Tag: David Crausby

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.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2016-02-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to all-weather football pitches at grassroots level.

David Evennett

In partnership with the Football Association and the Premier League, the government is continuing to invest significant sums in grassroots football facilities every year. In addition to the £10million we give to the Football Foundation each year, this Government has dedicated £8million per year to the new ‘Parklife’ project that will double the number of 3G pitches and enable over 3,500 community sports matches to be played per week.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2016-01-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to improve access to food hygiene score information in England.

Jane Ellison

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has responsibility for the Food Hygiene Ratings Scheme. The FSA is currently collecting evidence on the impact of the mandatory display of food hygiene ratings at food outlets in Wales. The Government will consider this evidence carefully once it is available. In the meantime, the FSA will continue working with its local authority partners to encourage businesses to voluntarily display their ratings and to promote the scheme to consumers.

Ratings are published on the FSA website (and via phone apps), and there is open access to the data.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2016-03-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the consolidated local transport budget for Greater Manchester after implementation of the devolution deal (a) in total and (b) per capita.

Andrew Jones

The Budget 2016 document set out that a total of £2.86bn would be provided to the places that had agreed devolution deals as unringfenced single pots. This includes the consolidated transport grants. A detailed breakdown of the grant for Greater Manchester will be set out by Ministers shortly.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2016-01-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to specialist care for people with muscular dystrophy.

Jane Ellison

Through the Mandate we have asked NHS England to make measurable progress towards making our health service among the best in Europe at supporting people with long-term conditions such as muscular dystrophy, to live healthily and independently, with much better control over the care they receive.

NHS England commissions specialised neurological services at a national level, including for patients with muscular dystrophy. The neurosciences service specifications set out that patients with neuromuscular conditions, such as muscular dystrophy should have access to, including a multidisciplinary team (MDT) to will assess, diagnose and provide support. The MDT team will include neuromuscular consultants, neuromuscular physiotherapists, specialist nurses, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and other care professionals. One of the key service outcomes of the specification is that all patients with long-term neurological conditions have an individualised care plan.