Written questions

Derek Twigg

549 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Oct 2016 · Department of Health

Accident and Emergency Departments: Opening Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the number of accident and emergency departments that will reduce their opening hours by 2020; and which accident and emergency departments a decision has been reached on reducing op

26 Oct 2016 · Department for Transport

Halton Curve Railway Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the Halton Curve to open.

26 Oct 2016 · Department of Health

General Practitioners: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs were full-time in (a) 2010 and (b) 2016.

26 Oct 2016 · Department of Health

NHS

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many representations he and officials of his Department have received from NHS managers and employees on the financial viability of NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups; and if he will publish those re

26 Oct 2016 · Department of Health

Incinerators: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2016 to Question 49464 and with reference to the Answer of 8 September 2014 to Question 208139, on incinerators: health hazards, what the reasons are for the time taken for the

26 Oct 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to update the safety in custody statistics.

19 Oct 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent prison officers there were in England and Wales; and what the ratio of prison officers to prisoners was in prisons in each year since 2010.

19 Oct 2016 · Department of Health

Clinical Commissioning Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to make clinical commissioning groups aware of their commissioning responsibilities as set out in the manual for prescribed specialised services in 2016-17.

19 Oct 2016 · Department of Health

Incinerators: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Health Protection Agency study on the health effects of emissions from municipal waste incinerators to be published.

19 Oct 2016 · Department of Health

GP Practice Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average GP list size was in (a) England, (b) Cheshire and (c) Halton constituency in each year since 2010.

13 Jul 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for personal independence payments (PIP) have been rejected since the introduction of PIP.

13 Jul 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for personal independence payments (PIP) have been rejected since the introduction of PIP; how many applications for PIP have been rejected in (a) Halton constituency, (b) Cheshire

13 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Further Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse has been to date of the area-based reviews of post-16 education in England.

13 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Further Education: Liverpool City Region

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse has been to date of the area-based review of post-16 education in the Liverpool City Region.

13 Jul 2016 · Department of Health

General Practitioners: Halton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent GPs were employed in Halton Clinical Commissioning Group area in each year since 2012.

13 Jul 2016 · Department of Health

Lyme Disease: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) people and (b) children are being treated for Lyme disease in (a) Halton constituency and (b) Merseyside.

20 Apr 2016 · Department for Transport

Bridges: Halton

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2016 to Question 32463, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on his announcement of 23 April 2015 of a special scheme to help small business

20 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

Nurses: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of nurses that will need to be recruited from abroad to maintain levels of health care provision during the 2016-17 financial year.

20 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

Spinal Injuries: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the vacancy rate is for spinal surgery specialists in England.

20 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

Strokes: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the time taken for patients outside London to receive stroke rehabilitation treatment.

20 Apr 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Social Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of local authorities expected to have a shortfall in adult social care funding after implementation of the two per cent social care pre