Asked by: Tracy Brabin (Labour (Co-op) - Batley and Spen)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many West Yorkshire based organisations he has met in the last 12 months.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Ministers routinely meet with a range of organisations. Details of Ministerial meetings are published on a quarterly basis on Gov.uk
Asked by: Tracy Brabin (Labour (Co-op) - Batley and Spen)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, how many West Yorkshire based organisations he has met in the last 12 months.
Answered by Boris Johnson
As Prime Minister I meet individuals and organisations from across the United Kingdom. Details of my meetings are published on gov.uk. I most recently visited West Yorkshire in February when I went to the vaccination centre in the Al Hikmah centre in Batley where I was personally able to thank all the members of staff for their vital role in rolling out the coronavirus vaccination programme.
Asked by: Tracy Brabin (Labour (Co-op) - Batley and Spen)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many West Yorkshire based organisations he has met in the last 12 months.
Answered by Michael Ellis
The Attorney General has not visited any West Yorkshire based organisations in the last 12 months.
Asked by: Tracy Brabin (Labour (Co-op) - Batley and Spen)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many West Yorkshire based organisations he has met in the last 12 months.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
I refer the hon. Member to the relevant transparency publications on GOV.UK for Cabinet Office Ministers’ meetings with external organisations.
Asked by: Tracy Brabin (Labour (Co-op) - Batley and Spen)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many West Yorkshire based organisations he has met in the last 12 months.
Answered by Amanda Solloway - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
Departments publish quarterly details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations on GOV.UK. Details for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings.
The latest published data covers July to September 2020. Data for October to December 2020 will be published in due course.
Asked by: Tracy Brabin (Labour (Co-op) - Batley and Spen)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on how many new build homes in receipt of funding from his Department has work commenced in (a) Batley and Spen constituency, (b) Kirklees and (c) West Yorkshire in each of the last three years.
Answered by Christopher Pincher
The table below provides a breakdown of the total number of new build homes that have commenced over the last three years funded by Homes England. Please note that data is not held at constituency level. York is defined as a “non-constituent” local authority in the founding Combined Authority Order 2014, the table therefore provides separate columns to show the data with and without the contribution of York. Further details of Homes England’s delivery data can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-statistics-1-april-2019-to-31-march-2020.
Year | Kirklees Total | West Yorkshire Total (excluding York) | West Yorkshire Total (including York) |
2017/18 | 51 | 1,116 | 1,280 |
2018/19 | 115 | 1,143 | 1,181 |
2019/20 | 151 | 1,289 | 1,565 |
2020/21 (To September 2020) | 3 | 88 | 175 |
Asked by: Tracy Brabin (Labour (Co-op) - Batley and Spen)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on how many new social homes in receipt of funding from his Department has work commenced in (a) Batley and Spen constituency, (b) Kirklees and (c) West Yorkshire in each of the last three years.
Answered by Christopher Pincher
The table below provides a breakdown of the total number of new social homes that have commenced over the last three years funded by Homes England. Please note that data is not held at constituency level. York is defined as a “non-constituent” local authority in the founding Combined Authority Order 2014, the table therefore provides separate columns to show the data with and without the contribution of York. Further details of Homes England’s delivery data can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-statistics-1-april-2019-to-31-march-2020.
Year | Kirklees Total | West Yorkshire Total (excluding York) | West Yorkshire Total (including York) |
2017/18 | 36 | 932 | 1,096 |
2018/19 | 63 | 796 | 805 |
2019/20 | 35 | 985 | 1,153 |
2020/21 (To September 2020) | 3 | 83 | 160 |
Asked by: Tracy Brabin (Labour (Co-op) - Batley and Spen)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many historic railway estate structures Highways England is considering for infilling or demolition in (a) West Yorkshire and (b) England.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
As part of Highways England’s 5-year plan for its management of over 3,000 Historical Railways Estate structures it has developed a programme of works to maintain safety. These works include repair, strengthening and refurbishment of structures, which can also include infilling or demolition where necessary.
There is no activity planned in West Yorkshire.
This programme is under internal review; and infilling and demolition works are currently only planned on a very small number of structures.
Asked by: Tracy Brabin (Labour (Co-op) - Batley and Spen)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish data on NHS orthodontic waiting lists.
Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
Data on National Health Service orthodontic waiting lists is unavailable.
Asked by: Tracy Brabin (Labour (Co-op) - Batley and Spen)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish an update on the Alternative Student Finance product.
Answered by Michelle Donelan - Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
The government is committed to ensuring that all students with the potential to benefit from further and higher education are able to access it. The government will provide a further update on the Alternative Student Finance product when it sets out the full and final conclusion to the Post-18 Review of Education and Funding alongside the next multi-year Spending Review.