Mark Hendrick MP: written questions 2025
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Crown Court: North WestMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court cases listed for trial in a Crown Court were (a) cancelled and (b) rescheduled in (i) Lancashire, (ii) Cumbia and (iii) Greater Manchester in the last three years.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes information concerning trials which are rescheduled (ineffective) but does not have a measure of trials “cancelled” - rather we publish information concerning trials which are cracked.A cracked trial is a trial that does ...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: LancashireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ADHD assessments are outstanding for (a) children and (b) adults in Lancashire; and what steps he is taking to ensure that people receive a timely assessment.
Answer: For the first time, NHS England published management information on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) waits at a national level, on 29 May 2025, as part of its ADHD data improvement plan. It has also released technical guidance to integrated...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: North WestDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the funding allocated in the Spending Review 2025 will be spent on (a) public transport and (b) bus services in (i) the North West and (ii) Preston.
Answer: The North-West of England will benefit significantly from increased government investment to improve local public transport. Some larger city regions in the North-West will receive long-term funding through the Transport for City Regions (TCR) programme, ...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Out-patientsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many medical appointments were (a) missed by patients and (b) cancelled by the health trust at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals in each of the last three years.
Answer: The following table shows data on the number of outpatient appointments missed by the patient where they Did Not Attend on the day, without prior cancellation, and the number of outpatient appointments cancelled by the provider, for the Lancashire Teachin...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60419More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many medical operations were cancelled at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals in each of the last last three years; and what the cost to the NHS was of those cancellations.
Answer: The following table shows the total number of elective cancelled operations for the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, for 2022/23, 2023/24, and 2024/25:YearCount of cancellations2022/236842023/246542024/25600Source: Cancelled Elective Op...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: LancashireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many medical samples were lost and required resubmission by the patient at (a) Lancashire and (b) Blackpool teaching hospitals in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Department does not hold the requested information. The Government is spending £600 million of capital this year on diagnostics, including funding all pathology networks to increase digital capabilities by March 2026, which will reduce unnecessary wai...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgery: LancashireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds data on how much notice was given to patients about the cancellation of their planned medical operation at (a) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and (b) Blackpool Teaching
Answer: The Department does not hold data on how much notice was given to patients about the cancellation of their planned medical operations.
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Waiting ListsDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60416More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for driving tests in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) England.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. On the 23 April, the Secretary of State for Transport appeared before the Transport S...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for child and adolescent mental health services.
Answer: We know children and young people are not receiving the mental health care they need and that waits for mental health services are too long across England. We are determined to change that as part of our shift to prevention and earlier intervention, and i...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFree School Meals: North WestDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have received free school meals in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in the last three academic years.
Answer: The department publishes data on free school meals (FSM) in the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ publication. The total number of pupils eligible for FSM in the Lancashire local authority and North West region can be seen the following t...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFree School Meals: North WestDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children who will receive free school meals in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in the (i) 2024-25 and (ii) 2025-26 academic years.
Answer: This government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and tackling child poverty. We have now announced that we are extending free school meals (FSM) to all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit from September 2026. This ...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNature Conservation: LancashireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to protect (a) ancient woodlands, (b) coastal and estuarine habitats and (c) wetlands and reedbeds in Lancashire.
Answer: We are investing up to £400 million each year for nature schemes. Defra recently conducted and published a review into how ancient woodland and ancient and veteran trees are protected by the National Planning Policy Framework. This revealed that the polic...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFood SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to extend funding for charities to redistribute food supplies to local (a) charities and (b) community organisations.
Answer: Defra recently announced grant funding of £13.6 million in 2025/26 to increase the capacity and capability of 12 charities to redistribute surplus food from farms into charitable networks. Applications were open to not-for-profit organisations redistribut...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: SchoolsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his planned timetable is for the rollout of solar panels for schools in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West.
Answer: Work is progressing on finalising the short lists of projects to participate in this first year of the Great British Energy Solar Partnership programme. We hope to have finalised the selection before the summer break with installs to complete in 2025/26...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordReoffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the rate of re-offending (a) in Preston and (b) nationally; what steps she is taking to reduce this rate in Preston.
Answer: The overall proven reoffending rate for Preston was 34.5% for the July 22 - June 23 cohort (the latest reoffending data available by geography). By comparison, for the same cohort, the overall proven reoffending rate for England and Wales was 26.7%.The Go...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordErasmus+ ProgrammeDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to reinstate the Erasmus+ scheme.
Answer: The government has agreed to work towards association to the Erasmus+ programme on much better financial terms for the UK. We will ensure that any agreement reflects a fair balance between the UK financial contribution and the number of UK participants wh...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AdmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to increase the number of school places for children with special educational needs in (a) mainstream and (b) maintained special schools.
Answer: The department knows that many children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) struggle to find a suitable school placement that is close to their home and meets their needs.We want more children and young people to receiv...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
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