Lord Smith of Leigh: To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to compensate hospices in order to ensure that the recent NHS pay rise and proposed pension changes do not adversely impact those hospices' ability to fund activities.
Lord Smith of Leigh: To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they intend to provide to hospices as part of the NHS Long Term Plan.
Lord Smith of Leigh: To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of NHS staff, per region in England, are citizens of other EU member states; and what assessment they have made of the impact of Brexit on those employees.
Lord Smith of Leigh: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the social and economic determinants of health inequalities identified by the Marmot Review, Fairer Society, Healthy Lives, published in 2010.
Lord Smith of Leigh: To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will secure the skills necessary for students and businesses, and the improved productivity for the economy, given the pattern of delivery for 16–19 year olds through School Sixth Forms, Sixth Form Colleges and Further Education Colleges.
Lord Smith of Leigh: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will support the establishment of a National Museum of Rugby League in the Northern Powerhouse area.
Lord Smith of Leigh: To ask Her Majesty’s Government when all schools become academies, how they will ensure that the Department for Education has the capacity to respond quickly and positively to catastrophic events, such as the recent floods in Cumbria.
Lord Smith of Leigh: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support the greater provision of respite places and care homes in order to reduce problems of bed-blocking.
Lord Smith of Leigh: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to introduce requirements for Clinical Commissioning Groups with patients in acute hospitals in other areas to prioritise those patients to prevent bed-blocking.
Lord Smith of Leigh: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what they estimate is the cost to the NHS of bed-blocking by patients who have received all their medical treatment; and what steps they are taking to reduce this.
Lord Smith of Leigh: To ask Her Majesty's Government which local authorities have submitted bids for the Weekly Collection Support Scheme for waste collection.
Lord Smith of Leigh: To ask Her Majesty's Government when they estimate the growth in the costs of social care caused by demographic trends will outstrip the ability of local authorities to fund such care.
Lord Smith of Leigh: To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to monitor the application of value added tax to hot foods following the recent change to the plans announced in the Budget.
Lord Smith of Leigh: To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the abolition of regional development agencies, how many staff have transferred to government departments or to other non-departmental bodies; and at what cost.
Lord Smith of Leigh: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many civil servants in the Department for Communities and Local Government earn over £100,000 per year; and whether they propose to subject the appointments to those posts to parliamentary scrutiny.
Lord Smith of Leigh: To ask Her Majesty's Government what factors cause the differences in life expectancy in different parts of the country; and what proposals they have to reduce those differences.
Lord Smith of Leigh: To ask Her Majesty's Government what forecast they have made of the need for social housing over the period of Spending Review 2010; and how they intend to meet that need.
Lord Smith of Leigh: To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the size of grant to local authorities required to achieve the freeze in council tax; and, given the differential dependence of authorities on council tax income, by how much individual authorities will benefit.
Lord Smith of Leigh: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the range of reductions in funding to individual councils following Spending Review 2010; and whether they intend to apply damping to improve fairness.
Lord Smith of Leigh: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the efficacy, level of value for money and effects on the time of staff of local public services of comprehensive area assessments in the current economic circumstances.