Tag: David Crausby

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2015-11-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to deal with overcrowding on Bolton’s commuter trains.

Andrew Jones

Northern Rail is required to use all of its train fleet (allowing for maintenance) at peak times and best match capacity to passenger demand across the franchise. It is for Northern to allocate rolling stock to best fit expected passenger numbers on a day-to-day basis. As you may be aware, we have increased Northern’s train fleet this year, including the introduction of 20 refreshed four coach electric trains in the year to December 2015.

In the longer term, unlike the last Northern franchise let under the previous Labour administration in 2004 which included limited plans to invest in services or meet demand, the next Northern Franchise will see the removal of the existing Pacer trains, the ordering at least 120 new-build carriages, the modernising of every train operating on the Northern franchise, more frequent services on many routes on the Northern franchise, and will be providing more services for commuters, during off-peak times and on Sundays. The electrification of Manchester to Preston via Bolton route, for which preparatory work began this year, will also provide the opportunity for greater capacity electric powered trains to provide services for Bolton commuters. By the end of 2019, services into central Manchester will have seen a 49% increase in passenger-carrying capacity during the morning peak compared to five years earlier, and this will help ease the crowding affecting your constituents.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2016-02-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) the UK and (b) Bolton have been included in the Bowel Cancer Screening programme for over-60s in each of the last five years.

Jane Ellison

The NHS Bowel Cancer Screening programme is a biennial programme, in which eligible men and women are invited every two years to be screened.

Roll out of the programme began in 2006 and completed in 2010 offering screening from the ages of 60-69. The Programme then extended the screening age up to 74.

In the last five years, over 19 million men and women have been invited to take part in the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.

Since the Programmes introduction in 2006, over 24,000 cancers have been detected and over 146,000 patients have been managed for polyps, including polyp removal.

The NHS Bowel Cancer Screening programme will be publishing further data with regards to local areas at a later date.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2016-10-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time was for a final decision on an asylum application in each of the last five years.

Mr Robert Goodwill

Information regarding Asylum data is published as part of the Government’s Transparency agenda the latest release of which can be found at can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-november-2016

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2015-11-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to bring forward proposals to ban the use of wild animals in circuses.

George Eustice

I refer the hon. Member to the reply previously given to the hon. Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge, Angela Smith, on 21 July 2015, PQ UIN 7749.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2016-02-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many members of staff are employed in the Ministerial correspondence section of his Department.

Jane Ellison

The Department’s Ministerial Correspondence and Public Enquiries unit currently employs a total of 31 permanent staff who work on both public and ministerial correspondence. There are also eight non-permanent workers filling vacancies within the unit who also work on public and ministerial correspondence. In 2015 the unit responded to 42,277 letters from hon. Members, Peers and the public.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2016-10-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time was for a final decision on an indefinite leave to remain application in each of the last five years.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The service standard for application for ILR is 6 months or 182 days.

Year Despatched	Average Days to despatch.
2011	73.26
2012	105.46
2013	91.44
2014	104.52
2015	67.00

Notes Indefinite Leave to remain defined as those case types classed as Permanent Residence, Tier 1 ILR and Tier 2 ILR based on the case type matrix.

Data extracted on 19 October 2016.

These statistics have been taken from a live operational database. As such, numbers may change as information on that system is updated.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2016-01-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been for motor insurance fraud in each of the last five years.

Dominic Raab

This information is not held centrally, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2016-02-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on external consultancy since 2010.

Jane Ellison

Spend on external consultancy is published annually in DH accounts and can be found in the following links.

For 2014-15, page 130:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-of-health-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015

For 2013-14, page 120:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-of-health-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014

For 2012-13, page 112:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-of-health-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-to-2013

For 2011-12, page 142, and 2010-11, page 143:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-of-health-annual-report-and-accounts-for-2011-to-2012-published

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2016-10-18.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on family incomes of the withdrawal of tax credits as a result of the introduction of the national living wage.

Jane Ellison

The introduction of the National Living Wage in April 2016 marked an important step towards building an economy that works for everyone. At £7.20, it represented a 50p increase on the National Minimum Wage, and a pay rise for over a million low paid workers across the UK.

A family’s entitlement to tax credits depends on a number of factors including the level of income they receive. The introduction of the National Living Wage and the consequential adjustment to a family’s award will be dependent on individual circumstances. The first tax credits income threshold is £6,420, so once a household’s earnings reaches this income threshold, their tax credit award is removed at a rate of 41p for each pound of income above the threshold.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2016-01-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average expenditure was per head of local authorities in (a) Bolton and (b) Greater Manchester in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

Mr Marcus Jones

The average revenue expenditure per head for the financial year 2014-15, the latest available, was £1,675.33 per person for Bolton Council and the average for all local authorities in Greater Manchester was £1,896.10 per person.