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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

79825

	registered interest
	date	30/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Safety
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to remove the exemption for skip lorries and concrete mixing lorries from the requirement to be fitted with a safety bar, and, if so when; and what assessment they have made of the efforts made by Cemex in that area.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Transport will be consulting in the autumn to change the rules for side guards to be fitted to tippers, refuse vehicles and car transporters that were registered from 1 January 2010.　 Side guards will be required to be fitted to the majority of new vehicles from 29 October 2014.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no specific assessment of the measures implemented by Cemex but the Government welcomes the initiatives taken by a number of companies to voluntarily fit additional safety equipment to protect pedestrian and vulnerable road users.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 04/08/2014 10:40:49 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	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

79736

	registered interest
	date	29/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Multiple Sclerosis
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Cladribine is available for people with multiple<i></i>sclerosis through the National Health Service; and, if not, what steps they are taking to make it available.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>Cladribine is not licensed for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Prescribers can prescribe a medicine “off label” for unlicensed indications if they consider it to be of benefit to the patient and on condition that they retain full clinical responsibility for that patient.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health Research Horizon Scanning Centre published a report on cladribine for multiple sclerosis in 2008 and this is available at:</p><p> </p><p>www.hsc.nihr.ac.uk/topics/cladribine-movectro-for-multiple-sclerosis-relapsi</p><p> </p><p>We have made no assessment of research undertaken in other countries.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL1629 question first answered 18/08/2014 10:12:15 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

79737

	registered interest
	date	29/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Multiple Sclerosis
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of research in other countries into the use of Cladribine to treat multiple<i></i>sclerosis; and what such research has been carried out in the United Kingdom for the National Health Service.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>Cladribine is not licensed for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Prescribers can prescribe a medicine “off label” for unlicensed indications if they consider it to be of benefit to the patient and on condition that they retain full clinical responsibility for that patient.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health Research Horizon Scanning Centre published a report on cladribine for multiple sclerosis in 2008 and this is available at:</p><p> </p><p>www.hsc.nihr.ac.uk/topics/cladribine-movectro-for-multiple-sclerosis-relapsi</p><p> </p><p>We have made no assessment of research undertaken in other countries.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL1628 question first answered 18/08/2014 10:12:15 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

79824

	registered interest
	date	30/07/2014
	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 has been the cost to the National Health Service in the last year of the number of children being hospitalised for the extensive extraction of deciduous teeth; and whether they will consider setting up day-care clinics that could carry out such work.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>The following table shows the estimated cost of tooth extractions for children aged 18 years and under for 2012-13. The data covers all tooth extractions, and does not distinguish between deciduous or adult teeth.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Healthcare Resource Group description</p></td><td><p>Estimated total cost £million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minor Extraction of Tooth, 18 years and under</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Extraction of Multiple Teeth, 18 years and under</p></td><td><p>27.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Source</em>: Reference costs, Department of Health<sup>1</sup></p><p> </p><p>Tooth extractions in children often involve general anaesthesia. Extractions involving general anaesthesia were restricted to the hospital setting following the recommendations of the 2000 report ‘A conscious decision’ that patients should have access to high quality critical care facilities when general anaesthesia is given. There are currently no plans to change this. Many extractions are 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>70% of five year olds now have no dental decay but we recognise that significant inequalities remain. Wider work is under way through dental contract reform and other prevention focussed initiatives to improve oral health.</p><p><sup> </sup></p><p><em>Note:</em></p><p><sup> </sup></p><p><sup>1</sup>www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-reference-costs-2012-to-2013</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/08/2014 10:04:52 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	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