Tag: Julie Cooper

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-03-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people waited six weeks or longer for a diagnostic test in Lancashire in 2015.

Jane Ellison

This information is not available in the format requested.

However, NHS England publishes diagnostics waiting times and activity, including performance against the six week target, by clinical commissioning group (CCG) on a monthly basis.

For 2014-15 and 2015-16 this can be found at the following links in the Monthly Diagnostics Commissioner data under the ‘CCG Summary’ tab:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/diagnostics-waiting-times-and-activity/monthly-diagnostics-waiting-times-and-activity/monthly-diagnostics-data-2014-15/

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/diagnostics-waiting-times-and-activity/monthly-diagnostics-waiting-times-and-activity/monthly-diagnostics-data-2015-16/

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-03-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of patients who will have to use other hospitals if Calderstones Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is closed.

Ben Gummer

No estimate has been made. These are matters for the National Health Service.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-04-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Government minister will be responsible for distributing the £80 million Violence Against Women and Girls Transformation Fund.

Karen Bradley

The Government is providing £80 million of dedicated funding up to 2020 to tackle violence against women and girls. This funding will provide core support for refuges and other accommodation-based services, a network of rape support centres and national helplines, and from April 2017 will also include a new Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Service Transformation Fund.

The VAWG Service Transformation fund will support local programmes which encourage new approaches that incorporate early intervention, establish and embed the best ways to help victims and their families, and prevent perpetrators from re-offending. Criteria for applications to the fund will support these aims. Full details of the how the fund will be administered and the criteria for applications will be published in due course.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-04-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times she has attended public meetings of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee since her appointment.

George Eustice

Attendance at Committee meetings is a matter of public record and transcripts of such appearances can be found in Hansard and on Committee web pages.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-04-27.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of all disbursements for public sector pensions for all those in employment and currently entitled to such pensions.

Greg Hands

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) publish a forecast of the net cost of public sector pensions in the Economic and Fiscal Outlook (EFO) at every fiscal event.

This shows the total income for public service pensions, including employer and employee contributions, and the total expenditure for public service pensions, through pensions in payment.

More information can be found on page 154 of the OBR’s most recent EFO.

http://cdn.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/March2016EFO.pdf

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-05-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of settlement visas using the priority visa service were processed in Islamabad, Pakistan within (a) 10, (b) 15, (c) 30, (d) 60, (e) 90 and (f) 120 days.

James Brokenshire

There were five priority settlement applications processed in Islamabad, Pakistan between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2015. All of these cases were resolved within 15 days.

This data is taken from provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2015-11-30.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are currently in receipt of disability benefits in (a) Burnley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West.

Justin Tomlinson

The available information for Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance, by age and a range of geographical breakdowns, is available using the Department’s Tabulation Tool: http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/.

Similar information for Personal Independence Payment and Employment Support Allowance is available using Stat-Xplore: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.

Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore is available here: https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-01-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many computers each jobcentre in (a) Burnley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West has available for recipients of universal credit to access benefits online.

Priti Patel

The number of computers available in jobcentres for recipients to access benefits online are as follows:

Burnley 6

Lancashire 191

North West 474

In addition, claimants who do not have their own internet access can be signposted to local services such as libraries or local authority facilities.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-01-18.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many employees in (a) Burnley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West are earning less than the national minimum wage rate which will apply from 1 April 2016.

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 Julie Cooper on 2016-02-03.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Independent Commission on Freedom of Information will report its findings.

Matthew Hancock

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West on 3 February 2016 to UIN: 24662.