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Written Question
Prime Minister: Correspondence
Thursday 17th March 2016

Asked by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, if he will respond to the open letter from the Yorkshire Post entitled Mr Cameron please don't ignore our nightmare, dated Tuesday 26 January 2016.

Answered by Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton - Foreign Secretary

A reply will be sent shortly.


Written Question
Zero Hours Contracts
Monday 18th January 2016

Asked by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many employees were on zero-hours contracts in each financial quarter since May 2010 in each (a) constituency and (b) region.

Answered by Rob Wilson

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.


Written Question
Iraq Committee of Inquiry
Monday 6th July 2015

Asked by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions Ministers in his Department have had with Sir John Chilcot in the last year.

Answered by Matt Hancock

The Chilcot Inquiry is independent of Government. No current Cabinet Office Ministers have met with Sir John Chilcott or any of his officials since the inquiry began.


Written Question
Iraq Committee of Inquiry
Monday 6th July 2015

Asked by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times Ministers in his Department have met officials working on the Chilcot Inquiry since that Inquiry commenced.

Answered by Matt Hancock

The Chilcot Inquiry is independent of Government. No current Cabinet Office Ministers have met with Sir John Chilcott or any of his officials since the inquiry began.


Written Question
Unemployment: North West
Monday 14th July 2014

Asked by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes there have been in the unemployment rate in (a) Westmorland and Lonsdale, (b) South Lakeland, (c) Cumbria and (d) the North West (i) since 2010 and (ii) between 2005 and 2010.

Answered by Nick Hurd

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.


Written Question
Employment: North West
Monday 14th July 2014

Asked by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what change in employment levels there has been in (a) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency, (b) South Lakeland, (c) Cumbria and (d) the North West (i) since 2010 and (ii) between 2005 and 2010.

Answered by Nick Hurd

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.