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  • Nick Gibb – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Nick Gibb – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nick Gibb on 2014-06-24.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what current contracts (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department’s executive agencies or non-departmental public bodies hold with the Educational Testing Service or any of that organisation’s subsidiaries.

    Gregory Barker

    Neither (a) The Department of Energy and Climate Change nor (b) its non-Departmental public bodies hold any contracts with the Educational Testing Service or its subsidiaries.

  • Jim Shannon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Jim Shannon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2014-06-24.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Iranian govrnment on the arrest of Silas Rabbani, Karaj Farshid, Fathi Alireza, Seyydin, Mohammad Rohangir, Surush Saraie, Escander Rezale, Shahnin Lahouty and Medhei Ameruni; and if he will urge that government to confirm that those people are healthy and safe in the location where they are and that their families be made aware of this.

    Hugh Robertson

    We are aware of the arrests of Silas Rabbani, Karaj Farshid, Fathi Alireza, Seyydin, Mohammad Rohangir, Surush Saraie, Escander Rezale, Shahnin Lahouty and Medhei Ameruni. We remain deeply concerned about the detention and treatment of all prisoners of conscience in Iran and the ongoing discrimination against Christians and other minority religious groups. We have called for the Iranian government to protect the rights of all minority groups in Iran and end the persecution of individuals on the basis of their faith. The UK’s non-resident Chargé d’Affaires raised the issue of freedom of religion with the Iranian authorities during his visit to Iran on 12 March.

  • Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-06-30.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide an estimate of how many people were in receipt of universal credit on 1 June 2014.

    Esther McVey

    The official Universal Credit statistics covering the period up to 31st May 2014 will be published on 13th August 2014.

  • Andrew Selous – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    Andrew Selous – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Selous on 2014-06-30.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects superfast broadband to be fully rolled out in (a) England and (b) Central Bedfordshire.

    Mr Edward Vaizey

    90% of the UK, including Central Bedfordshire will be able to receive superfast broadband by early 2016, rising to 95% by 2017.

  • Hugh Bayley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    Hugh Bayley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-27.

    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.

    Mrs Helen Grant

    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]

  • Hugh Bayley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Hugh Bayley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-27.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was given to schools in York Unitary Authority area in each year in 2008-09 and in each year since.

    Mr David Laws

    Total revenue funding allocations to York local authority (LA) covering maintained schools and recoupment academies for financial years 2008 to 2015 are as follows:

    Total revenue funding to schools £m (cash)

    2008-09

    2009-10

    2010-11

    2011-12

    2012-13

    2013-14

    2014-15

    York LA

    98.3

    101.6

    107.4

    107.6

    109.5

    114.2

    118.2

    These figures are in cash terms and include dedicated schools grant, other schools related grants in 2008-09 to 2010-11, pupil premium, Physical Education & Sport grant and universal infant free schools meals. Most of the additional grants were mainstreamed into the dedicated schools grant in 2011-12.

    The table below shows capital funding for the financial years 2008 to 2014. The data is in cash terms.

    Total capital funding to schools £m (cash)

    2008-09

    2009-10

    2010-11

    2011-12

    2012-13

    2013-14

    York LA

    26.7

    23.1

    18.4

    8.0

    8.7

    8.5

    Notes:

    1. Capital allocations includes capital grant and supported borrowing allocations.

    2. Figures are rounded to the nearest £100,000.

  • Caroline Lucas – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Caroline Lucas – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2014-06-27.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2014, Official Report, column 201W, on the Central African Republic, how much funding the UK will allocate to the deployment of the team of experts to the Central African Republic to investigate sexual violence abuses; how many specialists will be deployed from the UK; when the team of experts will be deployed; and if he will make a statement.

    Mark Simmonds

    The UK is providing £279,000 to the African Union (AU) to support the deployment of a multidisciplinary team of African experts, including medical doctors, psychologists, lawyers and police officers. The programme will be managed by the AU Mission in the Central African Republic, MISCA, through Medecins D’Afrique, a Pan-African NGO with expertise in emergency response. The programme is designed to build African capacity to tackle conflict-related sexual violence, and the UK is not providing any experts as part of the deployment. The team will track and report on allegations of sexual violence, for further action by the AU Commission and African governments. We expect the team to deploy shortly.

  • Hugh Bayley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Hugh Bayley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-27.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished consultant episodes there were at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in each year since 2008-09 and in each year since.

    Jane Ellison

    The information requested is shown in the following table:

    Count of Finished Consultant Episodes1 where the provider was York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, for the years 2008-09 to 2012-132

    Year

    FCEs

    2008-09

    87,023

    2009-10

    91,528

    2010-11

    97,719

    2011-12

    103,847

    2012-13

    164,691

    Notes:

    1Finished Consultant Episode (FCE)

    A FCE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. Figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.

    2Assessing growth through time (Admitted patient care)

    Hospital Episode Statistics figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years) and changes in National Health Service practice. For example, changes in activity may be due to changes in the provision of care.

    Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre

  • Nicholas Brown – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Nicholas Brown – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Brown on 2014-06-27.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons he decided against change following his review into his Department’s check-off system for employees’ trade union subscriptions.

    Jeremy Wright

    Check-off arrangements are kept under review.

  • Hugh Bayley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Hugh Bayley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-27.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) the City of York local authority area and (b) York Central constituency were in receipt of (i) the basic state pension and (ii) pension credit in 2008-09 and in each year since; and what the average weekly value of pension credit received was in each case during those periods.

    Steve Webb

    Statistics for State Pension and Pension Credit are available from 100% data and are published on the Department’s website at:

    http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/pc/tabtool_pc.html

    and

    http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/sp/tabtool_sp.html

    Guidance for users is available at:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance

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