Tag: Jamie Reed

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2015-10-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent classroom teachers have been employed in schools in (a) Copeland constituency, (b) Cumbria and (c) England in each of the last five years.

Nick Gibb

The following table provides the number of full-time equivalent classroom teachers in service in state funded schools in Copeland constituency, Cumbria local authority area, and England for November 2010 to November 2014.

Source: School Workforce Census

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2015-10-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on planned reductions to the policing budget in Cumbria.

Mike Penning

Ministers are in regular contact with Police and Crime Commissioners and other interested parties and discuss a variety of matters, including resources. Ministers recently received representations from the Cumbria Police and Crime Commissioner and the Chief Constable in response to the consultation on reform of the police funding arrangements in England and Wales.On the basis of our review of consultation responses and other feedback received we are proposing a number of refinements be made to the model. The Policing Minister wrote to all PCCs and Chiefs on 8 October to provide detail on the proposed refinements, set out the indicative force-level impact and invite further comments.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2015-10-26.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths have been caused by people taking legal highs in (a) Copeland constituency, (b) Cumbria and (c) England in each of the last five years.

Mr Rob Wilson

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

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2015-10-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure reductions in funding to Cumbria Constabulary do not result in a reduction in police numbers.

Mike Penning

The size and make up of the police workforce is a matter for Chief Constables to take locally in conjunction with their democratically-elected Police and Crime Commissioners.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2015-10-26.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2015 to Question 12348, what estimate he has made of the number of families whose income will reduce as a result of the proposed changes to tax credits.

Damian Hinds

No such estimate has been made.

This Government is committed to moving from a high welfare, high tax, low wage economy to a lower welfare, lower tax, higher wage society. As the Chancellor has made clear, the Government will set out at Autumn Statement how we plan to achieve the same goal of reforming tax credits, saving the money we need to save to secure our economy, while at the same time helping in the transition.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2014-06-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications for free schools have been made in (a) Copeland constituency and (b) Cumbria in each of the last two years.

Mr Edward Timpson

The Department has not received any applications for free schools in Copeland. We have received one application from Cumbria within the last two years, which was successful.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2014-06-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching assistant training posts have been (a) commissioned and (b) filled in in (i) Copeland and (ii) Cumbria in the latest period for which figures are available.

Mr David Laws

The information requested is not collected centrally.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what correspondence he has received on concerns over the potential closure of GP surgeries in the last year.

Dr Daniel Poulter

A search of the Department’s Ministerial correspondence database has identified 410 items of correspondence received since 1 June 2013 about concerns over the potential closure of general practitioner surgeries. The cost of a more comprehensive search would incur a disproportionate cost to the Department.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients who were able to see their preferred GP in the most recent period for which figures are available.

Dr Daniel Poulter

Data from the most recent GP Patient Survey found that 55% of patients have a particular general practitioner (GP) that they usually prefer to speak to or see. Of those, 61.7% of respondents said they could see or speak to their preferred GP ‘always or almost always’ or a ‘lot of the time’.