Lord Touhig

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 2 March (HL Deb, col 6), why Lord Wallace did not answer the question asked relating to veterans sleeping rough.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 2 March (HL Deb, col 6), what programmes they have to help veterans sleeping rough in (1) London, and (2) the rest of the United Kingdom; what programmes are in place to...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 2 March (HL Deb, col 6), what is their assessment of the number of (1) veterans casually sleeping rough, and (2) homeless veterans, in (a) London, and (b) elsewhere in t...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 2 March (HL Deb, col 6), when the programme of preparing servicemen and servicewomen to leave the services and return to civilian life was last reviewed and revised.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Earl Howe on 4 February (HL Deb, col 644), what monitoring and reporting procedures exist to measure the effectiveness of local training programmes aimed at supporting diagnoses of autism.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Earl Howe on 4 February (HL Deb, col 644), how many autism diagnoses take place (1) each year in England, and (2) within three months of referral.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Earl Howe on 4 February (HL Deb, col 644), what audit procedures are in place to monitor the number of diagnoses for autism that are given each year; and how long it takes to obtain a diagnosis.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 5 February (HL4542), whether the current police information technology systems are capable of accommodating an additional marker, specifically for autism, to be added to the P...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 5 February (HL4542), whether there is a deadline for completing work to establish whether a separate marker, specifically for autism, can be added to the Police National Compu...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Lord Faulks on 22 January (HL Deb, col 1442), what organisations have been consulted in the development of training programmes for police officers in recognising autistic spectrum disorders.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Lord Faulks on 22 January (HL Deb, col 1442), how many police officers are expected to participate in training in recognising autistic spectrum disorders; and whether they are considering making s...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in considering whether police marker systems used to identify those with mental health and learning difficulties can be extended to those with autism as proposed in the report Think Autism.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to encourage health and wellbeing boards to follow the current statutory guidance implementing the adult autism strategy; and what plans there are to encourage them to do so when new statutory gui...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions have been held with NHS England about the formulation of the draft statutory guidance implementing the adult autism strategy in the light of the current consultation.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are aware of concerns regarding the recently published guidance for local authorities in England on the Blue Badge Scheme.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will undertake a review of the operation of the Blue Badge Scheme guidance for people with autism by (1) working alongside a sample of local authorities in order to better understand the operation of the guidan...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimates have been made of the number of children or vulnerable adults dependent upon individuals who have been refused bail and held on remand in the last 12 months.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what provisions exist to ensure that appropriate care arrangements are in place for the dependants of individuals who are refused bail and held on remand.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the case for judges asking individuals whom they have remanded or sentenced to prison whether there are any children or vulnerable adults dependent upon them.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the case for a statutory duty on courts to identify whether individuals sentenced to prison or held on remand have children or vulnerable adults dependent on them.