Written questions
1,673 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Feb 2015 · Department for Transport
Northern Rail Franchise
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
20 Feb 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Domestic Abuse: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many domestic violence courts sat at each magistrates' court in Lancashire in 2014.
20 Feb 2015 · Cabinet Office
Drugs: North West
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many drug-related crimes were reported in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in each year since 2010.
20 Feb 2015 · Cabinet Office
Knives: North West
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many knife crimes were reported in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in each year since 2010.
20 Feb 2015 · Cabinet Office
Domestic Abuse: North West
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many incidents of domestic violence were reported in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in each year since 2010.
20 Feb 2015 · Home Office
Police: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many newly qualified police officers have been employed in (a) Preston and (b) each constabulary in the North West of England in each year since 2010.
20 Feb 2015 · Home Office
Police Stations: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police stations in each constabulary in the North West have been (a) closed and (b) reduced to part time status since June 2010.
20 Feb 2015 · Department of Health
Ambulance Services: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings Ministers in his Department have had with the North West Amublance Service on ambulance cover and ambulance waiting times in (a) Preston and (b) the North West in 2014.
20 Feb 2015 · Department of Health
NHS Walk-in Centres: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding NHS walk-in centres in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West received from Government in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
20 Feb 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
River Ribble
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent on maintaining flood defences on the River Ribble in each year since 2010.
20 Feb 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much the Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil has spent on legal advice to date.
20 Feb 2015 · Department for Education
Children's Centres: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start children's centres there are in (a) Preston and (b) Lancashire.
20 Feb 2015 · Department for Education
Free Schools: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2015 to Question 223512, how many students attend the (a) three free schools in Lancashire local authority area, (b) seven free schools in the county of Lancashire and (c)
20 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Battle of Preston
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to commemorate the tercentenary of the Battle of Preston in 1715.
10 Feb 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many redundancies were (a) planned and (b) made in each (i) magistrates and (ii) Crown court in Lancashire in 2014.
10 Feb 2015 · Department of Health
GP Practice Lists: Preston
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were waiting to be placed on a GP list in Preston constituency on the last working day of (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
10 Feb 2015 · Department for Education
Teachers: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many unqualified staff were teaching children in each local authority in the North West of England in April 2010.
10 Feb 2015 · Department for Education
Teachers: North West
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.
10 Feb 2015 · Department for Education
Children's Centres: Preston
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.
10 Feb 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Help to Buy Scheme: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes were purchased under Help to Buy in each local authority ward in each district and unitary council in Lancashire in 2014.
10 Feb 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people living in council and housing association properties in each local authority in Lancashire have been subject to the underoccupancy penalty since its introduction.
10 Feb 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Higher Education: Preston
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.
9 Feb 2015 · Home Office
Hate Crime: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many disability hate crimes were reported in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
9 Feb 2015 · Home Office
Lancashire Constabulary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were in front-line service with the Lancashire Constabulary (a) in 2010 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available.
9 Feb 2015 · Department of Health
Hospitals: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many instances of ambulances queuing were reported at Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
9 Feb 2015 · Department of Health
Ambulance Services: Preston
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of ambulance A&E responses for red 2 patients in Preston have exceeded the mandatory response time of between eight and 19 minutes in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
9 Feb 2015 · Department of Health
Ambulance Services: Preston
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of ambulance A&E responses for red 1 patients in Preston have exceeded the mandatory response time of eight minutes in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
9 Feb 2015 · Department of Health
Hospitals: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West waited on trolleys for more than 12 hours to be admitted to a hospital ward or were treated and sent home in the last 12 months.
9 Feb 2015 · Department for Education
GCE AS-level
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the potential cost of the Government's plans to abolish the AS level qualification.
6 Feb 2015 · Department for Education
Pedestrian Crossings: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much each unitary and county local authority in the North West spent on school crossing patrols in the 2013-14 financial year; and how many school crossing patrol officers there are in each local authority
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