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  • Tom Blenkinsop – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Tom Blenkinsop – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Blenkinsop on 2014-06-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will meet the hon. Member for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland to discuss the proposed closure of (a) minor injuries units at Guisborough and East Cleveland Hospitals, (b) Skelton Medical Centre, (c) Park End Clinic and (d) Skelton NHS Walk-in-Centre.

    Dr Daniel Poulter

    These are matters for the local National Health Service. The hon. Member should engage with the NHS at a local level.

    This Government is committed to devolving decision-making about local NHS services to local clinicians and communities. It is general practitioners clinicians, patients and local authorities who are best placed to determine the nature of their NHS services.

  • Tom Blenkinsop – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General

    Tom Blenkinsop – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Blenkinsop on 2014-03-26.

    To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 40W, how many offences charged under section 14(1) and 22 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 reached a first hearing in magistrates’ court in each year since 2008.

    Oliver Heald

    The number of offences charged under section 14(1) and 22 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 that reached a first hearing in magistrates’ courts in each year since 2008 are:

    Make a counterfeit of a

    protected coin with intent

    Make a counterfeit of a

    currency note with intent

    Total

    2008

    2

    22

    24

    2009

    0

    4

    4

    2010

    0

    4

    4

    2011

    3

    17

    20

    2012

    2

    12

    14

    2013

    2

    13

    15

    Total

    9

    72

    81

  • Tom Blenkinsop – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Tom Blenkinsop – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Blenkinsop on 2014-06-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the extent to which there is a gender imbalance in the composition of Local Enterprise Partnership boards.

    Michael Fallon

    Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEP) board membership is a matter for LEPs themselves and they are best placed to ensure it meets the needs of their businesses and local people.

  • Tom Blenkinsop – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Tom Blenkinsop – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Blenkinsop on 2014-03-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will urge energy providers to offer unconditional price freezes.

    Michael Fallon

    Pricing decisions are a matter for energy suppliers. I welcome any steps by suppliers to keep energy bills down.

  • Tom Blenkinsop – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Tom Blenkinsop – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Blenkinsop on 2014-06-18.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes there have been in the claimant count for women claiming for over 12 months since May 2010.

    Mr Nick Hurd

    The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

  • Tom Blenkinsop – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Tom Blenkinsop – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Blenkinsop on 2014-04-02.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions practical driving tests have been appealed to magistrates’ and sheriff courts in each year since 2008; how many such appeals were upheld; and for what reasons.

    Stephen Hammond

    Since 2008 DVSA holds record of 12 practical driving test appeals that have come before the magistrate’s court; we have no record of any practical driving test appeals that have come before the Sheriff’s court. None of these appeals were upheld as detailed in the chart below.

    Date and place of hearing Under S90 or S133 RTA Outcome
    11.06.2008 – Croydon S133 Dismissed
    27.01.2009 – Bexley Heath S90 Dismissed
    25.03.2009 – Caernarfon S133 Withdrawn
    01/06/2009 – UNKNOWN S90 Settled without prejudice prior to hearing
    15.07.2009 Leicester S90 Dismissed
    31.07.2009 Leicester S133 Withdrawn
    5.11.2010 – UNKNOWN S90 Failed to attend preliminary hearing
    28.02.2011 Coventry S133 Withdrawn
    13.09.2011 Sheffield S90 Not upheld
    26.07.2012 Wakefield S90 Cancelled preliminary hearing
    02.08.2012 Bournemouth S90 Withdrawn
    11.11.2013 Wolverhampton S133 Withdrawn at hearing on judge’s advice

  • Tom Blenkinsop – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Deputy Prime Minister

    Tom Blenkinsop – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Deputy Prime Minister

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Blenkinsop on 2014-06-18.

    To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Tees Valley City Deal.

    Greg Clark

    All City Deals are available on gov.uk.

    A copy of the Tees Valley City Deal has been placed in the Library of the House.

  • Tom Blenkinsop – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Tom Blenkinsop – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Blenkinsop on 2014-04-02.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average age of rolling stock serving the (a) Tees Valley Line and (b) Esk Valley Line is.

    Stephen Hammond

    The rolling stock operated on these two lines is a mixture of Class 142 and Class 156 units which were constructed between 1985 and 1989.

    However, the age of rolling stock is a crude measure of quality – as a properly planned refurbishment of an older train can result in a very pleasant travelling environment and a "new train feel" but at a fraction of the cost of a new unit.

    Information on the average age of rolling stock is available from the Office of Rail Regulation’s website, by following this link:

    http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/53dcc4e1-3223-48f9-9e9c-10d51359cdd7

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  • Tom Blenkinsop – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    Tom Blenkinsop – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Blenkinsop on 2014-06-18.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions his Department has had with local authorities in the Tees Valley on the creation of a combined authority.

    Brandon Lewis

    On 16 June 2014 the Government signed a City Deal with the Tees Valley in which the local leaders committed to develop plans to strengthen governance, including progressing the idea of a combined authority for the area.

    It is for the local areas themselves to decide, given their circumstances, what governance arrangements will best enable effective and collaborative decision taking, which is transparent and locally accountable, thus delivering successfully the implementation of the area’s Strategic Economic Plan. Where councils come forward with a proposal for a combined authority that commands wide local support, if the Secretary of State considers that the statutory conditions are met, he will invite Parliament to approve an Order which enables the combined authority to be established.

  • Tom Blenkinsop – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Tom Blenkinsop – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Blenkinsop on 2014-04-25.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Treasury received in VAT charged on ebooks in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.

    Mr David Gauke

    No reliable estimate has been possible for the value of VAT levied on the sale of e-books purchased in 2012‑13 and 2013-14.