Mentions:
1: Antony Higginbotham (Con - Burnley) What steps her Department is taking to improve accident and emergency waiting times in east Lancashire - Speech Link
2: Helen Whately (Con - Faversham and Mid Kent) At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, 78% of A&E patients in March were seen within four hours. - Speech Link
3: Antony Higginbotham (Con - Burnley) to her for agreeing to meet me and other local MPs to discuss the emergency care situation in east Lancashire - Speech Link
4: Helen Whately (Con - Faversham and Mid Kent) Friend and other east Lancashire colleagues for their campaigning on this matter. - Speech Link
5: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) Member for Burnley (Antony Higginbotham) in Lancashire and South Cumbria. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Toby Perkins (Lab - Chesterfield) The Beatles may have sung about 10,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire, but research by Mac’s Truck Rental - Speech Link
Asked by: Mark Hendrick (Labour (Co-op) - Preston)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) applied for and (b) received employment and support allowance for inflammatory bowel disease in (i) Preston, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) England in each year since 2020.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Mark Hendrick (Labour (Co-op) - Preston)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) England have (i) applied for and (ii) received Personal Independence Payments for inflammatory bowel disease in each year since 2020.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The latest available data on personal independence payment (PIP) clearances and awards can be found here. The requested data can be found on the ‘PIP Clearances’ dataset by going to ‘Geography’, ‘National – Regional – LAs – OAs’ and following the drop downs to the relevant areas. Similarly, you can filter for those with inflammatory bowel disease through ‘Disability’, ‘Gastrointestinal disease’ and selecting ‘Inflammatory bowel disease’. To further filter just for those awarded, you can go to ‘Clearance Type Detail’ and select ‘Awarded’.
A lookup which shows which Local Authorities are in Lancashire is available here.
Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer systems. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics.
Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here. An account is not required to use Stat- Xplore, the ‘Guest Login’ feature gives instant access to the main functions.
Written Evidence Apr. 22 2024
Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)Found: investigations would not involve 3 The case law is specific to judicial review proceedings: R v Lancashire
Apr. 22 2024
Source Page: Stephen Lawrence Day: we need to recognise the drivers for disparityFound: Global Race Centre for Equality (GRACE) and the youth justice strand lead for the University of Central Lancashire
Mentions:
1: Lord Gascoigne (Con - Life peer) I too thank my long-lost brother from east Lancashire, the noble Lord, Lord Khan, and say what a pleasure - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) part in the 40-mile Keswick to Barrow walk through the Lake district in aid of St John’s hospice in Lancashire - Speech Link
Asked by: Mark Hendrick (Labour (Co-op) - Preston)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Lancashire and (d) Preston have been (i) awarded and (ii) denied compensation from the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
Information on the number of Windrush Compensation Scheme claims that have received a compensation payment and that have received a zero entitlement decision is published as part of the Transparency Data release. The latest published data, covering the period up to the end of February 2024, is available here: Windrush Compensation Scheme data: February 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
The Windrush Compensation Scheme does not publish regional data about compensation awards and zero-entitlement decisions.
A zero entitlement claim is one where the person making the claim meets the eligibility criteria under the scheme rules, but is not entitled to any compensation as we have not been able to identify any losses or impacts suffered as a result of an inability to demonstrate lawful status.
Asked by: Mark Hendrick (Labour (Co-op) - Preston)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what information her Department holds on the number of reports of faulty smart meters in (a) the North West, (b) Lancashire and (c) Preston in the last 12 months; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure energy companies are accountable for the quality of smart meters they install.
Answered by Amanda Solloway - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
Almost 9 in 10 smart meters are sending automatic readings, but those that don’t will still be accurately measuring consumers’ energy, like a traditional meter.
The Government is working closely with industry to drive down the number of smart meters not sending automatic readings. The numbers are improving but more progress is needed.
Energy suppliers have an obligation to take all reasonable steps to operate smart meters in smart mode and Ofgem are responsible for regulating suppliers against this obligation.
The Government does not hold geographic data on smart meters that aren’t sending automatic readings.