3 Dec 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhat steps she is taking to secure shared use agreements between schools and councils.
ReplyMany schools across the country will either allow others to make use of their facilities, or themselves be making use of land shared with their local communities. The department encourages schools to open their sites in this way. Shared use agreements or ...
26 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhat outstanding money was owed by defendants in (a) court fines, (b) prosecution costs, and (c) victim related costs at Telford Magistrates for each year data is available.
ReplyThe information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.Although HMCTS holds data on the total amount of impositions outstanding at an enforcement accounting division level, we do not report on it at an individual court level. To access ...
26 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhat data her Department holds on the number of (a) criminal legal aid firms and (b) duty solicitors contracted to provide legal aid in (i) Shropshire and (ii) Telford constituency for each year data is available
ReplyThe Legal Aid Agency (LAA) is responsible for commissioning legal aid services in England and Wales.The commissioning and monitoring of criminal legal aid services are undertaken at a national level.Information about the number of legal aid providers cont...
26 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedHow many court clerks have worked at Telford Magistrates Court for each year that data is available.
ReplyYear No of Legal Advisors 2023/20244 Legal Advisors based at Telford (which includes a Trainee Legal Advisor)2022/20234 Legal Advisors based at Telford (which includes a Trainee Legal Advisor)2021/20224 Legal Advisors based at Telford (including a Trainee...
26 Nov 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
AskedWhat steps her Department is taking to help improve the safety of platform train interfaces at train stations.
ReplyWorking with the industry, the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) has developed a comprehensive strategy to improve safety at the platform train interface (PTI) on the mainline railway. The strategy adopts a whole-system, safety by design, risk-based ...
26 Nov 2024·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
AskedWhat steps he is taking to roll out loft insulation protection through the Warm Homes Plan.
ReplyThe Government is committed to protecting homeowners across the UK who have clean heating and energy efficiency products installed. The Government’s Warm Homes Plan will support investment in insulation, low carbon heating and other home improvements to c...
26 Nov 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
AskedCommunities and Local Government, if she will include a degradation factor for new builds that applies to loft insulation over time in her Department's proposed Future Homes Standard.
ReplyThe Future Homes and Buildings Standards consultation was published in December 2023 and closed in March 2024; a government response has not yet been issued.Government fully supports the need for low carbon homes and buildings, fit for a net zero future. ...
26 Nov 2024·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
AskedWhat steps he is taking to improve public (a) awareness of and (b) access to loft insulation protection to improve energy efficiency.
ReplyThere are several Government schemes offering loft insulation as a measure to improve energy efficiency. The Government’s retrofitting tool ‘find ways to save energy in your home’ (https://www.gov.uk/improve-energy-efficiency), provides tailored guidance ...
25 Nov 2024·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
AskedWhat assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a permanent Access to Elected Office fund for disabled election candidates.
ReplyIt is the Government’s ambition to see more disabled people in public office. The Government has been clear that it will champion disabled people's rights, and work closely with them so that disabled people's voices and views are at the heart of all we do...
21 Nov 2024·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·Answered
AskedCommonwealth and Development Affairs, what records his Department holds on whether the Protectorate Treaty ceding Akwamu to the Gold Coast Colony, signed on 27 July 1886, was ratified.
ReplyAccording to our records, the sole treaty signed on this date was the Arrangement between Great Britain and Germany, supplementary to the Arrangement of April-June 1885, relative to the respective Spheres of Action of the two Countries in the Gulf of Guin...
18 Nov 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
AskedIf she will publish the performance of Transport for Wales trains from Aberystwyth to Birmingham International via Telford in both directions; and what steps she plans to take to help improve performance.
ReplyContracting of Transport for Wales services is devolved to the Welsh Government. Performance information from across the rail network in Great Britain is published by the Office for Road and Rail (https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/performance/passe...
18 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat her planned timetable is for the introduction of Respect Orders.
ReplyTackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for this Government, and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission.This is why we are introducing Respect Orders – tough behavioural orders, issued by the civil courts – to tackle the most persistent adult AS...
15 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a statutory duty on fire and rescue services in England to respond to major flooding events.
ReplyDefra is the Lead Government Department for Flooding and are responsible for response and prevention of flooding.Fire & Rescue Services, with continued support from the Home Office, remain ready to respond to flooding. The Home Office supports FRAs in...
15 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat assessment she has made of the capacity of fire and rescue services in England to respond to flooding.
ReplyDefra is the Lead Government Department for Flooding and are responsible for response and prevention of flooding.Fire & Rescue Services, with continued support from the Home Office, remain ready to respond to flooding. The Home Office supports FRAs in...
15 Nov 2024·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
AskedFood and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on improving flood resilience and response in England.
ReplyIn just five months in Government, we have introduced a series of measures to better protect communities from flooding including: Invest £2.4 billion over the next two years to maintain, repair and build flood defences to protect communities across the co...
13 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedHow many foreign nationals have been issued with deportation orders but not deported.
ReplyThe information requested is not available from published statistics.The Home Office publishes a quarterly paper on statistics on foreign national offenders (FNOs) subject to deportation action, living in the community. These are published in the Immigrat...
11 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedHow many justices of the peace served at Telford Magistrates Court in each of the last six years.
ReplyMagistrates that sit at Telford Magistrates’ Court are appointed to the Shropshire Bench. The Shropshire Bench covers Telford and Kidderminster Magistrates Court and the magistrates may be required to sit at any of these courts. The table below shows the ...
11 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedHow many outpatients from Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin integrated care system (ICS) have been treated out of area by (a) other ICSs and (b) private providers in each year for which data is availa
ReplyThe Government is committed to putting patients back at the heart of care. This includes supporting a patient’s right to choose, if they wish, where they go for their first appointment, including private providers holding contracts for National Health Ser...
11 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedHow many Crown Court judges there were resident at Shrewsbury Crown Court in each of the last six years.
ReplyThe Crown Court sitting at Shrewsbury is accommodated across two sites, in Shrewsbury Justice Centre and Telford Justice Centre. In total, there are three courtrooms dedicated to Crown Court use.For each of the last six years (i.e. since 2019/20), two Cir...
11 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedHow many (a) children and (b) adults are waiting for outpatient appointments by (i) their average wait time and (ii) the appointment required in the NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Ca
ReplyPatients have been let down for too long whilst they wait for the care they need. The Government will ensure that 92% of patients return to waiting no longer than 18 weeks from Referral to Treatment within our first term, a standard which has not been met...