Tag: Mark Hendrick

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2015-11-04.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what facilities are in place to enable staff based at the tax credit office in Preston to pay money out of their wages into the Guild Money Credit Union.

Mr David Gauke

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has a process in place that enables serving staff to authorise a deduction of their salary, which is then paid over to third parties such as the Civil Service Benevolent Fund or HMRC’s chosen partner for Payroll Giving. As part of this process, the recipient organisation must appear on an approved list. There are no credit unions on this list and, consequently, it is not possible to make a deduction in relation to credit unions.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2015-11-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what facilities are provided by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on its premises for the use of cyclists.

George Freeman

This is a matter for the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

We have written to Stuart Heys, Chair of the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals 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 2015-12-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) boys and (b) girls aged (i) 11, (ii) 12, (iii) 13, (iv) 14, (v) 15, (vi) 16 and (vii) 17 were held overnight in police cells in each police station in Lancashire in each month between 1 January 2014 and 30 November 2015.

Mike Penning

The Home Office does not hold this information centrally. It may be held by the individual police force.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2016-01-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that NHS England’s response to the Mental Health Taskforce includes securing access to timely autism diagnoses.

Alistair Burt

The report of the Mental Health Task Force is due to be published shortly. NHS England has commenced a programme to visit clinical commissioning groups to identify and share good practice in accessing timely autism diagnosis.

In 2015, new statutory guidance for local authorities and National Health Service organisations to support the continued implementation of the 2010 Autism Strategy, as refreshed by its 2014 Think Autism update, set out expectations for autism training for general practitioners (GPs). The Department has also provided financial support to the Royal College of General Practitioners clinical priorities programme on autism which is undertaking practical work on autism awareness and training for GPs.GPs should be aware of what the local arrangements are for making referrals for autism diagnosis.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2016-01-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to make funding available for remedial work on the flood defences on the north bank of the River Ribble, east of Miller Park; and when that remedial work is planned to take place.

Rory Stewart

Remedial work on flood defences on the north bank of the River Ribble, to the east of Miller Park, will take place in two phases.

Preston City Council started the first phase of temporary repair work on 18 January 2016. The target date for completion is 22 January 2016.

The Environment Agency recovery programme will prioritise repair works across Cumbria and Lancashire using a risk based approach. The level of protection offered by flood defence assets will be restored by autumn 2016. This programme will include the second phase of permanent repairs to the flood defences on the north bank of the River Ribble.

The Environment Agency is not aware of any damage to flood defences east of Miller Park requiring remedial works.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2016-03-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to collect statistics on the number of children home schooled in each unitary and county council authority area.

Edward Timpson

At present, local authorities (LAs) are not required to collect this data.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2016-09-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to implement the actions identified for it in the Government’s Ending Violence against Women and Girls Strategy 2016-2020, published in March 2016; and when a member of staff from her Department last attended a Violence against Women and Girls Stakeholder Meeting chaired by the Home Office.

Rory Stewart

DFID has made significant progress in scaling up efforts to address violence against women and girls, nearly doubling our programming, from 64 programmes in 2012 to 127 in 2016, and working with partners across all sectors. Our £36 million programme to end Child, Early and Forced Marriage is helping thousands of girls escape losing any choice or control over their future. We have committed £8 million to support AmplifyChange, an initiative to support civil society activists to end child marriage and address a broader range of gender issues. In 2015 we provided £2.25 million of support to the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women and Girls which provides grants to organisations across the world to tackle gender-based violence.

ICAI published its review of DFID’s efforts to eliminate violence against women and girls on Tuesday 17 May 2016. This review gave DFID’s performance a ‘Green’ rating, the highest achievable. The UK and DFID’s new Secretary of State will continue to lead the global effort to improve the lives of women and girls.

The last Home Office chaired Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Stakeholder Meeting took place on July 11 2016. No officials from other departments were invited to this meeting. However, one of the action points arising from this meeting was to invite other departments in future. An official from DFID’s VAWG Team will attend the next meeting.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2016-09-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) NHS hospitals, (b) clinics and (c) surgeries in Lancashire have treated sexually transmitted diseases; and how many people were treated at each such institution in 2015.

Nicola Blackwood

There were 1,773 new sexually transmitted infection diagnoses made at three genitourinary medicine clinics (GUM) in Lancashire in 2015: St. Peter’s Health Centre (44.8%), Royal Preston Hospital (35.5%) and Ashton Community Care Centre (19.7%).

There is no data on the number of people treated, as GUM clinics provide treatment whenever it is clinically indicated and, therefore, are not required to specifically report the number of cases treated.

Data are provided by the GUM clinics through their returns to the genitourinary medicine clinic activity dataset (GUMCADv2) held by Public Health England (not the hospitals). Data from general practice surgeries are not available.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2015-11-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he or Ministers in his Department will attend the heats and further stages of the Bar National Mock Trials Competition.

Mr Shailesh Vara

I am aware of this valuable initiative for school students organised by the Citizenship Foundation and funded by the Bar. While Ministers have no current plans to attend any of the stages, I wish this competition continuing success.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2015-11-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Domestic Violence Protection Orders were issued by each magistrates’ court in Lancashire in each month between 1 January 2014 and 31 October 2015; and what the gender was of the people on whom the orders were served.

Mr Shailesh Vara

Applications for Domestic Violence Protection Orders were first made in Lancashire in August 2014, with all applications being heard at Preston Magistrates’ Courts. The table below shows the number of orders issued and the gender of the people on whom the orders were served during the requested period:

MONTH	MALE	FEMALE
Jan-14 to Jul-14	Not applicable
Aug-14	~	~
Sep-14	~	0
Oct-14	7	0
Nov-14	8	0
Dec-14	7	~
Jan-15	7	0
Feb-15	~	0
Mar-15	~	0
Apr-15	9	0
May-15	~	0
Jun-15	10	~
Jul-15	11	~
Aug-15	~	0
Sep-15	12	0
Oct-15	7	~

NOTE: ~ Numbers based on less than five cases are suppressed for confidentiality reasons.

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