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Written Question
General Practitioners: Calder Valley
Thursday 30th January 2025

Asked by: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour - Calder Valley)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were registered at each (a) main practice and (b) branch surgery in Calder Valley constituency as of December 2024.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The following table shows the number of registered patients at each main general practice in the Calder Valley constituency as of December 2024:

Practice name

Total registered patients

Rydings Hall Surgery

7,873

Hebden Bridge Group Practice

18,541

Todmorden Group Practice

16,185

Brig Royd Surgery

10,677

The Northolme Practice

16,055

Stainland Road Medical Centre

11,562

Church Lane Surgery

11,106

Rastrick Health Centre

5,308

Bankfield Surgery

11,318

Longroyde Surgery

5,006

Source: General Practice Workforce, 30 December 2024, published by NHS England.

Notes:

  1. Practices in the Calder Valley constituency were identified using the practice postcode and the National Statistics Postcode Lookup.
  2. The data does not include the number of registered patients at branch practices as they will instead be registered under the main practice.

The Department does not hold data regarding how many patients were registered at main and branch practices in the Calder Valley constituency for 2010.


Written Question
General Practitioners: Calder Valley
Thursday 30th January 2025

Asked by: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour - Calder Valley)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were registered at each (a) main practice and (b) branch surgery in Calder Valley constituency as of May 2010.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The following table shows the number of registered patients at each main general practice in the Calder Valley constituency as of December 2024:

Practice name

Total registered patients

Rydings Hall Surgery

7,873

Hebden Bridge Group Practice

18,541

Todmorden Group Practice

16,185

Brig Royd Surgery

10,677

The Northolme Practice

16,055

Stainland Road Medical Centre

11,562

Church Lane Surgery

11,106

Rastrick Health Centre

5,308

Bankfield Surgery

11,318

Longroyde Surgery

5,006

Source: General Practice Workforce, 30 December 2024, published by NHS England.

Notes:

  1. Practices in the Calder Valley constituency were identified using the practice postcode and the National Statistics Postcode Lookup.
  2. The data does not include the number of registered patients at branch practices as they will instead be registered under the main practice.

The Department does not hold data regarding how many patients were registered at main and branch practices in the Calder Valley constituency for 2010.


Written Question
General Practitioners: Calder Valley
Thursday 30th January 2025

Asked by: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour - Calder Valley)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many FTE GPs at each (a) main practice and (b) branch surgery in Calder Valley constituency were (i) fully qualified and (ii) in training grades in May 2010.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The following table shows the number of fully qualified and training grade Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) general practitioners (GPs) at each main practice in the Calder Valley constituency, in December 2024:

Practice name

Fully qualified FTE GPs

Training grade FTE GPs

Rydings Hall Surgery

4.3

1.9

Hebden Bridge Group Practice

10.4

2.1

Todmorden Group Practice

7.0

0.5

Brig Royd Surgery

6.5

2.1

The Northolme Practice

6.0

4.9

Stainland Road Medical Centre

5.6

4.1

Church Lane Surgery

3.9

3.6

Rastrick Health Centre

2.0

4.3

Bankfield Surgery

4.2

1.5

Longroyde Surgery

2.2

0.0

Notes:

  1. practices in Calder Valley were identified using the practice postcode and the National Statistics Postcode Lookup;
  2. data does not include estimates for practices that did not provide fully valid staff records;
  3. figures shown do not include staff working in prisons, army bases, educational establishments, specialist care centres, including drug rehabilitation centres, walk-in centres, and other alternative settings outside of traditional GPs, such as urgent treatment centres and minor injury units; and
  4. FTE refers to the proportion of full time contracted hours that the post holder is contracted to work, so 1 would indicate they work a full set of 37.5 hours, and 0.5 that they worked half that time. In training grade FTE GP contracts, 1 FTE equals 40 hours, and in this table, these FTEs have been converted to the standard Workforce Minimum Data Set measure of 1 FTE equalling 37.5 hours for consistency.

The data requested is not broken down by branch surgery, and the data for 2010 is not held centrally.


Written Question
General Practitioners: Calder Valley
Thursday 30th January 2025

Asked by: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour - Calder Valley)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many FTE GPs at each (a) main practice and (b) branch surgery in Calder Valley constituency were (i) fully qualified and (ii) in training grades in December 2024.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The following table shows the number of fully qualified and training grade Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) general practitioners (GPs) at each main practice in the Calder Valley constituency, in December 2024:

Practice name

Fully qualified FTE GPs

Training grade FTE GPs

Rydings Hall Surgery

4.3

1.9

Hebden Bridge Group Practice

10.4

2.1

Todmorden Group Practice

7.0

0.5

Brig Royd Surgery

6.5

2.1

The Northolme Practice

6.0

4.9

Stainland Road Medical Centre

5.6

4.1

Church Lane Surgery

3.9

3.6

Rastrick Health Centre

2.0

4.3

Bankfield Surgery

4.2

1.5

Longroyde Surgery

2.2

0.0

Notes:

  1. practices in Calder Valley were identified using the practice postcode and the National Statistics Postcode Lookup;
  2. data does not include estimates for practices that did not provide fully valid staff records;
  3. figures shown do not include staff working in prisons, army bases, educational establishments, specialist care centres, including drug rehabilitation centres, walk-in centres, and other alternative settings outside of traditional GPs, such as urgent treatment centres and minor injury units; and
  4. FTE refers to the proportion of full time contracted hours that the post holder is contracted to work, so 1 would indicate they work a full set of 37.5 hours, and 0.5 that they worked half that time. In training grade FTE GP contracts, 1 FTE equals 40 hours, and in this table, these FTEs have been converted to the standard Workforce Minimum Data Set measure of 1 FTE equalling 37.5 hours for consistency.

The data requested is not broken down by branch surgery, and the data for 2010 is not held centrally.


Written Question
Agriculture: Crime
Monday 13th January 2025

Asked by: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour - Calder Valley)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Solicitor General, how many agricultural crime offences in Calderdale District resulted in suspects being (a) charged, (b) convicted and (c) not convicted in each year since 2010.

Answered by Lucy Rigby - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)

The Government recognises the impact that crimes of theft have on all our communities, whether rural or urban, and we are committed to tackling the problem.

There is no specific legal definition of agricultural crime and therefore data on it cannot be collated. However, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds data on the number of prosecutions where the principal offence category was theft and handling stolen goods.

It is important to note that CPS principal offence category data is only extracted from the Case Management Information System once the prosecution case has been finalised, this means that the following offence data only relates to completed prosecutions and not any ongoing prosecutions.

From 2010 to date, the CPS has prosecuted 57,641 cases with a theft and handling stolen goods principal offence category originating from the West Yorkshire police force area. Of these, 52,286 resulted in a conviction and only 5,355 resulted in an acquittal.


Written Question
Agricultural Machinery: Theft
Monday 13th January 2025

Asked by: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour - Calder Valley)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had on updating the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Rural Crime Strategy to better prevent farm machinery, plant and vehicle theft when the current strategy expires in 2025.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office)

Rural crime can have devastating consequences for countryside communities. That is why this Government is committed to reducing crime in rural areas.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council is expected to publish its next four-year Rural and Wildlife Crime Strategy in April. We fully support the aims of the Strategy and are working closely with the NPCC, including to ensure wider Government priorities are reflected.

We are committed to implementing the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2023 and support its intentions to tackle the theft and re-sale of high-value equipment, particularly for use in an agricultural setting.

The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of offences and their investigative outcomes recorded by the police in England and Wales on a quarterly basis. However, offences involving agricultural crime cannot be separately identified from the data held centrally.

NFU Mutual estimated that the total cost of agricultural vehicle theft claims in 2023 was £10.7 million. This estimate only includes costs of agricultural vehicle thefts where a subsequent claim was made through NFU Mutual.


Written Question
Agricultural Machinery: Theft
Monday 13th January 2025

Asked by: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour - Calder Valley)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the costs associated with the theft of agricultural vehicles in each year since 2010 in (a) cash terms and (b) 2024-25 real terms prices.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office)

Rural crime can have devastating consequences for countryside communities. That is why this Government is committed to reducing crime in rural areas.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council is expected to publish its next four-year Rural and Wildlife Crime Strategy in April. We fully support the aims of the Strategy and are working closely with the NPCC, including to ensure wider Government priorities are reflected.

We are committed to implementing the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2023 and support its intentions to tackle the theft and re-sale of high-value equipment, particularly for use in an agricultural setting.

The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of offences and their investigative outcomes recorded by the police in England and Wales on a quarterly basis. However, offences involving agricultural crime cannot be separately identified from the data held centrally.

NFU Mutual estimated that the total cost of agricultural vehicle theft claims in 2023 was £10.7 million. This estimate only includes costs of agricultural vehicle thefts where a subsequent claim was made through NFU Mutual.


Written Question
Agriculture: Crime
Monday 13th January 2025

Asked by: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour - Calder Valley)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences involving agricultural crime resulted in (a) charges or summons, (b) evidential difficulties outcomes and (c) investigations completed but no suspects identified. in each year since 2010.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office)

Rural crime can have devastating consequences for countryside communities. That is why this Government is committed to reducing crime in rural areas.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council is expected to publish its next four-year Rural and Wildlife Crime Strategy in April. We fully support the aims of the Strategy and are working closely with the NPCC, including to ensure wider Government priorities are reflected.

We are committed to implementing the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2023 and support its intentions to tackle the theft and re-sale of high-value equipment, particularly for use in an agricultural setting.

The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of offences and their investigative outcomes recorded by the police in England and Wales on a quarterly basis. However, offences involving agricultural crime cannot be separately identified from the data held centrally.

NFU Mutual estimated that the total cost of agricultural vehicle theft claims in 2023 was £10.7 million. This estimate only includes costs of agricultural vehicle thefts where a subsequent claim was made through NFU Mutual.


Written Question
Agriculture: Crime
Monday 13th January 2025

Asked by: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour - Calder Valley)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences involving agricultural crime were investigated in each year since 2010 in (a) England and Wales, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) Calderdale District.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office)

Rural crime can have devastating consequences for countryside communities. That is why this Government is committed to reducing crime in rural areas.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council is expected to publish its next four-year Rural and Wildlife Crime Strategy in April. We fully support the aims of the Strategy and are working closely with the NPCC, including to ensure wider Government priorities are reflected.

We are committed to implementing the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2023 and support its intentions to tackle the theft and re-sale of high-value equipment, particularly for use in an agricultural setting.

The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of offences and their investigative outcomes recorded by the police in England and Wales on a quarterly basis. However, offences involving agricultural crime cannot be separately identified from the data held centrally.

NFU Mutual estimated that the total cost of agricultural vehicle theft claims in 2023 was £10.7 million. This estimate only includes costs of agricultural vehicle thefts where a subsequent claim was made through NFU Mutual.


Written Question
Government Departments: Social Media
Tuesday 17th December 2024

Asked by: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour - Calder Valley)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Departments have social media accounts by social media platform; and how much each Department spent on social media (a) subscriptions and (b) advertisements on each social media platform in each of the last three years.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Departmental social media accounts and subscriptions are not centrally managed.

As with any media planning approach, channels are selected based on their ability to engage with relevant audiences in alignment with the government's strategic objectives.

The Cabinet Office is consistently tracking and reviewing spending on communications to ensure efficiency and that the appropriate strategy is implemented. We will not spend more than is needed to be effective and ensure best value for the taxpayer.