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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-04.

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.

Matthew Hancock

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

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-04.

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.

Mr David Willetts

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.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-04.

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.

Mr David Willetts

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.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-04.

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.

Mr David Willetts

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 30^th) 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 30^th. Applicants who subsequently applied during clearing are not included.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-04.

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.

Matthew Hancock

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.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-04.

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.

Michael Fallon

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.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-04.

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.

Michael Fallon

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.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-04.

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.

Matthew Hancock

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

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-04.

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.

Michael Fallon

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.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-04.

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.

Michael Fallon

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.