Hugh Bayley

Labour - Former Member for York Central

First elected: 9th April 1992

Left House: 30th March 2015 (Retired)


Hugh Bayley is not a member of any APPGs
NATO Parliamentary Assembly UK Delegation
1st Jan 1997 - 30th Mar 2015
Panel of Chairs
24th May 2005 - 30th Mar 2015
International Development Committee
16th Jul 2001 - 30th Mar 2015
NATO Parliamentary Assembly (President)
1st Nov 2012 - 30th Nov 2014
Deputy Speaker
25th May 2010 - 8th Jun 2010
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Social Security)
4th Jan 1999 - 7th Jun 2001
Health and Social Care Committee
26th Oct 1992 - 21st Mar 1997


Division Voting information

Hugh Bayley has voted in 1262 divisions, and 15 times against the majority of their Party.

27 Oct 2014 - Recall of MPs Bill - View Vote Context
Hugh Bayley voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 41 Labour Aye votes vs 162 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 166 Noes - 340
29 Jan 2013 - Equality (Marriage) (Amendment) - View Vote Context
Hugh Bayley voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 6 Labour No votes vs 8 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 86 Noes - 31
22 Feb 2012 - Annual Statements of Healthcare Costs - View Vote Context
Hugh Bayley voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 1 Labour Aye votes vs 128 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 81 Noes - 176
25 Jan 2011 - European Union Bill - View Vote Context
Hugh Bayley voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 4 Labour No votes vs 10 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 31 Noes - 324
15 Jun 2010 - Backbench Business Committee - View Vote Context
Hugh Bayley voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 53 Labour Aye votes vs 57 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 171 Noes - 263
24 Feb 2009 - Airport Expansion (Parliamentary Approval) - View Vote Context
Hugh Bayley voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 23 Labour Aye votes vs 193 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 247 Noes - 203
12 Nov 2008 - MODERNISATION OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS (STANDING ORDERS) - View Vote Context
Hugh Bayley voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 28 Labour Aye votes vs 33 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 165 Noes - 87
3 Jul 2008 - Members’ Salaries - View Vote Context
Hugh Bayley voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 82 Labour Aye votes vs 136 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 155 Noes - 196
3 Jul 2008 - Members’ Salaries - View Vote Context
Hugh Bayley voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 66 Labour Aye votes vs 159 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 141 Noes - 216
3 Jul 2008 - Members’ Salaries - View Vote Context
Hugh Bayley voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 62 Labour Aye votes vs 152 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 123 Noes - 224
3 Jul 2008 - Members’ Expenses - View Vote Context
Hugh Bayley voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 50 Labour No votes vs 144 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 172 Noes - 144
7 Mar 2007 - House of Lords Reform - View Vote Context
Hugh Bayley voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 126 Labour Aye votes vs 184 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 155 Noes - 418
7 Mar 2007 - House of Lords Reform - View Vote Context
Hugh Bayley voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 132 Labour Aye votes vs 177 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 178 Noes - 392
7 Mar 2007 - House of Lords Reform - View Vote Context
Hugh Bayley voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 156 Labour Aye votes vs 157 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 305 Noes - 267
1 Nov 2006 - Legislative Process - View Vote Context
Hugh Bayley voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 42 Labour Aye votes vs 218 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 122 Noes - 354
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All Debates

Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.

Department Debates
Cabinet Office
(78 debate contributions)
HM Treasury
(60 debate contributions)
Department for Transport
(56 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
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Latest EDMs signed by Hugh Bayley

24th March 2015
Hugh Bayley signed this EDM on Wednesday 25th March 2015

MAINTAINING THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY IN PRINTED FORM

Tabled by: Brooks Newmark (Conservative - Braintree)
That this House welcomes the Save the Oxford English Dictionary campaign founded by Abbie Maguire, which calls for the Oxford English Dictionary to remain in printed form; notes that the Dictionary, first published in 1884, is the largest dictionary of English in the world and should be treated as a …
10 signatures
(Most recent: 25 Mar 2015)
Signatures by party:
Conservative: 2
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Labour: 1
20th March 2015
Hugh Bayley signed this EDM on Wednesday 25th March 2015

ALAN TURING SQUARE

Tabled by: John Leech (Liberal Democrat - Manchester, Withington)
That this House welcomes the campaign to rename Leningrad Square in Wythenshawe after Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) computer and Enigma code breaker, Alan Turing; notes that Manchester is currently twinned with St Petersburg, formerly Leningrad, the birthplace of Russia's appalling anti-gay laws which ban homosexual propaganda; further …
17 signatures
(Most recent: 25 Mar 2015)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 5
Independent: 1
Green Party: 1
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Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Hugh Bayley, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.

MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.


Hugh Bayley has not been granted any Urgent Questions

Hugh Bayley has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

2 Bills introduced by Hugh Bayley


The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to ensure that medical treatment prescribed as necessary by a doctor or other medical professional must be provided unless the type of treatment is not approved by the Secretary of State or the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; to establish a national register of cases where such prescribed treatment is refused; to introduce a mechanism for appeal against decisions about provision of medical treatments; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading: House Of Commons
Tuesday 8th April 2014

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision to ensure that medical treatment prescribed as necessary by a doctor or other medical professional must be provided unless the type of treatment is not approved by the Secretary of State or the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence; to establish a national register of cases where such prescribed treatment is refused; to introduce a mechanism for appeal against decisions about provision of medical treatments; and for connected purposes

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading: House Of Commons
Tuesday 20th December 2011

Hugh Bayley has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting


Latest 50 Written Questions

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30 Other Department Questions
20th Mar 2015
To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to visit York before 7 May 2015.

I regularly visit all parts of the United Kingdom, including York. Under this Government, crime in Yorkshire has fallen by 21%, employment has risen by 129,000, 470 academies have opened, there are more nurses and doctors, and 43,950 new homes have been built. We are also investing over £122 million in the Local Growth deal to create over 5,000 jobs, 5,000 homes and generate £150 million in public and private investment. And the hon. Member will be aware that in Yorkshire and Humber there was a bigger rise in the number of people in work in the last year than in the whole of France.

18th Mar 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2015 to Question 226805, where in the weblinks provided the information requested can be found on how much the Government has made available in adult skills funding in (a) York Central constituency, (b) City of York Council and (c) all areas using York College in 2015-16; how much such funding was made available in each of the last six years (i) in cash terms and (ii) at current prices; and if he will place in the Library a table showing that information.

I refer the hon. Member to my previous answer of 12 March 2015 to Question UIN 226806. Adult skills funding is made available to further education providers, not local areas. The funding system is demand led and money follows the learners.

Allocations for 2015-16 are available on the Skills Funding Agency website. Historic allocations are also available on the Skills Funding Agency website.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2005-to-2013

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2014-to-2015

To offer accountability as to how allocations money is spent we publish tables showing a summary of learning associated with each provider. For York College in 2012/13, see row 1,235 in the link below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/310265/feandskills-learners-by-provider-local-authority-learner-characteristics-1213.xls

It should be noted that in any given area, learners are supported by a range of different providers. For a summary of further education providers and their delivery in the York local authority in 2012/13, see rows 53,186 to 53,387 of the link below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/349344/Jan14_Learners_Delivery_Local_Authority_District_ProviderLevel_1213.zip

All provider and local authority tables are published in the FE Data Library:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-local-authority-tables

17th Mar 2015
To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, who has been invited to represent the Church of England at the service at Leicester Cathedral for the reburial of King Richard III.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd & Rt Hon Justin Welby & Mrs Welby will be representing the Church of England at the reburial service for King Richard III in Leicester Cathedral on the 26 March. The local diocese will be represented by the Bishop of Leicester, the Rt Revd Tim Stevens alongside other senior clergy from across the country, local dignitaries, ecumenical guests and representatives of other faiths.

12th Mar 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many homes in (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York local authority area were microgeneration energy producers using solar or wind power in 2010 and in each subsequent year.

The number of domestic solar PV and wind turbines installations confirmed on the Central Feed-in Tariff Register in each year since 2010, in York Central parliamentary constituency and in York Unitary Authority was as follows:

York Central parliamentary constituency

York Unitary Authority

Solar PV

Wind turbines

Solar PV

Wind turbines

2010

19

0

58

0

2011

160

0

570

1

2012

675

0

1,493

2

2013

863

0

1,945

2

2014

956

0

2,225

2

The number of microgeneration installations confirmed on the CFR as of the latest quarter are published at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/sub-regional-feed-in-tariffs-confirmed-on-the-cfr-statistics.

12th Mar 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many homes in (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York local authority area have a prepayment electricity meter.

DECC do not collect or hold data at this level of disaggregation.

From DECC’s domestic meter point data, there were 77,000 domestic standard electricity meters and an additional 10,000 economy 7 meters in the York Unitary Authority in 2013. Data is not published for the York Central constituency:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sub-national-electricity-consumption-data

DECC estimate that 17% of standard electricity customers in Yorkshire, used prepayment meters in the latest quarter. This data is only available at the public electricity supply (PES) region level. Data is not available for the York central constituency or the York Unitary Authority Area:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-price-stastics.

12th Mar 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on (a) how much profit each of the six largest energy companies made and (b) how much of that profit they distributed to shareholders in (i) 2010 and (ii) each subsequent year.

Any information that the Department may hold is taken from publicly available sources such as the companies’ annual reports.

11th Mar 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which York-based companies received financial support from (a) Yorkshire Forward in each of its last five years of operation, (b) the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Local Education Partnership and (c) the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership in each year since those bodies were created; and what the financial value of that support was in each such case.

(a) This Department for Business, Innovation and Skills does not hold details of all individual companies that receive financial support form Yorkshire Forward. Any financial support which Yorkshire Forward provided within the region was in line with the Agency’s Regional Economic Strategy and Corporate Plans and within its delegated financial authority.

(b & c) The Government has provided £4m to the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding (YNER) Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and £25.7m to the Leeds City Region (LCR) LEP to support growing businesses in their area through the Regional Growth Fund programme. Businesses in York are able to apply to access this funding. The YNYER and LCR Growth Deals are also jointly providing £8m to the bio-hub project at the University of York, which will support bio-renewable business and drive growth in the sector. In addition, the Government is providing a total of £925,000 for business support coordination in YNYER and LCR through our Growth Hub Programme.

11th Mar 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) applications have been received for licences and (b) licences have been issued for fracking in (i) York, (ii) North Yorkshire and (iii) Yorkshire and the Humber since May 2010.

A Petroleum Exploration and Development Licence (PEDL) is a pre-requisite before any oil and gas operations, including fracking, can take place. No new PEDLs have been issued since 2008. DECC cannot comment on applications made in the current, 14th, Onshore Oil & Gas Licensing Round, the results of which we expect to announce later this year.

All operations require planning permission, access agreement with relevant landowner(s), Environment Agency permits, HSE scrutiny, and DECC consent before they can commence. Within an existing PEDL, an application which included plans to frac in North Yorkshire was consented to by DECC in 2012 but, due to changes to the operator’s plans, the activity was not carried out.

9th Mar 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Government has made available in Adult Skills Funding in (a) York Central constituency, (b) City of York Council and (c) all areas using York College in 2015-16; and how much such funding was made available in each of the last six years (i) in cash terms and (ii) at current prices.

The funding available for Adult Skills in 2015/16 is outlined in the Skills Funding Letter. The letter sets out the Government’s priorities for the budget and it is for providers to decide how they use their adult skills funding to reflect those priorities and meet the needs of learners and employers in their local area.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-letter-april-2015-to-march-2016

FE funding is demand led and adult participation in Local Authorities and parliamentary constituencies for 2009/10 to 2013/14 is published online:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-further-education-and-skills

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378262/feandskills-participation-by-geography-learner-demographics.xls

8th Sep 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what safeguards for (a) the NHS and (b) other UK public services the Government is seeking to secure within the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will not change the fact that it is up to UK Governments alone to decide how UK public services, including the NHS, are run. The UK has insisted on maintaining the same safeguards for the NHS in TTIP as it has in all recent trade agreements.

27th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) single-pensioner households in York and (b) two-pensioner households in York have received Warm Front assistance in each year since the inception of that scheme; and what the average spend has been on each such household.

The last year of the Warm Front Scheme was 2012-13. There has been no further change in the Warm Front figures for York local authority area since my answer to you on 9th July 2013.

27th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on the Warm Front scheme in York local authority area in each year since the inception of that scheme.

The last year of the Warm Front Scheme was 2012-13. There has been no further change in the Warm Front figures for York local authority area since my answer to you on 9th July 2013.

27th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many onshore wind turbines there were in North Yorkshire in each year since 2008-09.

The number of onshore wind turbines that have become fully operational in North Yorkshire in the years since the start of 2008 are as follows:

Number of wind turbines

Date fully operational

2008

8

22 April 2008

2010

12

4 October 2010

2011

2

1 January 2011

Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, May 2014

27th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many UCAS applications there were to (a) the University of York and (b) University of York St John in 2008-09 and in each year since then.

The latest information is shown in the following table. UCAS have not released any data on applications to individual institutions for the 2014 applications cycle but the latest figures for total applicants to all UK institutions (published on 29 May 2014) show that they have risen by 4%, compared to the same point in 2013.

UCAS main scheme applications to University of York and York St John University, 2008 to 2013

Full-time undergraduate courses

Year of entry

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

University of York

18,434

21,543

24,548

23,725

23,570

25,030

York St John University

5,541

6,194

7,685

8,657

9,600

9,700

Source: UCAS

1. Each applicant can submit up to five applications.

2. Figures cover applicants who applied during the main UCAS application scheme which closes on June 30th. Applicants who subsequently applied during clearing are not included.

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding has been allocted to (a) York College and (b) Askham Bryan College by the Skills Funding Agency and the Young People's Learning Agency in (i) cash and (ii) real terms in each year since 2009-10.

The Skills Funding Agency is responsible for the allocation of funding to further education college for post-19 education and training, and for Apprenticeships for people aged 16 and over. The information requested is available in the following tables.

Table 1 sets out funding allocations for 2014/2015 to York College by the Skills Funding Agency. Previous PQs provided data up to and including 2013/2014 academic year.

Table 2 sets out funding allocations for 2014/2015 by the Education Funding Agency (the successor body to the YPLA) to York College. Previous PQs provided data up to and including 2013/2014 academic year.

Table 1: SFA Funding allocations for York College

Academic year

19+ Cash allocation (1) (£)

Real terms (2) (£)

2014/15

Adult allocations (3)

3,382,992

3,382,992

Table 2: EFA Funding allocations for York College

Academic year

16-18 Cash allocation (£)

Real terms (2) (£)

2014/15

15,900,930

15,900,930

Table 3 sets out funding allocations for 2010/2011 to 2014/2015 to Askham Bryan College by the Skills Funding Agency. Data is available from the creation of the Skills Funding Agency in April 2010.

Table 4 sets out funding allocations for 2010/11 to 2014/15 to Askham Bryan College by the YPLA and its successor body, the Education Funding Agency.

Table 3: SFA Funding Allocations for Askham Bryan College

Academic year

19+ Cash allocation (1) (£)

Real terms (2) (£)

2010/11

Adult allocations

2,264,811

2,455,137

2011/12

Adult allocations

3,106,679

3,291,154

2012/13

Adult allocations

3,249,205

3,382,422

2013/14

Adult allocations (3)

3,045,779

3,108,486

2014/15

Adult allocations (3)

2,846,003

2,846,003

Table 4: EFA Funding Allocations for Askham Bryan College

Academic year

16-18 Cash allocation (£)

Real terms (2) (£)

2010/11

6,668,827

7,229,250

2011/12

11,277,092(4)

11,946,729

2012/13

12,342,976

12,849,038

2013/14

13,451,499

13,728,442

2014/15

14,840,339

14,840,339

Notes

(1) Skills Funding Agency allocation data for 19+ participation, additional learning support and discretionary learner support.

(2) These figures have been calculated using HM Treasury deflators, last updated 5 December 2013.

(3) Includes 24+ Advanced Learning Loans that were introduced in 2013/14.

(4) Askham Bryan college took over the land-based provision from University of Cumbria in 2011/12.

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate the UK Statistics Authority has made of the number and proportion of young people aged 16 to 24 in York in (a) training, (b) employment and (c) education in each year since 1995-96.

Data are not available prior to 2000. Estimates for the proportion of young people in training, employment and education separately are not available.

Information on the number of Apprenticeship starts and achievements by geography and age is published in supplementary tables to a Statistical First Release:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/308808/apprenticeship-starts-by-geography-level-and-age.xls

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/296382/apprenticeship-achievements-by-geography-level-and-age.xlsm

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many young people from (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York local authority area (i) applied for and (ii) started a degree course in each year since 2009-10.

The latest available information on applicants is shown in Table 1.

Table 1

UCAS applicants aged under 211 to full-time undergraduate courses from York Central constituency and York Local Authority

Year of entry:

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

York Central

470

475

535

450

430

York local authority

1,205

1,225

1,245

1,130

1,085

Source: UCAS

1. This analysis uses country specific age definitions that align with the cut off points for school and college cohorts within the different administrations of the UK. For England, ages are defined on the 31st August. Defining ages in this way matches the assignment of children to school cohorts.

The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The number of young (under 21) entrants to UK HEIs who were domiciled in York Central constituency and York Local authority prior to starting their course is shown in Table 2. HESA figures for 2013/14 will be available in January 2015. There are differences in the coverage of UCAS and HESA: the UCAS figures cover applicants to HEIs, Further Education Colleges (FECs), and Alternative Providers (APs) of higher education in the UK; the HESA figures cover HEIs only, plus the University of Buckinghamshire. Not all applicants apply via UCAS: some apply directly to institutions. In addition, some applicants who obtain a place via UCAS opt to defer entry until the following year.

Table 2

Young (1) entrants (2) domiciled (3) in York Central constituency (4) and York unitary authority

UK Higher Education Institutions

Academic years 2009/10 to 2012/13

Domicile

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

York unitary authority

965

995

1,070

825

York Central constituency (4)

440 (4)

385

460

330

Source: HESA Student Record

Notes:

(1) Young refers to students aged under 21 on 31st August in the reporting year

(2) Entrants refers to students in their first year of study

(3) Domicile refers to a students' home or permanent address prior to starting their course

(4) Parliamentary Constituency boundaries were revised from the 6th May 2010 UK General Election. The figure for 2009/10 refers to the City of York constituency.

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much capital funding the Government allocated to (a) York College, (b) Askham Bryan College, (c) the University of York and (d) York St John University in each year since 1995-96.

The capital funding allocated by this Department and its predecessor departments to York College, the University of York and the University of York St John in each year between 1992 and 2000 is not readily available. However, the capital allocations for each of the institutions named since 2000/01 is in the attached table.

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding for each (a) undergraduate and (b) postgraduate student the Higher Education Funding Council for England allocated to (i) the University of York and (ii) York St John University in (A) cash and (B) at current prices in each year since 1997-98.

The attached tables show the amount of grant distributed by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) for teaching and research per full-time equivalent student for each of the years requested. There have been changes in HEFCE's funding methodology over this period, so these tables do not provide like for like yearly comparisons. In particular, the data prior to 1998-99 are not available in a similar format to that for later years.

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications for undergaduate study were made to (a) the University of York, (b) York St John University and (c) all English universities in each year since 2009-10.

The latest information is given in the table. UCAS have not released any data on applications to individual institutions for the 2014 application cycle, but the latest figures for total applicants to all UK institutions (published on May 30th) show that they have risen by 4%, compared to the same point in 2013.

UCAS main scheme applications to University of York, York St John University and England, 2009 to 2013

Full-time undergraduate courses

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

University of York

21,543

24,548

23,725

23,570

25,030

York St John University

6,194

7,685

8,657

9,600

9,700

All institutions in England

2,021,546

2,303,678

2,418,828

2,209,337

2,265,95

Source: UCAS reference tables.

1. Each applicant can submit up to five applications.

2. Figures cover applicants who applied during the main UCAS application scheme which closes on June 30th. Applicants who subsequently applied during clearing are not included.

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many business start-ups there were in City of York local authority area in each year since 2008.

There is no single data source that comprehensively measures all business start-ups within the UK. However, as a near proxy BankSearch collates data on the number of new business bank accounts opened in Great Britain. This can be used as an indicative measure of business start-up activity and is the most comprehensive source available to BIS.

In the following table, estimated numbers of new business start-ups in the York local authority area are shown using the BankSearch data.

Year

Estimated number of business start-ups in York authority area

2008

1,100

2009

1,100

2010

1,300

2011

1,400

2012

1,300

2013

1,100

Source: BankSearch, number of new business bank accounts opened.

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber were exporting to (a) the EU and (b) all countries in each year since 2008.

The number of businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber exporting goods to the EU and all countries in each year since 2008 is given in the attached table. The data is sourced from HMRC's Regional Trade Statistics database and covers trade in goods only. A count of services exporters by region is not available.

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many bankruptcies were registered in (a) York, (b) Yorkshire and (c) England in each year since 2005.

Figures for the number of bankruptcy orders in York, Yorkshire & Humber, and England in each year since 2005 can be found in the following table. Bankruptcy applies to individuals only; regional breakdowns for the number of company insolvencies are not currently available.

The Insolvency Service compiles its regional bankruptcy order statistics on a calendar year basis, therefore financial year totals are not available. Figures for 2013 will be available on the Insolvency Service website from 10 July 2014, alongside figures for other individual insolvency procedures (individual voluntary arrangements, and debt relief orders).

Table 1: Number of Bankruptcy Orders in each Region of England, 2005-20121

Year

York

Yorkshire & Humber

England

2005

134

4272

43,103

2006

214

5812

57,576

2007

185

5957

59,245

2008

198

6660

62,001

2009

236

7231

68,498

2010

170

5929

53,064

2011

130

4317

38,341

2012

84

3295

29,393

1 Where individual has provided postcode

It should be noted that these figures do not account for any changes in the base population over time. Using the rate of bankruptcies per 10,000 adults allows for a like-for-like comparison across years.

Headline figures for insolvencies in England and Wales can be found in the quarterly Insolvency Statistics release, a National Statistics publication. Figures for January-March 2014 were published on 29 April 2014, and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-january-to-march-2014

Annual numbers and rates of bankruptcies by region for 2000-2012 are available in the Individual Insolvencies by Region publication, which can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-individual-insolvencies-by-region

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much foreign investment in Yorkshire and the Humber there has been in each year since 2008; and what estimate he has made of the number of (a) new and (b) safeguarded jobs generated by such investments.

UK Trade & Investment reports that in 2008/9, 1,869 new jobs were created in Yorkshire and Humberside as a result of foreign investment and 4,719 jobs were safeguarded. In 2009/10, 2,016 new jobs were created and 3,895 were safeguarded. In 2010/11, 868 jobs were created and a total of 670 jobs safeguarded. In 2011/12, 1,362 new jobs were created and 2,338 jobs safeguarded.

Finally, in 2012/13, the last published figures show that 1,288 new jobs were created in Yorkshire and Humber and total of 6,618 jobs were safeguarded, a total of 7,906 jobs.

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many young people (a) started and (b) completed apprenticeships in (i) York Central constituency, (ii) York local education authority, (iii) Yorkshire and the Humber and (iv) England in each year since 1995-96.

Data are not available prior to 2000. Estimates for the proportion of young people in training, employment and education separately are not available.

Information on the number of Apprenticeship starts and achievements by geography and age is published in supplementary tables to a Statistical First Release:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/308808/apprenticeship-starts-by-geography-level-and-age.xls

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/296382/apprenticeship-achievements-by-geography-level-and-age.xlsm

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber received how much funding from the Regional Growth Fund in each year since 2011-12.

We do not hold the data in the format requested. The Regional Growth Fund is supporting 51 projects and programmes in Yorkshire and Humber across five funding Rounds. Below is a breakdown of the allocated funding from 2011-2017 by Round:

Round

Projects

Programmes

Allocated funding (£m)

1

6

0

47.3

2

15

2

78.5

3

8

4

92.8

4

8

4

41.5

5

3

1

15

The 11 regional programmes are providing support to small and medium-size businesses in the area. Support from RGF is expected to leverage £1.7bn of private investment.

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber received how much funding from the Yorkshire Regional Development Agency in each year that body was in existence.

Yorkshire Forward's annual accounts (www.gov.uk) report on this activity, showing the number of businesses assisted overall and the annual expenditure on the programmes they delivered as a whole. Providing any further information, at the level of detail requested, would require extensive research into Yorkshire Forward's records which are now held in BIS archive. This would incur disproportionate cost.

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber received how much funding from Local Enterprise Partnerships in each year since 2010-11.

The Regional Growth Fund has supported eight Local Enterprise Partnership-led (LEP) programmes in Yorkshire and Humber, 4 each in Rounds 3 and 5, with allocations totalling £95 million. So far £23.8 million has been paid to small and medium-sized enterprises which has achieved 987 jobs and £66.9 million in private sector leverage.

The Yorkshire and Humber LEPs have also received a total of £72.9 million from the Growing Places Fund to support infrastructure projects resulting in the creation of jobs, housing, commercial floorspace and businesses. Thus far, the LEPs have allocated this to 34 projects which will lead to the creation of 25,500 jobs, 4,900 housing units, 1.5 million sqm commercial floorspace, and 320 businesses.

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many UK-domiciled (a) undergraduate and (b) postgraduate students enrolled at the (i) University of York and (ii) University of York St John in each year since 2009-10.

The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on student enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).

The number of UK domiciled undergraduate and postgraduate enrolments at University of York and York St John University in the academic years 2009/10 to 2012/13 has been provided in the following table.

Information on the number of enrolments at UK HEIs for the academic year 2013/14 will become available from HESA in January 2015.

UK domiciled (1) enrolments (2) by level and institution of study

Academic years 2009/10 to 2012/13

Institution

Level of study

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

University of York

Postgraduate

2,405

2,610

2,680

2,135

Undergraduate

9,645

10,190

10,475

10,395

Total

12,050

12,800

13,155

12,525

York St John University

Postgraduate

815

780

735

715

Undergraduate

4,835

4,855

4,920

4,960

Total

5,650

5,640

5,660

5,680

Source: HESA Student Record

Notes:

(1) Domicile refers to a students' home or permanent address prior to starting their course

(2) Enrolments refers to students in all years of study

This information can also be found on the HESA website at the following link:

https://www.hesa.ac.uk/free-statistics

20th Mar 2015
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent Civil Service jobs there were (a) in total and (b) in each government department and its agencies in (i) the City of York, (ii) Yorkshire and the Humber, (iii) England and (iv) the UK (A) in May 2010 and (B) at the latest date for which figures are available.

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

17th Mar 2015
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, (a) how many people and (b) what proportion of the workforce were employed on zero hours contracts in (i) York Central constituency, (ii) City of York local authority area, (iii) England and (iv) the UK in 2010 and each subsequent year; and what the average number of hours worked each week by such people was in each such year.

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

12th Mar 2015
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) couples and (b) single people living alone there were aged over (i) 65 and (ii) 80 in (A) York Central constituency and (B) City of York local authority area at the latest date for which figures are available.

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

11th Nov 2014
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions the UK Statistics Authority has written to ministers or officials since May 2010 to question or correct numerical information or statements made by ministers or departments.

All official correspondence from or to the UK Statistics Authority is publicly available on its website.

4th Sep 2014
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent jobs with the Civil Service or government agencies there were in Yorkshire in May 2010; and how many such jobs there are now.

On 31 March 2010, there were 38,000 full time equivalent Civil Servants employed in the Yorkshire and the Humber region. The latest available statistics for 2013 show that this number reduced to 31,590 as at 31 March 2013.

To help deal with the deficit which this Government inherited in 2010, the Government has reduced the size of the Civil Service by 17% since the 2010 General Election. It is now at its smallest since the Second World War, representing a significant increase in efficiency and productivity. This reduction helped save taxpayers £2.4bn last year alone, against a 2009/10 baseline.

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many offences of (a) crime related to vehicles, (b) burglary of a dwelling, (c) other burglary, (d) criminal damage, (e) theft, (f) violence and (g) other crimes were committed in York in each year since 2004-05.

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

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many crimes were reported to the police in York in each year since 2004-05.

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

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the UK Statistics Authority has made of the number of (a) men and (b) women who were employed (i) full-time and (ii) part-time in York Central constituency for the 12-month Annual Population Survey periods ending in September in each year since the inception of the survey.

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

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the UK Statistics Authority has made of the median gross weekly earnings of (a) men, (b) women and (c) all people employed (i) full-time and (ii) part-time in the areas covered by (A) York travel to work area, (B) City of York local authority area and (C) York Central constituency (1) in cash terms and (2) at constant prices in each year since 1997.

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

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average weekly gross earnings of full-time (a) men, (b) women and (c) people in York has been in (i) cash terms and (ii) at constant prices in each year since 2006-07.

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

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the UK Statistics Authority has made of average net weekly household income in the City of York Council area in each year since 2004-05 in (i) cash terms and (ii) at current prices.

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

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths there were from (a) drug poisoning and (b) drug misuse in (i) York local authority area, (ii) North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust, (iii) Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group area and (iv) England in each year since 2009.

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

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent civil servants of each Department or Executive Agency were employed in (a) the City of York and (b) the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs central science laboratory at Sand Hutton on 31 March in each year since 1997.

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

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many businesses there were in City of York local authority area in each year since 2001.

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

18th Mar 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what timetable he has set for introducing the new horse race betting right; what assessment he has made of the potential benefits that betting right will bring to York Racecourse; and if he will make a statement.

No timetable has been set for introducing legislation to bring in a new Horserace Betting Right. Draft legislation will be developed following a thorough economic analysis and discussions with the Competition and Markets Authority, HMRC and others.

The Horserace Betting Right will apply to all bookmakers, wherever located, who take bets from British customers on British racing and provides a modern and sustainable future for the funding of racing.

The flagship race at York Racecourse, the Group 1 Juddmonte International, has recently been confirmed as the best race in the world by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities. The Horserace Betting Right will allow York Racecourse, and every racecourse across Britain, to build upon current successes and continue to offer a great experience for racegoers.

Helen Grant
Shadow Solicitor General
18th Mar 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assistance he plans to provide through tax support to (a) local newspapers in general, (b) the York Press, Yorkshire Post and Northern Echo and (c) other local newspapers; what his timetable is for introducing such support; and if he will make a statement.

The Government will consult on whether to introduce a business rates relief for all local newspapers in England to help them adapt to new technology and changing circumstances. Officials are now working on this and would welcome views from the sector and all interested parties to inform their work. The consultation will be published as soon as is practically possible.
27th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on sport in (a) the Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) the City of York local authority area in each year since 2004-05.

Figures in the tables show Sport England direct investment only. The figures do not include additional money being spent on grassroots sports by national governing bodies and other national partners in which Sport England is investing £493 million between 2013 - 17 to get more people playing sport across England.

(a) the Yorkshire and the Humber:

Yorkshire and the Humber since 2004/5

Fin Year

Total

2004/2005

16,225,358

2005/2006

9,770,580

2006/2007

5,817,597

2007/2008

8,354,393

2008/2009

9,335,611

2009/2010

6,836,191

2010/2011

7,304,195

2011/2012

10,691,260

2012/2013

11,152,320

2013/2014

9,192,886

Grand Total

94,680,391

(b) the City of York local authority area in each year since 2004-05.

York local authority area since 2004/5

Fin Year

Total

2004/2005

472,723

2005/2006

61,583

2006/2007

0

2007/2008

131,000

2008/2009

269,800

2009/2010

14,824

2010/2011

85,480

2011/2012

1,318,046

2012/2013

641,604

2013/2014

499,597

Grand Total

3,494,657

Helen Grant
Shadow Solicitor General
27th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many visits there were to the National Railway Museum in each year since 2008-09.

The number of visits to museums and galleries sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport since 2004-05 is published on Gov.uk (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/museums-and-galleries-monthly-visits). The number of visits to the National Railway Museum in each year since 2008-09 is as follows:

2008-09 782,430

2009-10 709,166

2010-11 630,396

2011-12 717,274

2012-13 727,000

2013-14 923,000

27th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding the Football Foundation has provided to amateur clubs in York in each year since 2000.

2000

£ 2,670

2001

£ 810

2002

£ 45,453

2003

£ 220,781

2004

£ 37,274

2005

£ 103,193

2006

£ 714,883

2007

£ 914,784

2008

£ 448,870

2009

£ 491,808

2010

£ 427,630

2011

£ 78,934

2012

£ 33,551

2013

£ 195,553

2014

£ 35,226

>01/06/2014

£ 13,793

Grand Total

£ 3,766,512

[Information from the Football Foundation]

Helen Grant
Shadow Solicitor General