Jim Knight: ...in the Pupil Achievement Tracker and Ofsted's PANDA reports and provides consistent school level comparisons. Maintained primary and secondary schools: school meal arrangements, January 2005, Worcester parliamentary constituency All pupils( 1) URN LEA number Estab number School name Number on roll Number of pupils taking free school meals( 3) Percentage of...
Alun Michael: ..., Preston, York Advanced Presentation Skills 5 9,950 London Advanced Writing Skills 14 18,200 York, London Assertiveness, Pressure and Time Management 18 19,800 London, York, Worcester Basic Guide to the European Union 6 5,400 York, London Be a Better Manager 42 745,919 Derby, London, York, Worcester, Bristol Bespoke Administrative Skills 19 43,700 York,...
Robin Walker: Worcester Shrub Hill station and the area around it offer a fantastic opportunity to deliver a brownfield development that can provide jobs and homes in an area of Worcester that is closely connected to some of the more deprived areas of the city. Does my right hon. Friend therefore agree that an investment zone around Shrub Hill in Worcester, as proposed by Worcester City Council,...
Michael Foster: ...the advice that Madam Speaker, gave following her election, to keep contributions in the Chamber as brief as possible. It gives me immense pleasure to tell the House of the infinite variety that Worcester, as a city, offers, from its magnificent cathedral to its lively night life. The city can be enjoyed by all. Worcester has a successful range of industry, from Royal Worcester porcelain...
David Lammy: The information requested is shown in the table. Beginningyear deficit£ million Current forecast deficit £ million South Worcester PCT 0(1.3) 5.05 Wyre Forest PCT 0 (0.2) 0.85 Redditch & Bromsgrove PCT 0 (0.7) 2.40 Worcester Mental Health Trust 0 0.00 Hereford & Worcester Ambulance 0 0.00 Worcester Acute 0 7.30 Each primary care trust (PCT) was a new...
Peter Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many square feet of office space are occupied by the Worcester office of the Learning and Skills Council; and how many square feet will be occupied by the Council in its new Worcester Office; (2) how many staff are employed in the Worcester office of the Learning and Skills Council; (3) what the cost is of the new office space...
Andrew Stunell: ...Live Table 648 on the Department's website at: http://www.communities.gov.uk/housing/housingresearch/housin gstatistics/housingstatisticsby/socialhousingsales/livetable s/ There have been no sales by Worcester city council since they transferred their stock to Worcester Community Housing in March 2004. From 2004-05 there have been around 200 Preserved Right to Buy sales by housing...
Robin Walker: My hon. Friend was spot on to describe BBC local radio as one of the crown jewels of our public sector broadcaster. BBC Hereford and Worcester was a vital lifeline during the pandemic and many times during the all-too frequent floods in Worcester. In a debate in which we have heard much about rugby league, I am keen to make the case for rugby union. Will she join me in urging the BBC to make...
Michael Foster: I could not agree more with the hon. Gentleman. I have a letter from the Bishop of Worcester, the Right Reverend Dr. Peter Selby, who makes exactly the same point as the hon. Gentleman. Dr. Selby writes that the theatre "serves a much wider area, and to that extent plays quite a part in bringing people into the city." He then makes a telling point: "A city without a theatre seems to me . . ....
Sir Gerald Nabarro: On a point of order. My Question includes the words, … including the Worcester by-pass … What I want to know is when the Worcester by-pass is to be tackled, having regard to the fact that Worcester is now probably the most heavily congested city in the Midlands.
Michael Foster: The people of Worcester have been on a promise for over 40 years to get a new hospital. When my right hon. Friend visited Worcester last July, he promised to give the project a shove. Has he anything to report to the people of Worcester?
Michael Foster: I want to say a big "thank you" to the Minister on behalf of the people of Worcester, and in particular on behalf of Worcester Action Against Flooding, a pressure group that is meeting tonight. It will be mightily impressed by his announcement, and the champagne will certainly be flowing tonight in Worcester.
Peter Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what plans there are (a) to renew signalling in the Worcestershire area and (b) to introduce a new signalling section between Worcester and Droitwich Spa; (2) what plans there are to remodel track layouts between Worcester Shrub Hill and Worcester Foregate Street Stations.
Nick Hurd: ...Penneck, dated January 2012 As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many new companies were started in (a) Worcester constituency and (b) Worcestershire in each of the last three years, ONS does not separately produce statistics on the number of company births, however annual statistics on the total...
Robin Walker: ...of my hon. Friend the Member for Bromsgrove (Sajid Javid) to the brave soldiers of the Mercian Regiment, who have laid down their lives for our country. My first thanks are due to the electors of Worcester, who have sent me to this Chamber, and I am conscious that I shall be forever in their debt. I intend to repay that debt by working tirelessly on their behalf and being Worcester's man...
Nick Raynsford: The per capita grant for Hereford and Worcester between 1993–94 and 1997–98 showed a decrease of 38 per head. Hereford & Worcester authority was abolished on 31 March 1998. The change in per capita grant for Worcestershire between 1998–99 and 2004–05 was an increase of £233 per head. The per capita grant for Worcester City increased by £2 per head between 1993–94 and 1997–98...
David Laws: ...to decide on the priorities for their funding, according to local need and the Department for Education does not hold data on how local authority allocations are prioritised. Allocations to Worcestershire since 2011 have been as follows: Worcestershire 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 Total Devolved Formula Capital £2,062,422 £1,684,786 £1,516,962 £1,410,980 £6,675,150 ...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester: ...start he has made in the Chamber has been exceptional, and I look forward to many more exchanges in future. I want to draw his attention to a letter that the vice-chancellor of the University of Worcester, David Green, has written to our Member of Parliament in Worcester, Robin Walker—who, of course the Minister will know—and to the Further Education Minister, local authority leaders...
Sir Gerald Nabarro: Does my right hon. Friend realise that this is now the sole remaining rail link between Worcester and Worcestershire and London and that it has already been reduced to single-line working? Will my right hon. Friend bear in mind that £2½ million extra to improve the M5 between Worcester and Birmingham is very welcome but that we must still retain this important rail link between Worcester...
Peter Luff: No—precisely the opposite. My concern is that if a Member of Parliament represents an entirely urban seat with a rural sea around it, as happens with Worcester, a gulf of incomprehension will grow, and there will be a tendency not to understand the intimate links that exist between town and country. For example, we have a cattle market in Worcester, which demonstrates the importance of the...
