Tag: Mark Hendrick

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2016-07-07.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what facilities are available for (a) lactating mothers and (b) the changing of babies in the Government Equalities Office.

Caroline Dinenage

The Government Equalities Office is based at Sanctuary Building, London which has a facility for both nursing mothers and baby changing located on the lower ground floor. This room is clearly signed as a baby changing area and contains a baby changing fold down work top, wipes, and chairs for nursing mothers to sit comfortably.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2016-09-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on hire cars by each constabulary in the North West in 2015; and what steps are being taken to reduce expenditure on such cars.

Brandon Lewis

Based upon the third party Spend data provided by North West Forces for April 2015 to March 2016; the following was detailed as being spent on Hire Cars (all costs are ex VAT);

Cumbria Constabulary – £164,302

Cheshire Constabulary – £209,474

Greater Manchester Police – £87,411

Lancashire Constabulary – £529,285

Merseyside Police – £206,084

The Government continues to support forces to drive down procurement expenditure and to encourage greater collaboration between police forces and with other public sector bodies and emergency services. We believe that significant savings can be achieved through shared or collaborative procurement.

The police-led Collaborative Law Enforcement Procurement (CLEP) programme is supported by the Home Office and focused on improving procurement in the categories of goods and services on which the police spend most money to help save up to £350 million in real terms by the end of this Parliament.

As part of the recent price comparison exercise published on police.uk on 24th August, the Home Office published the prices paid by all Forces for 1 day and 30 day hire cars.It showed a wide variation of pricing which we are working with Forces to address as part of CLEP via the Strategic Police Procurement Board and the National Police Procurement Executive (NPPE). The NPPE is developing a strategy over the autumn which will look to aggregate their requirements nationally and regionally utilising crown Commercial Frameworks.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2016 to Question 43488, what the reason is for the discrepancy between the figure provided in that answer and data in recent research published by Women’s Aid on 13 September 2016 on the proportion of survivors of domestic abuse that had access to a separate waiting room in the family court.

Dr Phillip Lee

These two pieces of data are not comparable. Question 43488 refers to the Crown and Magistrates’ courts specifically, and family courts were not included. We are clear that security in the family courts is taken extremely seriously and we have robust arrangements in place to protect court users.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2015-10-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the passage into law of the Five Mile Act 1665.

Mr Marcus Jones

My Department has no plans to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the passage into law of the Nonconformists Act 1665.

The Nonconformist Act was rightly repealed in 1689.

Freedom of speech, freedom of worship, democracy, the rule of law, and equal rights define us as a society. The Government is determined to promote these values actively, working in partnership and alongside all communities.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2015-11-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust is taking to ensure that registered nurses in its employment are able to comply fully with the requirements of revalidation with the Nursing and Midwifery Council; and what training is being provided to such nurses for that purpose.

Ben Gummer

Information on support provided by individual National Health Service providers is not collected centrally and may be obtained from the organisations themselves.

All nurses and midwives practising in England are required by law to be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. From April 2016, nurses and midwives will have to revalidate every three years, when they renew their registration.

It is the responsibility of nurses and midwives to register and undertake revalidation.There is no specific requirement for employers to help nurses and midwives through revalidation but it is in their interests and a matter of good practice, to support nurses and midwives to provide safe and effective care.

As part of its inspection process, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) considers staff access to training and related support. Where nurses are employed, the CQC makes enquiries about the maintenance of continual professional development and the levels of support offered by the provider.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2015-12-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in each county and unitary council area in the North West are currently receiving free school meals under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

Mr Sam Gyimah

The number of children eligible and receiving free school meals (FSM) is available at regional and local authority level online at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015.

We do not hold information on the qualifying benefits of individual claimants.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2015-12-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department’s target is for time taken to respond to letters and emails from hon. Members; what the average time taken by her Department to respond to such letters and emails is; and how many such letters and emails received between 1 January and 30 September 2015 remained unanswered after eight weeks.

Karen Bradley

Target times for replying to correspondence from hon. Members differ in operational and non-operational areas of the Home Office. Information for the period 1 January to 30 September 2015 is included in the attached table. Across the department correspondence unanswered after eight weeks is approximately 0.3% of that received.

	Volume	Target	Average response time	Unanswered after 8 weeks
UK Visas and Immigration, Immigration Enforcement and Border Force	25,111	20 working days	9 working days	21
Home Office HQ	4,608	15 working days	11 working days	78
HM Passport Office	2,522	15 working days	12 working days	2

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2016-01-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many letters his Department received from hon. Members and Peers in each month in 2015; and how many such letters received a substantive response within 10 working days.

Brandon Lewis

I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 15 December 2015, PQ 19650.

The reporting of performance of Government Departments in handling correspondence from hon. Members is co-ordinated by the Cabinet Office and published annually.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2016-03-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Changing Places toilets are provided at his Department’s offices in the North West of England.

Justin Tomlinson

All of the disabled toilets that the Department has in its offices are standard. There are no changing places toilets in any of our offices in the North West of England.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2016-07-20.

To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, which churches and personnel in Preston and the rest of the Diocese of Blackburn have participated in the English Churches and Cathedrals Sustainability Review.

Mrs Caroline Spelman

The Cathedral and Church Buildings Division of the Church of England is engaging with the ‘English Churches and Cathedrals Sustainability Review’ centrally on behalf of all the Anglican Cathedrals and Parish Churches in England. Engagement is currently at an early stage. Four workshops are being held in churches this month (September) to help inform a document that will then be widely consulted upon.