Emma Foody

The latest statistics for the number of households in fuel poverty in parliamentary constituencies in England, can be found in the published sub-regional fuel poverty statistics, in Table 4: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics. These statistics were published in line with the boundaries operating prior to the 2024 General Election.

The latest official Fuel Poverty Statistics for England were published in February 2024 here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics#2023-statistics Annex D of this report includes an affordability measure of the number of households required to spend more than 10 per cent of their income on domestic energy. However, affordability measure estimates are not held at sub-national level.

The latest statistics for the number of households in fuel poverty in parliamentary constituencies in England, can be found in the published sub-regional fuel poverty statistics, in Table 4: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics. These statistics were published in line with the boundaries operating prior to the 2024 General Election.

The latest official Fuel Poverty Statistics for England were published in February 2024 here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics#2023-statistics Annex D of this report includes an affordability measure of the number of households required to spend more than 10 per cent of their income on domestic energy. However, affordability measure estimates are not held at sub-national level.

Local authorities are required to report fly-tipping incidents and enforcement actions to Defra, which the department have published annually since 2012, at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england. This data isn't available at a constituency level and excludes the majority of private-land incidents.

Maintenance of the local highway network within the constituency of Cramlington and Killingworth is shared between Northumberland County Council and North Tyneside Council. It is up to the respective highway authority to decide how best to maintain its network, based upon its local knowledge, circumstances and priorities, to fulfil its statutory duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980.

The Department regularly publishes data about the condition and maintenance of roads by local authority and National Highways; this data can be found on gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/road-condition-statistics-data-tables-rdc.

The Department also publishes headline road condition data: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/road-conditions-in-england-to-march-2023/road-conditions-in-england-to-march-2023.

The government knows that Britain needs a modern transport network to help kickstart economic growth. Good local bus services are an essential part of prosperous and sustainable communities. As announced in the King’s Speech, the government will pass the Better Buses Bill to put the power over local bus services back in the hands of local leaders right across England, to ensure networks can meet the needs of the communities who rely on them, including communities across the North East.

By giving local leaders more control and flexibility over bus funding they can plan ahead to deliver their local transport priorities. The Department will work closely with local leaders and bus operators to deliver on the government’s ambitions.

The government knows that Britain needs a modern transport network to help kickstart economic growth. Good local bus services are an essential part of prosperous and sustainable communities. As announced in the King’s Speech, the government will pass the Better Buses Bill to put the power over local bus services back in the hands of local leaders right across England, to ensure networks can meet the needs of the communities who rely on them, including communities across the North East.

By giving local leaders more control and flexibility over bus funding they can plan ahead to deliver their local transport priorities. The Department will work closely with local leaders and bus operators to deliver on the government’s ambitions.

As part of our health mission, the Government is committed to ensuring that people live well for longer. This includes tackling the determinants that underpin stark health inequalities in order to halve the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest and poorest regions.

The Northumberland and North Tyneside local authorities receive a Public Health Grant which funds services, such as stop smoking, drug and alcohol treatment, and sexual health, which contribute to addressing health inequalities. For 2024/25 the Northumberland local authorities received £18.4 million, while the North Tyneside local authorities received £13.6 million. Directors of Public Health from each authority are working in partnership with the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board to support action to address inequalities in health care.

Northumberland and Newcastle upon Tyne local authorities, within the Cramlington and Killingworth constituency, are two of the 75 local authorities receiving funding as part of the Family Hubs and Start for Life Programme. In addition, the North East Mayoral Combined Authority, formed on 7 May 2024, has committed to creating a fairer North East, reducing inequalities, and improving health. Its priorities include work to address the causes of health inequalities, such as bringing investment into the region to boost economic growth, improve available housing, education, inclusion, and skills.

The Government plans to tackle the challenges patients face when trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most. To rebuild dentistry in the long term and increase access to NHS dental care, we will reform the dental contract, with a shift to focus on prevention and the retention of NHS dentists.

The Northeast and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB), which includes the Cramlington and Killingworth constituency, have taken a number of steps to help improve access in this area, but we know we must do more.

In the 2024 GP Patient Survey, 59% of respondents in Northeast and North Cumbria ICB had tried to get an NHS dentist appointment in the last two years. Of those who did try to get an appointment in the ICB, 24% were unsuccessful. This data is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/2024/07/11/gp-patient-survey-dental-statistics-january-to-march-2024-england/

No specific assessment has been made. Op COURAGE is the existing veterans’ mental health and wellbeing service. The mental health service provided by Op COURAGE includes access to dedicated support for those presenting with substance misuse and other addictions such as gambling. We would encourage any veterans living in the North of England who wish to access this service to contact Op COURAGE via phone or email, with further information available at the following link:

https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/services/op-courage/

More widely, we are aware that many people with mental health issues are not getting the support or care they need. That is why we will recruit an additional 8,500 mental health workers to reduce delays and provide faster treatment, so people can access high quality mental health support when they need it. Improved mental health services will benefit veterans as well as the wider population.

The King’s speech confirmed our intention to bring forward a Mental Health Bill to give patients greater choice, autonomy, enhanced rights and support, and ensure everyone is treated with dignity and respect throughout treatment.

While there is no data available for 2010, as of February 2024, there are nine open dentistry practices in the Cramlington and Killingworth constituency. Of those nine practices, one is entirely private, and eight do a mixture of National Health Service and private work.

We do not hold the number of people not registered with a general practice (GP), or individual patient’s addresses. As of 1 June 2024, there were 74,697 patients registered at GPs with a postcode in the Cramlington and Killingworth constituency. The data provided has been sourced from NHS England and shows the number of patients registered with a GP in the Cramlington and Killingworth constituency. This data is not directly comparable to local population data as parliamentary constituencies do not line up with GP practice catchment boundaries, so some patients will be registered to a GP in a different constituency.

The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size of the police workforce in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales.

This data is collected at Police Force Area (PFA) level only, and information at lower levels of geography, such as Parliamentary Constituencies is not collected.

Table H1 of the data tables accompanying each 31 March release of the ‘Police Workforce’ publication shows the number of full-time equivalent police officers that are available for duty. The number of police officers available for duty excludes those on long term absence (career break, sick leave, study leave, maternity/paternity leave, suspension, special leave, compassionate leave and study leave).

The Home Office does not centrally collect data on the number of police station closures and has not collected this data previously.

Allocation of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority’s (GLAA) annual budget has been the responsibility of the Home Office since April 2014. Prior to this, the budget was held by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). The Home Office does not have readily available access to information on total budgets covering the period of 2010-2014, when it was held by DEFRA.

Accordingly, the total GLAA budget in each financial year since its transfer to the Home Office in 2014 is presented in the following table:

Modern slavery is a scourge that traumatises and dehumanises its victims.

I recognise that the current strategy was published a decade ago. Since its publication, referral numbers into the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) and the volume of victims supported have changed dramatically.

For instance, the number of NRM referrals has increased by 611% since the last quarter of 2014 and the average (median) time taken from referral to conclusive grounds decisions from January to March 2024 across the competent authorities was 491 days.

British nationals were the most commonly referred nationality to the NRM from January to March 2024, accounting for 24% (1,105) of all referrals received. Since 2014, the number of British referrals has consistently increased; their number from January to March 2024 was almost 40 times greater than their number from January to March 2014 (28).

I will update on future policies in due course and am committed to taking an approach that puts victims first.

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 neighbourhood police and community support officers into local communities so that residents have a named officer they can turn to when things go wrong.

​We will crack down on those causing havoc on our high streets by introducing tougher powers via a Crime and Policing Bill, including a new Respect Order to tackle repeat offending.

The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size of the police workforce in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales.

This data is collected at Police Force Area (PFA) level only, and information at lower levels of geography, such as Parliamentary Constituencies is not collected.

Table H1 of the data tables accompanying each 31 March release of the ‘Police Workforce’ publication shows the number of full-time equivalent police officers that are available for duty. The number of police officers available for duty excludes those on long term absence (career break, sick leave, study leave, maternity/paternity leave, suspension, special leave, compassionate leave and study leave).

The Home Office does not centrally collect data on the number of police station closures and has not collected this data previously.

I am working across Government and with civil society to help those who leave the Armed Forces, including those in Cramlington and Killingworth, transition back into civilian life.

Currently the Defence Holistic Transition Policy (JSP100) sets out how the Ministry of Defence supports Service leavers to assist in a successful transition, including through the Career Transition Partnership, Veterans Welfare Service (VWS), Defence Transition Services (DTS) and Integrated Personal Commissioning for Veterans (IPC4V).

The House of Commons library has an online data dashboard for constituencies which includes data on veterans taken from the most recent censuses in Great Britain. This is available here:

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/constituency-data-uk-armed-forces-veterans-2021-census/

England and Wales Census 2021 data showed that 4,387 people in Cramlington and Killingworth constituency reported that they had previously served in the UK armed forces. This represents 5.5% of this constituency’s population aged 16 and over. This compares with 5.0% of the population in the North East region and 3.8% in Great Britain.

The Government is committed to delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation and ensuring that every part of the country benefits from it. We will set out further details in due course.

This Government is committed to working with local partners to deliver economic growth and have asked the North East Combined Authority to draw up a local growth plan. We will support these plans by transferring more powers and responsibility to local leaders. The Mayor and Combined Authority are best suited to lead regeneration plans for the areas, with an in-depth knowledge of the opportunities and constraints of both Cramlington and Killingworth constituency and the wider North East.