of bloodstream infections (BSIs) is increasing each year. Although the proportion of antibiotic resistant BSIs remain stable year to year, the burden on resistance increases. This is mostly due to increasing prevalence of E.coli bloodstream infections.</p><p>Estimates of the multi-resistant cases can be made, however not all the bacteria are tested against the same antibiotics, so a definitive number of cases cannot be given. The Public Health England Fingertips tool also has an indicator showing the rolling quarterly average proportion of E. coli blood specimens non-susceptible to at least three of the key antimicrobials (gentamicin, ciprofloxacin, piperacillin/tazobactam, 3rd-generation cephalosporins or carbapenems). For England this is 5.5% with little fluctuation over time.</p><p>This is exactly why the UK’s five-year national action plan for AMR, published alongside the UK 20-year vision for AMR on 24 January 2019, includes a strengthened focus on infection prevention and control, renewing our commitment to halve levels of healthcare associated Gram-negative blood stream infections (mostly E.coli) by 2023-24. The plan also sets a world-first target to reduce the actual numbers of resistant infections, with the aim to reduce them by 10% by 2025.</p><p>We are working with the devolved health administrations to develop consistent methodologies for reporting the incidence and mortality of key antibiotic resistant infections and antimicrobial use to allow us to report progress on the ambitions of the AMR national action plan.</p><p>As reductions in inappropriate prescribing also reduces the risk of promoting the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, interventions to reduce antibiotic prescribing or transmission of the bacteria are complementary.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 14/05/2019 16:29:42 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1127421

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	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	Bacterial Diseases
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 14 May (HL15384), what assessment they have made of the number of people, with or without resistant blood stream infections, who have Carbapenem resistant E. coli-like bacteria present in their bodies; and what (1) proposed, and (2) current, initiatives there are to control the transmission of such bacteria.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The 2018 English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance report contains information on carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli (E. coli) causing bloodstream infections in England. In 2017 there were 18 cases. The number of people with other infections and carriage of E. coli resistant to carbapenems is harder to ascertain as surveillance is not as uniform.</p><p>Public Health England (PHE) publishes guidance on the prevention and control of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (including E. coli); guidance is available for both acute and non-acute settings, copies of the <em>Toolkit for managing carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in non-acute and community settings</em> and <em>Acute trust toolkit for the early detection, management and control of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae</em> are attached. PHE is supporting actions outlined in the United Kingdom’s Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance National Action Plan that aim to prevent and control the transmission of carbapenem-resistant bacteria, which includes reducing the number of specific drug-resistant infections in people by 10% by 2025; reducing UK antimicrobial use in humans by 15% by 2024; and adding carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative infections to the list of notifiable diseases in existing laboratory reporting systems.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name Acute_trust_toolkit_for_the_early_detection.pdf title Acute trust toolkit 2 file name CPE-Non-AcuteToolkit_CORE.pdf title CPE Non Acute toolkit question first answered 04/06/2019 13:45:10 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1135065

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	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	Bacterial Diseases
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 4 June (HL15832), what assessment they have made of (1) the future costs to the NHS as a result of the spread of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, (2) the costs of new measures introduced in 2019 specifically to prevent the transmission of such Enterobacteriaceae, and (3) the views of infection control nurses on investment to prevent the transmission of such Enterobacteriaceae.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL16692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has predicted future spread and the health and cost impact to the National Health Service of the Enterobacteriaceae Escherichia coli and a national outbreak of a highly-resistant organism, reflecting carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. The models used in this assessment are published in the paper <em>A Risk Assessment of Antibiotic Pan-Drug-Resistance in the UK: Bayesian Analysis of an Expert Elicitation Study</em>. A copy of the paper is attached.</p><p>Such predictions are highly uncertain. There remain unknowns regarding transmission, efficacy of interventions and the additional hospital stay for infected patients (constituting a large part of the cost to the NHS).</p><p>PHE has worked with NHS colleagues, estimating the cost of controlling a carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) outbreak in five London hospitals to be over £1 million. Monitoring costs alongside implementation of PHE’s upcoming update of the CPE toolkit for health and social care is an important component of enabling cost-effectiveness evaluation.</p><p>Staff interviewed about the challenges of implementing the existing CPE toolkit highlighted maintaining awareness and training as key challenges, alongside infection prevention resourcing. An analysis of the responses was published in the paper <em>An evaluation of a toolkit for the early detection, management, and control of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: a survey of acute hospital trusts in England</em>. A copy is attached.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name A Risk Assessment of Antibiotic Pan-Drug-Resistance in the UK.pdf title Risk Assessment of Antibiotic Pan Drug Resistance 2 file name An evaluation of a toolkit for the early detection management and control of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. A survey of acute hospital .pdf title An evaluation of a toolkit question first answered 09/07/2019 13:34:21 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1141919

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	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	Bacterial Diseases
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 9 July (HL16592), what is their view of the proportion of each of the resulting illness, deaths and costs that could be prevented by new efforts to prevent transmission; and what are the costs of new measures introduced in 2019 to prevent transmission of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has prioritised collecting the necessary data across the National Health Service to enable estimation and monitoring of the proportion of cases, deaths and costs attributable to carbapenemase-resistant Enterobacteriaceae.</p><p>In May 2015 PHE implemented an enhanced surveillance system of all carbapenemase-producing Gram negative bacteria, which was modified in 2019 to maximise efficiency. The health burden of cases, estimated from these data, will be published in the <em>English Surveillance Programme for Antimicrobial Utilisation Report</em> in November 2019.</p><p>The few published reports of outbreaks have estimated costs of at least £1 million, and up to £5 million, all indicating multi-model control measures are required, as outlined in the PHE toolkit for prevention and control of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae which is currently being updated.</p><p>Using national surveillance and patient administration data to develop mathematical models, work is ongoing to estimate the reduction in levels of illness and death when specified detection and control measures are applied by 2020. Developed models will enable associated costs incurred to be estimated and the cost-effectiveness of control measures to be established by 2021.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 06/08/2019 15:07:02 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1150750

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2019
	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	Dental Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take in respone to the shortage of National Health Service dentists.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>The latest headcount data published by NHS Digital show that the total number of dentists actively delivering National Health Service services increased from 24,308 to 24,545 during the period 2017/18 to 2018/19.</p><p> </p><p>Both NHS England and Health Education England (HEE) have initiatives in place to tackle recruitment and retention issues. HEE’s current programme Advancing Dental Care is exploring the opportunities for flexible dental training pathways that can better serve patients as well as improving dental workforce retention. NHS England is introducing ‘flexible commissioning’, which allows local NHS commissioners to commission a wider range of services from dental practices which is expected to make NHS dentistry more attractive to newly qualified dentists.</p><p> </p><p>These initiatives sit alongside the Department’s and NHS England’s work to reform the current NHS dental contract to support dentists to deliver preventatively focussed care. The patient pathway in the new model makes greater use of the whole dental team including nurses and therapists which moves away from needing dentists to complete every course of treatment.</p><p> </p><p>The interim NHS People Plan, published in June 2019, sets out plans for the future dental workforce. This commits to creating a capable and motivated multidisciplinary dental workforce, of a sufficient size, to meet population health needs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 30/10/2019 12:34:49 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1169895

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the impact of the Deregulation Act 2015 on short-term lettings, and (2) the proposal by the Mayor of London in April 2019 for the introduction of a registration system for those renting property for less than 90 days in a calendar year in London; and what plans they have, if any, to introduce such a system.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The Deregulation Act 2015 limits short-term lettings in London to 90 days per property per calendar year. We have not made any specific assessment of its impact on short-term lettings. As to the proposal by the Mayor of London, the Government has no current plans to introduce such a register. However, we are aware of the work by the Short-Term Accommodation Association as well as platforms such as Airbnb, HomeAway and TripAdvisor to put in place their own procedures to avoid breach of the 90-day limit which we note with interest.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 23/01/2020 15:52:08 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1171527

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Care Workers: Pay
	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 Henley on 11 April 2019 (HL15230), how many agencies employing careworkers are paying the costs of such workers for their travel between clients; and what steps they take to ensure that care agencies pay staff appropriate renumeration for any time spent travelling between appointments.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The law is clear that for care workers, and other workers, time spent travelling between assignments counts as time worked for National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage (NMW) purposes. Furthermore, the Government issued statutory guidance supporting the implementation of the Care Act which specifies; “<em>Remuneration must be at least sufficient to comply with the NMW legislation for hourly pay or equivalent salary. This will include appropriate remuneration for any time spent travelling between appointments.”</em></p><p> </p><p>The Government has more than doubled the NMW compliance and enforcement budget to £27.4 million for 2019/20, up from £13.2 million in 2015/16. HMRC utilise those resources to follow up on every worker complaint received and to undertake proactive investigations. Last year (2018/19), HMRC identified over £6 million in minimum wage arrears within the Human Health and Social Work sector, owed to over 27,000 workers. This includes, but is not limited to, arrears relating to travel time.</p><p> </p><p>Workers can call the ACAS helpline for free, confidential advice about their rights and entitlements. If they want to make a complaint through HMRC, they can do so in complete confidence, either via ACAS or using the online complaints form on GOV.UK. HMRC will protect their anonymity throughout the investigation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 27/01/2020 14:41:01 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1171800

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 6 August 2019 (HL17643), how much new funding they provided in 2019 for new measures to prevent the transmission of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England has not received any new funding for the prevention of transmission of the carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 29/01/2020 16:28:53 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1175145

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with local authorities in Greater London about the licensing of properties to be used as short-term holiday lets; and what were the outcomes of any such discussions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>My Department has not discussed this specific issue with local authorities in Greater London since the 2019 General Election. However, my Department has regular contact with local authorities and remains open to discussing any concerns they hold.</p><p>While the Government does not require short-term accommodation providers to register, the Short Term Accommodation Association has developed an accreditation scheme, in partnership with Quality in Tourism, called ‘Safe, Clean and Legal’.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 03/02/2020 16:54:00 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1175146

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of short-term holiday lets on the availability of housing for those who wish to live in London.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government has not made such an assessment. However, restrictions are in place to limit the use of residential property for short-term let in London. The Deregulation Act 2015 imposes a 90-day limit on any such letting within a single calendar year.</p><p>The sharing economy plays an important role in accommodating tourists, who make a huge financial contribution to the country. But there are also legitimate concerns about the impact on local communities. The Government remains open to hearing the views of all stakeholders on the matter. It is important to find ways to address these concerns without placing too great a burden on the growing sharing economy.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 03/02/2020 16:54:20 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1220760

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Boarding Schools: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to give boarding schools greater autonomy to decide how to operate from September 2020.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The Department has published guidance to support all schools as they prepare for the return of all pupils from the beginning of the autumn term: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools</a>.</p><p>The guidance provides schools with advice about how to minimise the risk of transmission of COVID-19 in schools. It also sets out how the department expects schools to operate, and where there is flexibility. For boarding schools the guidance encourages schools to keep children in their class groups, but also allows for the mixing of pupils in different groups residentially and during the school day.</p><p>Boarding schools will still need to meet the national minimum standards to safeguard and protect the children in their care and those that are independent schools will need to comply with the independent school standards.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 20/07/2020 16:57:46 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1228233

	registered interest
	date	29/07/2020
	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	Dental Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the availability of National Health Service dental treatment for patients of all ages.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL7517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2020 answer text <p>National Health Service dental practices were able to restart face-to-face care from 8 June, with the aim of increasing levels of service for all patients, as fast as is safely possible, taking into account Public Health England guidance and continued infection risks.</p><p>Urgent dental care centres remain open to support the provision of urgent and emergency face-to-face care for dental patients and patients will be referred to urgent dental care centres, where needed locally.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 06/08/2020 11:19:21 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1228234

	registered interest
	date	29/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Change of Use: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they plan to take to bring presently unused office spaces into use to provide housing for those who are unable to find safe places to live during the COVID-19 pandemic.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL7518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2020 answer text <p>Almost 15,000 vulnerable people have been housed in emergency accommodation, including hotels, since the start of the COVID-19 emergency. This includes people coming in directly from the streets, people previously housed in shared night shelters and people who have become vulnerable to rough sleeping during the pandemic.</p><p>On 24 June we announced that we are providing local authorities with a further £105 million to enable them to best support those placed into emergency accommodation during the COVID-19 pandemic. This commitment will help to ensure that as few of these people as possible return to the streets.</p><p>We also recently announced that £160 million of Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme funding will help ensure that 6,000 new housing units are put into the system, with 3,300 of these becoming available within 2020/21. We expect local authorities and registered providers to bring forward units of accommodation from a variety of sources and this could potentially include repurposing other buildings where appropriate.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh grouped question UIN HL7519 question first answered 11/08/2020 14:00:09 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1228276

	registered interest
	date	29/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Homelessness
	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 case for providing access to unused holiday lets accommodation in London to homeless people.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL7519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2020 answer text <p>Almost 15,000 vulnerable people have been housed in emergency accommodation, including hotels, since the start of the COVID-19 emergency. This includes people coming in directly from the streets, people previously housed in shared night shelters and people who have become vulnerable to rough sleeping during the pandemic.</p><p>On 24 June we announced that we are providing local authorities with a further £105 million to enable them to best support those placed into emergency accommodation during the COVID-19 pandemic. This commitment will help to ensure that as few of these people as possible return to the streets.</p><p>We also recently announced that £160 million of Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme funding will help ensure that 6,000 new housing units are put into the system, with 3,300 of these becoming available within 2020/21. We expect local authorities and registered providers to bring forward units of accommodation from a variety of sources and this could potentially include repurposing other buildings where appropriate.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh grouped question UIN HL7518 question first answered 11/08/2020 14:00:09 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1246432

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Taxation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to reports that AirBnB will share data with HMRC about the earnings of hosts in the UK for the years 2017/18 and 2018/19, what steps they are taking to ensure all short term letting agencies do the same; and what plans they have to share this data with local councils to ensure properties in their areas are let for only 90 days of short term lettings a year.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL9469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) receive data routinely from a variety of sources. This data supports compliance activity to reduce the size of the gap between the tax which is owed and that which is paid.</p><p>HMRC understand that the short-term property letting market is a rapidly evolving sector and are working in partnership with companies such as Airbnb to address the tax consequences of these changes, supporting taxpayers in ensuring they are aware of their tax obligations and pay the right tax at the right time.</p><p>HMRC are bound by a strict duty of confidentiality as laid down in the Commissioners for Revenue &amp; Customs Act (CRCA) 2005 with respect to all of the information they hold in connection with their functions. HMRC officials may share information only in the limited circumstances set out in legislation, which include disclosures for the purposes of HMRC’s functions, through specific information sharing legislative gateways.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 05/11/2020 10:49:17 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1252045

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2020
	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	Coronavirus: Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to pre-book COVID-19 tests for all university students to take before they return to university after the Christmas break.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL10333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government has established a large number of asymptomatic test sites across higher education institutions. We are working to make the return to higher education as safe as possible. All students will have the opportunity to be tested on their return to university at the start of the spring term. The Government has provided guidance for universities to implement a staggered return of students over five weeks to minimise the transmission risk from the mass movement of students. Further guidance will be provided in due course, considering future developments and the relevant scientific advice.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 11/12/2020 14:04:13 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1275974

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2021
	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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what level of protection one dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine provides against COVID-19; and what plans they have to publish the evidence base that informs their data on the effectiveness of one such dose.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL12050
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2021 answer text <p>Since the beginning of the vaccination programme, Public Health England (PHE) has been monitoring the effectiveness of the vaccines in the real world. PHE’s first analysis of the early effects of COVID-19 vaccination in England, using routine testing and vaccination data, was published on 1 March. The data shows effectiveness of a single dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against symptomatic COVID-19 reaches approximately 60% in those aged 70 and over in the general population, reaching 85% to 90% after two doses in those aged 80 years and over. The data also shows a single dose of the Pfizer vaccine is 80% and 95% effective at reducing hospitalisation and mortality from COVID-19, respectively, in those aged 70 and over. PHE’s latest vaccine effectiveness report can be found attached entitled, ‘Public Health England vaccine effectiveness report March 2021’</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 08/04/2021 11:31:07 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell attachment 1 file name SP_PH__VE_report_20210317_CC_JLB.pdf title Public Health England vaccine effectiveness report
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1275975

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2021
	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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that the amount of time between the administration of the first and the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine does not exceed six weeks.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL12051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>Since December 2020, the Government’s policy has been to offer people their second vaccine dose up to 12 weeks after their first dose. The decision to update the dosing interval will give as many people at the highest risk their first dose as soon as possible and it is in line with the conditions of authorisation from Medicines and Healthcare and Regulatory Authority for the vaccine.</p><p>This approach is based on advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation and four UK Chief Medical Officers and is designed to save lives. Analysis carried out by Public Health England suggests that the COVID-19 vaccination programme prevented 6,100 deaths in England up to the end of February 2021.</p><p>The Government is in constant contact with the vaccine manufacturers and remains confident that the supply of vaccine to the UK will not be disrupted, and will enable everyone to receive their second dose within 12 weeks of their first.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 26/04/2021 11:47:06 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

169328

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 8 December (HL Deb, col 1593–6), when the report of the full consultation results in respect of the Deregulation Bill will be published.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government has stated its clear intent to use the Deregulation Bill to help reform the outdated provisions of section 25 of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1973.</p><p> </p><p>Londoners who want to rent out their homes for less than 90 consecutive days, such as through a service like Airbnb, technically still have to pay to apply for planning permission from their council – something that does not apply anywhere else in the country. These provisions caused controversy during the 2012 Olympics, and are irregularly enforced by different London boroughs leading to confusion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We want to change this archaic system by giving Londoners the freedom to rent out their homes on a temporary basis, such as when they are on holiday, without having to deal with unnecessary red tape and the bureaucracy of paying of a municipal permit. The internet is changing the way we work and live, and the law needs to catch up.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The measure will not allow homes to be turned into hotels or hostels – this would still require ‘change of use’ planning permission, and measures will be put in place to prevent abuse of such reforms or the permanent loss of residential accommodation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Such reforms will benefit London’s strong tourism industry by expanding the pool of competitively priced accommodation, and allow families to earn some extra cash when they themselves go away on holiday.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Such reforms would follow changes introduced last year to make it easier for residents to rent out an unused home parking space to earn extra money, helping expand the availability of parking options for commuters and visitors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are planning to publish the Government’s formal response to the consultation on the <em>Review of Property Conditions in the Private Rented Sector</em>; we will also publish details of our proposed approach to the detail of the underlying secondary legislation ahead of Lords Report debate on the enabling primary legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL3615 HL3616 question first answered 07/01/2015 14:08:21 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

169329

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 8 December (HL Deb, col 1593–6), which of the 32 London local authorities (1) were strongly against, (2) were not opposed to, and (3) supported, the proposals in clause 33 of the Deregulation Bill in their response to the consultation.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government has stated its clear intent to use the Deregulation Bill to help reform the outdated provisions of section 25 of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1973.</p><p> </p><p>Londoners who want to rent out their homes for less than 90 consecutive days, such as through a service like Airbnb, technically still have to pay to apply for planning permission from their council – something that does not apply anywhere else in the country. These provisions caused controversy during the 2012 Olympics, and are irregularly enforced by different London boroughs leading to confusion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We want to change this archaic system by giving Londoners the freedom to rent out their homes on a temporary basis, such as when they are on holiday, without having to deal with unnecessary red tape and the bureaucracy of paying of a municipal permit. The internet is changing the way we work and live, and the law needs to catch up.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The measure will not allow homes to be turned into hotels or hostels – this would still require ‘change of use’ planning permission, and measures will be put in place to prevent abuse of such reforms or the permanent loss of residential accommodation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Such reforms will benefit London’s strong tourism industry by expanding the pool of competitively priced accommodation, and allow families to earn some extra cash when they themselves go away on holiday.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Such reforms would follow changes introduced last year to make it easier for residents to rent out an unused home parking space to earn extra money, helping expand the availability of parking options for commuters and visitors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are planning to publish the Government’s formal response to the consultation on the <em>Review of Property Conditions in the Private Rented Sector</em>; we will also publish details of our proposed approach to the detail of the underlying secondary legislation ahead of Lords Report debate on the enabling primary legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL3614 HL3616 question first answered 07/01/2015 14:08:22 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

169330

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 8 December (HL Deb, col 1593–6), how they are ensuring that "all the points and concerns" raised by London local authorities will be covered in the guidelines and regulations relating to clause 33 of the Deregulation Bill.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government has stated its clear intent to use the Deregulation Bill to help reform the outdated provisions of section 25 of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1973.</p><p> </p><p>Londoners who want to rent out their homes for less than 90 consecutive days, such as through a service like Airbnb, technically still have to pay to apply for planning permission from their council – something that does not apply anywhere else in the country. These provisions caused controversy during the 2012 Olympics, and are irregularly enforced by different London boroughs leading to confusion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We want to change this archaic system by giving Londoners the freedom to rent out their homes on a temporary basis, such as when they are on holiday, without having to deal with unnecessary red tape and the bureaucracy of paying of a municipal permit. The internet is changing the way we work and live, and the law needs to catch up.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The measure will not allow homes to be turned into hotels or hostels – this would still require ‘change of use’ planning permission, and measures will be put in place to prevent abuse of such reforms or the permanent loss of residential accommodation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Such reforms will benefit London’s strong tourism industry by expanding the pool of competitively priced accommodation, and allow families to earn some extra cash when they themselves go away on holiday.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Such reforms would follow changes introduced last year to make it easier for residents to rent out an unused home parking space to earn extra money, helping expand the availability of parking options for commuters and visitors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are planning to publish the Government’s formal response to the consultation on the <em>Review of Property Conditions in the Private Rented Sector</em>; we will also publish details of our proposed approach to the detail of the underlying secondary legislation ahead of Lords Report debate on the enabling primary legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL3614 HL3615 question first answered 07/01/2015 14:08:22 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

170956

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Leasehold
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the division of responsibilities in leasehold property between (1) lead lessees, (2) landlords, and (3) long-term residents who are either tenants or leaseholders.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>The responsibilities of each party with a legal and/or financial interest in a leasehold property will be determined by the terms of the lease. This is the contractual agreement between the parties, and which may vary depending on the property concerned and other requirements.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/01/2015 14:41:45 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

170957

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Flats: Overcrowding and Sub-letting
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action long-term tenants and leaseholders can take in the case of (1) illegally short-let properties in their block, and (2) over-occupation of small flats.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>Where a property is believed to be being sub-let illegally, including where an occupation limit is specified for the property which is being exceeded, tenants or leaseholders in the block should familiarise themselves with their tenancy or lease to determine what rights, responsibilities and obligations exist, and consider referring the matter to their landlord to take any remedial action that may be necessary in the first instance.</p><p> </p><p>Where a resident is concerned that a social housing tenancy has been illegally sub-let, they should report the matter to their local council to ask them to investigate the potential social housing fraud.</p><p> </p><p>Councils have a range of powers over housing standards, including unsafe or over-crowded accommodation. These are laid out in our guide for local authorities on dealing with rogue landlords.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dealing-with-rogue-landlords-a-guide-for-local-authorities" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/dealing-with-rogue-landlords-a-guide-for-local-authorities</a></p><p> </p><p>Residents should report such matters to the council if they are concerned about potential breaches.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 12/01/2015 17:23:43 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

170958

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Leasehold
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action tenants living in flats which are part of a divided house can take where the relationship between tenants and leaseholders has broken down.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>Where relations between tenants and leaseholders break down, which cannot otherwise be resolved amicably or by alternative dispute resolution, leaseholders are protected by the terms of their lease and the rights, obligations and responsibilities therein. These may include requiring the landlord to enforce the terms of the lease or tenancy in accordance with any obligations that they may have to do so.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/01/2015 10:21:01 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

172972

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Greater London
	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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 7 January (HL3614, HL3615, and HL3616), whether they will now answer question HL3615.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government intends to publish a formal response to the consultation on the Review of Property Conditions in the Private Rented Sector shortly.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/01/2015 15:15:45 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

172973

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the regulations in relation to Clause 33 of the Deregulation Bill will be available in print; and whether this will be before consideration of the relevant clauses at Report Stage of the Bill.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s draft regulations which set out the detail of reforms to legislation on short-term letting in London will be brought forward following Royal Assent of the Deregulation Bill. The Government intends to write to all Peers shortly with a detailed policy position, to inform the debate on Clause 33 at Lords Report Stage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 20/01/2015 16:26:38 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

174869

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Greater London
	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 Wallace of Saltaire on 20 January (HL4045), when the detailed policy position on short-term lettings in London will be provided to Members; and how they will consult Members and the full range of stakeholders on its contents.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>We have already undertaken a policy consultation and we have been carefully considering the responses on how best to frame our proposed deregulatory reforms.</p><p>We intend to publish our proposed policy response on the issue of short-term lettings in London prior to the Report Stage of the Deregulation Bill, including our conclusions from that part of the broader consultation on conditions in the private rented sector. We will also write to interested peers and flag in a Written Statement to both Houses to help facilitate scrutiny by Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL4297 question first answered 03/02/2015 14:34:11 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

174870

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon’s response to Lord McKenzie of Luton on 7 January (HL Deb, col 339), when they will publish the results of the consultation on the review of property conditions in the private rented sector; and whether they will ensure that these results are published before the Report Stage of the Deregulation Bill.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>We have already undertaken a policy consultation and we have been carefully considering the responses on how best to frame our proposed deregulatory reforms.</p><p>We intend to publish our proposed policy response on the issue of short-term lettings in London prior to the Report Stage of the Deregulation Bill, including our conclusions from that part of the broader consultation on conditions in the private rented sector. We will also write to interested peers and flag in a Written Statement to both Houses to help facilitate scrutiny by Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL4296 question first answered 03/02/2015 14:34:11 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

174871

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon’s response to the Earl of Lytton on 7 January (HL Deb, col 338), whether homeowners will be liable for tax on short-term lettings in London.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>Individual homeowners receiving rental income from letting their property (whether short-term or long-term) will be chargeable to income tax on the profits from that letting. The exception is where they are renting furnished accommodation in their only or main home, in which case the Rent-a-Room scheme allows them to receive tax-free rental income of up to £4,250 per year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 03/02/2015 13:56:14 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

227328

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Greater London
	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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 7 and 20 January (HL3615 and HL4297) and his remarks on 4 March (HL Deb, col 272), which local authorities (1) opposed reform, (2) were not opposed, and (3) expressed no opinion, in response to their consultation on deregulation of short-lets in London; and why they did not provide that information in response to the previous questions from Baroness Gardner of Parkes.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL5715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Fifteen London local authorities responded to question 22 of the discussion document on Property Conditions in the Private Rented Sector. Eight authorities responded to the effect that they opposed reform of the legislation: Haringey, Enfield, Camden, Westminster, Newham, Redbridge, Lambeth and the City of London. Seven were not opposed to a review: Lewisham, Sutton, Southwark, Hammersmith &amp; Fulham, Harrow, Islington and Greenwich. The remaining eighteen of the thirty-three London local authorities did not respond to this question.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This detailed information was not provided in response to the questions on 7 and 20 January, as the Government had not yet concluded its consideration of the responses to the discussion document. The answers provided on 7 and 20 January explained that the Government had yet to publish its formal response to the consultation on the Review of Property Conditions in the Private Rented Sector, and that we intended to do so alongside details of our policy on short-term letting in London, prior to Lords Report Stage of the Deregulation Bill. The Government’s response to the discussion document, and proposed policy, was published in a policy paper on 9 February entitled ‘Promoting the sharing economy in London: Policy on short-term use of residential property in London’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We took into account these representations from London boroughs and others, and as a result, introduced a series of checks and balances as outlined in my Written Ministerial Statement of 9 February 2015, <em>Official Report</em>, HLWS242. These were not in the original consultation paper, but were a consequence of the consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/03/2015 16:47:09 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

227329

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Leasehold
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to amend the qualifying threshold for leaseholders to activate a change of management under the Right to Manage scheme to enable those who fail to reply to be deemed to have agreed to a change of management in order to meet the threshold.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL5716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government currently has no plans to consider amending the criteria for exercising the right to manage, to enable non-responders to have been deemed to have agreed to a change of management.</p><p> </p><p><br> Exercising the right to manage should not be taken lightly. There are significant responsibilities; it commits members to costs and creates liabilities.</p><p><br> <br> In the circumstances we believe that it is essential that everyone understands the responsibilities and commitments they are making and it is therefore important they are actively engaged in the process.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/03/2015 16:10:02 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

227330

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2015
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House what guidance she issues to Departments in respect of their providing full answers to questions for written answer, particularly when failure to answer has been followed up.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL5717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>As Leader of the House, I have a particular responsibility to encourage departments to be punctual in answering written questions, but the content of each answer is a matter for the minister concerned. All Ministers are accountable to the House for those answers. That direct accountability is important: that is why Ministers in this House must provide personally signed answers to members.</p><p> </p><p>To inform Ministers in answering questions put to them, the Ministerial Code says that “It is of paramount importance that Ministers give accurate and truthful information to Parliament”. It also makes clear that “Ministers should be as open as possible with Parliament and the public, refusing to provide information only when disclosure would not be in the public interest”. In addition, the longstanding rules of this House on Questions for Written Answer (rules that the House reaffirmed in agreeing to the Procedure Committee’s 5<sup>th</sup> Report of the 2014-15 Session) set out that all answers should be complete and comprehensible.</p><p> </p><p>If any member has particular concerns about a response that they have received that they consider does not adhere to these rules, I would encourage them to raise it with me directly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL5810 question first answered 24/03/2015 13:45:04 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

381045

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 11 June (HL Deb, col 886), how they plan to ensure that people on zero hours contracts are aware that they can no longer be bound by an exclusivity clause; whether clear notification of this change will be sent to all relevant employers and employment agencies; and whether this law will override any existing contract which until 26 May included both zero-hours and exclusivity terms.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text <p>Changes to employment law are publicised in the same way to ensure employers and individuals know how to access the information. This includes guidance on .GOV.UK, and via relevant organisations, including representative and advisory bodies such as Acas, who have mechanisms to ensure the information reaches the right people.</p><p> </p><p>The ban applies to all those with an existing exclusivity clause in their zero hours contract.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 26/06/2015 12:05:14 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

386488

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Innovative Medicines and Medical Technology Review
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what opportunities will be available to participate in the Accelerated Access Review announced in November 2014 as "The Innovative Medicines and Medical Technology Review" for (1) the public and patient groups, (2) medical charities, (3) academics, (4) researchers, and (5) other interested parties; and when they expect it to report.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>In order to inform his recommendations, the independent chair of the Accelerated Access Review, Sir Hugh Taylor, will be seeking views from a variety of stakeholder groups, including patients and their carers, medical charities, academics and researchers, as well as industry, the National Health Service and key arm’s length bodies such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and NHS England. We have agreed a systematic engagement approach for these groups to ensure they all have the opportunity to input. A workshop involving representation from all these stakeholder groups was held on 2 July, and the review team is asking umbrella organisations and trade bodies to support it in continuing to reach a wide audience by holding a series of engagement events throughout the summer; these events are currently being planned. The review’s website is also being developed to include a crowdsourcing platform to allow these groups, and the wider public, to participate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We expect the report of the Accelerated Access review to be submitted by the end of the year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 09/07/2015 13:00:31 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

390588

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Eastman Dental Hospital
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the proposed relocation of the Eastman Dental Hospital, what steps are being taken to ensure the continuation of the specialised dental postgraduate training and research facilities currently offered.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>We understand there are no plans to reduce the specialised dental postgraduate training and research currently offered as a consequence of the proposed move from the current site.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 23/07/2015 11:13:13 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

391268

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what immediate action is planned to address waiting times, in particular in Manchester, for children whose dental condition requires hospital admission and clearance of their deciduous teeth under general anaesthetic.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is seeking to address waiting times by reducing the number of children requiring admissions for clearance of their deciduous teeth and action is being taken by local commissioners and public health departments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For instance, Greater Manchester advises that it is working with consultants in dental public health, public health commissioning, and oral health improvement teams in local authorities to develop oral health strategies. They intend to target delivery of care to areas of identified need according to the “National Dental Epidemiology Programme for England, oral health survey of five-year-old children 2012.” A copy of the survey is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 27/07/2015 14:53:14 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name HL 1655Oral Health 5yr old children 2012.pdf title Oral Health Survey 5 year olds 2012
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

418176

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Warfarin
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many patients on long-term Warfarin prescriptions now have access to self-monitoring technology; and whether Clinical Commissioning Groups support moves towards further patient self-management.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of patients on long-term Warfarin prescriptions who have access to self-monitoring technology is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have responsibility for commissioned services for patients who receive anticoagulation treatments. It is for individual CCGs to commission treatment and services for patients on anticoagulation treatment or other medications which require monitoring, as they are best placed to identify what is needed in their local areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is guidance in place to support CCGs in planning services for patients who receive anticoagulation treatments. Under its Diagnostics Assessment Programme, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published guidance on self-monitoring of anticoagulation treatments which is attached and also available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/dg14" target="_blank">http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/dg14</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NICE has also published quality standards on the management and treatment of atrial fibrillation which set out that self-monitoring should be offered as an option to appropriate patients. The guidance is also attached and available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs93/chapter/Quality-statement-6-developmental-Selfmonitoring-of-anticoagulation" target="_blank">http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs93/chapter/Quality-statement-6-developmental-Selfmonitoring-of-anticoagulation</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name guidance-atrial-fibrillation-treatment-and-management-pdf.pdf title Atrial Fibrillation Guidance 2 file name NICE CoaguChek XS.pdf title Self monitoring Anticoagulation treatments question first answered 22/09/2015 10:18:58 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

418383

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dental Services: 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 Prior of Brampton on 27 July (HL1635), whether they have plans to introduce day surgery appointments for the clearance or extraction of deciduous teeth under general anaesthetic.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>Many extractions are already carried out on a day case basis; whether the extraction is carried out as a day case or requires an overnight admission is a matter for the clinicians involved.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that NHS Lancashire and Greater Manchester have for a number of years commissioned day case surgery as well as overnight admission for children who require a full clearance of deciduous teeth under general anaesthetic.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 17/09/2015 16:27:15 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

418384

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Fluoride: Drinking Water
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to make representations to Manchester City Council to give further consideration to fluoridation of the water supply in Greater Manchester; and whether any such representations will take account of the lower level of tooth decay amongst children in Birmingham, where the water supply has been fluoridated since 1964.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>It has been the policy of successive governments that decisions on water fluoridation are best taken locally. The Health and Social Care Act 2012 gave powers to upper tier and unitary local authorities to make proposals in relation to fluoridation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2014 Public Health England published a water fluoridation health monitoring report which showed lower levels of tooth decay in areas with water fluoridation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England has also, in 2014, published an evidence informed toolkit for local authorities to support them in planning, reviewing and commissioning oral health improvement interventions for children and young people, including the potential role of water fluoridation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 21/09/2015 15:12:30 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

422504

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing Occupancy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there is an authority that has the right to inspect properties with regard to the number of people living in the property; and what power that body has to act.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities have powers under Part 10 of the Housing Act 1985 to tackle overcrowding. They can inspect a property to determine the number of people who are living there and have powers to take action against landlords of overcrowded properties on a tenant’s behalf, such as serve a notice to abate overcrowding.</p><p>In addition the Housing Act 2004 introduced the Housing Health and Safety Rating System which is designed to assess the presence and severity of a range of hazards in the home, such as excess cold, fire, crowding and space. This allows action to be taken by local authorities, such as issuing an improvement notice, against individual properties which are substandard or dangerous.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 28/10/2015 12:36:46 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

432418

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Right to Manage Companies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the issues involved in maintaining or improving leasehold properties under the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, in particular in central London, where a right to manage exists.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>The maintenance and repair of a block of flats containing leasehold properties is normally the responsibility of the landlord and will be set out under the terms of the lease. This responsibility can pass to a Right to Manage Company where leaseholders have exercised and acquired that right, allowing them to exercise direct control over how their block is maintained.</p><p>Landlords, or those who have acquired the Right to Manage, have a contractual obligation under the terms of the leases to carry out necessary works to the properties that they are responsible for maintaining. Where works are suggested by a majority of leaseholders that are not essential to the repair or maintenance of the property, we would expect landlords to engage with their leaseholders to discuss the feasibility of the suggested works, but there are no plans to legislate to obligate landlords to carry out such work.</p><p>There are also no plans to legislate to provide a limited time within which non-resident leaseholders who fail to respond to a proposal for qualifying works, are deemed to have agreed to the proposed works. The statutory consultation process (known as section 20) gives leaseholders the ability to have a greater say on proposed works to their property by making observations. It does not require leaseholders to make observations, but any observations that are made must be made within a specified time limit. The landlord (or Right to Manage Company) is therefore in the knowledge that subject to observations made, they are able to proceed with necessary works.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3933 HL3934 question first answered 09/12/2015 12:44:18 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

432419

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Right to Manage Companies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to legislate in connection with the right to manage in order to provide a limited time within which non-resident leaseholders who fail to respond can be deemed to have agreed to a proposal.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>The maintenance and repair of a block of flats containing leasehold properties is normally the responsibility of the landlord and will be set out under the terms of the lease. This responsibility can pass to a Right to Manage Company where leaseholders have exercised and acquired that right, allowing them to exercise direct control over how their block is maintained.</p><p>Landlords, or those who have acquired the Right to Manage, have a contractual obligation under the terms of the leases to carry out necessary works to the properties that they are responsible for maintaining. Where works are suggested by a majority of leaseholders that are not essential to the repair or maintenance of the property, we would expect landlords to engage with their leaseholders to discuss the feasibility of the suggested works, but there are no plans to legislate to obligate landlords to carry out such work.</p><p>There are also no plans to legislate to provide a limited time within which non-resident leaseholders who fail to respond to a proposal for qualifying works, are deemed to have agreed to the proposed works. The statutory consultation process (known as section 20) gives leaseholders the ability to have a greater say on proposed works to their property by making observations. It does not require leaseholders to make observations, but any observations that are made must be made within a specified time limit. The landlord (or Right to Manage Company) is therefore in the knowledge that subject to observations made, they are able to proceed with necessary works.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3932 HL3934 question first answered 09/12/2015 12:44:18 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

432420

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Leasehold
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will clarify the measures that can be taken to enable works to be carried out when they are wanted or needed by a majority of leaseholders in leasehold residential properties.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>The maintenance and repair of a block of flats containing leasehold properties is normally the responsibility of the landlord and will be set out under the terms of the lease. This responsibility can pass to a Right to Manage Company where leaseholders have exercised and acquired that right, allowing them to exercise direct control over how their block is maintained.</p><p>Landlords, or those who have acquired the Right to Manage, have a contractual obligation under the terms of the leases to carry out necessary works to the properties that they are responsible for maintaining. Where works are suggested by a majority of leaseholders that are not essential to the repair or maintenance of the property, we would expect landlords to engage with their leaseholders to discuss the feasibility of the suggested works, but there are no plans to legislate to obligate landlords to carry out such work.</p><p>There are also no plans to legislate to provide a limited time within which non-resident leaseholders who fail to respond to a proposal for qualifying works, are deemed to have agreed to the proposed works. The statutory consultation process (known as section 20) gives leaseholders the ability to have a greater say on proposed works to their property by making observations. It does not require leaseholders to make observations, but any observations that are made must be made within a specified time limit. The landlord (or Right to Manage Company) is therefore in the knowledge that subject to observations made, they are able to proceed with necessary works.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3932 HL3933 question first answered 09/12/2015 12:44:18 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes