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Written Answers — House of Lords: Health: Chlamydia (22 May 2013)

Lord Patel of Bradford: To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many men and women were screened by each local chlamydia screening programme in (1) 2010, (2) 2011, and (3) 2012; and what steps are being taken to increase the uptake of chlamydia screening among men. To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many black, Asian and minority ethnic men and women were screened by each local chlamydia screening programme...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Prisons: Substance Misuse (28 May 2012)

Lord Patel of Bradford: To ask Her Majesty's Government within which prisons substance misuse services are being re-commissioned in line with the Patel report; and, of those, which are providing both clinical substance misuse treatment and psychosocial interventions services; and which are only providing psychosocial interventions services.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Health: Clinical Commissioning Groups (22 May 2012)

Lord Patel of Bradford: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether clinical commissioning groups will be added to the list of Schedule 19 bodies to which the public sector equality duty applies under the Equality Act 2010; and, if so, when.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Health: Clinical Commissioning Groups (22 May 2012)

Lord Patel of Bradford: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether clinical commissioning groups will be subject to specific duties under the Equality Act 2010.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Charity Commission (2 June 2009)

Lord Patel of Bradford: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Charity Commission. I have asked the commission to reply. Letter from Andrew Hind, dated May 2009. As the chief executive of the Charity Commission, I have been asked to respond to your written Parliamentary Question on the action the Charity Commission might take where the minutes of a meeting of charity trustees record a...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Civil Service: Redundancy (2 June 2009)

Lord Patel of Bradford: The Employers' Pensions Guide, issued by Cabinet Office to employers participating in the Civil Service pension arrangements, gives employers guidance on the costs of redundancies. The Employers' Guide is available on the Civil Service website www.civilservice.gov.uk/pensions and a current copy has been placed in the Library.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Earnings (2 June 2009)

Lord Patel of Bradford: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply. Letter from Karen Dunnell, National Statistician, to Lord Laird, dated May 2009. As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question concerning public and private sector average earnings. (HL3862) The table below provides information on...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Energy: Carbon Emissions (2 June 2009)

Lord Patel of Bradford: The Government have met their target to source at least 10 per cent of electricity from renewables by 31March 2008. The 2007-08 performance data, published by the Sustainable Development Commission in December 2008, showed that 22 per cent of the Government's electricity was derived from renewable sources.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Houses of Parliament: Select Committees (1 June 2009)

Lord Patel of Bradford: I am not aware of any occasion where a Cabinet Office Minister has refused to give evidence to a Parliamentary Select Committee during the past five years.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Civil Service Year Book (19 May 2009)

Lord Patel of Bradford: The Government are considering using web technology for the collection and publication of information currently published in the Civil Service. We are seeking feedback from current users of the yearbook and will make a Written Statement as soon as final decisions have been made.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Government: Ministerial Salaries (19 May 2009)

Lord Patel of Bradford: Ministerial salaries are governed by legislation. The principal Acts are the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 (MOSA) and the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 (MOPSA). Information on the total salary of each Secretary of State can therefore be found in the public domain, specifically in the Library. Given the importance of public sector pay restraint at a time of...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Business Continuity (14 May 2009)

Lord Patel of Bradford: The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) annual survey into business continuity management, funded by the Cabinet Office, provides an assessment of the state of business continuity planning in private, public and voluntary sector organisations. The results are widely used by business and are presented along with a set of recommendations aimed at improving the resilience or organisations. They...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Civil Service (14 May 2009)

Lord Patel of Bradford: The provisions set out in the Equality Bill are consistent with the Civil Service recruitment principles.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Government Departments: Websites (14 May 2009)

Lord Patel of Bradford: Most department websites and the main government website for citizens, direct.gov.uk, are run largely by internal teams that take responsibility for the content and overall management, although technical delivery and hosting is usually outsourced. NHS Choices and businesslink.gov.uk are outsourced, with management of the contracts by the Department for Health and HMRC respectively. The COI...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Influenza Pandemic (14 May 2009)

Lord Patel of Bradford: All departments have in place business continuity arrangements to address a wide range of scenarios, and are required do so under the security policy framework. These plans focus on ensuring continued delivery of critical departmental activities including at times of high staff absenteeism. The triggering of a departmental plan will depend upon the department, its size, the services it...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Swine Flu (14 May 2009)

Lord Patel of Bradford: The Civil Contingencies Secretariat has co-ordinated cross-government activity in support of the Department of Health as the lead UK government department for the swine flu outbreak. The National Security Secretariat has provided the facilities from which the collective cross-government response has been co-ordinated along with the necessary technical support.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Telephone Numbers (14 May 2009)

Lord Patel of Bradford: The use of 0800, 084, 087 and all other number ranges is currently a matter for individual departments and non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs). However, the Cabinet Office is developing guidance on the use of these numbering ranges. This guidance will be issued in mid-2009.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Government Departments: Databases (13 May 2009)

Lord Patel of Bradford: Departments are already required to conduct privacy impact assessments on all new projects which involve the collection of personal data. This measure, part of the mandatory requirements in the data handling review, has been agreed with the Information Commissioner's Office. The ICO has produced and subsequently updated guidance for both the public and private sectors on this. In addition,...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Government: Ministerial Residences (13 May 2009)

Lord Patel of Bradford: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office uses 1 Carlton Gardens for a range of events hosted by Ministers and senior officials, as well as other departmental meetings. Two of the Admiralty House flats are unoccupied.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Pakistani Christians (13 May 2009)

Lord Patel of Bradford: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply to the noble Lord. Letter from Karen Dunnell, National Statistician, to Lord Greaves, dated May 2009. As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question asking how many residents in the United Kingdom are from families of Pakistani Christian origin,...