Tag: Mark Hendrick

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-06-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants telephoned 0843 515 8650 in the first quarter of 2014; what the average cost of such calls has been to claimants; and what the average length of each such call has been.

Mike Penning

DWP does not operate any telephone lines starting 0843, and therefore receives no revenue from 0843 515 8650.

Similarly, DWP is unable to provide any information on the number of employment and support allowance claimants who call 0843 515 8650

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with bidders for the Northern Rail franchise covering the Colne to Blackpool South service via Preston on the replacement of Pacer trains with rolling stock that has not previously been used on London Underground.

Claire Perry

The Department has held discussions with bidders for the Northern franchise to discuss and receive feedback on a range of specification areas, including rolling stock and the intended service specifications across the new franchise.

Our specifications for the Northern franchise will be set out in the Invitation to Tender document, which will be published shortly.

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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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-06-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many establishments deregistered for the purposes of carrying out marriages in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.

Karen Bradley

The General Register Office (GRO) for England and Wales is responsible for
maintaining the list of religious buildings registered for marriage.

The number of cancellations made for registered buildings for 2012 was 211,
2013 – 180 and for 2014 (up to 25 June) is 106.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start Centres there are in Preston; and how many child care places each such centre offers.

Mr Sam Gyimah

The Department does not hold this data at constituency level.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Ministers in his Department visited departmental buildings in Preston in 2014; which buildings were so visited and on what dates; who was met on each such visit; and what was discussed on each such occasion at those meetings.

Steve Webb

The Secretary of State visited Preston Benefit Centre Barry House, 67-69 London Road, PR1 4DE on 11 April 2014 where he met with DWP staff and discussed a variety of Departmental topics.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-06-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance he has given education authorities, free schools and academies on maternity pay for staff transferring schools during pregnancy.

Mr David Laws

Maternity Pay arrangements for most teachers transferring schools are set out in ‘Conditions of Service for School Teachers in England and Wales’ and wider employment legislation. Similar arrangements are determined by the ‘National Agreement on Pay and Conditions of Service’ for school support staff employed by local authorities. Academies and free schools are not bound by these arrangements but are free to adopt them for their staff if they choose to do so.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many unqualified staff are currently teaching children in each local authority in the North West of England.

Mr David Laws

The following table provides the head count number of regular teachers without qualified teacher status (QTS) in service in publicly funded schools in each local authority in the North West region in England in November 2013. The information is from the School Workforce Census which takes place in November each year. November 2013 is the latest information available.

	November 2013
NORTH WEST	1,630
Knowsley	14
Liverpool	140
St. Helens	11
Sefton	41
Wirral	52
Bolton	58
Bury	49
Manchester	125
Oldham	59
Rochdale	75
Salford	60
Stockport	54
Tameside	91
Trafford	118
Wigan	96
Halton	28
Warrington	54
Lancashire	270
Blackburn with Darwen	23
Blackpool	14
Cheshire East	39
Cheshire West and Chester	48
Cumbria	111

Source: School Workforce Census

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

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are currently employed at the Tax Credit Office in Preston; and what the projected staffing level at that office is for (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.

Priti Patel

As at 31 January 2015, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) employed a total of 2044 staff within its Preston Tax Credit Office site. This is expected to increase by about 350 in 2016 and 2017.