The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-01-27.
To ask the Leader of the House, what date is planned for the State Opening of Parliament in 2016.
Chris Grayling
The date for the next State Opening of Parliament will be announced by Written Statement in the usual way.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-02-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many maintained nurseries there are in (a) Burnley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West.
Mr Sam Gyimah
According to data from EduBase[1], there are eight local authority maintained nurseries in the Burnley constituency, 24 in Lancashire local authority, and 70 in the North West.
Local authority maintained nurseries are nurseries run by local authorities which are stand-alone and not attached to a primary school. There is therefore more nursery provision in these areas than these figures show; for example, nursery classes in schools and private nurseries.
[1] EduBase as at 9th February 2016. Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-in-england
“
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-02-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS 111 calls were made in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015 in (i) Lancashire and (ii) Burnley.
Jane Ellison
The data is not held centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-03-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children have been diagnosed with autism in (a) Burnley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in each of the last six years.
Alistair Burt
This data is not collected centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-03-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department has allocated for projects to prevent flooding in Burnley and Padiham.
Rory Stewart
Following the December 2015 flooding, the Environment Agency is developing a revised assessment of flood risk in Padiham, which may identify further measures to reduce flood risk in the area.
The Environment Agency has also allocated £10,000 to the Burnley Ordinary Watercourse Study in 2018/19. The study aims at better understanding the flood risk from ordinary watercourses and will inform any potential future investment needs.
The Fulledge Flood Risk Management Scheme was funded through £345,000 Flood Defence Grant in Aid and was completed in March 2013. The scheme reduces the flood risk to 781 properties in Burnley and helped to significantly reduce flooding in Burnley during storm Eva.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to paragraph 1.59 of the Budget 2016, from which projects and programmes the £650 million reduction in Official Development Assistance will come.
Mr Desmond Swayne
The £650 million reduction to the ODA budget will be from DFID’s baseline budget. DFID’s baseline budget includes transfers to other government departments and funds. Decisions on the allocation of reductions will be taken on the basis of the impact of expenditure and strategic fit with government objectives.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-04-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many times she has attended public meetings of the Energy and Climate Change Committee since her appointment.
Amber Rudd
Since my appointment as Secretary of State, I have attended public meetings of the Energy and Climate Change Committee on three occasions.
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 2016-04-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court buildings have been sold in (a) Lancashire and (b) Burnley.
Mr Shailesh Vara
Two court buildings in Lancashire have been sold since the creation of HM Court Service in 2005. Neither of these were in Burnley.
Prior to 2005 magistrates’ courts were the responsibility of locally managed magistrates’ courts committees.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-05-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the planned increase in UK visa fees on the number of people coming to the UK.
James Brokenshire
Assessments of the likely economic impact of proposed fee changes are undertaken by Home Office economists and are published online.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2015-11-30.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the benefit to the public purse of the closing of tax loopholes in each of the next five years.
Mr David Gauke
Revenue protected in connection with avoidance measures is scored in relevant documentation published by HM Treasury.
However, for convenience on 19 March 2015 the coalition government published a document detailing the action taken over the course of the last Parliament to tackle tax evasion and avoidance. That document can be found at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-tax-evasion-and-avoidance
“