Kate Dearden MP: written questions

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Written questions

Anti-social Behaviour: West YorkshireHome OfficeTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle anti-social behaviour in (a) Halifax constituency and (b) West Yorkshire.
Answer: Tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for this Government, and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission to take back our streets.We will put thousands of new neighbourhood police and community support officers into local communities, such as Ha...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
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General Practitioners: HalifaxDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 491More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of open GP practices in Halifax constituency (a) on the most recent date for which figures are available and (b) in 2010.
Answer: Data provided by NHS England Digital shows that in May 2014, the earliest year from which data is available, there were 14 open general practices (GPs) in the Halifax constituency, and as of May 2024 there are nine open GPs in the constituency. The data o...
Answered 1 Aug 2024
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Dental Services: HalifaxDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of open dentistry practices in Halifax constituency (a) on the most recent date for which figures are available and (b) in 2010.
Answer: The most recent data available is from February 2024. As of that date, there are 15 open dentistry practices in Halifax constituency. Of these practices, 13 carry out a mixture of National Health Service and private work, and two seeing only private patie...
Answered 23 Jul 2024
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PharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support local pharmacies.
Answer: Pharmacies play a vital role in our healthcare system. We are committed to expanding the role of pharmacies and to better utilising the skills of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, including by cutting red tape. That includes making prescribing part of...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
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Non-teaching Staff: HalifaxDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of trends in the level of (a) recruitment and (b) retention of school support staff in (i) Halifax constituency and (ii) England in each of the the last five years.
Answer: The full-time equivalent (FTE) of support staff has increased each year since 2019/20, reaching 510,400 in 2023/24, and has now passed the previous peak of 2015/16. This is an increase of 4,800 (0.9%) since last year. This increase is mainly due to an inc...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
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Children's Centres: HalifaxDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start centres have closed in Halifax constituency since May 2010; and the (a) name and (b) postcode of each centre.
Answer: Data on children’s centres is supplied by local authorities via the department’s Get Information about Schools (GIAS) database portal. This portal can be found here: https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/. Based on information supplied by Cal...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
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Police Stations: HalifaxHome OfficeTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations have closed in Halifax since May 2010; and what the (a) name and (b) postcode was of each station.
Answer: The Home Office does not centrally collect data on the number of police station closures and has not collected this data previously.
Answered 26 Jul 2024
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Roads: West YorkshireDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jul 2024WithdrawnUIN 485More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve road (a) maintenance and (b) conditions in West Yorkshire.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Transport: West YorkshireDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jul 2024WithdrawnUIN 484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase transport infrastructure in (a) Halifax and (b) West Yorkshire.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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