Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions to hospital through A&E with an alcohol-related diagnosis involving people (a) under and (b) over the age of 18 there were in each NHS hospital trust in the East of England in each year since 2005.
Answered by Jane Ellison
Information is not available in the format or for the period requested.
Information on the sum of alcohol attributable fractions of finished admission episodes for hospital providers in the east of England with an admission through accident and emergency departments from 2005-06 to 2012-13 is shown in the attached table.
Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of benefit fraud which was attributable to identity fraud for each benefit in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire,(c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk in each year since 2005 for which figures are available.
Answered by Mark Harper - Secretary of State for Transport
As no central record is kept detailing the information the MP is requesting, this information could only be provided by examining individual investigation files. This could only be conducted at disproportionate time and cost.
Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) convictions and (b) fixed penalty notices there have been in respect of people arrested for speeding offences in Suffolk (i) in total and (ii) on the (A) A143 and (B) A14 in each year since 2005.
Answered by Mike Penning
Driving offences can have very serious and sometimes devastating consequences for victims and their families.
The total number of offenders found guilty at all courts for offences relating to speeding offences, in Suffolk police force area, from 2005 to 2013 (the latest available), can be viewed in table 1. Court proceedings data for 2014 is planned for publication in spring 2015
Data on fixed penalty notices for speed limit offences in Suffolk from 2005 to 2012 (the latest available), provided by the Home Office, can be viewed in the table 2. Data for 2013 is scheduled for publication in spring 2015.
From centrally reported data it is not possible to separately identify fixed penalty notices issued for speeding on specific roads.
| Table 1: offenders found guilty at all courts for offences relating to speeding offences(1), Suffolk police force area, 2005-2013(2)(3) | ||||
| Year | Found guilty | |||
| 2005 | 3,156 | |||
| 2006 | 2,966 | |||
| 2007 | 3,300 | |||
| 2008 | 3,595 | |||
| 2009 | 3,499 | |||
| 2010 | 1,998 | |||
| 2011 | 2,775 | |||
| 2012 | 2,216 | |||
| 2013 | 2,116 | |||
| (1) It include the following offences: | ||||
| Vehicles subject to speed limits on motorways; Speeding offences detected by camera devices - Motor Vehicles (Speed Limits on Motorways) Regulations 1973 | ||||
| Speeding in parks - Parks Regulation (Amendment) Act 1926 | ||||
| Speeding - Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, SS.81, 84, 88 & 89 | ||||
| Speeding offences detected by camera devices - Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, SS.81, 84, 88 and 89 | ||||
| Speeding - Goods, Passenger carrying or other vehicle - Road Traffic Regulation Act Act 1984, S.86 | ||||
| Speeding offences detected by camera devices - Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, S.86 | ||||
| (2) The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. | ||||
| (3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. | ||||
| Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice. | ||||
| Ref: PQ 220273 | ||||
Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2014 to Question 217210, how much funding his Department has allocated to each district and unitary council in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk for road improvement in each year since 2005.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The table below lists the funding the Department for Transport has allocated to (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk for road improvement since 2005:
| £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
Year | Suffolk | Bedfordshire* | Cambridgeshire | Essex | Hertfordshire | Norfolk |
05/06 | 22.6 | 9.4 | 21.0 | 31.9 | 21.2 | 29.3 |
06/07 | 23.6 | 9.6 | 21.4 | 30.0 | 23.9 | 30.5 |
07/08 | 21.5 | 7.8 | 20.3 | 34.9 | 24.2 | 32.5 |
08/09 | 23.0 | 8.7 | 21.4 | 33.6 | 25.6 | 31.4 |
09/10 | 21.7 | 9.2 | 19.4 | 39.4 | 25.9 | 30.5 |
10/11 | 23.2 | 9.5 | 18.9 | 60.0 | 26.5 | 32.1 |
11/12 | 27.2 | 10.4 | 17.8 | 61.2 | 30.6 | 35.2 |
12/13 | 21.8 | 9.1 | 14.8 | 34.4 | 24.8 | 26.7 |
13/14 | 24.3 | 17.3 | 16.8 | 33.1 | 27.2 | 30.4 |
14/15 | 33.9 | 14.8 | 20.3 | 44.5 | 32.9 | 60.8 |
* from 2010/11 Bedfordshire split into the 2 unitary authorities of Central Bedfordshire and Bedford and therefore this figure is the sum of their allocations.
The Department does not provide any funding directly to district councils. The table below lists the funding provided to the Unitary Authorities that fall within the historical counties of Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Norfolk for road improvement since 2005:
| £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
Year | Bedford* | Central Bedfordshire* | Luton | Peterborough | Southend on Sea | Thurrock |
05/06 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 6.6 | ||
06/07 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.3 | ||
07/08 | 4.0 | 7.7 | 4.5 | 3.2 | ||
08/09 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | ||
09/10 | 3.9 | 11.0 | 4.1 | 3.1 | ||
10/11 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 10.5 | 3.7 | 2.9 |
11/12 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
12/13 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
13/14 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 13.8 | 8.4 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
14/15 | 5.2 | 9.6 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 3.5 |
* from 2010/11 the 2 unitary authorities of Central Bedfordshire and Bedford came into being and therefore this figure is the sum of the allocations to Bedfordshire.
These tables include funding we have provided through the local Highways Maintenance Block, Integrated Transport Block, Severe Weather Funding, Local Major Projects and Local Pinch Point Fund schemes. The table does not include funding provided through the Bus Service Operators Grant, Local Sustainable Transport Fund, or Cycling Grant.
Local authorities are also able to use revenue funding, allocated by the Department of Communities and Local Government through the Revenue Support Grant for maintaining their local highways. It is for local highway authorities to decide upon their spending priorities across the whole range of services that they provide.
Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses there were in (a) West Suffolk Hospital, (b) Ipswich Hospital and (c) England in each year since 2010.
Answered by Dan Poulter
The Health and Social Care Information Centre publish an annual workforce census, which shows staff working in the National Health Service in England. The latest information from the census was published in March 2014 and shows the position at 30 September 2013; the next annual census will be published in March 2015 showing the position as at 30 September 2014. The Health and Social Care Information Centre also publish monthly National Health Service workforce statistics. The latest data as at September 2014 was published on 17 December.
The numbers of qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff in West Suffolk Hospital, Ipswich Hospital, Health Education East of England region and England in each year from September 2004 are set out in the attached table.
Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many payments for jobseeker's allowance were terminated (a) as a result of employment and (b) for other reasons in (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire and (vi) Norfolk in each of the last five years.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on strengthening the Armed Forces Covenant.
Answered by Anna Soubry
In addition to what the Government has done, for example on making life long widows’ pensions, now we need to make sure there is delivery locally, which is why by this evening I will have written to all Local Authority Chief Executives and Leaders in Great Britain. Then I will write to every Clinical Commissioning Group and Hospital Trust to make sure the National Health Service delivers on the Covenant, no disadvantage and in certain circumstances priority treatment.
Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much clinical commissioning groups in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk spent on salaries and wages for (i) general and senior managers, (ii) nurses and midwives and (iii) administrative and clerical staff in each year since their inception.
Answered by Dan Poulter
Information is not available for every clinical commissioning group (CCG) requested.
Information on how much CCGs in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk spent on salaries and wages for (i) managers and senior managers, (ii) qualified midwifery and health nursing staff and (iii) administrative and clerical staff for 2013-14 is in the table below:
| Managers and senior managers | Qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff | Admin and clerical staff |
Suffolk1
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NHS West Suffolk CCG | £5,405,305 | £336,754 | £1,599,079 |
NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney CCG1 | £1,670,798 | £414,275 | £661,367 |
Bedfordshire
| |||
NHS Bedfordshire CCG | £3,741,697 | £514,422 | £1,118,727 |
NHS Luton CCG | £1,320,940 | £198,582 | £505,207 |
Cambridgeshire
| |||
NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG
| £2,422,647 | £561,384 | £2,640,130 |
Essex
| |||
NHS Basildon and Brentwood CCG | £567,495 | * | £337,640 |
NHS Castle Point and Rochford CCG | £407,702 | * | £259,035 |
NHS Mid Essex CCG | £780,923 | £364,799 | £1,136,240 |
NHS North East Essex CCG | £864,616 | * | £1,098,138 |
NHS Southend CCG | £972,910 | £356,912 | £574,193 |
NHS Thurrock CCG | £331,591 | * | £169,836 |
NHS West Essex CCG | £1,032,463 | £375,640 | £1,371,972 |
Hertfordshire
| |||
NHS East and North Hertfordshire CCG | £1,789,417 | £106,725 | £692,885 |
NHS Herts Valleys CCG | £1,561,066 | - | £573,772 |
Norfolk
| |||
NHS North Norfolk CCG | £564,737 | * | £405,318 |
NHS Norwich CCG | £726,744 | - | £288,031 |
NHS South Norfolk CCG | £954,474 | * | £528,648 |
NHS West Norfolk CCG | £495,501 | - | £257,962 |
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Provisional NHS Staff Earnings: Estimates.
Notes:
- Not applicable
* Data is obscured as the group had 5 or fewer staff, in line with The Data Protection Act
Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total public expenditure per head of population was on (a) capital and (b) running costs of the NHS in (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire, (vi) Norfolk and (vii) England in each year since 1997.
Answered by Dan Poulter
The Department does not collect any information for the National Health Service by county or English region. Individual trusts have therefore been grouped together by region based on their geographical location.
Capital spend per head of population for 2007-08 to 2013-14 for primary care trusts, NHS trusts and foundation trusts collectively, and the Department of Health Group as a whole (England only) are shown in the table below.
Region | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
Bedfordshire | 24.12 | 31.90 | 31.00 | 42.15 | 32.30 | 34.46 | 40.60 |
Suffolk | 23.66 | 25.98 | 27.87 | 29.51 | 33.09 | 42.48 | 22.10 |
Cambridgeshire | 72.58 | 85.45 | 66.35 | 62.53 | 45.00 | 49.02 | 52.83 |
Essex | 44.79 | 43.77 | 59.60 | 46.75 | 31.06 | 23.30 | 58.11 |
Hertfordshire | 34.25 | 41.52 | 40.66 | 33.28 | 36.74 | 30.77 | 49.61 |
Norfolk | 27.69 | 43.80 | 51.34 | 43.16 | 28.90 | 36.31 | 26.87 |
England | 78.23 | 85.30 | 99.73 | 79.42 | 71.65 | 71.39 | 80.74 |
Source: Audited summarisation schedules of NHS bodies, 2007-08 to 2013-14; Departmental Group Resource Account 2007-08 to 2013-14; Monitor
Running costs per head of population for 2007-08 to 2013-14 by primary care trust and the Department of Health Group (England only) are shown in the table below.
Region | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
Bedfordshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 44.15 | 54.03 | n/a |
Suffolk | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 30.60 | 32.84 | n/a |
Cambridgeshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 43.35 | 41.44 | n/a |
Essex | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 48.63 | 46.20 | n/a |
Hertfordshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 41.00 | 42.02 | n/a |
Norfolk | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 29.06 | 33.39 | n/a |
England | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 62.83 | 66.09 | 56.36 |
Source: Audited summarisation schedules of Primary Care Trusts, 2011-12 to 2012-13; Departmental Group Resource Account 2011-12 to 2013-14
Running costs per head of population for the clinical commissioning groups have been summarised within the following NHS England Area Team areas for 2013-14 in the table below.
Area Team | 2013-14 £ |
East Anglia | 20.82 |
Essex | 21.43 |
Hertfordshire and the South Midlands | 21.04 |
Source: NHS England
Information on running costs was not separately identified in the accounts prior to 2011-12.
Information on NHS trust and foundation trust running costs is not available centrally.
Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free early years education places were provided in (a) Suffolk, (b) Norfolk, (c) Essex and (d) Cambridgeshire in each year since 1997.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The attached spreadsheet provides the number of part time equivalent funded early education places from 1997 to 2014 and the number of children in receipt of some funded early education provision from 2008 to 2014. The variation between areas will reflect local demand.
The latest statistics can be found online at: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provision-for-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2014