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1695948

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date	13/03/2024
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	Health Professions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following the protection of the titles “physician associate” and “anaesthesia associate” under the Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024, when they plan to provide protection for other medical titles which are not already protected.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL3233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>All healthcare professional regulators have protected titles relating to the professions they regulate. There are currently 64 protected titles across 10 professional health and care regulators. The Government’s regulatory reform programme, which is already underway, will consider protected titles more broadly.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 25/03/2024 12:06:32 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1540392

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many applications for driving licences from people with a notifiable medical condition are outstanding; what is the target time for responding to those applications; and when they expect response times to return to the levels they were prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL3233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>As of 16 November, there were 174,687 driving licence applications in progress where a medical condition must be investigated before a licence can be issued. This figure includes new applications, notifications and renewal applications as well as the more usual in progress figure, which is around 120,000 at any one time. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency expects to return to pre-pandemic turnaround times for medical applications by January 2023. All other backlogs were eliminated earlier this year.</p><p> </p><p>Of the total of 174,687 applications in progress, 71,323 were received more than 90 days ago.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The length of time taken to deal with an application depends on the medical condition(s) involved and whether further information is required from third parties, for example NHS healthcare professionals, before a decision on whether to issue a licence can be made. Simple cases can often be processed quickly but some of the more complex cases with multiple medical conditions can take much longer. The DVLA’s business plan target for 2022/23 is to process 90% of new applications within 90 days from October 2022.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to note that the majority of applicants renewing an existing licence will be able to continue driving while their application is being processed, providing they have not been told not to drive by a doctor or optician.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 18/11/2022 13:28:55 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1362012

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	UN Climate Change Conference 2021: Northern Ireland Executive
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the Northern Ireland Executive in preparation for COP26.
tabling member printed	Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
uin	HL3233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>We are committed to working with the Northern Ireland Executive, as well as the other devolved administrations, to ensure an inclusive and ambitious summit for the whole of the UK. All parts of the UK will have important roles to play in ensuring the summit’s success.</p><p>The COP President Designate, Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP, has invited climate change Ministers from the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive to participate in a regular devolved administrations group to ensure effective engagement and collaboration on COP26 in support of the delivery of an inclusive and welcoming COP26 representative of the whole of the UK. The last meeting took place in September.</p><p>Officials in the COP26 Unit are also in regular discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive, as well as the other devolved administrations, about preparations for COP26.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 28/10/2021 11:03:15 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

1189716

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date	21/04/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Older People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that their international response to COVID-19 explicitly supports the health needs of older people in low- and middle-income countries.
tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
uin	HL3233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>We recognise that that older people are disproportionately impacted and at more risk of severe complications and death due to COVID-19.</p><p>As well as the primary impacts of COVID-19, marginalised groups also experience secondary impacts of virus. This includes reduced access to healthcare, food and medications, due to increased pressure on healthcare systems, markets and supply chains, made worse by pre-existing accessibility challenges and barriers. We also understand that older people live in a variety of settings where social distancing advice may be challenging to enact, such as humanitarian settings or where older people are living in residential care. We are working hard to ensure that our help reaches those most in need, including older people, through close collaboration with our partners.</p><p>Our funding is supporting a range of initiatives and partners to ensure that it can reach those in need and strengthen fragile health services in the world’s poorest countries where there is a high risk of the disease spreading rapidly. This includes supporting the United Nation’s Global Humanitarian Response Plan to tackle COVID-19 and help to the most vulnerable across the globe. The plan explicitly identifies older people given their susceptibility to the virus and their broader vulnerability. Our latest UK aid announcement on 12 April of £200 million, is supporting humanitarian organisations to help reduce mass infections in developing countries that often lack the healthcare systems to track and halt the virus. This includes £130 million to UN agencies in response to their COVID-19 humanitarian appeals.</p><p>In addition, we are redirecting existing support and programmes ensure responses to COVID-19 are fully inclusive, including supporting the needs of older people.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 04/05/2020 09:39:09 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

788924

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tickets: Touting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the statement by the Minister of State for Digital on 26 April (HC Deb, col 1125), what progress has been made to prohibit the use of bots to procure tickets for high demand sporting events and concerts.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL3233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2017 answer text <p>We are determined to crackdown on unacceptable behaviour and improve fans’ chances of buying tickets at a reasonable price.</p><p> </p><p>S.106 of the Digital Economy Act provides us with the power to create a specific offence, where tickets are purchased electronically, of purchasing more tickets than the maximum permitted. We have undertaken an informal consultation with over a hundred relevant organisations to help inform our implementation of this provision in the Act. We will shortly notify the European Commission and Member States of the proposed legislation which is in scope of the Technical Standards Directive’s three month notification process before looking to securing a legislative slot next year.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 24/11/2017 12:50:56 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

637308

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Brexit: Education
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 Nash on 9 November (HL2741), whether they intend to provide schools and other educational establishments with information about the benefits of Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL3233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not send political material to schools: it is up to schools to decide what teaching material to use, tailored to their pupils’ needs. Schools are required by the Education Act 1996 to ensure the balanced treatment of political issues, including the UK’s membership of the European Union.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 24/11/2016 12:09:23 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

425835

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
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) whether the proposed new, lower benefit cap has a gendered effect, and (2) whether any such effect would be mitigated by excluding certain child benefits from that cap.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL3233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July, a copy of which is attached.</p><br /><p>Like other welfare benefits, child related benefits are taken into account when applying the cap. Removing them from the cap would effectively mean that there would be no upper limit on the amount of benefit that out of work households could receive.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 12/11/2015 13:05:10 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

166642

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government by what date they expect that departments and the devolved administrations will have completed their consideration of extra-territorial jurisdiction in respect of offences established in accordance with the Istanbul Convention.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL3233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>This government takes its international obligations very seriously. That is why we signed the Istanbul Convention on 8 June 2012, to show our strong commitment to tackling violence against women and girls.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has some of the most robust laws in the world against violence towards women and girls. We have criminalised forced marriage but primary legislation will also be needed to comply with the extra-territorial jurisdiction provisions in Article 44 of the Convention before it can be ratified.</p><p> </p><p>Justice Ministers are currently considering the extent to which we need to amend the criminal law of England and Wales for compliance with Article 44 prior to ratification of the Convention.</p><p> </p><p>Any changes necessary to the criminal law in Scotland and Northern Ireland prior to ratification are matters for the devolved administrations. We will consult Ministers in the devolved administrations about whether legislative changes in England and Wales should extend to Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 08/12/2014 15:40:28 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans