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 Youth Development Programme has provided to York City FC to date.
Mrs Helen Grant
Between 1998 and 2006 Sport England invested £556,163 in York City FC for the Football Youth Development programme. No funding has been requested since 2006.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-27.
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.
Gregory Barker
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
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 wait more than (a) three, (b) six, (c) nine and (d) 12 months to receive a tribunal appeal decision following an employment and support allowance decision; and what steps the Government is doing to speed up that process.
Mike Penning
The information requested is not readily available.
As a consequence of the recent significant drop in appeals the Tribunal service expects its clearance times to significantly decrease.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were employed by the Defence Vetting Agency in (a) York and (b) total on 1 April in each year since it was created.
Anna Soubry
The figures in the following table represent people employed by the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting for 2012, 2013 and 2014 and its predecessor the Defence Vetting Agency until 2011, in York and total, on 1 April each year.
|
Staff based in York |
Overall total |
|
|
2003 |
220 |
320 |
|
2004 |
220 |
340 |
|
2005 |
230 |
350 |
|
2006 |
230 |
350 |
|
2007 |
230 |
360 |
|
2008 |
250 |
390 |
|
2009 |
300 |
450 |
|
2010 |
310 |
470 |
|
2011 |
260 |
430 |
|
2012 |
220 |
350 |
|
2013 |
180 |
310 |
|
2014 |
162 |
297 |
Notes:
Although the Defence Vetting Agency was founded in 1996 reliable figures are only available from 2003.
Figures are for Full Time Equivalents.
Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hectares of Forestry Commission public forest estate there was in Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 2008-09; and what the make-up of such forest was.
Dan Rogerson
The latest figures for area of the Forestry Commission public forest estate in the Yorkshire and Humber region are set out in the table below. The data is organised to show area of coniferous woodland and broadleaved woodland. Land on the public forest estate which does not fall into either of these two categories is shown as ‘other’; this includes open habitats and land waiting to be restocked after felling.
|
|
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
|
Broadleaved |
2,488 |
2,594 |
2,680 |
2,704 |
2,749 |
2,782 |
|
Conifer |
15,015 |
14,726 |
14,446 |
14,285 |
14,030 |
13,923 |
|
Other |
4,267 |
4,362 |
4,244 |
4,259 |
4,469 |
4,545 |
|
|
23,779 |
23,693 |
23,382 |
23,260 |
23,261 |
23,264 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is that people wait to receive employment and support allowance following a successful tribunal appeal.
Mike Penning
The information requested is not readily available.
DWP action appeal disposals from HMCTS as a matter of urgency once received to ensure the customer is not disadvantaged.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK (a) regular military and (b) civilian personnel were based in City of York in each year since 2008.
Anna Soubry
Information on the number of UK regular military personnel based in the City of York Unitary Authority area for each year from 2008 until 2013 is published in Ministry of Defence Quarterly Location Statistics Table 3.3a, available on The National Archives website:
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140116142443/http://www.dasa.mod.uk/index.php/publications/personnel/combined/quarterly-location-statistics
Information on the number of UK regular military personnel based in the City of York Unitary Authority area for each year from 2010 until 2014 is published in Ministry of Defence Quarterly Location Statistics Table 3.3a, available on the GOV.UK website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/location-of-all-uk-regular-service-and-civilian-personnel-quarterly-statistics-index
Information on the number of UK civilian personnel based in City of York Unitary Authority area for each year from 1 April 2008 to 1 April 2011 is produced in the table below:
|
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
|
650 |
680 |
720 |
640 |
Information on the number of UK civilian personnel based in the City of York Unitary Authority area for each year since 1 April 2012 is now published in Ministry of Defence Quarterly Location Statistics Table 3.3a, available at the GOV.UK website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/location-of-all-uk-regular-service-and-civilian-personnel-quarterly-statistics-index
Additionally, copies of the Quarterly Location Statistics are available in the Library of the House.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much Government spending there was on public forest estate in each year since 2008-09.
Dan Rogerson
Government spending on the public forest estate since 2008-09 has been as follows:
|
Financial year |
2008/9 |
2009/10 |
2010/11 |
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
|
£ (million) |
18.7m |
14.3m |
7.9m |
14.6m |
26.1m |
19.9m |
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 households in (a) York Central constituency and (b) York Unitary Authority area received winter fuel payments in the last year for which data is available.
Steve Webb
The information for winter 2012-13 is available on the internet at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/winter-fuel-payment-caseload-and-household-figures-201213
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of people aged (a) 16, (b) 17 and (c) 18 years living in (i) York and (ii) Yorkshire and the Humber were in (A) full-time education and (B) full-time education, employment or training in 2008-09 and in each year since.
Matthew Hancock
Estimates of the proportion of 16- and 17-year-olds participating in education and work-based learning are published in the “Participation in education, training and employment, age 16 to 18” statistical first release (SFR). This provides estimates at local authority level for full-time education, and the wider measure of education and work-based learning, but information on employment is not available at local level. The local estimates are only available for academic age 16- and 17-year-olds.
The SFR is published online here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/participation-in-education-training-and-employment-age-16-to-18
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