Mark Hendrick MP: written questions
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Written questions
Heat PumpsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to (a) encourage the installation of heat pumps and (b) ensure that homes are properly insulated to support the effective operation of those heat pumps.
Answer: The Government is making is easier for households to install heat pumps. This includes increasing the budget for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme and amending Permitted Development Rights in England to give households greater flexibility to install a heat pump. ...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to increase the number of electric vehicle charging stations in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West.
Answer: The Government is committed to accelerating the roll-out of affordable and accessible charging infrastructure so that everyone, no matter where they live or work, can make the transition to an electric vehicle (EV). As of 1 June 2025, the Government and i...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHomicide: LancashireMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for manslaughter there have been in (a) Lancashire, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) Liverpool in cases involving suicide where domestic abuse was a contributing factor.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on convictions for manslaughter by Police Force Area in England and Wales in the Outcomes by Offences data tool. The latest data is available up to December 2024. This can be downloaded at the Criminal Justice Statis...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 63989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time was for asylum applications in the latest period for which data is available; and what steps her Department plans to take to reduce the time taken to process asylum ap
Answer: Available data on processing of asylum claims is published in table ASY_01 of the ‘Immigration and Protection data’. The latest data is as of 31 March 2025.The Home Office continues to invest in a programme of transformation and business improvement, to s...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Out-patientsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 63988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2025 to Question 60420 on Health Services: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of cancelle
Answer: As set out in the Plan for Change, we will ensure that 92% of patients return to waiting no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment by March 2029, a standard which has not been met consistently since September 2015. The Government is clear that to...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 63987More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2025 to Question 60419 on Surgery: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of cancellations of
Answer: As set out in the Plan for Change, we will ensure that 92% of patients return to waiting no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment by March 2029, a standard which has not been met consistently since September 2015. The Government is clear that to...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIVF: ClinicsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that patients seeking fertility treatment are protected from unregulated concierge IVF clinics that fall outside the remit of the Human Fertilisat
Answer: Digital clinics do not currently fall within the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act and therefore are out outside of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority’s (HFEA) remit at present.The HFEA published Modernising Fertility Law in November 20...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Civil ServantsCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63279More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to have further phases of civil service relocation; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of relocating civil servants to (a) Preston and (b) other host citie
Answer: The next phase of Places for Growth will move thousands more roles out of London to bring the Civil Service closer to the communities it serves. Preston will continue to have a thriving Civil Service community as part of the North West Digital and Cyber S...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHate Crime: LGBT+ PeopleHome OfficeTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to the police to help tackle hate crimes against people from the LGBQT+ community in (a) Lancashire, (b) Cumbria and (c) Greater Manchester.
Answer: The Government is also committed to giving police the resources they need to tackle crime. That is why the Chancellor has announced a real terms increase in police spending power over the next three years. This builds on the 25/26 police funding settlemen...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWindrush Compensation SchemeHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many claims for compensation have been made under the Windrush Scheme from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.
Answer: Information on the number of people who have received documentation confirming their status and the number of people who have been granted British citizenship under the Windrush Scheme is published as part of the quarterly Transparency Data release. The l...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWindrush Compensation SchemeHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people received documentation confirming (a) their status and (b) British Citizenship under the Windrush Scheme between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025.
Answer: Information on the number of people who have received documentation confirming their status and the number of people who have been granted British citizenship under the Windrush Scheme is published as part of the quarterly Transparency Data release. The l...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCulture: LancashireDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department has allocated to local authorities to provide arts and culture in (a) Preston and (b) Lancashire over the next three years.
Answer: Typically, DCMS does not directly fund local authorities, nor their arts and cultural organisations, which are commonly funded by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government and Arts Council England.In last month’s spending review, the gove...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth Services: LancashireDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department has allocated to local authorities to provide youth services in (a) Preston and (b) Lancashire over the next three years.
Answer: Local authorities hold the statutory duty to secure, so far as is reasonably practicable, sufficient provision of educational and recreational leisure-time activities for young people. Local Authorities fund youth services from their Local Government Fina...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOrganised Crime: North of EnglandHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to tackle Serious Organised Crime for police forces in (a) Lancashire, (b) Cumbria, and (c) Greater Manchester in (a) this financial year and (b) the 2026-27 financ
Answer: In 2025-26, the Home Office are providing c.£1 billion to the National Crime Agency to tackle Serious and Organised Crime.The Home Office does not allocate Serious and Organised Crime (SOC) specific funding to local police forces as setting annual budgets...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown 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
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