Alistair Strathern MP: written questions
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Written questions
Transport: HitchinDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate her Department has made of the level of (a) car ownership, (b) bus usage (c) light rail usage, (d) train usage and (e) active travel in Hitchin constituency.
Answer: The information requested regarding (a) car ownership, (b) bus usage (c) light rail usage, (d) train usage and (e) active travel usage in Hitchin constituency is not available. Information for the Hertfordshire local authority is given below, where availa...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordBus Services: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average cost of bus fares is in (a) Hitchin constituency, (b) Bedfordshire and (c) North Hertfordshire.
Answer: The information requested regarding the average cost of bus fares is not available. The Department produces quarterly bus fare statistics in the form of a local bus fares index. However, this data is not available specifically for (a) Hitchin constituency...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordRoads: HitchinDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to fund road maintenance in Hitchin constituency.
Answer: This Government takes the condition of local roads very seriously, and is committed to maintaining and renewing our road network as a priority; on which Ministers will say more in future. Maintenance of the local highway network within Hertfordshire, incl...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: HitchinDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time was between booking and taking a driving test in Hitchin constituency in the latest period for which data is available; and how many people are waiting to take a test in that const
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) priority is to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards. To increase the number of available test slots, it is conducting tests outside of regular hours, inclu...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordUnadopted RoadsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the number of households in (a) the UK and (b) Hitchin constituency that are located on estate roads that have not been adopted by their local aut
Answer: The requested information is not held by the department.The Government is committed to taking steps to bring the injustice of ‘fleecehold’ private estates and unfair maintenance costs to an end and we will consult on the best way to achieve this.In the in...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordTeachers: East of EnglandDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of teachers in (i) Hitchin constituency and (ii) East of England.
Answer: High-quality teaching is the factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s education. There are now 468,693 full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers in state-funded schools in England, but the department must do more to recruit additional teachers, esp...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: Mental Health ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Mental Health Support Teams there were in (a) Hitchin constituency, (b) Bedfordshire and (c) North Hertfordshire in each year since 2010.
Answer: Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) have three core functions. Firstly, to deliver evidence-based early interventions for emerging and actual mental health issues, 1 to 1 and in groups. Secondly, to support a school or college’s mental health lead to embe...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordChildcare: HitchinDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help increase the availability of childcare in Hitchin constituency.
Answer: Delivering high quality affordable childcare is a priority for this government. As an initial step, the department is progressing work to deliver new places in 3,000 nurseries through upgrading space in primary schools. This will help increase the number ...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Central Bedfordshire Council and North Hertfordshire District CouncilDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to support (a) Central Bedfordshire Council (b) North Hertfordshire Council with SEND provision.
Answer: This government is committed to providing the necessary support to improve the experiences for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families. The department is committed to taking a community-wide appr...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordDental Services: HitchinDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1168More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of children aged four and under who were admitted to hospital for a tooth extraction due to decay in Hitchin constituency in each
Answer: The information requested is not available on a constituency basis, or for the desired age band for each of the last five years.
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordDental Services: HitchinDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1167More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the time taken to access dental services in Hitchin constituency.
Answer: The Government plans to tackle the challenges patients face when trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments, and to recruit new dentists to areas that need them most. To rebui...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordDental Services: HitchinDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children aged 11 and under with tooth decay were admitted to hospital for a tooth extraction in Hitchin constituency in each of the last five years.
Answer: he information requested is not available on a constituency basis, or for the desired age band.
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: HitchinDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who have been waiting more than four weeks for a GP appointment in Hitchin constituency.
Answer: The Hitchin constituency sits within the Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board where, in May 2024, 649,000 general practice appointments were delivered. Of those, 29,000 appointments, or 4.1%, were delivered 28 days after booking, 0.7% less t...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordDental Services and General Practitioners: HitchinDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of (i) GPs and (ii) dentists in Hitchin constituency.
Answer: We have committed to training thousands more general practitioners (GPs) across the country as well as take pressure off those currently working in the system and NHS England has made a number of recruitment and retention schemes available to GPs.Getting ...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
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