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Kate Dearden

Labour (Co-op) - Halifax

6,269 (15.6%) majority - 2024 General Election

First elected: 4th July 2024

Assistant Whip

(since July 2024)

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Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Kate Dearden has voted in 44 divisions, and never against the majority of their Party.
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Debates during the 2024 Parliament

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Sparring Partners
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
HM Treasury
(1 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
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Commons initiatives

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Latest 7 Written Questions

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
17th Jul 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of trends in the level of (a) recruitment and (b) retention of school support staff in (i) Halifax constituency and (ii) England in each of the the last five years.

The full-time equivalent (FTE) of support staff has increased each year since 2019/20, reaching 510,400 in 2023/24, and has now passed the previous peak of 2015/16. This is an increase of 4,800 (0.9%) since last year. This increase is mainly due to an increase of 2,400 in other support staff.

Support staff are categorised into posts of teaching assistants, administrative staff, auxiliary staff, technicians and other supporting staff, plus two new posts of school business professional and leadership non-teacher that were reported for the first time in 2023/24.

School business professionals include roles such as bursar, business manager, finance officer, office manager, premises manager or ICT network manager. The national figures of all FTE support staff from the 2019/20 to 2023/24 academic years are available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/7b0a17e8-b3ff-403e-687f-08dca70c1109.

The figures of all FTE support staff in the Halifax constituency from the 2019/20 to 2023/24 academic years are included in the table below:

Halifax Parliamentary Constituency

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23

2023/34

FTE of all support staff

1228.75

1244.19

1221.71

1286.96

1288.94

School support staff play a vital role in children’s education and development.

The department will value and recognise the professionalism of the entire school workforce and address recruitment and retention challenges by reinstating the School Support Staff Negotiating Body.

The body will be tasked with establishing a national terms and conditions handbook, training and progression routes. This reform will ensure that schools can recruit and retain the staff needed to deliver high quality, inclusive education.

Catherine McKinnell
Minister of State (Education)
17th Jul 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start centres have closed in Halifax constituency since May 2010; and the (a) name and (b) postcode of each centre.

Data on children’s centres is supplied by local authorities via the department’s Get Information about Schools (GIAS) database portal. This portal can be found here: https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/.

Based on information supplied by Calderdale local authority, no centres have closed in Halifax constituency since May 2010. The list of children’s centres closed since May 2010 is based on information supplied by Calderdale local authority as of 18 July 2024. These figures could change again in future since local authorities may update the database at any time.

Janet Daby
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
17th Jul 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of open dentistry practices in Halifax constituency (a) on the most recent date for which figures are available and (b) in 2010.

The most recent data available is from February 2024. As of that date, there are 15 open dentistry practices in Halifax constituency. Of these practices, 13 carry out a mixture of National Health Service and private work, and two seeing only private patients. There is no data available for 2010.

Stephen Kinnock
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
17th Jul 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support local pharmacies.

Pharmacies play a vital role in our healthcare system. We are committed to expanding the role of pharmacies and to better utilising the skills of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, including by cutting red tape. That includes making prescribing part of the services delivered by community pharmacists.

We are currently consulting with Community Pharmacy England on the national funding and contractual framework arrangements for 2024/25.

Stephen Kinnock
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
17th Jul 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of open GP practices in Halifax constituency (a) on the most recent date for which figures are available and (b) in 2010.

Data provided by NHS England Digital shows that in May 2014, the earliest year from which data is available, there were 14 open general practices (GPs) in the Halifax constituency, and as of May 2024 there are nine open GPs in the constituency. The data only includes main practices, and does not include branch practices.

GPs close for a variety of reasons, including mergers or retirement, so this does not necessarily indicate a reduction in the quality of care. When a GP does close, patients are informed of the closure and advised to register at another local practice of their choice, within their area.

Stephen Kinnock
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
17th Jul 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations have closed in Halifax since May 2010; and what the (a) name and (b) postcode was of each station.

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

Diana Johnson
Minister of State (Home Office)
17th Jul 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle anti-social behaviour in (a) Halifax constituency and (b) West Yorkshire.

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 new neighbourhood police and community support officers into local communities, such as Halifax and in West Yorkshire, 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 is providing £66.3m funding this financial year (2024/25) to police forces in England and Wales for hotspot policing to tackle anti-social behaviour and serious violence. West Yorkshire police have been allocated £2,476,420 of this funding.

Diana Johnson
Minister of State (Home Office)