Tag: David Mowat

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Mowat on 2015-10-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many days the Crown Court sat in each court chamber at Warrington in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.

Mr Shailesh Vara

The information requested can be found in the table below.

Crown Court sittings at Warrington (days):

Period	Courtroom 1	Courtroom 2	County Court courtroom
January to December 2013	132	120	2
January to December 2014	105	182	1
January to September 2015	87	104	4

There are two dedicated Crown courtrooms in Warrington Combined Court, which also houses the County Court. The final column therefore sets out the number of days sat in County Court accommodation when, exceptionally, the Crown courtrooms were unavailable.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Mowat on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he has received from the Israeli authorities about progress in prosecuting the perpetrators of the arson attack in the Palestinian village of Duma in July 2015.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

We are aware of reports that Israel’s Defence Minister said Israel knows that the Duma terror attack was committed by extremist Jews, but that legal investigations are stuck because of insufficient admissible evidence. We have called on the Israeli authorities to ensure that those responsible for this crime are brought swiftly to justice. Officials at our Embassy in Tel Aviv are closely following Israel’s actions to introduce additional measures to combat settler violence.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Mowat on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had on improving the fairness of the health allocation formula.

Dr Daniel Poulter

NHS England now has responsibility for clinical commissioning group (CCG) allocations. These decisions have been taken independently of government.

Between 2013-14 and 2015-16, Warrington CCG will receive a 7% increase in funding which is a £16.1 million uplift. The national average in this period is a 4.7% increase, which if it had been applied to Warrington would have given them £10.8 million, meaning they are £5.3 million better off than average.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Mowat on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of applicants from the Borough of Warrington passed their driving test in each year since 2007.

Stephen Hammond

The information requested is in the table below.

	Year	Candidates	Passed	% Passed
	2007	15,799	7,734	49%
	2008	15,530	7,727	50%
	2009	13,359	6,675	50%
	2010	13,340	6,584	49%
	2011	13,130	6,533	50%
	2012	12,125	6,332	52%
	2013	12,200	6,433	53%

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency systems do not hold specific data for the Borough of Warrington. The data in the table above reflects the number of practical test candidates who registered a WA postcode at the time of booking the test.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Mowat on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many approved driving instructors were registered in the Borough of Warrington in each year since 2007.

Stephen Hammond

There are currently 362 approved driving instructors (ADI) with a WA postcode. Please note Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) systems do not hold specific data for the Borough of Warrington.

DVSA’s training and registration system is a live database and does not hold historical data; therefore it can provide only the current number of ADIs with a WA postcode.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Mowat on 2014-06-18.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for the future of the Money Advice Service.

Andrea Leadsom

The government has commissioned an independent review of the Money Advice Service, led by Christine Farnish, which will report to me by the end of the year.

MAS has an important responsibility to increase financial knowledge and capability in the UK. The review will consider how effectively and efficiently MAS is meeting the consumer need for education and advice; and make recommendations on any changes to MAS’s approach that would better enable it to meet this need.