Tag: Mark Hendrick

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2015-10-26.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff in the Tax Credit Office were allocated to deal with representations from hon. Members relating to constituents’ concerns about tax credits on 1 October (a) 2011, (b) 2012, (c) 2013, (d) 2014 and (e) 2015.

Damian Hinds

HMRC do not hold the requested data.

HMRC requires many of its staff, as part of their roles, to contribute to dealing with tax credits enquiries from Members.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2015-10-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) fair price and (b) non-fair price milk was purchased for Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London in August 2015; and what plans she has to ensure that only fair price milk is used at Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London.

George Eustice

£28,780 worth of fresh milk has been purchased by Eurest (Defra’s catering services provider) since 1 April 2015. This is distributed across Defra sites on a supply and demand basis. All milk purchased by Eurest is sourced from the UK. Eurest pay above the average monthly farm gate price for all our milk, which includes use at Nobel House.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) visits to the affected area and (b) meetings with United Utilities management Ministers of her Department held respectively during the cryoptosporidium outbreak in Lancashire in summer 2015.

Rory Stewart

The Secretary of State spoke with United Utilities (UU) Chief Executive, Steve Mogford, regularly throughout the incident, both over the phone and in person. Defra officials and Drinking Water Inspectors (DWIs) participated in regular meetings (several per day) convened by Defra and the Local Resilience Forum, all of which were attended by senior level representatives of UU. Defra Ministers were briefed similarly frequently.

The Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) team in the area attended the relevant UU sites to liaise with company officials and to carry out their monitoring and inspection duties on behalf of the Department.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many interception warrants were issued under (a) section 8(1) and (b) section 8(4) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 in each day in 2014.

Mr John Hayes

The Interception of Communications Commissioner publishes statistics on the number of interception warrants. The Commissioner’s report for 2014 states that the total number of warrants issued during 2014 (under both sections 8(1) and 8(4) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000) was 2795.The total number of extant warrants on 31 December 2014 was 1605. Of the 1605 warrants, 20 were issued under section 8(4). As a matter of longstanding practice, we do not provide more detailed breakdowns of statistics relating to interception warrants.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2015-10-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent staff her Department allocated to responding to hon. Members’ enquiries on their constituents’ immigration issues on 1 September (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014 and (d) 2015.

James Brokenshire

It is not possible to provide the Hon. Member with all the information requested as it is not readily available or held centrally and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.

UKVI requires many of its staff, as part of their roles, to contribute to dealing with immigration enquiries from Members. This can include providing contributions to Parliamentary Questions, Ministerial briefing or for a Select Committee hearing.

Since 1 September 2015, UKVI has had dedicated MP Account Management teams whose job is to handle MP enquiries relating to their constituents. A total of 70 full-time equivalent staff are currently employed in these teams. Other members of staff will also contribute to the preparation of responses.

Published statistics confirm that UKVI’s service to Members has continually exceeded its service standard since Q4 2014. The Hon. Member can access this information at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-august-2015.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2015-10-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients Lancashire Care have admitted to named NHS facilities at (a) Clatterbridge, (b) West Part, Darlington, (c) Hull (d) Birch Hill, Rochdale, (e) Brierley and (f) other named facilities between 1 January and 30 September 2015.

Ben Gummer

This information is not collected centrally.

We have written to Derek Brown, Chair of the Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust informing him of the hon. Member’s enquiry. He will reply shortly and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2015-10-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust have admitted to named private facilities at (a) Cygnet, Bierley, (b) Cygnet, Bradford, (c) Cygnet, Harrogate, (d) Cygnet, Harrow, (e) Cygnet, Wyke, (f) The Priory, Cheadle Royal, (g) The Priory, Darlington, (h) The Priory, Glasgow, (i) The Priory, Altringham, (j) The Spinney, Manchester and (k) other facilities between 1 January and 30 September 2015.

Ben Gummer

This information is not collected centrally.

We have written to Derek Brown, Chair of the Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust informing him of the hon. Member’s enquiry. He will reply shortly and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2015-10-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2015 to Question 8380, how many burglaries were reported in each ward in Preston City Council in each of the first six months of 2015.

Mike Penning

The Home Office does not hold the information requested centrally. Data is held on burglaries recorded by the police at Police Force Area and Community Safety Partnership level, but not at geographic levels below that, such as ward level.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2015-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many young people living in Preston entered higher education in each of the last 20 years.

Greg Clark

The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) publishes young participation rates by parliamentary constituency. These show the proportion of young people in each parliamentary constituency who entered higher education by the age of 19, for each cohort of 18 year olds between 1998 and 2011. These can be viewed at the following link:

http://www.hefce.ac.uk/analysis/yp/trendsyp/pment/

The statistics will be updated to include the 2012 cohort of 18 year olds in the summer.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2015-02-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged 18 to 24 years are subject to sanctions for (a) jobseeker’s allowance and (b) employment and support allowance in (i) Preston, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) the North West.

Esther McVey

The information requested for Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance adverse sanctions, by age and geography is published at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/

Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:

https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm

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