Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of bus passenger journeys that were made in (a) Leigh, (b) Greater Manchester, (c) London and (d) England in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The number of passenger journeys made on local bus services in Greater Manchester for 2004/05 to 2015/16 can be found in table BUS0109b at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/bus01-local-bus-passenger-journeys#table-bus0109.
Separate figures for Leigh are not available.
The number of passenger journeys made on local bus services in London and England from 1970 to 2015/16 can be found in table BUS0103 at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/bus01-local-bus-passenger-journeys#table-bus0103.
Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many tenants in Greater Manchester were evicted through the courts in each year since 2010.
Answered by Oliver Heald
The information requested can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications for asylum seekers housed in Greater Manchester have been refused in each year since 2010.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
Data on the place of residence at the time of initial decision could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The latest version of the asylum transparency agenda can be found at: Asylum transparency data: August 2016 - Publications - GOV.UK
Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Greater Manchester have been classified as under occupying their homes in each year since 2012.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The figures requested are in the table below:
Households classified as under-occupying: Greater Manchester, 2013-2016
| Thousands |
Aug-2013 | 35.4 |
Aug-2014 | 31.1 |
Aug-2015 | 27.9 |
Aug-2016 | 25.0 |
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Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants in Greater Manchester have had their benefits suspended in each year since 2012.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hardship payments have been issued by his Department to people living in Greater Manchester in each year since 2012.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to publish new measures to improve air quality as required by the High Court judgement of 2 November 2016; and what progress her Department has made on reviewing the case to make Greater Manchester a clean air zone.
Answered by Thérèse Coffey
The Government is considering next steps in light of both the High Court judgment and recent updates in data on emissions from diesel vehicles and we will set out further measures next year, including publishing a revised air quality plan by 24 April 2017 a final plan by 31 July 2017.
We are consulting on a draft Clean Air Zone Framework and on draft legislation to mandate five cities to establish a Clean Air Zone. Greater Manchester can introduce a Clean Air Zone should they wish to.
Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many schools are located within (a) one mile and (b) five miles of the (i) Bury Whitefield Roadside and (ii) Manchester Piccadilly air quality monitoring sites.
Answered by Thérèse Coffey
Defra does not routinely hold information or data on schools located within close proximity to air quality monitoring sites.
However, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council and Manchester City Council have estimated the number of schools located within one and five miles of the Bury Whitefield Roadside and Manchester Piccadilly air quality monitoring sites.
There are 15 schools within one mile of both the Bury and Manchester Piccadilly sites. There are 193 within five miles of the Bury site and 361 of Manchester Piccadilly.
Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people live within (a) one mile and (b) five miles of the (i) Bury Whitefield Roadside and (ii) Manchester Piccadilly air quality monitoring sites.
Answered by Thérèse Coffey
Defra does not routinely hold information or data on the number of people living within close proximity and around air quality monitoring sites.
However Bury Metropolitan Borough Council and Manchester City Council have estimated the number of people living within one and five miles of the Bury Whitefield Roadside and Manchester Piccadilly air quality monitoring sites.
They estimate there are 24,882 people living within a mile of the Bury site and 44,126 within a mile of the Manchester Piccadilly site. They also estimate there are 490,023 people living within five miles of the Bury site and 790,650 of the Manchester Piccadilly site.
Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were admitted to hospital due to a respiratory condition in each age group in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) England in each year since 2009-10.
Answered by David Mowat
A count of finished admission episodes with a primary diagnosis of 'respiratory diseases' in Greater Manchester hospitals and for England, by age, from 2010-11 to 2015-16 is attached. Data before 2010-11 was not collected in the current format so cannot be directly compared.