Tag: Andrew Stephenson

  • Andrew Stephenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Andrew Stephenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Stephenson on 2014-06-09.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many men in (a) Pendle constituency and (b) Lancashire died from advanced prostate cancer in 2012.

    Mr Nick Hurd

    The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

  • Andrew Stephenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Andrew Stephenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Stephenson on 2014-03-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) Pendle constituency and (b) Lancashire were eligible for but did not claim free school meals in the latest period for which figures are available.

    David Laws

    The Department for Education routinely collects information on pupils who are both eligible for and claiming free school meals. This information is published in the ‘Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics, January 2013′ Statistical First Release[1]. Information on the number of pupils who are eligible for free school meals but do not claim them is not collected by the Department.

    The Department has published a research paper ‘Pupils not claiming free school meals: 2013′[2] which presents estimates of the numbers and proportions of pupils who are entitled to receive free school meals but are not claiming. The paper compares registration rates for children aged between 4 and 15 and highlights regions and local authorities where under-registration rates are high. Figures from this paper show the under-registration rate for Lancashire local authority is 6% compared with an England average of 11%.

    [1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2013
    [2] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupils-not-claiming-free-school-meals-2013

  • Andrew Stephenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Andrew Stephenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Stephenson on 2014-06-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of how many adults in (a) East Lancashire, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West exercised for at least 30 minutes a week during the most recent period for which figures are available.

    Jane Ellison

    The Department has made no such estimate. However, the Active People Survey commissioned by Sport England measures the proportion of adults (aged 16 and over) who undertake some form of physical activity at moderate intensity (or higher). Data from the most recent survey can be found in the following table.

    Active People Survey (APS) data, 2012

    Proportion of the adult population (age 16 years and over) participating in 30 or more equivalent minutes of moderate activity per week.

    Area

    30+ minutes

    England

    71.5%

    North West Region

    68.8%

    Lancashire County

    69.6%

    Blackburn with Darwen UA

    63.1%

    Blackpool UA

    65.1%

    Burnley

    65.0%

    Chorley

    75.3%

    Fylde

    68.0%

    Hyndburn

    63.7%

    Lancaster

    74.4%

    Pendle

    66.1%

    Preston

    69.3%

    Ribble Valley

    74.1%

    Rossendale

    66.8%

    South Ribble

    69.5%

    West Lancashire

    73.3%

    Wyre

    65.6%

    Source: Active People Survey, Sport England

    Notes:

    1. The data were collected between January 2012 to January 2013 (APS6 Quarter 2 to APS7 Quarter 1).
    2. The APS is commissioned by Sport England and measures the proportion of adults (aged 16 and over) participating in sport and/or undertaking some form of physical activity at moderate intensity (or higher).
    3. The survey uses a 28-day reference period to record the number of minutes of physical activity (of at least 10 minutes) and then divides the number of minutes by four to come up with a weekly average (e.g. two hours of physical activity over the 28 days equates to 30 minutes per week). Number of minutes presented is the equivalent minutes of moderate activity, which consists of moderate activity plus double the number of vigorous minutes of activity.
    4. The activities included in the APS are; sport, recreational cycling and walking, walking and cycling for active travel purposes, dance and gardening.
    5. The percentages are weighted to adjust the results so that they are representative of the whole population at local authority, regional and national level.
    6. Further information and data are available at these websites:

    www.noo.org.uk/data_sources/physical_activity/activepeople

    www.sportengland.org/research/active_people_survey.aspx

  • Andrew Stephenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Andrew Stephenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Stephenson on 2014-03-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminal offences by foreign-born nationals were recorded in Pendle constituency in each of the last five years.

    Norman Baker

    The Home Office does not hold data on the nationality of offenders, and so cannot provide data on the number of offences committed by foreign-born nationals that were recorded by police in Pendle.

    The Home Office collects aggregate data on the number of offences recorded by the police, available at police force area and Community Safety Partnership level. However, we do not hold details about the people responsible for these offences.

    The Ministry of Justice collects details on the number of offenders and offender characteristics, but does not collect information on the number of offences that these offenders commit.

  • Andrew Stephenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Andrew Stephenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Stephenson on 2014-06-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many keyhole surgery operations for heart surgery were carried out in (a) East Lancashire and (b) Airedale in each of the last three years.

    Jane Ellison

    The information is shown in the attached table.

  • Andrew Stephenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Andrew Stephenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Stephenson on 2014-03-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for how many days the (a) Colne to Blackpool South and (b) Skipton to Leeds lines were closed in each of the last five years.

    Stephen Hammond

    This is not information that is held by the Department for Transport. This is a matter for Network Rail, who own and operate Britain’s rail network.

  • Andrew Stephenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Andrew Stephenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Stephenson on 2014-06-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people in (a) Pendle constituency, (b) East Lancashire and (c) the North West are registered organ donors.

    Jane Ellison

    The information requested is in the following table:

    Proportion of people in Pendle constituency, East Lancashire and the North West who are registered organ donors as at 10 June 2014

    Area

    Number on the Organ Donor Register

    Population estimate1

    % on the Organ Donor Register

    Pendle Constituency

    22,071

    89,613

    24.6%

    East Lancashire2

    137,865

    530,605

    26.0%

    North West 3

    2,083,446

    7,084,337

    29.4%

    1 Source: Office for National Statistics mid-2012 population estimates

    2 East Lancashire comprising the districts of Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn, Ribble Valley, Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale

    3 This comprises:

    Ashton, Leigh and Wigan, Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Bolton, Bury, Central and Eastern Cheshi, Cumbria, East Lancashire, Halton and St Helens, Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale, Knowsley, Liverpool, Manchester, North Lancashire, Oldham, Salford, Sefton, Stockport, Tameside and Glossop, Trafford, Warrington, Western Cheshire, Wirral

    Source: NHS Blood and Transplant

  • Andrew Stephenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Andrew Stephenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Stephenson on 2014-03-31.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships commenced in each sector in (a) Pendle constituency and (b) Lancashire in the last 12 months.

    Matthew Hancock

    Table 1 shows the number of apprenticeship starts in the 2012/13 academic year by Sector Subject Area for Pendle parliamentary constituency and Lancashire Local Education Authority.

    Table 1: Apprenticeship Starts by Geography and Sector Subject Area, 2012/13

    Pendle Parliamentary Constituency

    Lancashire Local Education Authority

    Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care

    20

    140

    Arts, Media and Publishing

    20

    Business, Administration and Law

    450

    4,850

    Construction, Planning and the Built Environment

    40

    420

    Education and Training

    20

    280

    Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies

    170

    1,770

    Health, Public Services and Care

    240

    3,440

    Information and Communication Technology

    20

    270

    Languages, Literature and Culture

    Leisure, Travel and Tourism

    20

    340

    Preparation for Life and Work

    Retail and Commercial Enterprise

    190

    2,390

    Science and Mathematics

    10

    Unknown

    Total

    1,150

    13,930

    Source: Individualised Learner Record

    Notes

    1) Volumes are rounded to the nearest ten

    2) ‘-‘ indicates a base value of less than five

    3) Local Education Authority and Parliamentary Constituency are based on the home postcode of the learner.

  • Andrew Stephenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Andrew Stephenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Stephenson on 2014-06-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve respite care provisions in Pendle constituency.

    Norman Lamb

    We have provided £400 million to the National Health Service over four years from 2011 for carers to have breaks from their caring responsibilities.

    In the 2013 Spending Review, we announced the £3.8 billion Better Care Fund, which includes £130 millionfunding for carers’ breaks for 2015-16.

    In 2015-16, East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group will receive £8.1 million from the Better Care Fund.

  • Andrew Stephenson – 2022 Comments Changing Support to Rishi Sunak in Conservative Leadership Contest

    Andrew Stephenson – 2022 Comments Changing Support to Rishi Sunak in Conservative Leadership Contest

    The comments made by Andrew Stephenson, the Conservative MP for Pendle, on Twitter on 24 October 2022.

    Now Boris Johnson has ruled himself out it is essential that all Conservatives unite around a new leader & help them tackle the challenges we face.

    It’s clear the best person to unite the Party is Rishi Sunak. He can count on my full support as our Prime Minister and I will be voting for him.